Job's Protest and Despair

Job 6:1-7:21

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Genesis

The Creation of the World 1:1-2:3 The Creation of Man and Woman 2:4-25 The Fall of Man 3:1-24 Cain and Abel 4:1-26 From Adam to Noah 5:1-32 The Flood 6:1-8:22 God’s Covenant with Noah 9:1-17 Noah’s Drunkenness and Curse 9:18-29 Nations Descended from Noah 10:1-32 The Tower of Babel 11:1-9 From Shem to Abram 11:10-32 The Call of Abram 12:1-9 Abram in Egypt 12:10-20 Abram and Lot Separate 13:1-18 Abram Rescues Lot 14:1-24 God’s Covenant with Abram 15:1-21 Hagar and Ishmael 16:1-16 The Covenant of Circumcision 17:1-27 A Son Promised to Sarah 18:1-15 Abraham Intercedes for Sodom 18:16-33 The Destruction of Sodom 19:1-29 The Origin of Moab and Ammon 19:30-38 Abraham and Abimelech 20:1-18 The Birth of Isaac 21:1-7 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away 21:8-21 A Treaty with Abimelech 21:22-34 The Sacrifice of Isaac 22:1-19 Nahor’s Children 22:20-24 The Death and Burial of Sarah 23:1-20 A Wife for Isaac 24:1-67 The Death of Abraham 25:1-11 Ishmael’s Descendants 25:12-18 Esau and Jacob 25:19-34 Isaac and Abimelech 26:1-35 Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing 27:1-40 Jacob Sent to Paddan-aram 27:41-28:9 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel 28:10-22 Jacob Meets Rachel 29:1-14 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 29:15-30 The Children of Jacob 29:31-30:24 Jacob’s Prosperity 30:25-43 Jacob Flees from Laban 31:1-21 Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant 31:22-55 Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau 32:1-21 Jacob Wrestles with God 32:22-32 Jacob Meets Esau 33:1-20 Dinah and the Shechemites 34:1-31 God Blesses Jacob at Bethel 35:1-15 Deaths of Rachel and Isaac 35:16-29 Esau’s Descendants 36:1-30 The Kings of Edom 36:31-43 Joseph’s Dreams 37:1-11 Joseph Sold by His Brothers 37:12-36 Judah and Tamar 38:1-30 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39:1-23 Joseph Interprets Dreams in Prison 40:1-23 Pharaoh’s Dreams 41:1-40 Joseph Rises to Power 41:41-57 Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt 42:1-38 Joseph’s Brothers Return with Benjamin 43:1-34 The Silver Cup 44:1-34 Joseph Reveals Himself 45:1-28 Jacob Goes to Egypt 46:1-47:12 Joseph and the Famine 47:13-31 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48:1-22 Jacob Blesses His Sons 49:1-28 The Death and Burial of Jacob 49:29-50:14 Joseph Reassures His Brothers 50:15-21 The Death of Joseph 50:22-26

Exodus

Israel Increases in Egypt 1:1-22 The Birth of Moses 2:1-10 Moses Flees to Midian 2:11-25 The Burning Bush 3:1-22 Signs for Moses 4:1-17 Moses Returns to Egypt 4:18-31 Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 5:1-21 God Promises Deliverance 5:22-6:12 The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron 6:13-27 Moses and Aaron Sent to Pharaoh 6:28-7:7 Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Serpent 7:8-13 The First Plague: Water to Blood 7:14-24 The Second Plague: Frogs 7:25-8:15 The Third Plague: Gnats 8:16-19 The Fourth Plague: Flies 8:20-32 The Fifth Plague: Livestock Die 9:1-7 The Sixth Plague: Boils 9:8-12 The Seventh Plague: Hail 9:13-35 The Eighth Plague: Locusts 10:1-20 The Ninth Plague: Darkness 10:21-29 A Final Plague Threatened 11:1-10 The Passover 12:1-30 The Exodus 12:31-42 Passover Regulations 12:43-51 Consecration of the Firstborn 13:1-16 Crossing the Red Sea 13:17-14:31 The Song of Moses 15:1-21 Bitter Water Made Sweet 15:22-27 Manna from Heaven 16:1-36 Water from the Rock 17:1-7 Amalek Defeated 17:8-16 Jethro’s Advice 18:1-27 Israel at Mount Sinai 19:1-25 The Ten Commandments 20:1-21 Laws About Altars 20:22-21:1 Laws About Slaves 21:2-11 Laws About Personal Injuries 21:12-36 Laws About Restitution 22:1-15 Laws About Holiness 22:16-31 Laws About Justice 23:1-9 Sabbath Years and Weeks 23:10-13 The Three Feasts 23:14-19 The Angel and the Promises 23:20-33 The Covenant Confirmed 24:1-18 Contributions for the Sanctuary 25:1-9 The Ark of the Testimony 25:10-22 The Table for Bread 25:23-30 The Golden Lampstand 25:31-40 The Tabernacle 26:1-37 The Bronze Altar 27:1-8 The Court of the Tabernacle 27:9-19 Oil for the Lamp 27:20-21 The Priests’ Garments 28:1-5 The Ephod 28:6-14 The Breastpiece of Judgment 28:15-30 Other Priestly Garments 28:31-43 Consecration of the Priests 29:1-46 The Altar of Incense 30:1-10 The Census Tax 30:11-16 The Bronze Basin 30:17-21 The Anointing Oil 30:22-33 The Incense 30:34-38 Oholiab and Bezalel 31:1-11 The Sabbath Sign 31:12-18 The Golden Calf 32:1-33:6 The Tent of Meeting 33:7-11 Moses’ Intercession and God’s Glory 33:12-23 New Tablets and Covenant 34:1-28 The Shining Face of Moses 34:29-35 Sabbath Regulations 35:1-3 Freewill Offerings for the Tabernacle 35:4-29 Bezalel and Oholiab Set Apart 35:30-36:7 Making the Tabernacle 36:8-38 Making the Ark 37:1-9 Making the Table 37:10-16 Making the Lampstand 37:17-24 Making the Altar of Incense 37:25-29 Making the Bronze Altar 38:1-7 Making the Bronze Basin 38:8 Making the Court 38:9-20 Materials of the Tabernacle 38:21-31 Making the Priests’ Garments 39:1 The Ephod Made 39:2-7 The Breastpiece Made 39:8-21 Other Garments Made 39:22-31 The Work Completed 39:32-43 The Tabernacle Erected 40:1-33 The Glory Fills the Tabernacle 40:34-38

Numbers

The Census of Israel 1:1-54 Arrangement of the Camp 2:1-34 The Levites’ Duties 3:1-51 Kohathites’ Service 4:1-20 Gershonites’ Service 4:21-28 Merarites’ Service 4:29-33 Census of the Levites 4:34-49 Unclean Removed from Camp 5:1-4 Restitution for Wrongs 5:5-10 The Test for Adultery 5:11-31 The Nazirite Vow 6:1-21 The Priestly Blessing 6:22-27 Offerings of the Leaders 7:1-89 The Lamps 8:1-4 The Levites Consecrated 8:5-26 The Passover Celebrated 9:1-14 The Cloud Over the Tabernacle 9:15-23 The Silver Trumpets 10:1-10 Departure from Sinai 10:11-36 Complaint and Quail; Seventy Elders 11:1-35 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 12:1-16 Spies Sent into Canaan 13:1-25 Report of the Spies 13:26-33 The People Rebel 14:1-45 Offerings and Firstfruits 15:1-21 Unintentional Sin and Presumptuous Sin 15:22-31 The Sabbath-Breaker 15:32-36 Tassels on Garments 15:37-41 Korah’s Rebellion 16:1-50 Aaron’s Staff Buds 17:1-13 Priests’ and Levites’ Duties 18:1-7 Portions for Priests and Levites 18:8-32 The Red Heifer 19:1-22 Water from the Rock at Meribah 20:1-13 Edom Refuses Passage 20:14-21 Aaron’s Death 20:22-29 Arad Defeated 21:1-3 The Bronze Serpent 21:4-9 Journeys in the Wilderness 21:10-20 Victories over Sihon and Og 21:21-35 Balaam Summoned 22:1-20 Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel 22:21-41 Balaam’s First Oracle 23:1-12 Balaam’s Second Oracle 23:13-26 Balaam’s Third Oracle 23:27-24:14 The Star out of Jacob 24:15-19 Balaam’s Final Sayings 24:20-25 Baal of Peor and Phinehas 25:1-18 The Second Census 26:1-65 Daughters of Zelophehad 27:1-11 Joshua Appointed 27:12-23 Daily Offerings 28:1-8 Sabbath Offerings 28:9-10 Monthly Offerings 28:11-15 Passover Offerings 28:16-25 Weeks (Firstfruits) Offerings 28:26-31 Trumpets Offerings 29:1-6 Day of Atonement Offerings 29:7-11 Booths Offerings 29:12-40 Vows 30:1-16 War with Midian—Spoils 31:1-24 Division of the Spoils 31:25-54 Reuben, Gad, and Half-Manasseh 32:1-42 Stages of Israel’s Journey 33:1-56 Boundaries of the Land 34:1-29 Levitical Cities 35:1-5 Cities of Refuge 35:6-34 Marriage of Zelophehad’s Daughters 36:1-13

Deuteronomy

Preamble and Setting 1:1-8 Leaders Appointed 1:9-18 Spies Sent 1:19-25 Rebellion and Judgment 1:26-46 Journey Through Edom, Moab, Ammon 2:1-23 Victory over Sihon 2:24-37 Victory over Og 3:1-11 Allotment East of Jordan 3:12-20 Moses Forbidden to Enter 3:21-29 Call to Obey 4:1-14 No Idols 4:15-31 The LORD Alone Is God 4:32-40 Cities of Refuge East 4:41-43 Introduction to the Law 4:44-49 The Ten Commandments Rehearsed 5:1-33 The Shema and Instruction 6:1-25 Warning Against the Nations 7:1-26 Do Not Forget the LORD 8:1-20 Not for Your Righteousness 9:1-6 Israel’s Rebellions Recounted 9:7-29 New Tablets; Ark 10:1-11 Fear the LORD 10:12-22 Love, Obey, Choose 11:1-32 The Place of Worship 12:1-32 False Prophets and Idolatry 13:1-18 Clean and Unclean Foods 14:1-21 Tithes 14:22-29 Sabbatical Year 15:1-11 Hebrew Slaves 15:12-18 Firstborn Animals 15:19-23 Passover 16:1-8 Weeks 16:9-12 Booths 16:13-17 Justice 16:18-20 Forbidden Worship 16:21-17:7 Difficult Cases 17:8-13 Laws for the King 17:14-20 Provision for Levites 18:1-8 Abominable Practices 18:9-13 A Prophet Like Moses 18:14-22 Cities of Refuge 19:1-14 Witnesses and Penalties 19:15-21 Rules for War 20:1-20 Unsolved Murder 21:1-9 Wives from War 21:10-14 Rights of the Firstborn 21:15-17 Rebellious Son 21:18-21 Various Laws 21:22-22:12 Laws of Chastity 22:13-30 Assembly Exclusions 23:1-8 Camp Purity 23:9-14 Various Laws Continued 23:15-25:19 Firstfruits and Tithes Confession 26:1-15 You Are the LORD’s People 26:16-19 Law on Stones and Altar 27:1-8 Curses Pronounced 27:9-26 Blessings for Obedience 28:1-14 Curses for Disobedience 28:15-68 Renewal in Moab 29:1-29 Choose Life 30:1-20 Joshua Commissioned 31:1-8 Public Reading of the Law 31:9-13 Moses’ Warning of Apostasy 31:14-29 The Song of Moses 31:30-32:47 Moses to Die on Nebo 32:48-52 Moses Blesses Israel 33:1-29 The Death of Moses 34:1-12

Joshua

Joshua Commissioned and Encouraged 1:1-18 Rahab Protects the Spies 2:1-24 Crossing the Jordan and Memorial Stones 3:1-4:24 Renewal at Gilgal: Circumcision and Passover 5:1-12 The Commander Appears and the Fall of Jericho 5:13-6:27 Defeat at Ai and Achan's Sin Revealed 7:1-26 The Capture and Destruction of Ai 8:1-29 Altar on Mount Ebal and the Law Proclaimed 8:30-35 The Gibeonite Deception and Treaty 9:1-27 Victory at Gibeon and the Long Day 10:1-15 Capture and Execution of the Five Kings 10:16-28 The Southern Campaign and Conquest of Cities 10:29-43 Defeat of the Northern Coalition and Hazor Destroyed 11:1-23 Lists of Kings Defeated East and West of the Jordan 12:1-24 Land Remaining to Be Possessed 13:1-7 Allotments East of the Jordan 13:8-33 Procedure for Distributing the Land and Levitical Cities 14:1-5 Caleb's Claim and Inheritance of Hebron 14:6-15 Boundaries and Towns of Judah 15:1-63 Ephraim and West Manasseh: Boundaries and Claims 16:1-17:18 Shiloh Established and the Land Surveyed 18:1-10 Territory and Towns of Benjamin 18:11-28 Territory of Simeon 19:1-9 Territory of Zebulun 19:10-16 Territory of Issachar 19:17-23 Territory of Asher 19:24-31 Territory of Naphtali 19:32-39 Territory of Dan 19:40-48 Completion of the Allotments and Joshua's Inheritance 19:49-51 Cities of Refuge Established 20:1-9 Levitical Cities and Their Holdings 21:1-45 The Eastern Tribes' Altar and the Reconciliation 22:1-34 Joshua's Farewell Exhortation and Warning 23:1-16 Renewal of the Covenant at Shechem 24:1-27 Death and Burial of Joshua and Eleazar 24:28-33

1 Samuel

Hannah's Prayer for a Son 1:1-20 Hannah Presents Samuel to the Lord 1:21-28 Hannah's Song of Praise 2:1-11 Eli's Corrupt Sons and Samuel's Childhood 2:12-26 Prophecy of Judgment on Eli's House 2:27-36 Samuel's Call and the Lord's Word to Eli 3:1-4:1 Israel Defeated and the Ark Captured 4:2-11 Eli's Death and the Birth of Ichabod 4:12-22 The Ark Brings Judgment in Philistine Cities 5:1-12 The Ark Returned to Israel 6:1-7:1 Samuel Judges Israel and Delivers Them at Mizpah 7:2-17 Israel Demands a King 8:1-22 Saul Chosen and Given Signs 9:1-10:8 Saul Proclaimed King by Lot 10:9-27 Saul's Victory at Jabesh-Gilead 11:1-11 Saul Confirmed as King at Gilgal 11:12-15 Samuel's Farewell and Exhortation to Israel 12:1-25 Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice and Rebuke 13:1-15 Philistine Pressure and Israel's Lack of Arms 13:16-22 Jonathan's Bold Assault and Victory 13:23-14:14 Saul's Rash Oath and Its Consequences 14:15-23 Saul's Pursuit and Jonathan's Exploits 14:24-48 Saul's Family and Mighty Men 14:49-52 Saul's Disobedience and Rejection as King 15:1-35 David Anointed by Samuel 16:1-13 David Serves Saul and Eases His Torment 16:14-23 David and Goliath 17:1-58 David's Rise and Saul's Jealousy 18:1-30 Saul's Attempts on David's Life and Jonathan's Intervention 19:1-24 David and Jonathan's Covenant 20:1-42 David at Nob: Bread and Goliath's Sword 21:1-9 David Feigns Madness at Gath 21:10-15 David Gathers Followers and Seeks Priestly Aid 22:1-5 Massacre at Nob and Abiathar Joins David 22:6-23 David Delivers Keilah and Inquires of God 23:1-6 Saul's Pursuit, Ziphite Betrayal, and David's Escape 23:7-29 David Spares Saul in a Cave 24:1-22 Nabal's Folly and Abigail's Intervention 25:1-44 David Again Spares Saul in His Camp 26:1-25 David Seeks Refuge with Achish 27:1-12 Saul and the Witch of Endor 28:1-25 The Philistines Reject David 29:1-11 David Recovers His Family and Defeats the Amalekites 30:1-31 The Death of Saul and His Sons 31:1-13

2 Samuel

An Amalekite Reports Saul and Jonathan's Death 1:1-16 David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan 1:17-27 David Anointed King of Judah at Hebron 2:1-7 Ish‑Bosheth Made King; Civil War with David Begins 2:8-3:5 Abner Seeks Alliance with David 3:6-21 Joab Murders Abner; David's Protest and Mourning 3:22-39 Ish‑Bosheth Assassinated 4:1-12 David Anointed King over All Israel 5:1-5 David Captures Jerusalem and Establishes His House 5:6-16 David's Victories over the Philistines 5:17-25 Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem; Uzzah's Death and David's Joy 6:1-23 God's Covenant with David 7:1-17 David's Prayer of Thanksgiving for God's Promise 7:18-29 David's Military Victories 8:1-14 David's Officials and Mighty Men 8:15-18 David Shows Kindness to Mephibosheth 9:1-13 War with the Ammonites and Syrians 10:1-19 David and Bathsheba; the Death of Uriah 11:1-27 Nathan Rebukes David; Judgment and Aftermath 12:1-31 Amnon's Crime against Tamar 13:1-22 Absalom Kills Amnon and Flees 13:23-39 Joab Secures Absalom's Return and Reconciliation 14:1-33 Absalom's Conspiracy and Rise to Power 15:1-12 David Flees Jerusalem; Loyal Followers Accompany Him 15:13-37 Ziba Brings Provisions to David 16:1-4 Shimei Curses David as He Flees 16:5-14 Counsel in Absalom's Court; Ahithophel's Plan and Hushai's Counterplot 16:15-17:29 Battle in the Forest of Ephraim and Absalom's Death 18:1-18 Reports of Victory and David's Grief for Absalom 18:19-19:8 David's Return to Jerusalem; Reconciliation and Disputes 19:9-43 Sheba's Revolt and Its Suppression 20:1-26 Famine and the Gibeonites' Demand; Saul's Descendants Executed 21:1-14 David's Battles with the Philistines and the Valor of His Men 21:15-22 David's Song of Deliverance 22:1-51 David's Final Oracle 23:1-7 The Deeds of David's Mighty Warriors 23:8-39 David's Census and the Resulting Plague 24:1-17 David Purchases the Threshing Floor; Sacrifice and End of Plague 24:18-25

1 Kings

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Throne 1:1-27 Solomon Anointed King 1:28-53 David's Charge to Solomon and Death 2:1-12 Solomon Consolidates His Power 2:13-46 Solomon's Request for Wisdom 3:1-15 Solomon's Wise Judgment 3:16-28 Solomon's Officials and Administrative Order 4:1-19 The Wealth and Prosperity of Israel 4:20-28 Solomon's Wisdom and Fame 4:29-34 Alliances and Preparations for the Temple 5:1-18 Solomon Builds the Temple 6:1-38 Solomon's Palace and Structural Works 7:1-12 Temple Furnishings and the Work of Hiram 7:13-51 The Ark Brought into the Temple 8:1-21 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication 8:22-61 The Dedication Celebrated with Sacrifice 8:62-66 God's Promise and Warning to Solomon 9:1-9 Solomon's Building Projects and Trade 9:10-28 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 10:1-13 The Wealth and Splendor of Solomon's Reign 10:14-29 Solomon's Foreign Wives and Apostasy 11:1-13 Adversaries Raised Against Solomon 11:14-25 Jeroboam's Call and the Promise of Division 11:26-40 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 11:41-43 Rehoboam's Folly and the Kingdom Divides 12:1-24 Jeroboam Establishes Golden Calves 12:25-33 Prophetic Rebuke at Bethel and Deception 13:1-34 Ahijah's Prophecy Against Jeroboam 14:1-20 Rehoboam's Unfaithfulness and Shishak's Invasion 14:21-31 Abijam's Short Reign in Judah 15:1-8 Asa's Reforms and Early Reign 15:9-24 Nadab's Reign and Baasha's Conspiracy 15:25-32 Baasha's Reign and Jehu's Prophecy 15:33-16:7 Elah Assassinated and Zimri's Usurpation 16:8-14 Zimri's Suicide and Omri's Rise to Power 16:15-20 Omri Establishes Samaria as Capital 16:21-28 Ahab and Jezebel Introduce Baal Worship 16:29-34 Elijah Announces the Drought and Is Fed by Ravens 17:1-6 Elijah in Zarephath: Provision and Resurrection 17:7-24 Elijah Confronts Ahab and Prepares for Confrontation 18:1-15 Elijah on Mount Carmel and the Fall of Baal's Prophets 18:16-46 Elijah Flees to Horeb and Is Renewed 19:1-9 God's Response to Elijah and New Commissions 19:10-18 The Call of Elisha 19:19-21 Ben‑hadad Besieges Samaria; Israel's Defiant Response 20:1-12 Israel's Victories Over Aram and Ahab's Mercy 20:13-34 A Prophet Enacts Judgment on the King 20:35-43 Naboth's Vineyard: Ahab and Jezebel's Crime and Punishment 21:1-29 Ahab and Jehoshaphat Seek Counsel; Micaiah's True Prophecy 22:1-28 Ahab Dies at Ramoth‑Gilead 22:29-40 Jehoshaphat's Reign in Judah 22:41-50 Ahaziah Succeeds Ahab and Does Evil 22:51-53

2 Kings

Ahaziah Seeks Counsel and Elijah’s Judgment 1:1-18 Elijah Taken Up; Elisha Succeeds 2:1-18 Elisha Purifies Jericho’s Water 2:19-22 Mockers of Elisha Mauled by Bears 2:23-25 Alliance Against Moab and Elisha’s Miracle 3:1-27 The Widow’s Oil Multiplied 4:1-7 Elisha Restores the Shunammite’s Son 4:8-37 Poisoned Stew Made Safe 4:38-41 Elisha Feeds a Hundred Men 4:42-44 Naaman Healed of Leprosy and Gehazi’s Greed 5:1-27 The Floating Axe Head 6:1-7 Elisha Foils the Aramean Raid 6:8-23 Famine Besieges Samaria 6:24-7:2 Arameans Flee; Samaria’s Deliverance 7:3-20 The Shunammite Restored to Her Land 8:1-6 Elisha Foretells Hazael’s Rise 8:7-15 Jehoram’s Reign in Israel 8:16-24 Ahaziah of Judah Ascends the Throne 8:25-29 Anointing of Jehu as King 9:1-13 Jehu Slays Joram and the House of Ahab 9:14-29 The Death of Jezebel 9:30-37 Jehu Executes Ahab’s Kin at Jezreel 10:1-17 Jehu Destroys Baal Worship 10:18-36 Joash Crowned; Athaliah Overthrown 11:1-21 Joash Repairs the Temple 12:1-21 Jehoahaz of Israel and Aramean Oppression 13:1-9 Jehoash of Israel and Elisha’s Final Acts 13:10-25 Amaziah of Judah: Victory and Pride 14:1-22 Jeroboam II Restores Israel’s Borders 14:23-29 Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah 15:1-7 Zechariah’s Short Reign and Assassination 15:8-12 Shallum’s Brief Usurpation and Murder 15:13-16 Menahem’s Reign and Tribute to Assyria 15:17-22 Pekahiah Murdered; Pekah’s Conspiracy 15:23-26 Pekah Rules and Wars with Judah 15:27-31 Jotham King of Judah 15:32-38 Ahaz’s Reign and Submission to Assyria 16:1-20 Fall of Samaria and Israel’s Exile 17:1-6 Reasons for Israel’s Exile 17:7-23 Resettling Samaria and Syncretistic Worship 17:24-41 Hezekiah’s Reforms and Fortifications 18:1-16 Rabshakeh’s Taunts before Jerusalem 18:17-37 Hezekiah’s Plea and Isaiah’s Prophecy 19:1-13 Hezekiah’s Prayer of Surrender 19:14-19 The LORD Delivers Jerusalem from Sennacherib 19:20-37 Hezekiah’s Illness, Recovery, and the Sign 20:1-11 Hezekiah’s Pride and a Warning about Babylon 20:12-21 Manasseh’s Long, Wicked Reign 21:1-18 Amon’s Short Reign and Assassination 21:19-26 Josiah Finds the Book of the Law and Reforms 22:1-20 Josiah’s Covenant Renewal and Passover 23:1-30 Jehoahaz Deposed; Jehoiakim Installed by Egypt 23:31-35 Jehoiakim’s Reign and Babylonian Pressure 23:36-24:7 Jehoiachin’s Brief Reign and First Exile 24:8-17 Zedekiah Appointed as Babylon’s Vassal 24:18-19 Siege and Fall of Jerusalem; Destruction and Exile 24:20-25:26 Jehoiachin Released from Babylonian Prison 25:27-30

1 Chronicles

Genealogies from Adam to Abraham 1:1-27 The Descendants of Abraham 1:28-34 The Edomite Genealogies (Esau and Seir) 1:35-54 The Sons of Israel 2:1-2 The Genealogy and Families of Judah 2:3-55 David’s Descendants and the Royal Line 3:1-24 Judahite Families and Notable Descendants 4:1-23 The Families and Settlements of Simeon 4:24-43 Transjordanian Tribes and Their Chiefs 5:1-10 Wars and Settlements East of the Jordan 5:11-22 Loss of Territory and Exile East of the Jordan 5:23-26 The Levites: Genealogy and Temple Service 6:1-81 The Tribe of Issachar 7:1-5 A Register of Benjamin’s Households 7:6-12 A Brief Genealogical Note 7:13 The Tribe of Naphtali 7:14-19 The Tribe of Manasseh 7:20-29 The Tribe of Ephraim 7:30-40 The Genealogy of Benjamin (including Saul’s Line) 8:1-9:1 Resettlement of Jerusalem: Residents and Officials 9:2-34 Gatekeepers and Temple Servants in Jerusalem 9:35-44 The Death of Saul and the End of His House 10:1-14 David Anointed King over Israel 11:1-3 David Captures Jerusalem (Zion) 11:4-9 David’s Mighty Men and Warriors 11:10-47 Those Who Came to David at Hebron (Judah’s Support) 12:1-22 Israel’s Warriors Join David at Hebron 12:23-40 Bringing the Ark: Preparations and Uzzah’s Death 13:1-14 David’s Household and Philistine Submission 14:1-7 David’s Victories over the Philistines 14:8-17 Preparations for Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem 15:1-16:6 David Institutes Worship and a Song of Praise 16:7-43 God’s Covenant with David (Nathan’s Oracle) 17:1-15 David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Covenant 17:16-27 David’s Military Victories and Tribute 18:1-13 David’s Officials and the Spoils of War 18:14-17 War with the Ammonites and Their Allies 19:1-19 The Campaign against Rabbah (Ammon) 20:1-3 Defeat of the Philistines and Their Champions 20:4-8 David’s Census, Plague, and Purchase of the Temple Site 21:1-22:1 David’s Preparations and Instructions for Solomon 22:2-19 David Organizes the Levites 23:1-6 Levitical Families and Their Heads 23:7-11 Age Regulations and Duties of the Levites 23:12-20 Assignments of Levites: Singers, Gatekeepers, Treasurers 23:21-32 Divisions of the Priests into Twenty‑Four Courses 24:1-19 Priestly Families and Their Cities 24:20-31 The Levitical Musicians and Their Organization 25:1-31 Gatekeepers and Their Lineages 26:1-19 Officials Responsible for Treasuries and Records 26:20-32 Military Divisions and Their Commanders 27:1-15 David’s Civil Officials and Overseers 27:16-24 Heads of the King’s Household and Provisions 27:25-34 David’s Charge to Solomon and the Temple Plan 28:1-21 The Nation’s Offerings for the Temple 29:1-9 David’s Prayer of Praise and Blessing for Solomon 29:10-20 David’s Final Acts and Organization of the Kingdom 29:21-25 The Death of David and Solomon’s Accession 29:26-30

2 Chronicles

Solomon's Sacrifice at Gibeon and Prayer for Wisdom 1:1-17 Solomon Secures Materials and Craftsmen for the Temple 2:1-18 The Temple: Foundation and Structure 3:1-17 Temple Furnishings and Completion of the Work 4:1-5:1 The Ark Installed and Solomon's Dedication Prayer 5:2-6:11 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication and God's Assurance 6:12-42 The Lord Fills the Temple and the Dedication Festival 7:1-10 God Appears to Solomon and Gives a Conditional Promise 7:11-22 Solomon's Other Buildings and Relations with Hiram 8:1-18 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 9:1-12 Solomon's Wealth, Trade, and Administration 9:13-28 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 9:29-31 Rehoboam's Folly and the Division of the Kingdom 10:1-11:4 Rehoboam Fortifies Judah and Consolidates Support 11:5-17 Rehoboam's Descendants and Death 11:18-23 Shishak's Invasion and Judah's Loss 12:1-16 Abijah's Victory over Israel and His Death 13:1-14:1 Asa's Reforms and Victory over Ethiopia 14:2-15 Asa Strengthened by Prophecy and Covenant Renewal 15:1-19 Asa's Alliance with Aram and Reproof by Hanani 16:1-14 Jehoshaphat Strengthens Judah and Reforms Justice 17:1-19 Jehoshaphat's Alliance with Ahab and the Battle at Ramoth-gilead 18:1-27 Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat for the Alliance with Ahab 18:28-19:3 Judicial Reforms: Judges Appointed to Administer Justice 19:4-11 Jehoshaphat's Deliverance through Prayer and Praise 20:1-30 End of Jehoshaphat's Reign and Jehoram's Accession 20:31-21:3 Jehoram's Wicked Reign, Revolts, and Judgment 21:4-20 Ahaziah Succeeds His Father and Is Wounded 22:1-9 Athaliah's Usurpation Overthrown and Joash Crowned 22:10-23:21 Joash's Temple Restoration under Jehoiada 24:1-16 Joash's Apostasy, Punishment, and Assassination 24:17-27 Amaziah's Reign: Victory, Pride, and Defeat by Israel 25:1-28 Uzziah's Prosperity and Pride; Leprosy for Presumption 26:1-23 Jotham's Reign: Fortifications and Prosperity 27:1-9 Ahaz's Idolatry, Defeats, and Assyrian Subjugation 28:1-27 Hezekiah's Temple Restoration and Religious Reforms 29:1-36 Hezekiah's Passover and National Repentance 30:1-31:1 Hezekiah's Religious Administration and Temple Support 31:2-21 Hezekiah's Defense Against Sennacherib and Divine Deliverance 32:1-23 Hezekiah's Illness, Pride, and the Babylonian Envoys 32:24-33 Manasseh's Idolatry, Captivity, Repentance, and Restoration 33:1-20 Amon's Wicked Reign and Assassination 33:21-25 Josiah's Early Reforms and Temple Repair 34:1-13 The Book of the Law Found, Huldah's Prophecy, and Josiah's Covenant 34:14-33 Josiah's Observance of the Passover 35:1-19 Josiah Killed at Megiddo and National Mourning 35:20-36:1 Jehoahaz Reigns Briefly and Is Deposed by Pharaoh 36:2-4 Jehoiakim's Reign and Disobedience 36:5-8 Jehoiachin's Short Reign and Exile to Babylon 36:9-10 Zedekiah's Reign and Rejection of Prophetic Warnings 36:11-14 Judgment, Exile, and the Decree of Cyrus 36:15-23

Psalm

Psalms 1–2 1:1-2:12 Psalms 3–8 3:1-8 Psalms 4–8 4:1-8 Psalms 5–12 5:1-12 Psalms 6–10 6:1-10 Psalms 7–17 7:1-17 Psalms 8–9 8:1-9 Psalms 9–10 9:1-10:18 Psalms 11–7 11:1-7 Psalms 12–8 12:1-8 Psalms 13–6 13:1-6 Psalms 14–7 14:1-7 Psalms 15–5 15:1-5 Psalms 16–11 16:1-11 Psalms 17–15 17:1-15 Psalms 18–50 18:1-50 Psalms 19–14 19:1-14 Psalms 20–9 20:1-9 Psalms 21–13 21:1-13 Psalms 22–31 22:1-31 Psalms 23–6 23:1-6 Psalms 24–10 24:1-10 Psalms 25–22 25:1-22 Psalms 26–12 26:1-12 Psalms 27–14 27:1-14 Psalms 28–9 28:1-9 Psalms 29–11 29:1-11 Psalms 30–12 30:1-12 Psalms 31–24 31:1-24 Psalms 32–33 32:1-33:22 Psalms 34–22 34:1-22 Psalms 35–28 35:1-28 Psalms 36–12 36:1-12 Psalms 37–40 37:1-40 Psalms 38–22 38:1-22 Psalms 39–13 39:1-13 Psalms 40–17 40:1-17 Psalms 41–13 41:1-13 Psalms 42–43 42:1-43:5 Psalms 44–26 44:1-26 Psalms 45–17 45:1-17 Psalms 46–11 46:1-11 Psalms 47–9 47:1-9 Psalms 48–14 48:1-14 Psalms 49–20 49:1-20 Psalms 50–23 50:1-23 Psalms 51–19 51:1-19 Psalms 52–9 52:1-9 Psalms 53–6 53:1-6 Psalms 54–7 54:1-7 Psalms 55–23 55:1-23 Psalms 56–13 56:1-13 Psalms 57–11 57:1-11 Psalms 58–11 58:1-11 Psalms 59–17 59:1-17 Psalms 60–12 60:1-12 Psalms 61–8 61:1-8 Psalms 62–12 62:1-12 Psalms 63–11 63:1-11 Psalms 64–10 64:1-10 Psalms 65–13 65:1-13 Psalms 66–20 66:1-20 Psalms 67–7 67:1-7 Psalms 68–35 68:1-35 Psalms 69–36 69:1-36 Psalms 70–71 70:1-71:24 Psalms 72–20 72:1-20 Psalms 73–28 73:1-28 Psalms 74–23 74:1-23 Psalms 75–10 75:1-10 Psalms 76–12 76:1-12 Psalms 77–20 77:1-20 Psalms 78–72 78:1-72 Psalms 79–13 79:1-13 Psalms 80–19 80:1-19 Psalms 81–16 81:1-16 Psalms 82–8 82:1-8 Psalms 83–18 83:1-18 Psalms 84–12 84:1-12 Psalms 85–13 85:1-13 Psalms 86–17 86:1-17 Psalms 87–7 87:1-7 Psalms 88–18 88:1-18 Psalms 89–52 89:1-52 Psalms 90–91 90:1-91:16 Psalms 92–97 92:1-97:12 Psalms 98–99 98:1-99:9 Psalms 100–5 100:1-5 Psalms 101–8 101:1-8 Psalms 102–28 102:1-28 Psalms 103–106 103:1-106:48 Psalms 107–43 107:1-43 Psalms 108–13 108:1-13 Psalms 109–31 109:1-31 Psalms 110–118 110:1-118:29 Psalms 119–8 119:1-8 Psalms 119–16 119:9-16 Psalms 119–24 119:17-24 Psalms 119–32 119:25-32 Psalms 119–40 119:33-40 Psalms 119–48 119:41-48 Psalms 119–56 119:49-56 Psalms 119–64 119:57-64 Psalms 119–72 119:65-72 Psalms 119–80 119:73-80 Psalms 119–88 119:81-88 Psalms 119–176 119:89-176 Psalms 119–104 119:96-104 Psalms 119–112 119:105-112 Psalms 119–120 119:113-120 Psalms 119–128 119:121-128 Psalms 119–136 119:129-136 Psalms 119–144 119:137-144 Psalms 119–152 119:145-152 Psalms 119–160 119:153-160 Psalms 119–168 119:161-168 Psalms 119–176 119:169-176 Psalms 120–7 120:1-7 Psalms 121–8 121:1-8 Psalms 122–9 122:1-9 Psalms 123–4 123:1-4 Psalms 124–8 124:1-8 Psalms 125–5 125:1-5 Psalms 126–6 126:1-6 Psalms 127–5 127:1-5 Psalms 128–6 128:1-6 Psalms 129–8 129:1-8 Psalms 130–8 130:1-8 Psalms 131–3 131:1-3 Psalms 132–18 132:1-18 Psalms 133–3 133:1-3 Psalms 134–137 134:1-137:9 Psalms 138–8 138:1-8 Psalms 139–24 139:1-24 Psalms 140–13 140:1-13 Psalms 141–10 141:1-10 Psalms 142–7 142:1-7 Psalms 143–12 143:1-12 Psalms 144–15 144:1-15 Psalms 145–150 145:1-150:6

Proverbs

Introduction: The Purpose of Proverbs and the Fear of the Lord 1:1-7 Warning Against Enticement by Sinners 1:8-19 Wisdom's Public Call and the Folly of Rejection 1:20-33 The Value of Wisdom and Its Protection 2:1-22 Trusting God and Walking in Wisdom 3:1-35 A Father's Exhortation to Hold Fast to Wisdom 4:1-27 Warning Against Adultery and a Call to Fidelity 5:1-23 Warnings: Surety, Laziness, and Wickedness 6:1-19 Obey Parental Commands and the Dangers of Adultery 6:20-35 The Example of a Young Man Seduced 7:1-27 Wisdom's Proclamation and Blessings 8:1-36 Contrasting Invitations of Wisdom and Folly 9:1-18 Solomon's Proverbs: Contrasts of Righteousness and Folly 10:1-32 Proverbs on Justice, Integrity, and Righteous Living 11:1-31 Wise Conduct, Diligence, and Righteous Speech 12:1-28 Discipline, Wealth, and the Wise Child 13:1-25 Sayings on Wisdom, Folly, and the Fear of the Lord 14:1-35 The Power of Speech and the Benefits of Wisdom 15:1-33 God's Sovereignty Over Human Plans 16:1-33 Relations and Righteousness: Peace, Speech, and Integrity 17:1-28 The Power of Words and the Nature of Companionship 18:1-24 Advice on Wealth, Conduct, and Discipline 19:1-29 Counsel, Justice, and Warnings Against Excess 20:1-30 Divine Sovereignty, Justice, and the King's Role 21:1-31 Reputation, Generosity, and Child Discipline 22:1-16 Sayings of the Wise: Practical Moral Instruction 22:17-24:34 Solomon's Proverbs on Restraint and Leadership 25:1-28 Folly and Foolish Behavior in Speech and Deeds 26:1-28 Friendship, Counsel, and Practical Wisdom for Life 27:1-27 Justice, Righteousness, and the Results of Rebellion 28:1-28 Discipline, Leadership, and Social Order 29:1-27 The Sayings of Agur: Humility and Observations 30:1-33 Advice to King Lemuel and the Virtuous Woman 31:1-31

Isaiah

Judah's Rebellion and Call to Repentance 1:1-31 The Mountain of the Lord and the Nations' Hope 2:1-6 Judgment on Arrogance and Idolatry 2:7-22 Judgment on Jerusalem's Leaders and Social Order 3:1-4:1 The Branch and the Renewal of Zion 4:2-6 The Song of the Vineyard: Israel's Failure 5:1-7 Woes to Israel and Coming Judgment 5:8-30 Isaiah's Vision and Commission 6:1-13 Ahaz, the Immanuel Sign, and Invasion 7:1-25 The Sign of Plunder and a Call to Courage 8:1-10 Trust the Lord, Not Alliances or Diviners 8:11-22 A Child Is Born: Promise of Peace 9:1-7 Israel's Arrogance and Coming Punishment 9:8-10:4 Assyria: Instrument of Judgment and Its Doom 10:5-19 The Remnant and the Fall of Assyria 10:20-34 The Righteous Branch and the Peaceable Kingdom 11:1-16 A Song of Praise for God's Salvation 12:1-6 Babylon's Doom and the Day of the Lord 13:1-14:23 God's Decree: Assyria Overthrown 14:24-27 Oracle Concerning Philistia and Promise to Zion 14:28-32 Lament for Moab 15:1-16:14 Judgment on Damascus and Northern Israel 17:1-14 A Message to Cush (Ethiopia) 18:1-7 Judgment on Egypt and Future Salvation 19:1-25 Isaiah's Sign against Egypt and Cush 20:1-6 Prophecy of Babylon's Fall (The Watchman's Report) 21:1-10 Oracle concerning Dumah: The Night Watchman's Lament 21:11-12 Oracle Against Arabia (Dedan and Kedar) 21:13-17 The Valley of Vision: Jerusalem's Fall and Leadership Change 22:1-25 Tyre's Fall and Future Restoration 23:1-18 The Lord's Universal Judgment and Final Reign 24:1-23 Praise for God's Triumph and Deliverance 25:1-12 Trust in God and Hope for Deliverance 26:1-21 The Slaying of Leviathan and Israel's Restoration 27:1-13 Woe to Ephraim and Judah: Drunkenness and Judgment 28:1-29 Woe to Ariel (Jerusalem) and Promise of Enlightenment 29:1-24 Rebuke for Seeking Egypt's Help; Call to Trust the Lord 30:1-33 Egypt Is No Help; The Lord Will Save Jerusalem 31:1-9 A Righteous King and Just Leadership 32:1-8 Call to Repentance and Promise of Renewal 32:9-20 A Plea for Deliverance and the Lord's Judgment 33:1-24 The Lord's Vengeance on the Nations (Edom) 34:1-17 The Glorious Restoration of the Redeemed 35:1-10 Sennacherib's Siege and Rabshakeh's Taunt 36:1-22 Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah; Rabshakeh's Threat 37:1-13 Hezekiah's Prayer and Isaiah's Assurance 37:14-20 God Delivers Jerusalem and Sennacherib's Defeat 37:21-38 Hezekiah's Illness, Prayer, and Recovery 38:1-22 Babylonian Envoys and the Announcement of Exile 39:1-8 Comfort for Zion and the Majesty of God 40:1-31 God Defends Israel Against the Nations and Idols 41:1-29 The Servant of the Lord: Covenant and Mission 42:1-9 A Call to Praise and God's Guidance for the Blind 42:10-17 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Resulting Judgment 42:18-25 Israel Redeemed: God's Sovereign Deliverer 43:1-13 The Lord Proclaims Redemption and Rebukes Israel 43:14-28 Israel Chosen and Blessed by the Spirit 44:1-5 The Folly of Idols and God's Uniqueness 44:6-23 God the Creator and the Call of Cyrus for Israel's Restoration 44:24-45:25 The God Who Carries and Redeems: Yahweh's Sovereignty over Idols 46:1-13 The Humbling of Babylon the Mistress 47:1-15 Israel's Stubbornness and God's Resolute Purpose 48:1-11 God's Sovereign 'I Am' and Call to Return 48:12-22 The Servant's Commission to Restore Israel and the Nations 49:1-8 Restoration and Promise to Gather Israel 49:9-26 The Servant's Suffering and Israel's Rejection 50:1-11 Comfort for Zion: Remember Abraham; God's Salvation 51:1-16 Awakening of Zion and Proclamation of Salvation 51:17-52:12 The Suffering Servant and Atonement 52:13-53:12 The Exalted Zion: Promise of Restoration and Protection 54:1-17 Invitation to Life and the Power of God's Word 55:1-13 Justice, Inclusion, and Sabbath Observance 56:1-8 Condemnation of Idolatry and Complacency 56:9-57:13 Restoration for the Humble and Promise of Peace 57:14-21 True Fasting: Justice, Mercy, and Sabbath Blessing 58:1-14 Sin's Consequences and God's Redeeming Intervention 59:1-21 The Glory and Gathering of Zion 60:1-22 The Year of the Lord's Favor and Joyful Restoration 61:1-11 Zion's Vindication and New Name 62:1-12 The Lord's Vengeance: Treading the Winepress 63:1-6 Remembering God's Mercy and Plea for Restoration 63:7-64:12 God's Grace to the Faithful and Judgment on the Rebellious 65:1-16 A New Creation: Joy and Peace 65:17-25 The Lord's Final Judgment and the New Creation 66:1-24

Jeremiah

The Call and Commission of Jeremiah 1:1-19 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Call to Repentance 2:1-3:5 Judah's Spiritual Adultery and Call to Return 3:6-4:4 The Coming Calamity on the Land 4:5-31 An Accusation against Jerusalem's Corruption 5:1-31 The Siege and Devastation of Jerusalem 6:1-30 The Temple Sermon: False Security Condemned 7:1-29 Violence and Corruption in the Land 7:30-8:3 Persistent Idolatry and Coming Punishment 8:4-9:26 The Folly of Idols 10:1-16 Judah's Flight and Jeremiah's Lament 10:17-22 A Prayer for Direction and Deliverance 10:23-25 The Broken Covenant and a Public Warning 11:1-17 Conspiracy against Jeremiah and God's Vindication 11:18-23 Jeremiah's Complaint to God 12:1-4 A Call to Endure and Judgment on Nations 12:5-17 The Linen Belt: Symbol of Judah's Humiliation 13:1-11 A Sign of Shame and Pronounced Judgment 13:12-14 A Lament of Shame and Imminent Disaster 13:15-27 Famine, False Prophets, and Divine Judgment 14:1-15:21 Symbolic Acts and the People's Sinfulness 16:1-17:18 Warning about Sabbath Violations 17:19-27 The Potter and the Broken Jar: Judgment on Jerusalem 18:1-19:15 Persecution by Pashhur the Priest 20:1-6 Jeremiah's Lament and Resolve 20:7-18 A Message to the Royal House: Doom for Jerusalem 21:1-14 Judgment on the Kings and Royal House 22:1-30 False Shepherds Condemned and a Righteous Branch Promised 23:1-8 Condemnation of False Prophets 23:9-32 The Lord Rebukes False Oracles 23:33-40 The Two Figs: Exile and Remnant 24:1-10 Seventy Years of Babylonian Dominion 25:1-14 The Cup of God's Wrath on the Nations 25:15-38 Jeremiah's Temple Address, Arrest, and Vindication 26:1-24 The Yoke of Babylon and Call to Submit 27:1-22 Hananiah's False Prophecy and Its Rebuke 28:1-17 Letter to the Exiles: Seek the Welfare of Babylon 29:1-23 Shemaiah's Letter and Its Condemnation 29:24-32 The Book of Comfort: Restoration and the New Covenant 30:1-31:40 Jeremiah Buys a Field: Faith and Hope in Captivity 32:1-44 Promise of Restoration and the Davidic Covenant 33:1-26 Zedekiah's Appeal and Jeremiah's Warning 34:1-7 Breach of Covenant and Punishment for Oppression 34:8-22 The Rechabites' Fidelity as a Rebuke to Judah 35:1-19 Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Words and the Scroll Is Burned 36:1-32 Jeremiah Imprisoned during the Siege of Jerusalem 37:1-21 Jeremiah Cast into a Cistern 38:1-13 Ebed‑Melech Rescues Jeremiah; Zedekiah's Failure 38:14-28 The Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiah's Release 39:1-18 Gedaliah Appointed Governor and Jeremiah's Choice 40:1-6 Assassination of Gedaliah and the Terror in Judah 40:7-41:15 Rejection of Jeremiah's Counsel and Flight to Egypt 41:16-43:13 The Jews in Egypt: Idolatry and Condemnation 44:1-30 A Word to Baruch: Encouragement and Warning 45:1-5 Oracles against Egypt 46:1-28 Judgment on the Philistines 47:1-7 Judgment on Moab 48:1-47 Judgment on Ammon 49:1-6 Judgment on Edom 49:7-22 Judgment on Damascus and Aram 49:23-27 Destruction of Kedar and the Nomads 49:28-33 Judgment on Elam and Future Restoration 49:34-39 Judgment on Babylon and Its Final Fall 50:1-51:64 The Fall of Jerusalem and Zedekiah's Fate 52:1-30 Jehoiachin's Release from Babylonian Captivity 52:31-34

Ezekiel

The Vision of God's Glory and the Living Creatures 1:1-28 Ezekiel's Commission and the Eating of the Scroll 2:1-3:15 Ezekiel Appointed as Watchman and Made Speechless 3:16-27 Symbolic Acts of Siege and Judgment on Jerusalem 4:1-5:17 Judgment on Israel for Idolatry 6:1-14 The Day of the Lord: Impending Disaster 7:1-27 Visions of Temple Abominations 8:1-18 The Execution of Jerusalem's Wicked and the Marked Few 9:1-11 The Departure of God's Glory from the Temple 10:1-22 Condemnation of Jerusalem's Leaders 11:1-15 The Departure of God's Glory and Promise of Restoration 11:16-25 Signs of Exile and the Futility of False Hopes 12:1-28 Condemnation of False Prophets and Diviners 13:1-23 Elders' Idolatry and Its Consequences 14:1-11 Judgment on Nations and the Limits of Intercession 14:12-23 Jerusalem Portrayed as a Useless Vine 15:1-8 Jerusalem's Infidelity: Shame, Judgment, and Vindication 16:1-63 The Parable of the Two Eagles: Zedekiah's Folly 17:1-24 Individual Responsibility and the Call to Repentance 18:1-32 A Lament for Israel's Princes 19:1-14 Israel's History of Rebellion and Divine Judgment 20:1-29 Punishment for Profane Worship and Promise of Restoration 20:30-44 A Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel 20:45-49 The Sword of the Lord: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 21:1-32 Jerusalem's Corruption and the Search for a Righteous Remnant 22:1-31 The Sisters' Harlotry: Samaria and Jerusalem Condemned 23:1-49 The Boiling Pot: Prophecy of Jerusalem's Siege 24:1-14 The Sign of Ezekiel's Wife's Death: Judgment and Changed Lament 24:15-27 Oracle Against Ammon 25:1-7 Oracles Against Moab and Seir 25:8-11 Judgment on the Philistines 25:12-14 Oracle Against Tyre 25:15-17 The Fall of Tyre Foretold 26:1-21 Lamentation for Tyre, the Merchant City 27:1-36 The Pride and Fall of Tyre's Ruler 28:1-19 Judgment on Sidon and Promise of Israel's Security 28:20-26 Egypt's Humiliation and Years of Desolation 29:1-21 The Day of the Lord Against Egypt and Its Allies 30:1-26 Egypt Compared to the Fallen Cedar: Pride and Doom 31:1-18 Lament for Egypt's Collapse and Descent into Sheol 32:1-32 The Watchman's Duty and Personal Responsibility 33:1-20 Report of Jerusalem's Fall and the People's Alarm 33:21-33 Condemnation of Bad Shepherds and Promise of a Good Shepherd 34:1-31 Judgment on Edom for Rejoicing over Israel 35:1-15 Promise of Israel's Restoration and Spiritual Renewal 36:1-38 The Valley of Dry Bones: National Revival 37:1-14 The Two Sticks: Unity of Israel and the Davidic Covenant 37:15-28 The Invasion of Gog and Its Defeat 38:1-39:29 Vision of the Future Temple: Introduction and Commission 40:1-4 Measurements of the Outer Court and Gateways 40:5-16 Courtyard Entrances and Portico Dimensions 40:17-19 Inner Court Entrances and Chambers 40:20-23 Vestibules and Side Entrance Specifications 40:24-27 Details of Inner Chambers and Gate Structure 40:28-37 Porches, Chambers, and Steps of the Temple Court 40:38-43 Priests' Chambers and the Prince's Quarters 40:44-47 The Inner Sanctuary and Holy Place Measurements 40:48-41:26 Priestly Chambers and the Inner Court Layout 42:1-20 The Return of God's Glory to the Temple 43:1-12 Altar Design and Sacrificial Regulations 43:13-27 Temple Gates, Priestly Roles, and Exclusions 44:1-31 Land Allotments and the Prince's Portion 45:1-12 Worship Regulations: Offerings, Festivals, and the Prince 45:13-46:24 The Life-Giving River Flowing from the Temple 47:1-12 Division of the Land and Inheritance Boundaries 47:13-23 Tribal Allotments in the Restored Land 48:1-29 The City Gates and the Name: 'The Lord Is There' 48:30-35

Matthew

The Genealogy of Jesus 1:1-17 The Birth of Jesus Foretold to Joseph 1:18-25 The Visit of the Magi 2:1-12 Flight into Egypt and the Slaughter of the Innocents 2:13-18 Return to Nazareth 2:19-23 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3:1-12 The Baptism of Jesus 3:13-17 The Temptation of Jesus 4:1-11 Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 4:12-17 Jesus Calls the First Disciples 4:18-22 Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee 4:23-25 The Beatitudes 5:1-12 Salt and Light 5:13-16 Jesus and the Law 5:17-20 Teaching on Anger and Reconciliation 5:21-26 Teaching on Adultery and Lust 5:27-30 Teaching on Divorce 5:31-32 Teaching on Oaths and Honesty 5:33-37 Teaching on Retaliation and Generosity 5:38-42 Love Your Enemies 5:43-48 Giving to the Needy in Secret 6:1-4 Prayer and the Lord's Prayer 6:5-15 Teaching on Fasting 6:16-18 Treasures and Serving God 6:19-24 Do Not Worry 6:25-34 Do Not Judge 7:1-6 Ask, Seek, Knock and the Golden Rule 7:7-12 The Narrow and Wide Gates 7:13-14 Recognizing False Prophets 7:15-23 Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders 7:24-29 Jesus Cleanses a Leper 8:1-4 The Faith of the Centurion 8:5-13 Jesus Heals Many and Fulfills Prophecy 8:14-17 The Cost of Discipleship 8:18-22 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:23-27 Healing of Two Demon-Possessed Men 8:28-34 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9:1-8 Jesus Calls Matthew and Eats with Sinners 9:9-13 Fasting and the New Cloth and Wineskins 9:14-17 A Daughter Restored and a Woman Healed 9:18-26 Two Blind Men Healed and a Mute Man Restored 9:27-34 Jesus' Compassion and the Call for Workers 9:35-38 The Mission of the Twelve 10:1-42 John's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony about John 11:1-19 Woe to Unrepentant Cities 11:20-24 The Father's Revelation and Rest for the Weary 11:25-30 Sabbath Controversies: Grain and Healing 12:1-14 Jesus Heals and Fulfills Isaiah's Prophecy 12:15-21 Accusation, Blasphemy Against the Spirit, and the Heart's Fruit 12:22-37 The Sign of Jonah and the Unclean Spirit 12:38-45 Jesus Redefines Family 12:46-50 The Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 13:1-23 The Parable of the Weeds 13:24-30 The Mustard Seed and the Yeast 13:31-35 Explanation of the Weeds and End-Time Judgment 13:36-43 Treasure and Pearl: The Kingdom's Value 13:44-46 The Net and New and Old Treasures 13:47-52 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 13:53-58 The Execution of John the Baptist 14:1-12 Feeding the Five Thousand 14:13-21 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals Many 14:22-36 Tradition, Purity, and the Canaanite Woman's Faith 15:1-28 Jesus Heals Many and Feeds the Four Thousand 15:29-39 Pharisees Demand a Sign 16:1-4 Warning About the Teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees 16:5-12 Peter's Confession: You Are the Christ 16:13-20 Jesus Foretells His Death and Discipleship 16:21-28 The Transfiguration 17:1-13 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy and a Second Prediction of Death 17:14-23 Payment of the Temple Tax 17:24-27 Humility and Care for Little Ones 18:1-9 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 18:10-14 Church Discipline and Prayer 18:15-20 Forgiveness and the Unforgiving Servant 18:21-35 Marriage, Divorce, and Children 19:1-15 The Rich Young Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 19:16-30 The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard 20:1-16 Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 20:17-19 Request for Honor and Teaching on Servanthood 20:20-28 Two Blind Men Healed Near Jericho 20:29-34 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 21:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Heals 21:12-17 The Withered Fig Tree and Teaching on Faith 21:18-22 Jesus' Authority Challenged 21:23-27 The Parable of the Two Sons 21:28-32 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 21:33-46 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 22:1-14 Question about Paying Taxes to Caesar 22:15-22 The Sadducees and the Resurrection 22:23-33 The Greatest Commandment 22:34-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees about the Messiah 22:41-46 Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees 23:1-39 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of the End and the Temple's Destruction 24:1-35 The Olivet Discourse: Watchfulness and Judgment 24:36-51 The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:1-13 The Parable of the Talents 25:14-30 The Final Judgment: Sheep and Goats 25:31-46 The Plot to Arrest Jesus 26:1-5 The Anointing at Bethany 26:6-13 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 26:14-16 The Last Supper 26:17-30 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 26:31-35 Prayer in Gethsemane 26:36-46 The Arrest of Jesus 26:47-56 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin 26:57-68 Peter's Denial and Repentance 26:69-75 Judas' Remorse and Suicide 27:1-10 Jesus Sentenced by Pilate 27:11-26 Jesus Mocked and Scourged 27:27-31 The Crucifixion and Mockery 27:32-44 The Death of Jesus 27:45-56 Jesus Is Buried 27:57-61 The Tomb Secured by the Authorities 27:62-66 The Resurrection: Women at the Tomb 28:1-10 The Guards' Report and the Chief Priests' Lie 28:11-15 The Great Commission 28:16-20

