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And she went down unto the
floor, and did according to all that her mother in law
bade her.
So she went down to the
threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had
instructed her to do.
And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor.
So she lay down at his feet until morning, but she got up before
anyone else could recognize her. Then Boaz said, “Do not let it be known that a woman came to the
threshing floor.”
And when she had
weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one
ephah of
flour, and a
bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in
Shiloh: and the child was young.
Once she had
weaned him,
Hannah took the boy with her, along with a three-year-old bull, an
ephah of
flour, and a skin of wine. Though the boy was still young, she brought him to the house of the LORD at
Shiloh.
And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to
consume thine eyes, and to
grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the
flower of their age.
And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, your eyes will fail and your heart will
grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants.
He will take a tenth of your
flocks, and you
yourselves will become his slaves.
And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
And when they entered the forest and saw the flowing honey, not one of them put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as
Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the
trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and
shouted for the battle.
So David got up early in the morning, left the
flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as
Jesse had
instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and
shouting the battle cry.
And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they
rob the threshingfloors.
Now it was reported to David, “Look, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and
looting the
threshing floors.”
And David
smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the
asses, and the camels, and the
apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the
flocks and herds, the
donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,
And the woman had a fat
calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took
flour, and
kneaded it, and did
bake unleavened bread thereof:
And David took all the
flocks and the herds, which they
drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s
spoil.
And he recovered all the
flocks and herds, which his men drove
ahead of the other
livestock, calling out, “This is David’s
plunder!”
And David came to
Baal-perazim, and David
smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place
Baal-perazim.
So David went to
Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a
bursting flood, the LORD has
burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place
Baal-perazim.
And when they came to Nachon’s threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen
shook it.
When they came to the
threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen had
stumbled.
Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the
sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:
The rich man had a great number of sheep and cattle,
And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he
spared to take of his own
flock and of his own
herd, to dress for the
wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Now a traveler came to the rich man, who
refrained from taking one of his own sheep or cattle to prepare for the traveler who had come to him. Instead, he took the poor man’s lamb and prepared it for his
guest.”
So Tamar went to her brother Amnon’s house; and he was laid down. And she took
flour, and
kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did
bake the cakes.
So Tamar went to the house of her brother Amnon, who was lying down. She took some
dough,
kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and
baked them.
Brought beds, and basons, and
earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and
flour, and
parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and
parched pulse,
They brought beds, basins, and
earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley,
flour,
roasted grain, beans, lentils,
When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD
repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.
But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the LORD relented from the
calamity and said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was by the
threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
And
Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.
And that day
Gad came to David and said to him, “Go up and build an altar to the LORD on the
threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.”
And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To
buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people.
“Why has my lord the king come to his servant?” Araunah said. “To
buy your
threshing floor,” David replied, “that I may build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague upon the people may be
halted.”
And the king said unto Araunah,
Nay; but I will surely
buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which
doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
“No,” replied the king, “I
insist on paying a price, for I will not offer to the LORD my God burnt offerings that cost me nothing.” So David bought the
threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.
And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine
flour, and
threescore measures of meal,
Solomon’s provisions for a single day were thirty cors of fine flour, sixty cors of meal,
My servants shall bring them down from
Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in
floats unto the place that thou shalt
appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt
accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household.
My servants will
haul the logs from
Lebanon to the Sea, and I will
float them as rafts by sea to the place you
specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”
The
nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house.
The bottom
floor was five cubits wide, the middle
floor six cubits, and the third
floor seven cubits. He also placed
offset ledges around the outside of the temple, so that nothing would be inserted into its walls.
The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third.
The entrance to the bottom
floor was on the south side of the temple. A
stairway led up to the middle level, and from there to the third
floor.
And he built the walls of the house within with boards of
cedar, both the
floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the
floor of the house with planks of
fir.
He lined the interior walls with
cedar paneling from the
floor of the temple to the
ceiling, and he covered the
floor with
cypress boards.
And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the
floor and the walls with boards of
cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the
oracle, even for the most holy place.
He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with
cedar boards from
floor to
ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place.
And the
cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open
flowers: all was
cedar; there was no stone seen.
The
cedar paneling inside the temple was carved with gourds and open
flowers. Everything was
cedar; not a stone could be seen.
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.
Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer
sanctuaries, with carved engravings of
cherubim, palm trees, and open
flowers.
And the floor of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without.
And he overlaid the temple
floor with gold in both the inner and outer
sanctuaries.
The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees.
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them
cherubim, palm trees, and open
flowers and overlaid the
cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
And he carved
thereon cherubims and palm trees and open
flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.
He carved into them
cherubim, palm trees, and open
flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.
Then he made a
porch for the throne where he might judge, even the
porch of judgment: and it was covered with
cedar from one side of the
floor to the other.
In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was
paneled with
cedar from
floor to
ceiling.
And it was an hand breadth thick, and the
brim thereof was wrought like the
brim of a cup, with
flowers of
lilies: it contained two thousand baths.
And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the
oracle, with the
flowers, and the lamps, and the
tongs of gold,
the lampstands of pure gold in front of the inner sanctuary, five on the right side and five on the left; the gold
flowers, lamps, and
tongs;
And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a
cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a
cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.
But she replied, “As surely as the LORD your God lives, I have no bread—only a handful of
flour in a
jar and a little oil in a
jug. Look, I am gathering a couple of sticks to take home and prepare a meal for myself and my son, so that we may eat it and die.”
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the
cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.
for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The
jar of
flour will not be exhausted and the
jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the
cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by
Elijah.
The
jar of
flour was not exhausted and the
jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through
Elijah.
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.
The Israelites also
mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small
flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the
countryside.
And the king of Israel and
Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets
prophesied before them.
Dressed in royal
attire, the king of Israel and
Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the
threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets
prophesying before them.
And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his
chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the
chariot.
The battle
raged throughout that day, and the king was
propped up in his
chariot facing the Arameans. And the blood from his wound ran out
onto the
floor of the
chariot, and that evening he died.
And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of
Edom, and the country was filled with water.
The next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water suddenly
flowed from the direction of
Edom and filled the land.
And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed.
When all the jars were full, she said to her son, “Bring me another.” But he replied, “There are no more jars.” Then the oil stopped flowing.
But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no
harm in the pot.
Then
Elisha said, “Get some
flour.” He threw it into the pot and said, “Pour it out for the people to eat.” And there was nothing
harmful in the pot.
And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did
swim.
“Where did it fall?” asked the man of God. And when he showed him the place, the man of God cut a stick, threw it there, and made the iron
float.
And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress?
He answered, “If the LORD does not help you, where can I find help for you? From the
threshing floor or the winepress?”
Then
Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To
morrow about this time shall a measure of fine
flour be sold for a
shekel, and two measures of barley for a
shekel, in the gate of Samaria.
Then
Elisha said, “Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: ‘About this time
tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, a
seah of fine
flour will sell for a
shekel, and two seahs of barley will sell for a
shekel.’”
And the people went out, and
spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine
flour was sold for a
shekel, and two measures of barley for a
shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
Then the people went out and
plundered the camp of the Arameans. It was then that a
seah of fine
flour sold for a
shekel, and two seahs of barley sold for a
shekel, according to the word of the LORD.
And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a
shekel, and a measure of fine
flour for a
shekel, shall be to
morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria:
It happened just as the man of God had told the king: “About this time
tomorrow at the gate of Samaria, two seahs of barley will sell for a
shekel, and a
seah of fine
flour will sell for a
shekel.”
And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.
And these written by name came in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah, and
smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their
flocks.
These who were noted by name came in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites and Meunites there in their dwellings,
devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their
flocks.
Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine
flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the
frankincense, and the spices.
Others were put in charge of the furnishings and other articles of the sanctuary, as well as the fine
flour, wine, oil,
frankincense, and spices.
Moreover they that were
nigh them, even unto
Issachar and
Zebulun and
Naphtali, brought bread on
asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of
raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.
And their neighbors from as far away as
Issachar,
Zebulun, and
Naphtali came bringing food on
donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of
flour, fig cakes and
raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen
stumbled.
When they came to the
threshing floor of Chidon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark, because the oxen had
stumbled.
So they came up to
Baal-perazim; and David
smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place
Baal-perazim.
So David and his men went up to
Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a
bursting flood, God has
burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place
Baal-perazim.
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the
sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD
beheld, and he
repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem, but as the angel was doing so, the LORD saw it and relented from the
calamity, and He said to the angel who was destroying the people, “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!” At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the
threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Then the angel of the LORD commanded
Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Then the angel of the LORD ordered
Gad to tell David to go up and build an altar to the LORD on the
threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground.
David came to Ornan, and when Ornan looked out and saw David, he left the
threshing floor and bowed facedown before David.
Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people.
Then David said to Ornan, “Grant me the site of this
threshing floor, that I may build an altar to the LORD. Sell it to me for the full price, so that the plague upon the people may be
halted.”
At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there.
At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him at the
threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifices there.
Both for the
shewbread, and for the fine
flour for meat offering, and for the
unleavened cakes, and for that which is
baked in the pan, and for that which is
fried, and for all manner of measure and size;
And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David’s.
Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the flocks. All these officials were in charge of King David’s property.
And we will cut wood out of
Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in
flotes by sea to
Joppa; and thou shall carry it up to Jerusalem.
We will cut logs from
Lebanon, as many as you need, and we will
float them to you as rafts by sea down to
Joppa. Then you can take them up to Jerusalem.”
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount
Moriah, where the LORD appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.
Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount
Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David had prepared on the
threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
And the thickness of it was an
handbreadth, and the
brim of it like the work of the
brim of a cup, with
flowers of
lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths.
And the
flowers, and the lamps, and the
tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold;
the
flowers, lamps, and
tongs of gold—of purest gold;
Also some of the Philistines brought
Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him
flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to
Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their
flocks.
And the king of Israel and
Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets
prophesied before them.
Dressed in royal
attire, the king of Israel and
Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting on their thrones at the
threshing floor by the entrance of the gate of Samaria, with all the prophets
prophesying before them.
And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the
tithe of oxen and sheep, and the
tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps.
And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a
tithe of their herds and
flocks and a
tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.
So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the
brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water?
Many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream that
flowed through the land. “Why should the kings of Assyria come and find
plenty of water?” they said.
Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and
cotes for
flocks.
He also made storehouses for the harvest of grain and new wine and oil, stalls for all kinds of
livestock, and pens for the
flocks.
Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much.
He made cities for himself, and he acquired herds of sheep and cattle in abundance, for God gave him very great wealth.
Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to
buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to
floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed.
They also gave money to the carpenters and builders to
buy dressed stone, as well as timbers for couplings and beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to
deteriorate.
And
Josiah gave to the people, of the
flock, lambs and kids, all for the
passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king’s substance.
From his own
flocks and herds
Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats
plus 3,000 bulls for the
Passover offerings for all the people who were present.
And I gathered them together to the river than runneth to
Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi.
Now I assembled these exiles at the canal that
flows to
Ahava, and we camped there three days. And when I searched among the people and priests, I found no Levites there.
And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the
flock for their
trespass.
Maaseiah,
Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. They
pledged to send their wives away, and for their guilt they presented a ram from the
flock as a guilt offering.
Also the
firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our
flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God:
And we will bring the
firstborn of our sons and our
livestock, as it is written in the Law, and will bring the
firstborn of our herds and
flocks to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in the house of our God.
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being
diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.
Beverages were served in an
array of goblets of gold, each with a different design, and the royal wine
flowed freely, according to the king’s
bounty.
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will
flourish.
Can the
rush grow up without
mire? can the flag grow without water?
Does
papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds
flourish without water?
He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Like a
flower, he comes forth, then
withers away; like a fleeting shadow, he does not
endure.
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes
parched and dry,
It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.
It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not
flourish.
He shall
shake off his unripe
grape as the vine, and shall cast off his
flower as the olive.
He will be like a vine
stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
He shall not see the rivers, the
floods, the
brooks of honey and butter.
He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers
flowing with honey and
cream.
The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God’s wrath.
They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
They send forth their little ones like a
flock; their children
skip about,
Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
it is so dark you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.
Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was
overflown with a
flood:
They were
snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a
flood.
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Men move boundary stones; they pasture
stolen flocks.
Terrors take hold on him as waters, a
tempest stealeth him away in the night.
Terrors overtake him like a
flood; a
tempest sweeps him away in the night.
The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.
Far from human
habitation he cuts a shaft in places forgotten by the foot of man. Far from men he dangles and sways.
He bindeth the
floods from overflowing; and the thing that is
hid bringeth he forth to light.
He stops up the sources of the streams to bring what is hidden to light.
But now they that are younger than I have me in
derision, whose fathers I would have
disdained to have set with the dogs of my
flock.
“But now they
mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to
entrust with my sheep dogs.
Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the
wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?
Do you understand how the clouds
float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?
Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the
lightning of
thunder;
Who cuts a channel for the
flood or clears a path for the
thunderbolt,
