Job • Chapter 9 (35 verses)
Then Job answered and said, I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
Old Testament • 42 Chapters
Job (Old Testament, 42 chapters). Key figures: Eliphaz , Adam , Ram (or Amram ). Key places: Tema , Sheba , Ophir , Ethiopia , Adam , Jordan . Opens with: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil...."
Job • Chapter 19 (29 verses)
Then Job answered and said, How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
Job • Chapter 29 (25 verses)
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness;
Job • Chapter 39 (30 verses)
Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out thei...
to understand, discern, perceive
To separate mentally, discern between good and evil, perceive deep spiritual truth.
Derivation: Primitive root.
understanding, discernment, insight
Discernment, intellectual faculty of comprehension, analytical insight guiding moral choices.
Derivation: From בִּין (H995).
might, power, heroic strength
Heroic strength, might, victory; power of God demonstrated in creation and in the historical redemption of Israel from Egypt.
Derivation: From גִּבּוֹר (H1368) mighty warrior.
judgment, cause, lawsuit, justice
Legal cause, lawsuit, judgment; defending the right of the fatherless and poor (Jeremiah 22:16).
Derivation: From דִּין (H1777).
to act vanity, become futile
To become empty, follow idols into delusion; 'they followed vanity and became vain' (2 Kings 17:15, Jeremiah 2:5).
Derivation: Primitive root.
vanity, vapor, breath, transient futility
Vapor, passing breath, transient futility; leitmotif of Ecclesiastes ('Vanity of vanities, all is vanity', Ecclesiastes 1:2); mortal transience without God.
Derivation: From הָבַל (H1891) to act vanity.
orphan, fatherless child
Fatherless child, orphan; triad of vulnerable persons (with widow and alien) under God's special covenant protection.
Derivation: From an unused root meaning to be lonely.
kidneys, reins, seat of inner emotion
Kidneys; physical organ and figurative seat of innermost emotions and secret motives searched by God alongside heart.
Derivation: From כָּלָה (H3615) to end, complete.
proverb, parable, pithy discourse
Proverb, riddle, comparison, poetic aphorism; core literary genre of Old Testament wisdom condensing life principles into memorable parallelisms.
Derivation: From מָשַׁל (H4911) to be like, compare.
breath, spirit, living being
Breath, vital breath of God, spirit; divine life-principle imparted to humanity conferring moral responsibility and rational consciousness.
Derivation: From נָשַׁם (H5395) to pant, breathe.
to ransom, redeem by paying price
To deliver by substitutionary payment, purchase out of bondage; required for every firstborn male (Exodus 13:13) and Israel's soul from Sheol (Psalm 49:15).
Derivation: Primitive root.
utterance, speech, word, promise
Spoken word, poetic utterance; words of God in wisdom literature and Psalms pleasing to the soul (Psalm 19:14).
Derivation: From אָמַר (H559) to say.
to draw out, deliver, equip for war
To pull off, draw out, rescue from distress; used of God delivering righteous from affliction ('He delivers the afflicted', Job 36:15).
Derivation: Primitive root.
Sheol, underworld, realm of the dead
Sheol, grave, shadowy abode of departed spirits beneath the earth; subject entirely to Yahweh's sovereign omniscience (Psalm 139:8).
Derivation: Perhaps from שָׁאַל (H7592) to ask, inquire.
hope, expectation, cord
Hope, patient expectation; literally cord (Rahab's scarlet cord, Joshua 2:18); assurance grounded in God's faithfulness ('future and a hope', Jeremiah 29:11).
Derivation: From קָוָה (H6960) to wait, bind.
1 Corinthians • Chapter 9 (27 verses)
Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Moses .
2 Corinthians • Chapter 9 (15 verses)
For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia , that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. Yet have I sent the brethren, ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Macedonia , Achaia .
Acts • Chapter 9 (43 verses)
And Saul , yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest , And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusale... Mentions: Saul , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Damascus , Jerusalem , Straight , Tarsus , Caesarea .
Acts • Chapter 19 (41 verses)
And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth , Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus : and finding certain disciples, He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Corinth , Ephesus , Asia , Macedonia , Achaia .
Hebrews • Chapter 9 (28 verses)
Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil, the tabernacle which... Mentions: Aaron , Yeshua the Messiah , Moses .
John • Chapter 9 (41 verses)
And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Moses , Siloam .
John • Chapter 19 (42 verses)
Then Pilate therefore took Jesus , and scourged him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Mary , Joseph , Gabbatha , Golgotha .
Luke • Chapter 9 (62 verses)
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bre... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , James ( Jacob ), Moses , Bethsaida , Jerusalem .
Luke • Chapter 19 (48 verses)
And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho . And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah, Abram/Abraham , Jericho , Jerusalem , Bethphage , Bethany 1 .
Matthew • Chapter 9 (38 verses)
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. And, behold, certain ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , David , Jacob/Israel .
Matthew • Chapter 19 (30 verses)
And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee , and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan ; And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it law... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Galilee , Jordan .