Mark

John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1:1-8 The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 1:9-13 Jesus Begins His Ministry and Calls the First Disciples 1:14-20 Jesus Teaches with Authority and Casts Out an Unclean Spirit 1:21-28 Healings and Demons Cleansed at Simon's Home 1:29-34 Jesus Prays and Proclaims the Kingdom in Galilee 1:35-39 Healing of a Man with Leprosy 1:40-45 Forgiveness and Healing of a Paralytic 2:1-12 Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 2:13-17 Questions about Fasting; New Cloth and Wineskins 2:18-22 Sabbath Controversies: Grain, Healing, and Plot Against Jesus 2:23-3:6 Great Crowds Follow; Unclean Spirits Acknowledge Jesus 3:7-12 Jesus Appoints the Twelve Apostles 3:13-19 Accusations of Beelzebul and the Parable of the Strong Man 3:20-30 Jesus Redefines True Family 3:31-35 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 4:1-20 A Lamp, Measure, and the Principle of Growth 4:21-25 Parable of the Growing Seed 4:26-29 The Mustard Seed and the Kingdom's Growth 4:30-34 Jesus Calms the Storm 4:35-41 The Gerasene Demoniac Restored 5:1-20 A Woman Healed and Jairus' Daughter Raised 5:21-43 Jesus Rejected in His Hometown 6:1-6 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve 6:7-13 Herod, Herodias, and the Death of John the Baptist 6:14-29 Feeding of the Five Thousand 6:30-44 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals at Gennesaret 6:45-56 Tradition, Inner Purity, and What Truly Defiles 7:1-23 A Gentile Woman's Faith and the Healing at Tyre 7:24-30 Jesus Heals a Deaf Man Who Could Not Speak Clearly 7:31-37 Feeding the Four Thousand and the Pharisees' Demand for a Sign 8:1-13 Beware the Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod 8:14-21 Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida 8:22-26 Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 8:27-30 Jesus Predicts His Death and Calls Disciples to Take Up the Cross 8:31-9:1 The Transfiguration and the Return of Elijah 9:2-13 Healing of a Boy with an Unclean Spirit; Jesus Predicts His Passion Again 9:14-32 Who Is the Greatest? A Child as the Model of Service 9:33-37 Tolerance for Those Who Serve in Jesus' Name 9:38-41 Warnings about Causing Sin; Exhortations on Salt and Holiness 9:42-50 Jesus' Teaching on Divorce 10:1-12 Jesus Blesses Little Children 10:13-16 The Rich Young Man and the Cost of Discipleship 10:17-31 Jesus Again Predicts His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection 10:32-34 Ambition and Servanthood: The Way of True Greatness 10:35-45 Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 10:46-52 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 11:1-11 Withered Fig Tree and the Cleansing of the Temple 11:12-19 Faith, Prayer, and the Call to Forgiveness 11:20-26 Religious Leaders Question Jesus' Authority 11:27-33 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 12:1-12 Render to Caesar: Taxes and Allegiance 12:13-17 Sadducees Challenge Resurrection; Jesus Teaches Eternal Life 12:18-27 The Greatest Commandment: Love God and Neighbor 12:28-34 Jesus Questions the Messiah and Warns Against Scribes 12:35-40 The Widow's Offering: True Generosity 12:41-44 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of Destruction and the End 13:1-31 No One Knows the Day: Be Watchful 13:32-37 Plot to Kill Jesus and the Anointing at Bethany 14:1-11 The Passover Meal and Institution of the Lord's Supper 14:12-26 Jesus Predicts the Disciples' Flight and Peter's Denial 14:27-31 Gethsemane: Jesus' Agony and Prayer 14:32-42 The Arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane 14:43-52 Jesus Before the Council 14:53-65 Peter's Denial and His Remorse 14:66-72 Jesus Before Pilate; Barabbas Released 15:1-15 The Soldiers Mock and Scourge Jesus 15:16-20 The Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion 15:21-32 Jesus' Death and the Centurion's Confession 15:33-41 The Burial of Jesus 15:42-47 The Resurrection: Women Find the Empty Tomb 16:1-8 Appearances of the Risen Lord and the Commission 16:9-20

Luke

Purpose and Order of the Gospel 1:1-4 Announcement of John the Baptist's Birth 1:5-25 The Annunciation to Mary 1:26-38 Mary Visits Elizabeth 1:39-45 Mary's Song (The Magnificat) 1:46-56 The Birth and Naming of John 1:57-66 Zechariah's Prophecy and John's Mission 1:67-80 The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 2:1-7 Angels Announce the Shepherds' Good News 2:8-20 Presentation in the Temple; Simeon and Anna 2:21-40 The Boy Jesus in the Temple 2:41-52 John the Baptist's Call to Repentance 3:1-20 The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 3:21-38 Jesus Tested in the Wilderness 4:1-13 Rejection at Nazareth 4:14-30 Authority over Unclean Spirits in Capernaum 4:31-37 Healings and Preaching in Galilee 4:38-44 The Call of the First Disciples 5:1-11 Healing a Man with Leprosy 5:12-16 A Paralytic Forgiven and Healed 5:17-26 The Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 5:27-32 Questions about Fasting; New Wine and Old Wineskins 5:33-39 Lord of the Sabbath and a Sabbath Healing 6:1-11 The Appointment of the Twelve Apostles 6:12-16 The Sermon on the Plain: Blessings and Woes 6:17-26 Love Your Enemies and Be Merciful 6:27-36 Judging Others and the Speck and Log 6:37-42 A Tree and Its Fruit: True Character Revealed 6:43-45 The Wise and Foolish Builders 6:46-49 The Faith of the Centurion 7:1-10 Raising the Widow's Son at Nain 7:11-17 John the Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony 7:18-35 A Sinful Woman Forgiven 7:36-50 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 8:1-15 Lighted Lamp and Hearing the Word 8:16-18 Jesus Redefines His Family 8:19-21 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:22-25 Healing the Gerasene Demoniac 8:26-39 Jairus' Daughter Raised and a Woman Healed 8:40-56 The Twelve Sent Out 9:1-9 Feeding the Five Thousand 9:10-17 Peter's Confession and the Way of the Cross 9:18-27 The Transfiguration 9:28-36 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy; A Second Passion Prediction 9:37-45 Who Is Greatest and a Servant's Ministry 9:46-50 Jesus Resolves for Jerusalem; Samaritan Rejection 9:51-56 The Cost of Discipleship 9:57-62 The Seventy Sent Out and Their Return 10:1-24 The Good Samaritan 10:25-37 Mary and Martha: Choosing the Better Part 10:38-42 The Lord's Prayer and Persistent Prayer 11:1-13 Jesus, Beelzebul, and True Blessedness 11:14-28 Demand for a Sign; Jonah and the Queen of the South 11:29-32 The Light of the Body and Inner Purity 11:33-36 Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers 11:37-54 Warnings against Hypocrisy and Confession before Men 12:1-12 The Parable of the Rich Fool 12:13-21 Do Not Worry; Seek God's Kingdom 12:22-34 Watchfulness and Faithful Stewardship 12:35-48 Division Caused by Christ 12:49-53 Interpreting the Times and Settling with Adversaries 12:54-59 Call to Repentance and the Barren Fig Tree 13:1-9 Healing on the Sabbath and Jesus' Rebuke 13:10-17 Parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast 13:18-21 The Narrow Door and the Cost of Entry 13:22-30 Jesus Laments over Jerusalem 13:31-35 Healing at a Pharisee's House and Humility at the Table 14:1-14 Parable of the Great Banquet 14:15-24 The Cost of Following Jesus; Salt and Saltiness 14:25-35 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15:1-7 The Parable of the Lost Coin 15:8-10 The Parable of the Prodigal Son 15:11-32 The Shrewd Manager and Teaching on Wealth 16:1-15 Law, the Kingdom, and Divorce 16:16-18 The Rich Man and Lazarus 16:19-31 Teachings on Temptation, Forgiveness, and Duty 17:1-10 Healing of the Ten Lepers 17:11-19 The Coming of the Kingdom and End-Time Sayings 17:20-37 Parable of the Persistent Widow 18:1-8 Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 18:9-14 Jesus Blesses Little Children 18:15-17 The Rich Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 18:18-30 Jesus Predicts His Death Again 18:31-34 Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 18:35-43 Zacchaeus: Salvation Comes to His House 19:1-10 Parable of the Ten Minas 19:11-27 Triumphal Entry and Lament over Jerusalem 19:28-44 Cleansing the Temple and Teaching 19:45-48 Jesus' Authority Challenged 20:1-8 Parable of the Wicked Tenants 20:9-19 Paying Taxes to Caesar 20:20-26 Question about the Resurrection 20:27-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees; Warnings against Hypocrisy 20:41-47 The Widow's Offering 21:1-4 The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End 21:5-38 The Plot to Kill Jesus and Judas' Agreement 22:1-6 The Last Supper and Predictions of Denial 22:7-38 Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane 22:39-46 Jesus Arrested 22:47-53 Peter's Denial Fulfilled 22:54-62 Jesus Mocked and Beaten 22:63-65 Jesus before the Council and Pilate; Sentencing 22:66-23:25 The Way of the Cross and the Penitent Thief 23:26-43 The Death of Jesus and the Centurion's Confession 23:44-49 The Burial of Jesus 23:50-56 The Empty Tomb and the Women's Report 24:1-12 The Road to Emmaus and Recognition of the Risen Lord 24:13-35 Jesus Appears to the Disciples and Explains Scripture 24:36-49 The Ascension and the Disciples' Worship 24:50-53

John

The Word Became Flesh 1:1-18 John the Baptist's Witness 1:19-28 Behold the Lamb of God 1:29-34 The First Disciples and Simon Peter 1:35-42 Calling of Philip and Nathanael 1:43-51 The Wedding at Cana: Water Made Wine 2:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Speaks of His Body 2:12-25 Nicodemus and the New Birth 3:1-21 John the Baptist Exalts Jesus 3:22-36 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well 4:1-26 The Harvest Is Ready 4:27-38 Samaritans Believe in Jesus 4:39-42 Healing of the Royal Official's Son 4:43-54 Jesus Heals at Bethesda 5:1-15 Jesus Claims Authority Over Life and Judgment 5:16-30 Witnesses to Jesus and Israel's Unbelief 5:31-47 Feeding the Five Thousand 6:1-15 Jesus Walks on the Sea 6:16-24 Jesus the Bread of Life 6:25-59 Many Turn Away; Peter's Confession 6:60-71 Jesus Stays Away from Judea 7:1-13 Jesus Teaches at the Festival 7:14-24 Growing Division Over Jesus 7:25-44 Temple Officers and the Adulterous Woman 7:45-8:11 Jesus the Light and His Claim 8:12-30 True Discipleship and Freedom 8:31-41 Jesus' Divine Origin and Opposition 8:42-47 Jesus' 'I Am' and Preexistence 8:48-59 Healing of a Man Born Blind 9:1-12 Controversy with the Pharisees over the Healing 9:13-34 Spiritual Sight and Blindness 9:35-41 The Good Shepherd and His Sheep 10:1-21 Feast of Dedication and Controversy over Jesus 10:22-42 Lazarus' Sickness and Jesus' Intention 11:1-16 Jesus Weeps at Lazarus' Tomb 11:17-37 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead 11:38-44 Plot to Kill Jesus and Caiaphas' Counsel 11:45-57 Mary Anoints Jesus; Plot to Kill Lazarus 12:1-11 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 12:12-19 Greeks Seek Jesus; He Predicts His Death 12:20-36 Unbelief and Jesus' Final Appeal 12:37-50 Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13:1-17 The Prediction of Judas' Betrayal 13:18-30 The New Commandment and Peter's Denial 13:31-38 Jesus Promises a Place in the Father's House 14:1-4 Jesus the Way to the Father 14:5-14 Promise of the Holy Spirit and Peace 14:15-31 The Vine and the Command to Love 15:1-17 The World's Hatred and the Cost of Discipleship 15:18-16:4 The Holy Spirit's Work 16:5-16 Sorrow Turned to Joy; Peace in Christ 16:17-33 The Son's Prayer for Glory 17:1-5 Prayer for the Disciples' Protection and Sanctification 17:6-19 Prayer for Unity Among Believers 17:20-26 Jesus Arrested in Gethsemane 18:1-11 Jesus Brought to Annas 18:12-14 Peter's First Denial 18:15-18 Jesus Questioned and Struck Before the High Priest 18:19-24 Peter Denies Jesus Three Times 18:25-27 Jesus Before Pilate 18:28-40 Jesus Scourged, Mocked, and Sentenced to Crucifixion 19:1-16 The Crucifixion and Jesus' Care for His Mother 19:17-27 Jesus' Death and the Fulfillment of Scripture 19:28-37 Jesus' Burial 19:38-42 The Empty Tomb Discovered 20:1-9 Mary Magdalene Meets the Risen Lord 20:10-18 Jesus Appears to His Disciples and Breathes the Spirit 20:19-23 Thomas Believes; Purpose of John's Gospel 20:24-31 The Miraculous Catch and Breakfast by the Sea 21:1-14 Peter Reinstated and the Beloved Disciple 21:15-25

Acts

The Ascension of Jesus 1:1-11 Prayer in the Upper Room and the Choosing of Matthias 1:12-26 Pentecost: The Coming of the Spirit 2:1-13 Peter's Sermon and Three Thousand Converted 2:14-41 The Early Christian Community 2:42-47 Healing at the Beautiful Gate 3:1-10 Peter's Address at Solomon's Colonnade 3:11-26 The Apostles Before the Sanhedrin 4:1-22 Believers Pray for Boldness 4:23-31 The Believers Share Possessions 4:32-37 Ananias and Sapphira 5:1-11 Signs Performed by the Apostles 5:12-16 Persecution of the Apostles and Their Witness 5:17-42 The Appointment of the Seven Deacons 6:1-7 Stephen's Wisdom and Opposition 6:8-15 Stephen's Speech before the Sanhedrin 7:1-53 The Stoning of Stephen and the Persecution of the Church 7:54-8:1 Saul's Persecution Scatters the Church 8:2-3 Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria 8:4-8 Simon Magus and Peter's Rebuke 8:9-25 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch 8:26-40 The Conversion of Saul 9:1-19 Saul's Early Ministry and Acceptance by the Church 9:20-31 Peter Heals Aeneas and Raises Tabitha 9:32-43 Cornelius' Vision and the Call for Peter 10:1-8 Peter's Vision and the Messengers from Cornelius 10:9-23 Peter at Cornelius' House: Gentiles Receive the Spirit 10:24-48 Peter Defends the Conversion of Gentiles 11:1-18 The Church in Antioch and Famine Relief 11:19-30 Herod Executes James; Peter Miraculously Freed 12:1-19 Herod's Death and the Church's Continued Growth 12:20-25 The First Missionary Sending 13:1-3 Ministry in Cyprus and Elymas's Blinding 13:4-12 Paul's Mission in Pisidian Antioch 13:13-52 Paul and Barnabas in Iconium 14:1-7 Healing in Lystra and Paul's Stoning 14:8-20 Paul and Barnabas Strengthen the Churches 14:21-28 The Jerusalem Council on Gentile Circumcision 15:1-21 The Council's Letter and Peace with Antioch 15:22-35 Paul and Barnabas Separate 15:36-41 Timothy Joins Paul and Churches Are Strengthened 16:1-5 The Call to Macedonia 16:6-10 Lydia's Conversion at Philippi 16:11-15 Paul and Silas Imprisoned and Released in Philippi 16:16-40 Preaching in Thessalonica and Opposition 17:1-9 Berea's Noble Reception and Paul's Departure 17:10-15 Paul's Address at the Areopagus 17:16-34 Paul's Ministry in Corinth and Conflict 18:1-17 Paul Departs; Apollos Instructed by Priscilla and Aquila 18:18-28 Paul's Ministry and the Ephesian Disciples 19:1-22 The Ephesian Riot over Artemis 19:23-41 Paul's Journeys Through Macedonia and Greece 20:1-6 Eutychus Raised in Troas 20:7-12 Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders 20:13-38 Paul's Voyage to Jerusalem 21:1-16 Paul's Arrival in Jerusalem and the Temple Ritual 21:17-26 Paul Seized in the Temple 21:27-36 Paul's Defense: His Conversion and Mission 21:37-22:21 Paul's Arrest and the Council's Division 22:22-23:11 The Plot to Kill Paul and the Soldier's Intervention 23:12-22 Paul Escorted to Caesarea under Guard 23:23-35 Paul's Defense before Governor Felix 24:1-27 Paul Brought before Festus and the Jewish Charges 25:1-12 King Agrippa Learns of Paul's Case 25:13-22 Paul's Defense Before Agrippa 25:23-26:32 Paul's Voyage to Rome Begins 27:1-12 The Storm at Sea and God's Promise of Safety 27:13-26 Shipwreck and Deliverance on Malta 27:27-44 Paul on Malta: Healing and Hospitality 28:1-10 Voyage to Rome and Arrival 28:11-16 Paul in Rome: Preaching under House Arrest 28:17-31

Romans

Paul's Greeting and the Gospel's Power 1:1-17 God's Wrath Against Ungodliness 1:18-32 God's Impartial Judgment and Conscience 2:1-16 The Law, True Circumcision, and Jewish Identity 2:17-29 Israel's Advantage and God's Faithfulness 3:1-8 Universal Sinfulness and the Law's Condemnation 3:9-20 Righteousness Through Faith and Justification 3:21-31 Abraham: Justification by Faith 4:1-25 Peace with God and Reconciliation 5:1-11 Adam and Christ: Death, Grace, and Righteousness 5:12-21 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 6:1-14 Slavery to Sin or to Righteousness 6:15-23 Released from the Law to Serve in the Spirit 7:1-6 The Inner Conflict: Law, Sin, and the Flesh 7:7-25 Life in the Spirit: Freedom and Adoption 8:1-17 Future Glory and the Spirit's Intercession 8:18-27 Assurance of God's Love: Nothing Can Separate Us 8:28-39 Paul's Sorrow and God's Sovereign Election 9:1-29 Righteousness by Faith and Israel's Unbelief 9:30-10:21 A Remnant Preserved and Israel's Hardening 11:1-10 Gentiles Grafted In and a Warning Against Boasting 11:11-24 The Mystery of Israel's Salvation and God's Mercy 11:25-32 Doxology: Praise for God's Wisdom and Sovereignty 11:33-36 A Living Sacrifice and the Diversity of Gifts 12:1-8 Christian Conduct: Love, Humility, and Ethical Duties 12:9-21 Submission to Authorities and Civic Duty 13:1-7 Love Fulfills the Law; Walk in the Light 13:8-14 Christian Liberty, Conscience, and Mutual Acceptance 14:1-15:13 Paul's Service to the Gentiles and Missionary Ambition 15:14-22 Paul's Travel Plans and Prayer Requests 15:23-33 Personal Greetings, Final Warnings, and Doxology 16:1-27

Revelation

The Revelation Announced and the Blessing 1:1-3 Greeting and the Lord's Self‑Declaration 1:4-8 John's Vision of the Glorified Son of Man 1:9-20 Letter to Ephesus: Faithfulness and the Call to Repent 2:1-7 Letter to Smyrna: Persecution and the Crown of Life 2:8-11 Letter to Pergamum: Fidelity and False Teaching 2:12-17 Letter to Thyatira: Tolerance of Immorality and Promise to Overcomers 2:18-29 Letter to Sardis: Wakefulness and Repentance 3:1-6 Letter to Philadelphia: An Open Door and a Promise of Protection 3:7-13 Letter to Laodicea: Lukewarmness and the Call to Repent 3:14-22 The Throne in Heaven and Heavenly Worship 4:1-11 The Sealed Scroll and the Worthy Lamb 5:1-14 The Six Seals: Tribulation and Cosmic Disturbance 6:1-17 The Sealing of the 144,000 7:1-8 The Multitude Before the Throne: Salvation and Comfort 7:9-17 The Seventh Seal and the Prayers of the Saints 8:1-5 The Trumpet Judgments: Plagues and Woes 8:6-9:21 The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll 10:1-11 The Two Witnesses: Prophecy, Death, and Resurrection 11:1-14 The Seventh Trumpet: God's Kingdom Proclaimed and the Temple Opened 11:15-19 The Cosmic Conflict: The Woman, the Dragon, and the Male Child 12:1-13:1 The Sea Beast: Blasphemy and Persecution 13:2-10 The Earth Beast and the Mark of the Beast 13:11-18 The Lamb on Mount Zion and the 144,000 14:1-5 The Three Angels' Messages and the Call to Endure 14:6-13 The Harvest of the Earth: Reaping God's Judgment 14:14-20 The Seven Last Plagues and the Victors' Song 15:1-8 The Bowl Judgments: The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath 16:1-21 The Fall of Babylon the Great and the Beast's Doom 17:1-18:24 Heavenly Praise and the Marriage of the Lamb 19:1-10 Christ's Triumphant Return and the Defeat of the Beast 19:11-21 Satan Bound and the Reign of the Saints 20:1-6 Satan's Final Rebellion and Defeat 20:7-10 The Great White Throne and the Final Judgment 20:11-15 The New Heaven and New Earth and the New Jerusalem 21:1-27 The River of Life and the Throne of God 22:1-6
1 Then Job answered and said:

Job.6.1 - Details

Translation

Then Job answered and said:

Original Text

ויען איוב ויאמר׃

Morphology

  • ויען: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • איוב: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 4:1 (structural): Introduces Eliphaz’s speech with a parallel speech‑introduction formula (marks a change of speaker in the dialogue), same structural function as Job 6:1.
  • Job 12:1 (verbal): Uses the same verbal formula 'וַיַּעַן אִיוֹב וַיֹּאמַר' (Then Job answered and said), a direct verbal parallel introducing another of Job’s replies.
  • Job 21:1 (verbal): Another occurrence of the same introductory phrase for Job’s speech later in the book, showing the recurring formula that structures Job’s responses to his friends.
  • Genesis 18:23 (structural): Abraham’s dialogic introduction ('וַיִּגַּשׁ אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמַר') similarly introduces a direct reply within a legal/negotiation dialogue—parallel in function as a speech marker.
  • Exodus 32:11 (structural): Moses begins a direct response to God with 'וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה אֶל־יְהוָה', another example of the narrative speech‑introduction formula that frames an extended reply.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then Job answered and said:
  • Then Job answered and said:
2 Would that my complaint were weighed, and my calamity placed on the scales together!

Job.6.2 - Details

Translation

Would that my complaint were weighed, and my calamity placed on the scales together!

Original Text

לו שקול ישקל כעשי והותי במאזנים ישאו־ יחד׃

Morphology

  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • שקול: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • ישקל: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • כעשי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,1,sg
  • והותי: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg
  • במאזנים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ישאו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • יחד: ADV

Parallels

  • Job 31:35 (thematic): Job expresses a longing for a hearer/arbiter to consider his case—like 6:2's wish that his grief and complaint be weighed and judged.
  • Psalm 38:9 (thematic): A lament that the psalmist's desires and groaning are before the Lord, paralleling Job's plea that his suffering be recognized and measured.
  • Psalm 56:8 (thematic): God is pictured as recording the psalmist's tears and wanderings—a related motif of God taking note of individual anguish that Job wishes to have weighed.
  • Proverbs 16:11 (verbal): Speaks of just weights and balances belonging to the Lord; uses the image of scales that Job invokes when asking that his misery be weighed.
  • Isaiah 40:12 (allusion): God is depicted as measuring and weighing creation—an image of divine measurement that echoes Job's desire for his suffering to be weighed and proportioned.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Oh that my grief were weighed, and that my calamity were laid in the balances together!
  • Would that my grief were weighed, and my calamity placed together on the scales!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words are full of grief.

Job.6.3 - Details

Translation

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words are full of grief.

Original Text

כי־ עתה מחול ימים יכבד על־ כן דברי לעו׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • עתה: ADV
  • מחול: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ימים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יכבד: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • על: PREP
  • כן: ADV
  • דברי: NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRON,1,c,sg
  • לעו: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Job 3:20-26 (thematic): Both passages voice extreme despair—days are unbearable and life is heavy—and give lamenting speech that expresses a wish for death and the crushing weight of suffering.
  • Jonah 2:5-7 (verbal): Jonah depicts being overwhelmed and 'covered' by the deep and delivered from the belly; the motif of being engulfed/swallowed by waters mirrors Job's image of words being 'swallowed up' under overwhelming distress.
  • Psalm 42:7 (thematic): ‘Deep calls to deep… all your waves and breakers have swept over me’—a parallel image of being overwhelmed by a crushing tide, comparable to Job’s metaphor of heaviness like the sand of the sea and silenced speech.
  • Lamentations 3:19-20 (thematic): The poet recalls remembered affliction and inner bitterness that overwhelm memory and speech; both texts portray sorrow so great that it stifles or consumes words.
  • Psalm 88:3-6 (thematic): A sustained lament where the psalmist describes life filled with trouble and near to death, reflecting the same sense of overpowering sorrow and constrained, swallowed-up expression found in Job 6:3.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
  • For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas— therefore my words have been rash.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Job.6.4 - Details

Translation

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Original Text

כי חצי שדי עמדי אשר חמתם שתה רוחי בעותי אלוה יערכוני׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • חצי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שדי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עמדי: PREP+1cs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • חמתם: NOUN,f,sg,abs,3,pl
  • שתה: VERB,qal,impv,2,sg
  • רוחי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1cs
  • בעותי: NOUN,f,pl,suff1cs
  • אלוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יערכוני: VERB,pi,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Psalm 38:2 (verbal): Uses the same image of God’s arrows striking the sufferer—“For Your arrows have sunk into me”—paralleling Job’s ‘arrows of the Almighty are within me.’
  • Psalm 64:7 (verbal): Speaks of God shooting arrows at the wicked—“But God will shoot at them with an arrow”—echoing the motif of divine arrows as instruments of judgment found in Job 6:4.
  • Deuteronomy 32:23-24 (thematic): God’s punishments are described as weapons and disasters sent upon people (“I will heap evils upon them; I will spend my arrows upon them”), paralleling Job’s portrayal of suffering as God’s hostile assault.
  • Deuteronomy 32:33 (verbal): Speaks of deadly poison/venom (“Their wine is the venom of serpents”), which parallels Job’s language that his spirit ‘drinks their poison,’ linking divine retribution with poisonous imagery.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; the poison whereof my spirit drinks; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
  • For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; the poison that my spirit drinks— the terrors of God array themselves against me.
5 Does the wild donkey bray for grass? Or does the ox low over its fodder?

Job.6.5 - Details

Translation

Does the wild donkey bray for grass? Or does the ox low over its fodder?

Original Text

הינהק־ פרא עלי־ דשא אם יגעה־ שור על־ בלילו׃

Morphology

  • הינהק: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • פרא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • דשא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אם: CONJ
  • יגעה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • שור: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • בלילו: PREP,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 39:5-8 (verbal): Job 39 uses wild asses/oxen and their feeding/behavior language to illustrate instinctive animal responses—paralleling Job 6:5’s animal imagery (wild donkey/ox, grass/fodder) and the rhetorical contrast with human complaint.
  • Psalm 104:21 (thematic): Psalm 104:21 depicts young lions roaring for prey—similar use of animal sounds/images to represent natural, God‑ordered behavior, echoing Job 6:5’s appeal to animal noise as a point of comparison.
  • Proverbs 30:29-31 (thematic): This proverb lists animals and their characteristic behaviors as models or illustrations; thematically akin to Job 6:5’s reliance on animal behavior (braying/lowing, eating grass) to make a rhetorical point.
  • Job 6:3-4 (structural): Immediately surrounding Job 6:5, these verses employ the same pattern of rhetorical questions and complaints—structurally related and part of the same argumentative move using contrasts between human suffering and ordinary behavior.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
  • Does a wild donkey bray over grass? Does an ox low over its fodder?
6 Can tasteless food be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Job.6.6 - Details

Translation

Can tasteless food be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Original Text

היאכל תפל מבלי־ מלח אם־ יש־ טעם בריר חלמות׃

Morphology

  • היאכל: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • תפל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מבלי: PREP
  • מלח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אם: CONJ
  • יש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • טעם: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • בריר: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • חלמות: NOUN,f,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Job 6:7 (structural): Immediate context/continuation of the same metaphor about tastelessness (the speaker emphasizes lack of savor and value).
  • Luke 14:34-35 (verbal): Jesus uses salt/taste imagery—if salt loses its savor it is good for nothing—paralleling the concern with taste and usefulness in Job's simile.

  • Matthew 5:13 (thematic): Uses the salt-as-metaphor for value and flavor; echoes the cultural imagery of salt and taste that underlies Job's question about eating the unsavory.

  • Psalm 119:103 (thematic): Employs taste imagery (words sweeter than honey) to express value and perception of 'taste,' offering a contrastive use of the taste metaphor to denote worth and savor.

  • Job 23:12 (thematic): Job values God's words above food—another instance in Jobic discourse where eating and taste metaphors express worth, desire, and the speaker's condition.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Can tasteless food be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
  • Can tasteless food be eaten without salt? Is there any savor in the white of an egg?
7 My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

Job.6.7 - Details

Translation

My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

Original Text

מאנה לנגוע נפשי המה כדוי לחמי׃

Morphology

  • מאנה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לנגוע: PREP+VERB,qal,inf
  • נפשי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1cs
  • המה: PRON,3,m,pl
  • כדוי: ADJ,m,sg
  • לחמי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1s

Parallels

  • Psalm 38:2 (verbal): Uses the imagery of God's arrows/afflictions lodged in the body—verbal echo of Job's description of inward torment and divine wounding.
  • Psalm 22:14-15 (thematic): Vivid portrayal of bodily collapse and extreme distress parallels Job's lament over physical suffering and weakening.
  • Job 7:1-2 (structural): Immediate continuation within Job's speech treating human frailty and the hardship of life—develops the same theme of suffering and mortality.
  • Psalm 88:3-5 (thematic): Sustained, overwhelming anguish and sense of drawing near to death mirror the depth and persistence of Job's complaint.
  • Lamentations 3:19-20 (thematic): Recollection of bitter affliction and the inner remembrance of misery resonates with Job's lament and his recounting of personal agony.

Alternative generated candidates

  • My soul refuses to touch them; they are as loathsome food to me.
  • My soul refuses to touch them— they are as loathsome food to me.
8 Oh that my request might be granted, and that God would give me what I long for!

Job.6.8 - Details

Translation

Oh that my request might be granted, and that God would give me what I long for!

Original Text

מי־ יתן תבוא שאלתי ותקותי יתן אלוה׃

Morphology

  • מי: PRON,interr,sg
  • יתן: VERB,qal,imperf,3,m,sg
  • תבוא: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • שאלתי: NOUN,f,sg,cstr+1s
  • ותקותי: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs+1s
  • יתן: VERB,qal,imperf,3,m,sg
  • אלוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 20:4 (verbal): A direct petition that God would grant the desire of the petitioner’s heart — closely parallels Job’s wish that God would grant his request and hope.
  • Psalm 37:4 (thematic): Expresses the hope that God will give the desires of the heart; thematically parallels Job’s longing for God to fulfill his request.
  • Psalm 10:17 (thematic): Affirms that God hears the desire/askings of the afflicted — parallels Job’s plea for God to attend to and grant his petition.
  • Job 14:13 (structural): Another 'Oh that...' wish in Job addressing God’s decisive intervention; structurally and emotionally similar as a longing for God to act on the speaker’s behalf.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Oh that my request might be granted, and that God would give me the thing that I long for,
  • Oh that my request were granted, and that God would give me the thing I long for—
9 That God would grant to crush me—let him also stretch out his hand and cut me off!

Job.6.9 - Details

Translation

That God would grant to crush me—let him also stretch out his hand and cut me off!

Original Text

ויאל אלוה וידכאני יתר ידו ויבצעני׃

Morphology

  • ויאל: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אלוה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וידכאני: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • יתר: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • ידו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ויבצעני: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 3:11-12 (thematic): An earlier speech of Job that likewise asks why he was not allowed to die at birth—both passages voice despair and a wish for nonexistence or death.
  • Job 14:13 (thematic): Speaks of wishing to be hidden in the grave and kept secret—parallel desire to be removed from life and suffering (concealment/cutting off).
  • 1 Kings 19:4 (thematic): Elijah prays 'Take away my life' after his distress—an explicit petition for God to end life that parallels Job's wish that God would crush or cut him off.
  • Jonah 4:3 (verbal): Jonah asks God to take his life ('Take, I pray thee, my life'), using very similar language and expressing preference for death over continued existence in distress.
  • Psalm 88:6-7 (structural): The psalmist describes being laid in the lowest pit and overwhelmed by darkness—a thematic parallel of utter despair and imagery of being brought low or cut off by suffering.

Alternative generated candidates

  • that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
  • that God would grant and loosen his hand, and cut me off!
10 I would yet have comfort; I would exult in sore distress; for I would not hide the words of the Holy One.

Job.6.10 - Details

Translation

I would yet have comfort; I would exult in sore distress; for I would not hide the words of the Holy One.

Original Text

ותהי עוד ׀ נחמתי ואסלדה בחילה לא יחמול כי־ לא כחדתי אמרי קדוש׃

Morphology

  • ותהי: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • עוד: ADV
  • נחמתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,c,sg
  • ואסלדה: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg
  • בחילה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יחמול: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • כחדתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • אמרי: VERB,qal,impv,2,f,sg
  • קדוש: ADJ,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 13:3-4 (verbal): Job there insists he will speak openly to the Almighty and not hide his words, echoing 6:10’s claim that he has not concealed the words of the Holy One and will speak despite suffering.
  • Job 23:3-7 (thematic): Job expresses the desire to present his case before God and to understand God’s dealings with him—paralleling 6:10’s plea for God’s mercy and Job’s insistence on confronting God with his words.
  • Jeremiah 20:9 (thematic): Jeremiah describes an inability to refrain from speaking God’s word (a ‘fire’ in his bones), similar to Job’s assertion that he has not hidden the words of the Holy One and cannot keep silent.
  • Psalm 119:46 (thematic): The psalmist vows to speak God’s testimonies openly before kings and not be ashamed—resonating with Job’s refusal to conceal the words of the Holy One and his insistence on vocal complaint and testimony.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would exult in pain unrelieved, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
  • Would there then be comfort for me? No— he would not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11 What strength do I have, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

Job.6.11 - Details

Translation

What strength do I have, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

Original Text

מה־ כחי כי־ איחל ומה־ קצי כי־ אאריך נפשי׃

Morphology

  • מה: PRON,int
  • כחי: NOUN,m,sg,poss,1,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • איחל: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • ומה: CONJ+PRON,int
  • קצי: NOUN,m,sg,suff
  • כי: CONJ
  • אאריך: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg
  • נפשי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1cs

Parallels

  • Job 7:6-7, 7:16 (structural): Continues Job's same speech of despair: transience of life, loss of hope, and the wish that life would end—direct sequel to the sentiment of 6:11.
  • Job 14:1-2 (thematic): Affirms human brevity and fragility (‘few days and full of trouble’), echoing Job's question about the point of hoping or prolonging life.
  • Lamentations 3:18 (verbal): Uses the paired terms 'strength' and 'hope' ('my strength and my hope have perished'), a close verbal echo of Job's lament about lacking strength to hope.
  • Psalm 39:5-7 (verbal): Meditates on life's brevity ('man is a mere breath/shadow') and asks 'what do I wait for? my hope is in you,' paralleling Job's questioning of hope and the fleeting nature of life.
  • Habakkuk 1:2 (thematic): Opens with a direct complaint to God—'How long, O LORD, shall I cry?'—reflecting the anguished questioning and sense of abandoned expectation found in Job 6:11.

Alternative generated candidates

  • What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life?
  • What strength have I that I should hope? what is my end that I should prolong my life?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of bronze?

Job.6.12 - Details

Translation

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of bronze?

Original Text

אם־ כח אבנים כחי אם־ בשרי נחוש׃

Morphology

  • אם: CONJ
  • כח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אבנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • כחי: NOUN,m,sg,poss,1,sg
  • אם: CONJ
  • בשרי: NOUN,m,sg,suff
  • נחוש: ADJ,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Ezekiel 3:8-9 (verbal): God tells Ezekiel He has made his forehead 'like the hardest stone' (adamant), using stone/adamant imagery of hardness and endurance similar to Job's rhetorical question about the 'strength of stones.'
  • Jeremiah 1:18 (verbal): God declares He has made Jeremiah 'a defended city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls,' employing metal imagery (iron/brass/bronze) for firmness and resilience paralleling Job's 'is my flesh brass?'."
  • Psalm 18:2 (thematic): The Psalmist calls God 'my rock and my fortress,' using rock/stone as the metaphor of strength and protection—themically resonant with Job's contrast between human weakness and the hardness of stone.
  • Psalm 62:2 (thematic): 'He only is my rock and my salvation'—another use of rock as the emblem of strength and stability, echoing Job's reflection on whether human strength can be like stone or metal.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh brass?
  • Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
13 Is there not help in me? and is wisdom quite driven from me?

Job.6.13 - Details

Translation

Is there not help in me? and is wisdom quite driven from me?

Original Text

האם אין עזרתי בי ותשיה נדחה ממני׃

Morphology

  • האם: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • אין: PART,neg
  • עזרתי: NOUN,f,sg,abs,poss1,sg
  • בי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • ותשיה: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • נדחה: VERB,niphal,ptc,?,f,sg
  • ממני: PREP,suff,1,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 22:1 (thematic): Both express a profound sense of divine abandonment — a cry asking why God has forsaken or withdrawn help from the speaker.
  • Psalm 10:1 (thematic): Both question God’s distance in times of trouble: 'Why do you stand afar off? why do you hide yourself...?' echoes Job’s complaint that help is withheld.
  • Psalm 88:14 (verbal): Psalmist asks why God has 'cast off' him and 'hidden his face,' language closely parallel to Job’s claim that assistance has been turned away.
  • Job 30:20 (structural): Within Job’s own laments the same motif recurs: 'I cry to you, and you do not answer me,' a direct parallel in voice and theme to the complaint that help is denied.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Is my help not within me, and is success driven far from me?
  • Is help expected from within me, and is counsel driven far from me?
14 Whoever withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Job.6.14 - Details

Translation

Whoever withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Original Text

למס מרעהו חסד ויראת שדי יעזוב׃

Morphology

  • למס: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מרעהו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • חסד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויראת: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • שדי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יעזוב: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 2:11 (structural): The three friends initially come to show sympathy to the afflicted Job—this scene frames the expectation that friends will show pity, which Job later says is lacking.
  • Proverbs 19:17 (thematic): Affirmation that showing mercy to the poor/afflicted is a moral duty (and equivalent to lending to the LORD), paralleling the obligation of a friend to pity the afflicted.
  • Psalm 41:1-3 (thematic): Blessing on those who consider the poor and afflicted, promising God’s care—contrasts with the friend in Job who abandons compassion and the fear of God.
  • Proverbs 3:27 (thematic): Instruction not to withhold good from those who deserve it; a general ethical imperative that echoes Job’s claim about the proper conduct of a friend toward the afflicted.
  • Proverbs 9:10 (allusion): ‘The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom’—used here to explain Job’s accusation that the friend has ‘forsaken the fear of the Almighty,’ which accounts for his lack of compassionate behavior.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He who withholds kindness from a friend abandons the fear of the Almighty.
  • If one should show loyalty to a friend when he is in trouble— would he abandon the fear of the Almighty?
15 My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a channel of brooks, like streams that pass away.

Job.6.15 - Details

Translation

My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a channel of brooks, like streams that pass away.

Original Text

אחי בגדו כמו־ נחל כאפיק נחלים יעברו׃

Morphology

  • אחי: NOUN,m,pl,suff
  • בגדו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
  • כמו: PREP
  • נחל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כאפיק: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נחלים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • יעברו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Job 19:19 (verbal): Job similarly laments that his close relatives and those he loved have turned against him—same context of friends/family abandoning the sufferer.
  • Psalm 55:12-14 (thematic): The psalmist mourns betrayal by a close companion who shared intimacy and counsel—parallels Job’s complaint about brothers proving unreliable.
  • Psalm 41:9 (thematic): David speaks of being betrayed by a close friend who ate his bread; echoes the theme of intimate associates acting treacherously.
  • Proverbs 25:19 (thematic): Compares confidence in an unfaithful person to a dangerous physical injury—another proverb-like simile for the danger of relying on unreliable friends, resonant with Job’s ‘stream that passes away.’

Alternative generated candidates

  • My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a brook, like channels of wadis that pass away;
  • My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a torrent, like channels of streams that pass away;
16 Which are darkened by reason of the ice, and their surface is chilled with snow.

Job.6.16 - Details

Translation

Which are darkened by reason of the ice, and their surface is chilled with snow.

Original Text

הקדרים מני־ קרח עלימו יתעלם־ שלג׃

Morphology

  • הקדרים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • מני: PREP+PRON,1,_,sg
  • קרח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עלימו: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • יתעלם: VERB,hitp,impf,3,m,sg
  • שלג: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Job 37:6-7 (thematic): Describes the clouds, snow, and God’s control over precipitation—echoes the image of clouds withholding moisture and snow being withheld or appointed.
  • Job 38:22-24 (verbal): Speaks of the 'treasures of snow and hail' and God’s knowledge/reservation of them—linguistic and conceptual parallels to snow being withheld or hidden.
  • Psalm 147:16-18 (verbal): Attributes to God the giving and withholding of snow, frost, and rain; uses similar vocabulary about snow and God’s sovereign control over weather.
  • Amos 4:7 (thematic): God withholds rain as a punitive act ('I also withheld the rain...'), paralleling the theme of clouds/precipitation being withheld from the earth.

Alternative generated candidates

  • which are dark with ice and where the snow hides;
  • which are blackened by ice and whose surface is covered with snow;
17 At the time they are exhausted; in the heat they vanish from their place.

Job.6.17 - Details

Translation

At the time they are exhausted; in the heat they vanish from their place.

Original Text

בעת יזרבו נצמתו בחמו נדעכו ממקומם׃

Morphology

  • בעת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • יזרבו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • נצמתו: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,pl
  • בחמו: PREP
  • נדעכו: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,pl
  • ממקומם: PREP

Parallels

  • Isaiah 40:30-31 (thematic): Both passages portray human strength and zeal failing under pressure—vitality diminishes and one must look beyond human resources for renewal.
  • Psalm 102:3-4 (thematic): Uses imagery of being consumed/burned up and weakened by distress, echoing Job’s picture of wasting/being extinguished in calamity.
  • Psalm 39:10 (verbal): Speaks of being consumed and worn away by affliction—the language of being 'consumed' parallels Job’s description of loss of place/strength.
  • Job 7:6 (structural): Another of Job’s laments about the brevity and wearing away of life; thematically linked in depicting life and strength spent under suffering.

Alternative generated candidates

  • when they grow warm they vanish, when it is hot they are consumed out of their place.
  • when warm weather comes they vanish; in the heat they are consumed from their place.
18 Their paths will perish; they will go up into emptiness and be destroyed.

Job.6.18 - Details

Translation

Their paths will perish; they will go up into emptiness and be destroyed.

Original Text

ילפתו ארחות דרכם יעלו בתהו ויאבדו׃

Morphology

  • ילפתו: VERB,qal,impf,3,pl
  • ארחות: NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • דרכם: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3,m,pl
  • יעלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • בתהו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויאבדו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Psalm 1:6 (verbal): Contrasts the fate of the righteous and the wicked: 'the LORD knows the way of the righteous; but the way of the wicked shall perish' — similar language of 'way' (דרך) and 'perish' (יאבדו).
  • Proverbs 2:18 (verbal): Describes a woman's house whose 'paths go down to death' — parallels the image of paths leading to destruction or perishing.
  • Psalm 107:4–5 (thematic): Speaks of those who wandered in the wilderness, their way lost and perishing from hunger/thirst — thematically parallels travellers losing their way and perishing.
  • Proverbs 4:19 (thematic): 'The way of the wicked is like darkness; they do not know at what they stumble' — thematically echoes the idea of a way that leads to ruin or loss of direction.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Their paths become barren; they go up into the void and perish.
  • Their course leads them to emptiness; they go astray and perish.
19 Look, the caravans of Tema expected them; the caravans of Sheba hoped for them.

Job.6.19 - Details

Translation

Look, the caravans of Tema expected them; the caravans of Sheba hoped for them.

Original Text

הביטו ארחות תמא הליכת שבא קוו־ למו׃

Morphology

  • הביטו: VERB,qal,imp,2,pl
  • ארחות: NOUN,f,pl,cons
  • תמא: ADV
  • הליכת: NOUN,f,sg,construct
  • שבא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • קוו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • למו: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Isaiah 21:14 (verbal): Explicitly mentions the caravans/inhabitants of Tema and uses similar desert–caravan imagery found in Job 6:19.
  • Isaiah 60:6 (thematic): Speaks of caravans (including those of Sheba) bringing goods and hope, echoing the image of travelers from Sheba in Job 6:19.
  • Jeremiah 25:23 (verbal): Lists Tema among Arabian tribes/nations, providing a geographical and cultural parallel to Job's reference to Tema.
  • Psalm 72:10 (thematic): Speaks of the kings/travelers of Sheba bringing gifts and tribute, thematically paralleling the expectation/role of Sheba's travelers in Job 6:19.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The caravans of Tema looked; the companies of Sheba hoped for them.
  • They look for them as caravans of Tema look, and as companies of Sheba wait for them.
20 They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came there and were confounded.

Job.6.20 - Details

Translation

They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came there and were confounded.

Original Text

בשו כי־ בטח באו עדיה ויחפרו׃

Morphology

  • בשו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • כי: CONJ
  • בטח: ADV
  • באו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • עדיה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויחפרו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl

Parallels

  • Jeremiah 17:5 (verbal): Both verses warn that placing trust in humans brings disaster/shame — Jer. 17:5 explicitly curses those who 'trust in man,' echoing Job's observation that those who trusted are confounded.
  • Isaiah 31:1 (thematic): Isaiah condemns confidence in military power (chariots/horses) as ultimately disastrous; thematically parallels Job's motif of misplaced trust leading to shame and failure.
  • Psalm 118:8 (thematic): Psalm asserts it is better to trust in the LORD than in man; contrasts the fate of those who trust in people (shame/disappointment) with the security of trusting God, reflecting Job's critique of misplaced confidence.
  • Job 6:14–16 (structural): Immediate context: Job pictures his friends as unhelpful and treacherous—those who were expected to support him have turned aside and are confounded—directly parallels and explains v.20's charge that trusted ones are ashamed.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They were ashamed because they trusted; they came and were confounded.
  • They are confounded because they trusted; they come there and are put to shame.
21 So now you are nothing; you see my shame and are afraid.

Job.6.21 - Details

Translation

So now you are nothing; you see my shame and are afraid.

Original Text

כי־ עתה הייתם לו תראו חתת ותיראו׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • עתה: ADV
  • הייתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • תראו: VERB,qal,imperfect,2,m,pl
  • חתת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • ותיראו: CONJ+VERB,qal,imprf,2,m,pl

Parallels

  • Job 6:14 (structural): Immediate context: Job contrasts the duty of friends to show pity to the afflicted with their actual conduct—abandoning or failing him—directly shaping the sentiment of 6:21 about their fearful reaction to his ruin.
  • Job 2:11–13 (structural): Narrative parallel: Job's friends initially come to sit with him in silence at his suffering; the scene frames the later development where their presence turns to reproach or fear when confronted with his calamity.
  • Psalm 38:11–12 (thematic): The psalmist laments that friends and companions stand aloof from his affliction—a theme of companions' fear or withdrawal on seeing human suffering that echoes Job 6:21's depiction of fearful reaction to calamity.
  • Lamentations 1:17 (thematic): Jerusalem's cry that there is none to comfort her when she spreads out her hands parallels the idea of people seeing ruin and lacking the courage or compassion to help, resonating with Job's charge about his friends' fearful response.

Alternative generated candidates

  • So now you are nothing—see, be ashamed and bear fear.
  • So now you are nothing; you see my terror and are afraid.
22 Have I said, 'Bring to me,' or, 'Give to me of your wealth'?

Job.6.22 - Details

Translation

Have I said, 'Bring to me,' or, 'Give to me of your wealth'?

Original Text

ה‍כי־ אמרתי הבו לי ומכחכם שחדו בעדי׃

Morphology

  • ה: PART
  • כי: CONJ
  • אמרתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,com,sg
  • הבו: VERB,qal,imp,2,pl
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • ומכחכם: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs,prsfx=2,pl
  • שחדו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • בעדי: PREP+1,sg

Parallels

  • Job 23:4 (thematic): Same courtroom motif: Job insists on ordering his case before God and wants to present arguments—like 6:22’s demand that charges be brought and tested against him.
  • Job 31:35 (structural): Closely related legal imagery: Job wishes for an official hearing or a written accusation so his innocence can be examined, echoing the call to ‘bring (charges) against me.’
  • Isaiah 43:26 (verbal): ‘Put me in remembrance; let us plead together’ uses the language of pleading and joint adjudication similar to Job’s challenge to have accusations brought and weighed.
  • Psalm 26:2 (verbal): ‘Prove me, O LORD, and try me’ parallels the demand to be tested and vindicated, resonating with Job’s appeal for his case to be brought forward and examined.
  • Proverbs 18:17 (thematic): Legal/forensic theme: the proverb highlights the importance of hearing a case and examining charges—matching Job’s insistence that accusations be produced and scrutinized.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Have I said, 'Bring to me, and let the power of your hand be a pledge for me'?
  • Did I say, 'Bring to me,' and 'From your might make a present for me'— or, 'Accept a bribe on my behalf'?
23 Save me from the hand of the enemy, and redeem me from the hand of the violent.

Job.6.23 - Details

Translation

Save me from the hand of the enemy, and redeem me from the hand of the violent.

Original Text

ומלטוני מיד־ צר ומיד עריצים תפדוני׃

Morphology

  • ומלטוני: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,sg
  • מיד: PREP
  • צר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ומיד: CONJ+PREP
  • עריצים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • תפדוני: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 140:1-2 (verbal): A close verbal parallel: an entreaty to the LORD to rescue the speaker from evil/violent men—'Rescue me… from violent men' echoes Job's plea to be delivered from oppressors/tyrants.
  • Psalm 59:1-2 (verbal): Similar petition for deliverance: 'Deliver me from my enemies… from bloodthirsty men,' matching Job's request to be redeemed from the hand of cruel foes.
  • Psalm 7:1 (thematic): A general prayer for protection and deliverance from persecutors—shares the same motif of asking God to save the petitioner from the hand of hostile oppressors.
  • Psalm 18:16-19 (cf. 2 Samuel 22:17-20) (thematic): Describes God delivering the psalmist from deadly danger and enemies; thematically parallels Job's appeal for divine rescue from the hand of violent/tyrannical foes.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Deliver me from the hand of the oppressor, and redeem me from the hand of the violent.
  • Deliver me from the hand of the adversary, and redeem me from the hand of the oppressor.
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and show me wherein I have erred.

Job.6.24 - Details

Translation

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and show me wherein I have erred.

Original Text

הורוני ואני אחריש ומה־ שגיתי הבינו לי׃

Morphology

  • הורוני: VERB,hiphil,imp,2,m,pl
  • ואני: PRON,1,sg
  • אחריש: VERB,qal,impf,1,?,sg
  • ומה: CONJ+PRON,int
  • שגיתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,m,sg
  • הבינו: VERB,hiphil,imp,2,m,pl
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg

Parallels

  • Job 13:23 (structural): Same speaker/book and closely related plea: Job again asks to be shown his transgression and to have his sins made known (request for instruction and correction).
  • Psalm 25:4 (verbal): Explicit petition for divine instruction—"Show me your ways; teach me your paths"—mirrors Job's appeal to be taught and shown where he has erred.
  • Psalm 19:12 (verbal): Asks who can discern their errors and requests cleansing from hidden faults—parallels Job's request to have his mistake pointed out and explained.
  • Psalm 139:23 (thematic): A request for God to search and reveal hidden sin—themewise akin to Job's desire for his error to be disclosed so he can respond.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Teach me, and I will be silent; and cause me to know wherein I have erred.
  • Teach me, and I will be silent; and show me where I have erred.
25 How strong are earnest words! But what does your reproof prove?

Job.6.25 - Details

Translation

How strong are earnest words! But what does your reproof prove?

Original Text

מה־ נמרצו אמרי־ ישר ומה־ יוכיח הוכח מכם׃

Morphology

  • מה: PRON,int
  • נמרצו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • אמרי: VERB,qal,impv,2,f,sg
  • ישר: ADJ,m,sg
  • ומה: CONJ+PRON,int
  • יוכיח: VERB,hiph,imprf,3,m,sg
  • הוכח: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מכם: PREP,2,m,pl

Parallels

  • Job 16:2 (thematic): Job earlier accuses his friends of giving empty comfort—both verses register Job's rejection of his friends' words as inadequate or reproving rather than helpful.
  • Proverbs 25:11 (thematic): Proverbs praises a 'word fitly spoken' for its power and beauty; Job's phrase about 'right/true words' similarly focuses on the effect and force of spoken words (here with irony or challenge).
  • Proverbs 15:23 (thematic): This proverb values an apt or timely answer; Job 6:25 likewise treats the efficacy of ‘right’ words and questions what his friends’ arguments actually prove or accomplish.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:11 (verbal): Ecclesiastes describes the words of the wise as goads and firmly fixed sayings—an image of verbal force that parallels Job's concern with the strength and effect of 'straight' or 'true' words.

Alternative generated candidates

  • How forcible are right words! But what does your reproof prove?
  • How forcible are right words! but what does your reproof prove?
26 Do you intend to rebuke words, and the speeches of one driven to despair, which are but wind?

Job.6.26 - Details

Translation

Do you intend to rebuke words, and the speeches of one driven to despair, which are but wind?

Original Text

הלהוכח מלים תחשבו ולרוח אמרי נאש׃

Morphology

  • הלהוכח: VERB,qal,inf,NA,NA,NA
  • מלים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • תחשבו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl
  • ולרוח: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אמרי: VERB,qal,impv,2,f,sg
  • נאש: NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Proverbs 25:11 (verbal): Praises a 'fitly spoken' word—parallel to Job's affirmation of the force/rightness of spoken words.
  • Proverbs 15:23 (thematic): Celebrates timely, beneficial speech; connects with Job's appraisal of rightly spoken words versus empty argument.
  • Proverbs 9:8-9 (thematic): Discusses the effect of reproof on the wise versus the scorner, relating to Job's question about what his friends' reproofs actually accomplish.
  • James 3:5-6 (thematic): Emphasizes the disproportionate power and potential harm of the tongue—echoing Job's focus on the force and consequence of speech.
  • Job 6:24 (structural): Internal parallel in the same chapter where Job asks to be taught and says he will be silent, continuing the theme of response to reproach and the role of words.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Do you count my words as wind, and the speech of one whose spirit is crushed?
  • Do you intend to reprove words— the speeches of one who is crushed in spirit?
27 You would even thrust the fatherless aside and lay hands on your friend.

Job.6.27 - Details

Translation

You would even thrust the fatherless aside and lay hands on your friend.

Original Text

אף־ על־ יתום תפילו ותכרו על־ ריעכם׃

Morphology

  • אף: ADV
  • על: PREP
  • יתום: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • תפילו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl
  • ותכרו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl
  • על: PREP
  • ריעכם: NOUN,m,sg,abs+2mp

Parallels

  • Psalm 82:3 (thematic): Commands to defend the weak and the fatherless—contrasts with Job’s charge that his friends exploit the fatherless (casting lots).
  • Exodus 22:22-24 (thematic): Law forbids taking advantage of widows and orphans; provides a legal/ethical backdrop to Job’s accusation of mistreatment of the fatherless.
  • James 1:27 (thematic): New Testament injunction to care for orphans and widows; echoes the biblical ideal that Job’s friends are failing to honor by exploiting the fatherless.
  • Psalm 55:12-14 (thematic): Complaint about betrayal by a close companion—parallels Job’s lament over friends who turn against and ‘sell’ or abandon him.
  • Job 19:19 (structural): Internal parallel in Job: an explicit lament that intimate friends have turned against him, echoing the accusation in 6:27.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Do you cast lots for the fatherless, and bargain over a friend?
  • You push down the fatherless and you offend your companion.
28 Now therefore, turn my way; look upon me, and be ashamed—take counsel together.

Job.6.28 - Details

Translation

Now therefore, turn my way; look upon me, and be ashamed—take counsel together.

Original Text

ועתה הואילו פנו־ בי ועל־ פניכם אם־ אכזב׃

Morphology

  • ועתה: CONJ
  • הואילו: PART
  • פנו: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,pl
  • בי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • ועל: CONJ+PREP
  • פניכם: NOUN,f,pl,abs+PRON,2,m,pl
  • אם: CONJ
  • אכזב: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg

Parallels

  • Job 13:3 (thematic): Job again appeals to his friends to listen and give him a fair hearing rather than judge or misrepresent him—parallel plea for attention and fair treatment.
  • Job 31:35 (thematic): Job expresses the desire that someone would hear him and put his case down in writing so he might be vindicated—similar longing to be heard and answered.
  • Proverbs 18:17 (structural): This proverb stresses the importance of hearing both sides before judging a case; it echoes Job’s appeal that his friends turn to him and attend to his words before condemning him.
  • Psalm 26:1 (thematic): A petition for vindication and affirmation of integrity—like Job’s appeal to be listened to and not falsely accused.
  • Job 16:2 (thematic): Job rebukes his comforters for their responses and implicitly demands compassionate, attentive listening, reflecting the same concern voiced in 6:28.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Now therefore, look upon me, and be astonished; lay your hand upon your mouth.
  • Now then, turn and look at me; be ashamed— put your hand over your mouth if I have erred.
29 Return, I pray you; do not be unjust; return again, my righteousness is still with me.

Job.6.29 - Details

Translation

Return, I pray you; do not be unjust; return again, my righteousness is still with me.

Original Text

שבו־ נא אל־ תהי עולה ושובו עוד צדקי־ בה׃

Morphology

  • שבו: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,pl
  • נא: PART
  • אל: NEG
  • תהי: VERB,qal,juss,3,f,sg
  • עולה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ושובו: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,pl
  • עוד: ADV
  • צדקי: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • בה: PREP+PRON,3,f,sg

Parallels

  • Job 27:5-6 (thematic): Job again insists on his integrity and refuses to renounce his righteousness (’till I die I will not remove my integrity’), paralleling the appeal in 6:29 that his righteousness be acknowledged.
  • Job 31:6 (thematic): Job challenges others to weigh him and vindicate justice (’let God weigh me...’/’let him know mine integrity’), echoing the plea that his righteousness be recognized rather than treated as iniquity.
  • Hosea 14:1-2 (verbal): Uses the imperative 'Return' (שׁוּבוּ) and links return with iniquity and restoration; parallels Job’s command 'שבו‑נא' and the concern over iniquity/justice in the appeal.
  • Jeremiah 3:12 (thematic): A summons to 'return' (’Return, thou backsliding...’) framing turning/return as the remedy for relational breach—similar language and movement as Job’s urgent 'return' plea, though addressed to different parties.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Return, I pray you; do not be unjust—return again; my righteousness is still with me.
  • Return now; do no wrong— consider my righteousness, and turn back once more.
30 Is there unrighteousness on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern mischief?

Job.6.30 - Details

Translation

Is there unrighteousness on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern mischief?

Original Text

היש־ בלשוני עולה אם־ חכי לא־ יבין הוות׃

Morphology

  • היש: PART,exist
  • בלשוני: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs+1cs
  • עולה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • אם: CONJ
  • חכי: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,1,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יבין: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הוות: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl

Parallels

  • Job 27:4 (verbal): Job asserts the integrity of his speech: “My lips will not speak falsehood, nor my tongue utter deceit,” closely paralleling the denial of iniquity on the tongue in 6:30.
  • Job 31:30 (verbal): Another self-defense about speech: “If the false tongue has not spoken, and my tongue has not uttered deceit,” echoing the claim that Job’s tongue is not guilty.
  • Psalm 39:1 (thematic): The speaker vows to guard his tongue to avoid sin—“I will guard my ways... that I may not sin with my tongue”—reflecting the concern with tongue and culpability found in Job 6:30.
  • Psalm 34:13 (thematic): An instruction to restrain speech—“Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit”—parallels Job’s focus on whether his tongue can be charged with iniquity.
  • James 3:2-10 (thematic): New Testament teaching on the tongue’s moral danger and the need for control (e.g., blessings and curses from the same mouth) thematically resonates with Job’s defense and reflection on the moral quality of his speech.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Is there wickedness on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern the things said?
  • Is there wickedness in my tongue? Is my palate not able to discern what is wholesome?
1 Is not man’s life on earth a warfare, and are not his days like the days of a hired servant?

Job.7.1 - Details

Translation

Is not man’s life on earth a warfare, and are not his days like the days of a hired servant?

Original Text

הלא־ צבא לאנוש עלי־ ארץ וכימי שכיר ימיו׃

Morphology

  • הלא: PART
  • צבא: NOUN,m,sg,const
  • לאנוש: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • ארץ: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וכימי: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • שכיר: ADJ,m,sg
  • ימיו: NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRON,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 14:1 (structural): Same book theme: human life is short and troubled ('Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble'), continuing Job’s reflection on mortality and the brevity of days.
  • Psalm 39:4-6 (thematic): Both speak of the transience of human life—'make me to know my end... my days are a handbreadth; my life is as nothing'—echoing Job’s image of days like a hired worker’s.
  • Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 (thematic): Portrays life as wearisome toil and sorrow where a person’s days are filled with labor, paralleling Job’s comparison of human life to a paid worker’s brief, burdened service.
  • John 10:12 (allusion): Uses the imagery of a 'hired hand/hireling' (misthōtos) to describe a temporary, self-interested worker; thematically resonates with Job’s depiction of human existence as the limited service of a hireling.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Is not man’s life on earth a service, and his days like the days of a hired man?
  • Is not man’s life on earth a service, and his days like those of a hired laborer?
2 As a servant longs for the shadow, and as a hireling waits for his wages,

Job.7.2 - Details

Translation

As a servant longs for the shadow, and as a hireling waits for his wages,

Original Text

כעבד ישאף־ צל וכשכיר יקוה פעלו׃

Morphology

  • כעבד: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ישאף: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • צל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וכשכיר: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יקוה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • פעלו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms

Parallels

  • John 10:12 (verbal): Uses the same 'hireling' motif (one who is paid) to characterize a worker distinct from the true shepherd — echoes the imagery of a paid servant and the expectations tied to hired service.
  • Luke 10:7 (thematic): 'The laborer is worthy of his wages' — directly parallels the idea of a hired worker awaiting his due; both verses link human labor with expectation of remuneration/relief.
  • Deuteronomy 24:14-15 (structural): Law governing payment to hired workers ('you shall give him his wages') provides social-legal background for the image of a hireling looking for his pay used in Job.
  • Ecclesiastes 2:22-23 (thematic): Speaks of the futility of toil and the worker's frustration when he must leave the fruits of his labor to another — thematically parallels Job's portrayal of life as weary labor and longing.
  • Psalm 104:23 (thematic): Describes human life as daily labor ('man goes out to his work until evening'), echoing Job's comparison of human existence to servile, day-long toil and the yearning for respite.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Like a servant who longs for the evening, and like a hireling who waits for his wages,
  • As a servant longs for the shade, and as a hireling waits for his wages,
3 so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of hardship have been appointed to me.

Job.7.3 - Details

Translation

so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of hardship have been appointed to me.

Original Text

כן הנחלתי לי ירחי־ שוא ולילות עמל מנו־ לי׃

Morphology

  • כן: ADV
  • הנחלתי: VERB,hiph,perf,2,m,sg
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • ירחי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • שוא: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולילות: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • עמל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מנו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg

Parallels

  • Ecclesiastes 2:11 (verbal): Both passages use the language of vanity and the futility of human toil—'all was vanity' in Ecclesiastes echoes Job's 'months of vanity' and the sense that labor yields emptiness.
  • Psalm 39:5-6 (thematic): Psalmist laments the brevity and emptiness of life ('you have made my days a mere handbreadth' / 'each man is but a breath'), paralleling Job's complaint about fruitless months and wearisome nights.
  • Psalm 6:6 (thematic): Expresses nocturnal suffering and sleepless misery ('all the night I make my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears'), echoing Job's image of nights appointed for toil and distress.
  • Psalm 102:11 (thematic): Speaks of days declining like a shadow and life wasting away—a parallel to Job's sense that his allotted months are empty and his life marked by toil and futility.

Alternative generated candidates

  • so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of trouble have been appointed to me.
  • so have I been allotted months of futility, and nights of toil have been appointed to me.
4 When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' and the night drags on; I am full of tossing until the dawning.

Job.7.4 - Details

Translation

When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' and the night drags on; I am full of tossing until the dawning.

Original Text

אם־ שכבתי ואמרתי מתי אקום ומדד־ ערב ושבעתי נדדים עדי־ נשף׃

Morphology

  • אם: CONJ
  • שכבתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,?,sg
  • ואמרתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,sg
  • מתי: ADV,int
  • אקום: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg
  • ומדד: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • ערב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ושבעתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,*,sg
  • נדדים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • עדי: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נשף: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 6:6 (verbal): Speaks of sleepless nights and tearful tossing on the bed—language and image of night anguish parallel Job’s restless waiting for morning.
  • Psalm 88:14-16 (thematic): Depicts prolonged night-time suffering and being drenched in tears through the night, echoing Job’s experience of sleepless misery until dawn.
  • Psalm 30:5 (thematic): Contrasts weeping at night with renewal in the morning; relates to Job’s emphasis on the long night and longing for the coming day.
  • Job 14:12 (structural): Within Job, this verse uses the motif of lying down/sleep and not rising—here used existentially (sleep as death), reflecting the book’s recurring sleep/awakening imagery.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' but the night is long, and I am full of tossing until dawn.
  • When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' and the night is long; and I am full of tossing till the dawn.
5 My flesh is clothed with maggots and clods of dust; my skin is broken and loathsome.

Job.7.5 - Details

Translation

My flesh is clothed with maggots and clods of dust; my skin is broken and loathsome.

Original Text

לבש בשרי רמה וגוש עפר עורי רגע וימאס׃

Morphology

  • לבש: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • בשרי: NOUN,m,sg,suff
  • רמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • וגוש: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עפר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עורי: VERB,qal,imp,2,f,sg
  • רגע: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וימאס: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 10:10 (verbal): Same semantic field of skin and flesh: Job 10:10 speaks of being 'clothed with skin and flesh'—contrasted with 7:5's image of flesh beset by worms and the skin failing.
  • Psalm 22:6 (verbal): Uses the 'worm' motif ('I am a worm, and no man') to express extreme humiliation and bodily degradation, echoing Job's imagery of flesh consumed by worms.
  • Isaiah 40:6 (thematic): Declares that 'all flesh is grass' (transience and frailty of the body), parallel to Job's depiction of the body as perishable and decaying.
  • Genesis 3:19 (allusion): 'For dust you are and to dust you shall return'—the motif of dust/clods connects to Job's 'clods of dust' highlighting mortality and return to the earth.
  • Psalm 22:15 (thematic): Describes bodily collapse and being brought into 'the dust of death,' resonating with Job's imagery of physical deterioration and association with dust.

Alternative generated candidates

  • My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin hardens and then grows loathsome.
  • My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and becomes loathsome.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and come to an end without hope.

Job.7.6 - Details

Translation

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and come to an end without hope.

Original Text

ימי קלו מני־ ארג ויכלו באפס תקוה׃

Morphology

  • ימי: NOUN,m,pl,cs
  • קלו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
  • מני: PREP+PRON,1,_,sg
  • ארג: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ויכלו: VERB,qal,perf,3,pl
  • באפס: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • תקוה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 39:5-6 (verbal): Speaks of the brevity and insignificance of life ("my days are like handbreadths; my duration is as nothing"), closely echoing Job’s image of swift, hope‑less days.
  • Psalm 102:11 (thematic): Uses transient imagery—"my days are like a shadow that declines"—to express the rapid passing of life, paralleling Job’s sense of swift, fleeting days.
  • Psalm 90:9-10 (thematic): Reflects the theme of human days passing away and years brought to an end, emphasizing mortality and the limited span of life as in Job’s lament.
  • Lamentations 3:18 (allusion): Declares the loss of hope ("My strength and my hope have perished"), matching Job’s note that his days come to an end 'with no hope'—a parallel in tone and despair.

Alternative generated candidates

  • My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
  • My days pass swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are ended without hope.
7 Remember that my life is but breath; my eye will never again see good.

Job.7.7 - Details

Translation

Remember that my life is but breath; my eye will never again see good.

Original Text

זכר כי־ רוח חיי לא־ תשוב עיני לראות טוב׃

Morphology

  • זכר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • רוח: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • חיי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תשוב: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,f,sg
  • עיני: NOUN,f,pl,cons+1s
  • לראות: VERB,qal,inf
  • טוב: ADJ,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 78:39 (verbal): Uses the same imagery of humans as transient breath/wind: God remembers that they are but flesh, a wind that passes and does not return—closely echoing Job's 'spirit of my life will not return.'
  • Psalm 146:4 (verbal): Links life and breath: 'His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth'—paralleling Job's portrayal of life as breath that departs and the end of seeing 'good.'
  • Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 (thematic): Reflects the theme of human transience and the common fate of humans and animals—both have the same breath and all return to one place—similar to Job's emphasis on the fleeting nature of life.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:7 (thematic): States that the dust returns to the earth and the spirit returns to God who gave it, echoing Job's sense that the life‑breath departs and the world of joy/seeing good ends.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Remember that my life is a breath; my eye will see no more good.
  • Remember that my life is but a breath; my eye will not again see good.
8 The eye that sees me will see me no more; your eyes are upon me, but I am gone.

Job.7.8 - Details

Translation

The eye that sees me will see me no more; your eyes are upon me, but I am gone.

Original Text

לא־ תשורני עין ראי עיניך בי ואינני׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תשורני: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • עין: NOUN,f,sg,cons
  • ראי: VERB,qal,impv,2,f,sg
  • עיניך: NOUN,f,pl,abs+2ms
  • בי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • ואינני: CONJ+VERB,qal,pres,1,sg,neg

Parallels

  • Job 31:4 (verbal): Direct verbal parallel within Job: speaks of God seeing the speaker's ways and 'numbering' or 'counting' his steps, echoing the theme of being watched.
  • Psalm 139:1-3 (thematic): Both passages present God's intimate, ongoing knowledge and observation of the person—'you have searched me... you discern my going out and my lying down.'
  • Proverbs 15:3 (thematic): Expresses the idea of God's pervasive gaze—'The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch'—paralleling Job's sense of being observed.
  • Jeremiah 23:24 (allusion): Rhetorical question about whether anyone can hide from God—'Can a man hide himself...?'—echoes Job's awareness that God sees and watches him.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The eye that sees me shall see me no more; thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
  • Do not keep your eye upon me, for I shall not be; thou wilt seek me, but I shall not be found.
9 As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.

Job.7.9 - Details

Translation

As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.

Original Text

כלה ענן וילך כן יורד שאול לא יעלה׃

Morphology

  • כלה: ADV
  • ענן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • וילך: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • כן: ADV
  • יורד: VERB,qal,ptcp,NA,m,sg
  • שאול: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יעלה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 14:10-12 (verbal): Uses nearly identical imagery and language about descent to Sheol and not returning — 'man lieth down, and riseth not' / 'shall not come up' (direct verbal/structural parallel within Job).
  • Ecclesiastes 3:19-20 (thematic): Treats human mortality as final and universal ('man and beast have one breath... both go to one place'), echoing Job's theme that the dead do not return.},{
  • Psalm 90:5-6 (thematic): Portrays human life as transient — carried away like a flood or as sleep/grass that withers — resonating with Job's 'cloud is consumed and vanisheth away' image of ephemerality.
  • Hebrews 9:27 (thematic): Affirms the finality of death ('it is appointed unto men once to die') which parallels Job's depiction of descent into Sheol as irreversible.
  • Hosea 13:14 (allusion): Speaks of Sheol/death and God's action toward it ('I will ransom them from the power of the grave'), engaging the same Sheol-imagery and contrasting Job's sense of irrevocable descent.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Like a cloud that vanishes and passes away so he who goes down to Sheol does not rise again.
  • The cloud vanishes and is gone; so he who goes down to Sheol shall not come up.
10 He will not return to his house, nor will his place know him any more.

Job.7.10 - Details

Translation

He will not return to his house, nor will his place know him any more.

Original Text

לא־ ישוב עוד לביתו ולא־ יכירנו עוד מקמו׃

Morphology

  • לא: PART_NEG
  • ישוב: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • עוד: ADV
  • לביתו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,cs+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ולא: CONJ
  • יכירנו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg,obj:1pl
  • עוד: ADV
  • מקמו: NOUN,m,sg,abs,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 (thematic): Affirms the finality of death: the dead have no further knowledge or participation in life—echoing Job’s sense that the man will not return home or be recognized in his place.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:7 (verbal): Speaks of the body returning to the earth and the spirit to God, emphasizing the irreversible separation from earthly dwelling that Job laments (no return to his house).
  • Psalm 115:17 (thematic): Declares that the dead do not praise the LORD and go down into silence, paralleling Job’s image of one who no longer 'is known' in his place—removed from the community of the living.
  • Isaiah 38:18-19 (thematic): Hezekiah’s reflection that the dead cannot thank or praise God parallels Job’s depiction of death as exclusion from normal life and relations (not returning to home or being known there).
  • Job 14:13-17 (structural): An intra-book parallel: Job imagines being hidden in Sheol and asks whether one can be remembered or restored—closely related to the present verse’s theme of disappearance from one’s house and place.

Alternative generated candidates

  • He will return no more to his house, nor will his place know him any more.
  • He will not return to his house, neither will his place know him any more.
11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Job.7.11 - Details

Translation

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Original Text

גם־ אני לא אחשך פי א‍דברה בצר רוחי אשיחה במר נפשי׃

Morphology

  • גם: ADV
  • אני: PRON,1,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • אחשך: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • פי: NOUN,m,sg,construct
  • א: PRT
  • דברה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בצר: PREP
  • רוחי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1cs
  • אשיחה: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • במר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נפשי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1cs

Parallels

  • Job 10:1 (thematic): Continuation of Job's lament tradition — like 7:11, 10:1 expresses refusal to be silent and opens a direct complaint about his suffering and God's dealings.
  • Job 13:23-24 (thematic): Job directly appeals to God and speaks his anguish; both passages show Job insisting on speaking his pain and demanding an answer from God.
  • Job 30:20-21 (thematic): Another personal lament in which Job cries out that God does not answer — parallels the tone of vocal complaint and wounded spirit found in 7:11.
  • Psalm 142:2 (verbal): ‘I pour out my complaint before him’ closely parallels 7:11’s language of speaking out in anguish and making a plaintive complaint to God.
  • Psalm 102:1-2 (thematic): A plea that the Lord hear one's cry in distress; thematically similar to 7:11’s refusal to be silent and the expression of inward bitterness and suffering.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the bitterness of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
  • Therefore I will not hold my peace; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
12 Am I a sea, or a sea‑monster, that you set a guard over me?

Job.7.12 - Details

Translation

Am I a sea, or a sea‑monster, that you set a guard over me?

Original Text

ה‍ים־ אני אם־ תנין כי־ תשים עלי משמר׃

Morphology

  • ה: PART
  • ים: NOUN,m,sg,cs
  • אני: PRON,1,sg
  • אם: CONJ
  • תנין: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • תשים: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • עלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • משמר: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Job 41:1-34 (allusion): Extended description of Leviathan/tannin in the same book—echoes the sea‑monster imagery and underscores God's control over such creatures in contrast to Job's complaint about being guarded.
  • Isaiah 27:1 (verbal): Speaks of the LORD punishing Leviathan the fleeing serpent—uses the same chaos‑monster language (tannin/leviathan) and shows divine sovereignty over sea monsters.
  • Psalm 74:13-14 (thematic): Describes God breaking the heads of the sea monsters and giving them as food—parallels the motif of God’s power over chaotic sea creatures invoked by Job's rhetorical question.
  • Psalm 104:26 (verbal): Mentions Leviathan in the sea as a creature made by God—connects the image of the great sea creature (tannin) to God’s creative and ordering activity, which Job implicitly contrasts with his own treatment.
  • Genesis 1:21 (structural): God’s creation of the 'great sea creatures' (tanninim) on Day Five provides the wider creation background for the sea‑monster term Job uses, highlighting Job’s rhetorical comparison between himself and those created beasts.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that thou settest a guard over me?
  • Am I the sea, or a sea-monster, that you set a watch over me?
13 When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'

Job.7.13 - Details

Translation

When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'

Original Text

כי־ אמרתי תנחמני ערשי ישא בשיחי משכבי׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • אמרתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,com,sg
  • תנחמני: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • ערשי: NOUN,m,sg,abs,poss,1,sg
  • ישא: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • בשיחי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,prsuf
  • משכבי: NOUN,m,pl,cons

Parallels

  • Job 7:4 (structural): Same speech-unit in Job 7 treating night, sleep, and the frustration of rest—both verses situate the speaker's complaint in the context of failing sleep and ongoing suffering.
  • Job 3:13-17 (thematic): Job's earlier wish for the repose of death ('that I had been carried from the womb...that I had lain down and been quiet') parallels the desire for relief/comfort and release from suffering found in 7:13.
  • Psalm 6:6 (verbal): Uses the imagery of bed and sleepless weeping ('I am weary with my groaning; every night I flood my bed with tears'), echoing Job's association of the bed with complaint and lack of comfort.
  • Psalm 13:1-4 (thematic): A direct lament asking 'How long?' and pleading for consolation and vindication from God, thematically parallel to Job's plea for comfort and explanation for his suffering.
  • Psalm 88:1-4 (thematic): A sustained night-and-day lament in which the psalmist experiences incessant distress and no relief, resonating with Job's depiction of sleepless anguish and the longing for comfort.

Alternative generated candidates

  • When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'
  • When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'
14 then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions.

Job.7.14 - Details

Translation

then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions.

Original Text

וחתתני בחלמות ומחזינות תבעתני׃

Morphology

  • וחתתני: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • בחלמות: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • ומחזינות: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • תבעתני: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 4:13-16 (verbal): Eliphaz reports a terrifying dream/vision that alarms him — close verbal and thematic parallel: dreams/visions as sources of fear and disturbance.
  • Job 33:15-18 (verbal): Elihu (speaking of God) says he may speak in a dream or vision of night to warn and turn a person — directly connects divine/communicative function of dreams and visions mentioned in Job 7:14.
  • Numbers 12:6 (thematic): Yahweh explains that when he speaks to prophets he may appear in visions and dreams — a legal/theological statement about dreams/visions as a mode of divine communication, echoing Job’s experience of being troubled by such revelations.
  • Joel 2:28 (verbal): The prophecy promises that God will pour out his spirit and people will prophesy, see visions and dream dreams — parallels the motif of visions and dreams as significant, revelatory phenomena.
  • Acts 2:17 (quotation): Peter quotes Joel 2:28 at Pentecost (“your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men dream dreams”), a New Testament citation that reiterates the biblical theme of dreams/visions as God-given revelations.

Alternative generated candidates

  • then thou scarest me with dreams and terrifiest me through visions;
  • then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions;
15 So that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than these my bones.

Job.7.15 - Details

Translation

So that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than these my bones.

Original Text

ותבחר מחנק נפשי מות מעצמותי׃

Morphology

  • ותבחר: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • מחנק: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • נפשי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1cs
  • מות: VERB,qal,infabs
  • מעצמותי: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,suff

Parallels

  • Job 3:11–13 (thematic): Job's earlier curse of birth and wish that he had died at birth expresses the same longing for death as an escape from suffering found in 7:15.
  • Job 6:8–9 (thematic): Job pleads that God would grant his desire to be cut off and end his life—another direct expression of preferring death over continued torment, echoing the sentiment of 7:15.
  • Psalm 88:3–5 (thematic): The psalmist speaks of a soul full of trouble and being counted among those who go down to the pit; thematically parallels Job’s anguish and orientation toward death as relief.
  • Lamentations 3:19–24 (thematic): Jeremiah recalls his affliction, bitterness, and deep despondency before affirming hope; the opening lines parallel the raw despair and yearning for deliverance (even from life) found in Job 7:15.
  • Isaiah 38:10–11 (thematic): Hezekiah’s lament about the cutting off of his days and his expectation of death mirrors the fear of imminent death and the desire for release that underlies Job’s words.

Alternative generated candidates

  • so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than these bones.
  • so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than my bones.
16 I loathe my life; I would not live forever—leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

Job.7.16 - Details

Translation

I loathe my life; I would not live forever—leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

Original Text

מאסתי לא־ לעלם אחיה חדל ממני כי־ הבל ימי׃

Morphology

  • מאסתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,com,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • לעלם: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אחיה: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • חדל: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • ממני: PREP,suff,1,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • הבל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ימי: NOUN,m,pl,cs

Parallels

  • Psalm 39:5–6 (verbal): Uses the same imagery of life's brevity—days as a breath/handbreadth—and laments the transience of human life, echoing Job's 'my days are vanity.'
  • Psalm 144:4 (verbal): Declares that man is like a breath and his days like a passing shadow, a close verbal/thematic parallel to Job's emphasis on the fleeting, insubstantial nature of life.
  • Psalm 102:11 (thematic): A penitential lament in which the psalmist says 'my days are like a shadow'—themewise similar to Job's plea and his portrayal of life as brief and futile.
  • Ecclesiastes 1:2 (allusion): Qohelet's famous refrain 'vanity of vanities' (הבל הבלים) resonates with Job's use of הבל for his days, linking both texts in their existential verdict on life's emptiness/futility.

Alternative generated candidates

  • I loathe my life; I will not live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vanity.
  • I loathe my life; I would not live always— leave me alone; for my days are vanity.
17 What is man, that you make much of him, and that you set your heart on him?

Job.7.17 - Details

Translation

What is man, that you make much of him, and that you set your heart on him?

Original Text

מה־ אנוש כי תגדלנו וכי־ תשית אליו לבך׃

Morphology

  • מה: PRON,int
  • אנוש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • כי: CONJ
  • תגדלנו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • וכי: CONJ
  • תשית: VERB,qal,imperfect,2,m,sg
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • לבך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Psalm 8:4 (verbal): Direct verbal parallel and shared question: 'What is man, that you are mindful of him?'—both marvel at God's attention to frail humanity.
  • Psalm 144:3 (verbal): Similar wording and theme: 'O Lord, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him?'—expresses the same astonishment at God's regard for humans.
  • Hebrews 2:6-8 (quotation): New Testament citation of Psalm 8 (which parallels Job 7:17) to reflect on human dignity and God's care—echoes the rhetorical question about man's significance before God.
  • Isaiah 40:6-7 (thematic): The passage emphasizes human frailty ('all flesh is grass') and mortality, thematically related to Job's wonder that God would set his heart on such transient beings.

Alternative generated candidates

  • What is man, that thou shouldst magnify him, and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him,
  • What is man, that you should make much of him, and that you should set your heart upon him?
18 Why do you visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

Job.7.18 - Details

Translation

Why do you visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

Original Text

ותפקדנו לבקרים לרגעים תבחננו׃

Morphology

  • ותפקדנו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • לבקרים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • לרגעים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • תבחננו: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg

Parallels

  • Job 14:1-2 (thematic): Both passages emphasize human frailty and the brevity of life (man has few days; comes forth like a flower), echoing Job's complaint about being continually visited and tested.
  • Psalm 90:5-6 (thematic): Imagery of brief life and morning transience—'in the morning they are like grass'—parallels Job's reference to God's recurring morning visitation and the fleetingness of human days.
  • Psalm 139:1-4,16 (verbal): God's constant, intimate knowledge and the notion that days are ordained/known by God ('Thou hast searched me... all my days were written') correspond to Job's sense of being continually examined every morning and moment.
  • Psalm 39:4-6 (thematic): The psalmist's plea to know his end and the declaration that human life is a breath/vanity resonates with Job's lament about being observed and tried continuously amid life's shortness.

Alternative generated candidates

  • to visit him every morning and try him every moment?
  • You visit him every morning and test him every moment.
19 How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone till I swallow my spittle?

Job.7.19 - Details

Translation

How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone till I swallow my spittle?

Original Text

כמה לא־ תשעה ממני לא־ תרפני עד־ בלעי רקי׃

Morphology

  • כמה: ADV
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תשעה: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • ממני: PREP,suff,1,m,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תרפני: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • עד: PREP
  • בלעי: NOUN,m,sg,cs
  • רקי: ADJ,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Psalm 13:1-2 (verbal): Begins with the same anguished 'How long...?' motif and pleads with God about apparent abandonment and hidden favor, echoing Job's demand for relief from prolonged divine scrutiny.
  • Psalm 88:14 (thematic): Expresses the experience of being cast off and God hiding his face—closely parallels Job's sense of divine absence and sustained suffering.
  • Psalm 22:1 (verbal): A direct cry of abandonment ('My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?') that shares the core theme of feeling forsaken and seeking an end to suffering found in Job 7:19.
  • Job 13:24 (structural): An intra‑book parallel in which Job directly accuses God of hiding his face and treating him as an enemy—reiterates the same complaint about God's hiddenness and hostile dealings.
  • Lamentations 3:8 (thematic): Portrays persistent unanswered cries and a sense that God has shut out prayer—thematises the prolonged distress and desire for reprieve evident in Job 7:19.

Alternative generated candidates

  • How long wilt thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow my spittle?
  • How long will you not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
20 If I sin, what do I do to you, O watcher over men? Why have you made me your target, so that I am a burden to you?

Job.7.20 - Details

Translation

If I sin, what do I do to you, O watcher over men? Why have you made me your target, so that I am a burden to you?

Original Text

חטאתי מה אפעל ׀ לך נצר האדם למה שמתני למפגע לך ואהיה עלי למשא׃

Morphology

  • חטאתי: VERB,qal,perf,1,m,sg
  • מה: PRON,int
  • אפעל: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • נצר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • האדם: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • למה: ADV
  • שמתני: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,sg
  • למפגע: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לך: PRON,2,m,sg
  • ואהיה: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • עלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • למשא: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Job 13:23-24 (verbal): Job likewise asks God to point out his sin—"How many are my iniquities? make known unto me my transgression"—echoing the question 'Have I sinned?' and seeking reasons for God's treatment.
  • Job 10:8-9 (structural): In the following chapter Job develops the same complaint—that God has scrutinized and fashioned him so as to oppose him—continuing the theme of being made a target or burden under God's hand.
  • Psalm 38:4 (verbal): The psalmist confesses guilt as an overwhelming weight—"my iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me"—paralleling Job's language of being a burden/weight.
  • Psalm 22:1 (thematic): Both texts express a sense of divine abandonment and plaintive address to God—"My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?" resonates with Job's question why God has set him as a mark against himself.
  • Lamentations 3:1 (thematic): The Lament writer speaks of being singled out for suffering—"I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath"—reflecting Job's sense of being specially set against and afflicted by God.

Alternative generated candidates

  • If I have sinned, what do I do unto thee, O watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
  • If I have sinned, what do I to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as a mark, so that I am a burden to myself?
21 Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie down in the dust; you will seek me, but I shall not be.

Job.7.21 - Details

Translation

Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie down in the dust; you will seek me, but I shall not be.

Original Text

ומה ׀ לא־ תשא פשעי ותעביר את־ עוני כי־ עתה לעפר אשכב ושחרתני ואינני׃

Morphology

  • ומה: CONJ+PRON,int
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תשא: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • פשעי: NOUN,m,sg,suff,1,sg
  • ותעביר: VERB,hiph,impf,2,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • עוני: NOUN,m,sg,cs+1s
  • כי: CONJ
  • עתה: ADV
  • לעפר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשכב: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • ושחרתני: VERB,hiph,impf,2,m,sg,prsuf,1
  • ואינני: PART,neg,prsuf,1

Parallels

  • Psalm 51:9 (51:2 Hebrew) (verbal): Petition for cleansing/blotting out sin — 'blot out all mine iniquities' parallels Job’s plea that God take away his iniquity.
  • Psalm 39:13 (Hebrew 39:12) (verbal): Lament over imminent end — 'O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more' echoes Job’s concern that he will lie in the dust and soon be gone.
  • Genesis 3:19 (thematic): Mortality imagery — 'for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return' parallels Job’s image of lying in the dust.
  • Job 14:12 (structural): Same book meditation on death and non‑awakening — 'man lieth down, and riseth not' corresponds to Job’s claim that he will be sought in the morning but will not be.
  • Ecclesiastes 12:7 (thematic): Return to dust and the brevity of life — 'the dust returns to the earth' resonates with Job’s depiction of his imminent burial and disappearance from the living.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Why dost thou not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie down in the dust; and thou wilt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.
  • Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie down in the dust; you will seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

Then Job answered and said:

Would that my complaint were weighed, and my calamity placed on the scales together!

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words are full of grief.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

Does the wild donkey bray for grass? Or does the ox low over its fodder?

Can tasteless food be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

Oh that my request might be granted, and that God would give me what I long for!

That God would grant to crush me—let him also stretch out his hand and cut me off!

I would yet have comfort; I would exult in sore distress; for I would not hide the words of the Holy One.

What strength do I have, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of bronze?

Is there not help in me? and is wisdom quite driven from me?

Whoever withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

My brothers have dealt deceitfully like a channel of brooks, like streams that pass away.

Which are darkened by reason of the ice, and their surface is chilled with snow.

At the time they are exhausted; in the heat they vanish from their place.

Their paths will perish; they will go up into emptiness and be destroyed.

Look, the caravans of Tema expected them; the caravans of Sheba hoped for them.

They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came there and were confounded. So now you are nothing; you see my shame and are afraid.

Have I said, 'Bring to me,' or, 'Give to me of your wealth'?

Save me from the hand of the enemy, and redeem me from the hand of the violent.

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and show me wherein I have erred.

How strong are earnest words! But what does your reproof prove?

Do you intend to rebuke words, and the speeches of one driven to despair, which are but wind?

You would even thrust the fatherless aside and lay hands on your friend. Now therefore, turn my way; look upon me, and be ashamed—take counsel together.

Return, I pray you; do not be unjust; return again, my righteousness is still with me.

Is there unrighteousness on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern mischief?

Is not man’s life on earth a warfare, and are not his days like the days of a hired servant?

As a servant longs for the shadow, and as a hireling waits for his wages,

so I have been allotted months of futility, and nights of hardship have been appointed to me.

When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' and the night drags on; I am full of tossing until the dawning.

My flesh is clothed with maggots and clods of dust; my skin is broken and loathsome.

My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle and come to an end without hope.

Remember that my life is but breath; my eye will never again see good.

The eye that sees me will see me no more; your eyes are upon me, but I am gone.

As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.

He will not return to his house, nor will his place know him any more.

Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

Am I a sea, or a sea‑monster, that you set a guard over me?

When I say, 'My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint,'

then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions. So that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than these my bones.

I loathe my life; I would not live forever—leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

What is man, that you make much of him, and that you set your heart on him?

Why do you visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone till I swallow my spittle?

If I sin, what do I do to you, O watcher over men? Why have you made me your target, so that I am a burden to you?

Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie down in the dust; you will seek me, but I shall not be.