Self-interpreting Bible

1 BUT Job ^aanswered and said,

• a: Job 3:1 , Job 4:2

2 Oh that my grief were ^bthroughly weighed, and my calamity ¹laid in the balances together!

• b: Job 23:2 , Job 23:3
• 1: Heb. lifted up.

3 For now it would be ^cheavier than the sand of the sea: therefore ²my words are swallowed up.

• c: Pr. 27:3 , Ps. 42:7
• 2: Or, I want words to express my grief, Ex. 6.9. Ps. 77.4. , Ex. 6:9 , Ps. 77:4

4 ^dFor the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

• d: Ps. 38:2 , Ps. 88:3 - 5 , Ps. 88:15 , Ps. 88:16 , Ps. 7:12 , Ps. 7:13 , De. 32:23 , Job 7:14 , Job 7:15

5 Doth the wild ass bray ³when he hath ^egrass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

• 3: Heb. at grass.
• e: Ps. 104:14 , Je. 14:6 , 1:18 , 1:20

6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my ^fsorrowful ^*meat.

• f: La. 4:4 , La. 4:5 , La. 5:6 , Ho. 9:4 , Da. 10:3 , Ps. 102:9 , Pr. 13:12
• *: meat-food of any kind.

8 Oh that I might have ^gmy request; and that God would grant me ⁴the thing that I long for!

• g: Job 6:9
• 4: Heb. my expectation.

9 ^hEven that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

• h: 1Ki. 19:4 , 4:3 , 4:8 , 4:9 , Re. 9:6 , Job 7:15 , Job 7:16 , Ge. 30:1

10 Then should ⁱI yet have comfort; yea, ⁵I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I ^jhave not concealed the words of ^kthe Holy One.

• i: Job 19:25 - 27 , Is. 57:2 , Re. 14:13 , Ps. 16:10 , Ps. 16:11
• 5: Or, though I should be burnt with pain.
• j: Ps. 40:9 , Ps. 40:10 , Ps. 119:13 , Ac. 20:20 , Ac. 20:27 , Ro. 1:3
• k: 1Sa. 2:2 , Ho. 11:9 , Hab. 1:12 , Hab. 3:3 , Ex. 15:11 , Is. 6:3 , Is. 57:15

11 ^lWhat is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?

• l: Job 7:17 , Job 7:18 , 1Ki. 19:4 , Nu. 11:14 , Nu. 11:15

12 ^mIs my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh ⁶of brass?

• m: Ps. 103:14 , Ps. 103:15 , Ps. 39:5
• 6: Heb. brazen.

13 Is not my help ⁿin me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

• n: Job 19:28 , Col. 1:27 , 2Co. 1:12 , Ga. 6:4

14 ^oTo him that ⁷is afflicted pity should be shewed ^pfrom his friend; but he ^qforsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

• o: 2Co. 11:29 , He. 13:3 , Ro. 12:15 , Ja. 1:26
• 7: Heb. melteth.
• p: Pr. 17:17
• q: Ps. 36:1 , Ge. 20:10 , Ge. 20:11 , 1Jn. 3:17

15 My brethren have ^rdealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

• r: Je. 15:18 , Ps. 38:11 , Ps. 88:18 , Lu. 10:30 - 32

16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

17 What time they wax warm, ⁸they vanish: ⁹when it is hot, they are ¹⁰consumed out of their place.

• 8: Heb. they are cut off.
• 9: Heb. in the heat thereof.
• 10: Heb. extinguished.

18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

19 ^sThe troops of Tema looked, the companies of ^tSheba waited for them.

• s: Ge. 25:15 , Is. 21:13 , Is. 21:14 , Je. 25:23
• t: 1Ki. 10:1

20 ^uThey were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

• u: Je. 14:3 , Je. 3:23 - 25

21 ¹¹For now ye ^vare ¹²nothing; ye ^wsee my casting down, and are afraid.

• 11: Or, For now ye are like to them. Heb. to it.
• v: Job 6:15 , Ps. 62:9
• 12: Heb. not.
• w: Job 2:12 , Job 2:13 , Ps. 38:11 , Ps. 88:18

22 ^xDid I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

• x: 1Sa. 12:3 , Ac. 20:33

23 Or, ^yDeliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

• y: Ge. 14:14 , Ge. 14:16 , Jos. 10:6 , 1Sa. 30:18 , 1Sa. 30:19

24 Teach me, and I ^zwill hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

• z: Ja. 1:19 , Ja. 5:19 , Ja. 5:20 , Ps. 39:1 , Ps. 19:12

25 How forcible are ^aright words! but ^bwhat doth your arguing reprove?

• a: Ec. 12:10 , Ec. 12:11 , Is. 41:21 , Pr. 8:6 , Pr. 8:8 , Pr. 8:9
• b: Job 13:4 , Job 13:5 , 1Ti. 1:7

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as ^cwind?

• c: Ho. 12:1 , Ep. 4:14

27 Yea, ¹³ye overwhelm the ^dfatherless, and ye ^edig a pit for your friend.

• 13: Heb. ye cause to fall upon.
• d: Ps. 82:3 , Ex. 22:22 , Pr. 23:10
• e: Je. 18:18 , Je. 18:20 , Ps. 5:6 , Ps. 7:15 , Ps. 57:6 , Ps. 64:4 , Ps. 64:5 , Ps. 142:5

28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is ¹⁴evident unto you if ^fI lie.

• 14: Heb. before your face.
• f: Is. 63:8 , Col. 3:9

29 ^gReturn, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is ¹⁵in it.

• g: Job 17:10 , Job 27:4 - 6
• 15: That is, in this matter.

30 ^hIs there iniquity in my tongue? cannot ¹⁶my taste discern perverse things?

• h: Ja. 3:13 , He. 5:12 , 1Co. 2:15
• 16: Heb. my palate.