About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible::

About the Author of the Blogsite, Not the Author of the Bible: I was uncertain of how to accomplish this, mindful of Revelation 22:18-19, which says that nobody is to add to, or to take away from what was written in the Bible. After lots of prayerful contemplation, the Lord had it on my heart that I’m not to change the meaning of what is written in the Bible. He has also shown ways to add to people’s understating of that meaning, without altering the meaning, by putting that info within [brackets]. This is primarily accomplished with the KJV Bible and lots of prayers, but at times, BibleGateway.com, Biblehub.com, NIV Bible, Webster Dictionary, and other internet resources, as needed. Debra Seiling

About Understanding the Bible:

Understanding the Bible: After reading Isaiah 28:10 many times over the years and not totally understanding it, it recently became apparent to me that the Lord God has this passage as the means for understanding the Bible. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little. Isaiah 28:10 KJV. Being prayerful about this passage, and looking up 'precept' in the Webster's Dictionary, it gave this passage a whole new meaning, once 'commandment' is substituted for 'precept'. Within brackets are additional words the Lord had on my heart to aid in understanding the meaning. For commandment must be [built up] upon commandment; commandment upon commandment; line upon line, line upon line; [developing understanding] here a little, and there a little.

The Table Format:

The Table Format: I was overwhelmed with how to explain the process for determining if someone had leprosy in Leviticus 13, which seemed very complicated. After praying, "Lord, if this is difficult for me to understand after reading it many times, how can this be explained to others?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was for me to put it into a vertical chart to visually see the process. This made it much easier for me to follow the progression. After doing so, I prayed, "Lord, how can this be conveyed to readers, so that they can understand this process?" The thought the Lord God had on my heart was to put it within the lines of a table. Being a stiff-necked, stubborn person, as it's often called in the Bible, I prayed, asking the Lord God if He's sure that's really what He wanted me to do? I reluctantly put Leviticus 13 into a table format. When I read this difficult leprosy process within a table format, it suddenly became easier for me to understand. That's because it builds line upon line, as explained in the Understanding the Bible section. Shortly after that, the Lord God had it on my heart, to put all of The Books of the Bible in Smaller Chunks within a table format, to aid in understanding, line upon line.

2/28/2024

Job 31:1-40 Job Wants a Fair Judgment

 

Job Wants a Fair Judgment

Job 31:1-40                                 Book of Job [in Smaller Chunks]

I made a covenant [contract to be faithful, but went astray] with [my] eyes. Then, why should I think upon a maid [I saw?] For what portion [from] God is there from above? And what inheritance [from] the Almighty from on high?

[Job 20:29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God & the heritage appointed to him by God.] Isn't destruction [for] the wicked? And a strange punishment to [those who work sinfully?]

Doesn't [God] see my ways & count all my steps? If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has [hurried to be deceitful,] Let me be weighed in a [fair] balance, [so] that God may know [my] integrity. 

If my [steps] have turned [astray] & [my] heart [followed] after [my] eyes & if any [stain] has clung to my hands; then, let me sow [crops] & let another [person] eat [it.] [Yet,] let my [children] be [uprooted.]

If [my] heart [has] been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid [in] wait at my neighbor's door [to sneak into his house when he's not there;] Then, let my wife [be intimate] with another & others [be intimate with her, as well.]

For this is a [destable] crime; [yes,] it is a [sin punishable] by the judges. For [adultery] is a fire that consumes [& leads] to destruction & would [uproot] all [my] increase. 

If I [despised] the [case] of my [male or female servants,] when they [complained against] me, then, what shall I do, when God rises up [against this evil?] And when [God visits] [this issue,] what shall I answer Him? 

Didn't He Who made me in the womb [also] make him? And didn't One [form] us in the womb? If I have withheld their desire from the poor, or have caused the eyes of the widow to [grow dim;] or have eaten my [small amount of food by] myself, alone, [when] the fatherless haven't eaten [any;] 

(For from my youth, [the fatherless] was brought up with me, [like] with a father & from my mother's womb, I have guided the [widow:]) If I have seen any perish for [lack] of clothing, or any poor without [a] covering;

If his [heart] hasn't blessed me & if he weren't warmed by the fleece [covering made from] my sheep; If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw [that I had] help [at] the gate:

Then, let my arm [be dislocated] from my shoulder blade & [my] arm be broken from the [bone's socket.] For destruction from God [terrified] me & [because] of His [majesty,] I couldn't endure. 

If I have made my hope, gold; or have said to the fine gold, [I have] confidence in you; If I rejoiced, because my wealth was [large] & because [my] hand had gotten much [wealth;]

[Job 1:9-10 Then Satan answered the Lord & said, Does Job fear [respect] God for [nothing?] Haven't you made a hedge [around Job & around] his house & [around] everything that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands & his [possessions have] increased in the land.] 

If I [saw] the sun when it shined, or the moon [while] walking in [its] brightness;

[Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven & when you see the sun, the moon & the stars, even all the host of heaven & should be [drawn] to worship them & serve them, which the Lord, your God, has [separated] & given to all nations under the whole heaven.] 

And my heart has been secretly [lured,] or my mouth has kissed my [own] hand: [Proverbs 30:8 Remove far from me: vanity & lies. Give me neither poverty, nor riches. Feed me with convenient food for me.] [These] were also [sins] to be punished by the Judge. For I [would] have denied the God, [Who] is above. 

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him, [who] hated me, or [elevated] myself when evil found him; Neither [would] I have [allowed] my mouth to sin by wishing a curse [upon] his soul.

[Not even] if the men of my [tent] said, Oh, we can’t be satisfied [unless] we had [the meat] of his flesh [to eat.] The strangers didn’t lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveler. If I [hid my sins like] Adam, by hiding [my sins in my heart.] 

[Was I afraid of a large] multitude, or did the [disapproval] of families terrify me, [so] that I kept [silent] & [didn't go] out of the door? 

[Exodus 23:1-2 You shall not raise a false report. [Don't] put your hand with the wicked to be an [untruthful] witness. You shall not follow a multitude to do evil. Neither shall you speak in a [case to divert justice.] 

Oh, that [someone] would hear me! [See,] my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me & that [my enemy] had written a book. [Job 16:19 Also [look] now, my witness is in heaven & my record is on high.] 

Surely, I would take it upon my shoulder & [wear it like] a crown [for] me. I would declare to [God] the number of my steps, [like] a prince, I would go [close] to Him.

If my land [cries out] against me, or the furrows [of the field] [also] complain; If I have it's [its] fruit without [paying] money, or have caused [its] owners to lose their [livelihood:]

[James 5:4 [Look,] the [wages] of the laborers who have [harvested] your fields, [cry out,] which you [have defrauded them & withheld it.] The cries of [those who have harvested have] entered the ears of the Lord of Sabbath.]

Let thistles grow instead of wheat & [harmful weeds] instead of barley. The words of Job [have] ended.