Strong's G2229 ἦ (e)

surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of heaven, and as the sand which is by the shore of the sea, and thy seed shall inherit the cities of their enemies.

Send one of you, and take your brother; and go ye to prison, till your words be clear, whether ye speak the truth or not; but, if not, by the health of Pharaoh, verily ye are spies.

And the woman said, Why hast thou devised this thing against the people of God? or is this word out of the king’s mouth as a transgression, so that the king should not bring back his banished?

But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

Or have I not trusted in him? But help is far from me.

Shall not these teach thee, and report to thee, And bring out words from their heart?

Oh then that he would hearken to me, or judge my cause.

Or again, is there a trace of their path left by ships? Or is there one of the flying eagle as it seeks its prey?

Is it good before thee if I be unrighteous? For thou hast disowned the work of thy hands, And attended to the counsel of the ungodly.

Or dost thou see as a mortal sees? Or wilt thou look as a man sees?

Or is thy life human, Or thy years the years of a man,

Hast thou not poured me out like milk, And curdled me like cheese?

Is not the time of my life short? Suffer me to rest a little,

Wilt thou find out the traces of the Lord? Or hast thou come to the end of that which the Almighty has made?

So then ye alone are men, And wisdom shall die with you?

Or will ye draw back? Nay, do ye yourselves be judges.

Though the Mighty One should lay hand upon me, forasmuch as he has begun, Verily I will speak, and plead before him.

Wilt thou be startled at me, as at a leaf shaken by the wind? Or wilt thou set thyself against me as against grass borne upon the breeze?

Or hast thou heard the ordinance of the Lord? Or has God used thee as his counselor? And has wisdom come only to thee?

Where then is yet my hope? Or where shall I see my good?

Will they go down with me to Hades, Or shall we go down together to the tomb?

Wilt thou maintain and plead thine own cause? And will he enter into judgment with thee?

And thou hast said, What does the Mighty One know? Does he judge in the dark?

Verily, while my breath is yet in me, And the breath of God which remains to me is in my nostrils,

Will God hear his prayer? Or, when distress has come upon him,

(Do we not see the shining sun eclipsed, And the moon waning? for they have not power to continue):

Or did I order the morning light in thy time; And did the morning star then first see his appointed place;

Or didst thou take clay of the ground, and form a living creature, And set it with the power of speech upon the earth?

Or wilt thou reveal Mazzaroth in his season, And the evening star with his rays? Wilt thou guide them?

Hast thou invested the horse with strength, And clothed his neck with terror?

Hast thou an arm like the Lord’s? Or dost thou thunder with a voice like his?

By myself I swear, righteousness shall surely proceed out of my mouth; my words shall not be frustrated; that to me every knee shall bend, and every tongue shall swear by God,

Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem?

All that go by the way Have clapped their hands at thee; They have hissed and shaken their head At the daughter of Jerusalem. Is this the city, they say, The crown of joy of all the earth?

Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee.