That you should turn your spirit against Ěl, and let such words go out of your mouth?
Job 15:25 - The Scriptures 2009 Because he has stretched out his hand against Ěl, and acts mightily against the Almighty. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, And strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Because he has stretched out his hand against God and bids defiance and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty, American Standard Version (1901) Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty; Common English Bible for they raise a fist against God and try to overpower the Almighty. Catholic Public Domain Version For he has extended his hand against God, and he has strengthened himself against the Almighty. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and hath strengthened himself against the Almighty. |
That you should turn your spirit against Ěl, and let such words go out of your mouth?
Distress and pain frighten him – they overwhelm him, like a sovereign ready for the attack.
then He reveals to them their work, and their transgressions, that they behaved proudly.
Wise in heart and potent of power – who has hardened himself against Him and is at peace?
See the man who did not make Elohim his strength, But trusted in his many riches, Being strong in his destruction.
And they have said, “How could Ěl know? And is there knowledge in the Most High?”
They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue walks through the earth, saying:
“You still exalt yourself against My people in that you do not let them go!
“Wrath is not in Me. Who would set thornbushes and weeds against Me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together.
“Woe to him who strives with his Maker! (a potsherd with the potsherds of the earth). Does clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?
and say to Yehoyaqim sovereign of Yehuḏah, ‘Thus said יהוה, “You have burned this scroll, saying, ‘Why have you written in it that the sovereign of Baḇel is certainly coming to destroy this land, and cause man and beast to cease from here?’ ”
“Make him drunk, because he has made himself great against יהוה. Mo’aḇ shall splash in his vomit, and he shall also be in mockery.
“I have laid a snare for you, and you were captured, O Baḇel, and you yourself did not know! You have been found and also caught, because you strove against יהוה.”
“But when his heart was lifted up, and his spirit was so strong as to act proudly, he was put down from his throne of reign, and they took his preciousness from him.
“And you have lifted yourself up against the Master of the heavens. And they brought before you the vessels of His house, and you and your great men, your wives and your concubines, have been drinking wine from them. And you have praised the elahin of silver, and of gold, of bronze, of iron, of wood, and of stone, which neither see nor hear nor know. But the Elah who holds your breath in His hand and owns all your ways, you have not made great.
‘And if you are not instructed by Me by these, but walk contrary to Me,
“Your words have been strong against Me,” said יהוה, “but you have said, ‘What have we spoken against You?’
And about that time Herodes the sovereign put forth his hands to do evil to some from the assembly.
And instantly a messenger of יהוה smote him, because he did not give the esteem to Elohim. And becoming worm-eaten, he died.
And he said, “Who are You, Master?” And the Master said, “I am יהושע, whom you persecute. It is hard for you to kick against the prods.”
“And why do you harden your hearts as the Mitsrites and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, did they not send them away, and they went?