Wisdom & Truth Verses
Every verse of God's eternal Word carries wisdom and truth. A home for all the rich teachings not captured elsewhere.
Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. {secretly: Heb. by stealth}
Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. {came...: Heb. met} {all: Heb. the multitude of}
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up:
Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
How much less {in} them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation {is} in the dust, {which} are crushed before the moth?
They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding {it}. {destroyed: Heb. beaten in pieces}
Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? {turn: or, look?}
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; {affliction: or, iniquity}
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: {unsearchable: Heb. there is no search} {without...: Heb. till there be no number}
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night. {meet...: or, run into}