8,758 verses contain “Wit” (in the KJV: 6,860, in the BSB: 5,613) — showing 3,501–3,600
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To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression.
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men.
He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.
For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.
For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight in God.’
If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;
If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,
For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.
For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
‘Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.’
I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee.
I will reply to you and to your friends as well.
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.”
Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God’s behalf.
“Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.
For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.
And if men are bound with chains, caught in cords of affliction,
But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.
But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.
But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.
But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.
God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.
God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.
Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:
He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
“Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?
And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.
Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons or lead out the Bear and her cubs?
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.
Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
Will he make a covenant with you to take him as a slave for life?
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears?
Can you fill his hide with harpoons or his head with fishing spears?
His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal.
His rows of scales are his pride, tightly sealed together.
Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
Nothing on earth is his equal— a creature devoid of fear!
I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.
“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.
Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
You asked, ‘Who is this who conceals My counsel without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee.
For You are not a God who delights in wickedness; no evil can dwell with You.
My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart.
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.
God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors.
He has prepared His deadly weapons; He ordains His arrows with fire.
For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.
You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?
They say, “With our tongues we will prevail. We own our lips—who can be our master?”
I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me.
I will sing to the LORD, for He has been good to me.
There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.
There they are, overwhelmed with dread, for God is in the company of the righteous.
He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.
He who walks with integrity and practices righteousness, who speaks the truth from his heart,
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet.
He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet.