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Job and His Family
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# Chapter 1
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1. There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.
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2. He had seven sons and three daughters.
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3. His estate included seven thousand sheep and goats, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.
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4. His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
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5. Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular practice.
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Satan's First Test of Job
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6. One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.
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7.
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The Lord asked Satan, "Where have you come from?"
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"From roaming through the earth," Satan answered him, "and walking around on it."
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8. Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil."
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9.
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Satan answered the Lord, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
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10. Haven't you placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
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11. But stretch out your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will surely curse you to your face."
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12. "Very well," the Lord told Satan, "everything he owns is in your power. However, do not lay a hand on Job himself." So Satan left the Lord's presence.
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13. One day when Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,
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14. a messenger came to Job and reported, "While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,
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15. the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
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16. He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported, "God's fire fell from heaven. It burned the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
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17. That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported, "The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
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18. He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.
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19. Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
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20. Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
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21. saying:
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Naked I came from my mother's womb,
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1 There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.
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2 He had seven sons and three daughters.
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3 His estate included seven thousand sheep and goats, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.
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4 His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
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5 Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
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6 One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them.
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7 The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”
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“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.”
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8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”
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9 Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
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10 Haven’t you placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
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11 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
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12 “Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “everything he owns is in your power. However, do not lay a hand on Job himself.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.
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13 One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
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14 a messenger came to Job and reported, “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,
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15 the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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16 He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported, “God’s fire fell from heaven. It burned the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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17 That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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18 He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house.
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19 Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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20 Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
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21 saying:
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Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
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and naked I will leave this life.
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The Lord gives,
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and the Lord takes away.
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The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away.
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Blessed be the name of the Lord.
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22. Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.
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22 Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.
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Satan's Second Test of Job
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# Chapter 2
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1. One day the sons of God came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord.
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2. The Lord asked Satan, "Where have you come from?"
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"From roaming through the earth," Satan answered him, "and walking around on it."
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3. Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited me against him, to destroy him for no good reason."
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4. "Skin for skin!"
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Satan answered the Lord. "A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.
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5. But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face."
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6. "Very well," the Lord told Satan, "he is in your power; only spare his life."
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7. So Satan left the Lord's presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
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8. Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
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9. His wife said to him, "Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!"
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10. "You speak as a foolish woman speaks," he told her. "Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?" Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.
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Job's Three Friends
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11. Now when Job's three friends--Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.
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12. When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.
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13. Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.
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1 One day the sons of God came again to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came with them to present himself before the Lord.
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2 The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”
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“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.”
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3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited me against him, to destroy him for no good reason.”
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4 “Skin for skin!” Satan answered the Lord. “A man will give up everything he owns in exchange for his life.
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5 But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
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6 “Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “he is in your power; only spare his life.”
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7 So Satan left the Lord’s presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.
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8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
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9 His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!”
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10 “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.
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11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.
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12 When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.
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13 Then they sat on the ground with him seven days and nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that his suffering was very intense.
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Job's Opening Speech
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# Chapter 3
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1. After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born.
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2. He said:
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3. May the day I was born perish,
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1 After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born.
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2 He said:
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3 May the day I was born perish,
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and the night that said,
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"A boy is conceived."
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4. If only that day had turned to darkness!
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“A boy is conceived.”
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4 If only that day had turned to darkness!
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May God above not care about it,
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or light shine on it.
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5. May darkness and gloom reclaim it,
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5 May darkness and gloom reclaim it,
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and a cloud settle over it.
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May what darkens the day terrify it.
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6. If only darkness had taken that night away!
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6 If only darkness had taken that night away!
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May it not appear among the days of the year
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or be listed in the calendar.
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7. Yes, may that night be barren;
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7 Yes, may that night be barren;
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may no joyful shout be heard in it.
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8. Let those who curse days
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8 Let those who curse days
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condemn it,
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those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.
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9. May its morning stars grow dark.
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9 May its morning stars grow dark.
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May it wait for daylight but have none;
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may it not see the breaking of dawn.
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10. For that night did not shut
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the doors of my mother's womb,
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10 For that night did not shut
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the doors of my mother’s womb,
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and hide sorrow from my eyes.
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11. Why was I not stillborn;
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why didn't I die as I came from the womb?
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12. Why did the knees receive me,
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11 Why was I not stillborn;
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why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?
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12 Why did the knees receive me,
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and why were there breasts for me to nurse?
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13. Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
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13 Now I would certainly be lying down in peace;
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I would be asleep.
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Then I would be at rest
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14. with the kings and counselors of the earth,
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14 with the kings and counselors of the earth,
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who rebuilt ruined cities for themselves,
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15. or with princes who had gold,
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15 or with princes who had gold,
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who filled their houses with silver.
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16. Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,
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16 Or why was I not hidden like a miscarried child,
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like infants who never see daylight?
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17. There the wicked cease to make trouble,
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17 There the wicked cease to make trouble,
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and there the weary find rest.
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18. The captives are completely at rest;
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they do not hear a taskmaster's voice.
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19. Both small and great are there,
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18 The captives are completely at rest;
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they do not hear a taskmaster’s voice.
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19 Both small and great are there,
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and the slave is set free from his master.
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20. Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
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20 Why is light given to one burdened with grief,
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and life to those whose existence is bitter,
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21. who wait for death, but it does not come,
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21 who wait for death, but it does not come,
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and search for it more than for hidden treasure,
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22. who are filled with much joy
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22 who are filled with much joy
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and are glad when they reach the grave?
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23. Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,
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23 Why is life given to a man whose path is hidden,
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whom God has hedged in?
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24. I sigh when food is put before me,
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and
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my groans pour out like water.
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25. For the thing I feared has overtaken me,
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24 I sigh when food is put before me,
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and my groans pour out like water.
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25 For the thing I feared has overtaken me,
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and what I dreaded has happened to me.
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26. I cannot relax or be calm;
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I have no rest, for turmoil has come.
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26 I cannot relax or be calm;
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I have no rest, for turmoil has come.
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Eliphaz Speaks
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# Chapter 4
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1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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2. Should anyone try to speak with you
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1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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2 Should anyone try to speak with you
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when you are exhausted?
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Yet who can keep from speaking?
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3. Indeed, you have instructed many
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3 Indeed, you have instructed many
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and have strengthened weak hands.
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4. Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
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4 Your words have steadied the one who was stumbling
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and braced the knees that were buckling.
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5. But now that this has happened to you,
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5 But now that this has happened to you,
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you have become exhausted.
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It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
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6. Isn't your piety your confidence,
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6 Isn’t your piety your confidence,
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and the integrity of your life your hope?
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7. Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent?
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7 Consider: Who has perished when he was innocent?
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Where have the honest been destroyed?
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8. In my experience, those who plow injustice
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8 In my experience, those who plow injustice
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and those who sow trouble reap the same.
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9. They perish at a single blast from God
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9 They perish at a single blast from God
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and come to an end by the breath of his nostrils.
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10. The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl,
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10 The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl,
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but the teeth of young lions are broken.
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11. The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,
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11 The strong lion dies if it catches no prey,
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and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
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12. A word was brought to me in secret;
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12 A word was brought to me in secret;
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my ears caught a whisper of it.
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13. Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,
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13 Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,
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when deep sleep comes over men,
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14. fear and trembling came over me
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14 fear and trembling came over me
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and made all my bones shake.
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15. I felt a draft on my face,
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15 I felt a draft on my face,
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and the hair on my body stood up.
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16. A figure stood there,
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16 A figure stood there,
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but I could not recognize its appearance;
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a form loomed before my eyes.
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I heard a whispering voice:
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17. "Can a mortal be righteous before God?
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Can a man be more pure than his Maker?"
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18. If God puts no trust in his servants
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17 “Can a mortal be righteous before God?
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Can a man be more pure than his Maker?”
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18 If God puts no trust in his servants
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and he charges his angels with foolishness,
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19. how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
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19 how much more those who dwell in clay houses,
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whose foundation is in the dust,
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who are crushed like a moth!
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20. They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;
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20 They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;
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they perish forever while no one notices.
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21. Are their tent cords not pulled up?
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They die without wisdom.
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21 Are their tent cords not pulled up?
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They die without wisdom.
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# Chapter 5
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1. Call out! Will anyone answer you?
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1 Call out! Will anyone answer you?
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Which of the holy ones will you turn to?
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2. For anger kills a fool,
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2 For anger kills a fool,
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and jealousy slays the gullible.
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3. I have seen a fool taking root,
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3 I have seen a fool taking root,
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but I immediately pronounced a curse on his home.
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4. His children are far from safety.
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4 His children are far from safety.
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They are crushed at the city gate,
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with no one to rescue them.
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5. The hungry consume his harvest,
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5 The hungry consume his harvest,
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even taking it out of the thorns.
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The thirsty pant for his children's wealth.
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6. For distress does not grow out of the soil,
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The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.
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6 For distress does not grow out of the soil,
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and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
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7. But humans are born for trouble
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7 But humans are born for trouble
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as surely as sparks fly upward.
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8. However, if I were you, I would appeal to God
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8 However, if I were you, I would appeal to God
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and would present my case to him.
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9. He does great and unsearchable things,
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9 He does great and unsearchable things,
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wonders without number.
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10. He gives rain to the earth
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10 He gives rain to the earth
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and sends water to the fields.
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11. He sets the lowly on high,
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11 He sets the lowly on high,
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and mourners are lifted to safety.
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12. He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
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12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty
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so that they achieve no success.
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13. He traps the wise in their craftiness
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13 He traps the wise in their craftiness
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so that the plans of the deceptive
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are quickly brought to an end.
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14. They encounter darkness by day,
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14 They encounter darkness by day,
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and they grope at noon
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as if it were night.
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15. He saves the needy from their sharp words
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15 He saves the needy from their sharp words
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and from the clutches of the powerful.
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16. So the poor have hope,
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16 So the poor have hope,
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and injustice shuts its mouth.
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17. See how happy is the person whom God corrects;
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17 See how happy is the person whom God corrects;
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so do not reject the discipline of the Almighty.
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18. For he wounds but he also bandages;
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18 For he wounds but he also bandages;
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he strikes, but his hands also heal.
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19. He will rescue you from six calamities;
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19 He will rescue you from six calamities;
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no harm will touch you in seven.
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20. In famine he will redeem you from death,
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20 In famine he will redeem you from death,
|
||||
and in battle, from the power of the sword.
|
||||
|
||||
21. You will be safe from slander
|
||||
21 You will be safe from slander
|
||||
and not fear destruction when it comes.
|
||||
|
||||
22. You will laugh at destruction and hunger
|
||||
and not fear the land's wild creatures.
|
||||
|
||||
23. For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
|
||||
22 You will laugh at destruction and hunger
|
||||
and not fear the land’s wild creatures.
|
||||
23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field,
|
||||
and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
|
||||
|
||||
24. You will know that your tent is secure,
|
||||
24 You will know that your tent is secure,
|
||||
and nothing will be missing when you inspect your home.
|
||||
|
||||
25. You will also know that your offspring will be many
|
||||
25 You will also know that your offspring will be many
|
||||
and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
|
||||
|
||||
26. You will approach the grave in full vigor,
|
||||
26 You will approach the grave in full vigor,
|
||||
as a stack of sheaves is gathered in its season.
|
||||
|
||||
27. We have investigated this, and it is true!
|
||||
Hear it and understand it for yourself.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
27 We have investigated this, and it is true!
|
||||
Hear it and understand it for yourself.
|
||||
@@ -1,102 +1,62 @@
|
||||
Job's Reply to Eliphaz
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 6
|
||||
1. Then Job answered:
|
||||
|
||||
2. If only my grief could be weighed
|
||||
1 Then Job answered:
|
||||
2 If only my grief could be weighed
|
||||
and my devastation placed with it on the scales.
|
||||
|
||||
3. For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas!
|
||||
3 For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas!
|
||||
That is why my words are rash.
|
||||
|
||||
4. Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;
|
||||
4 Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;
|
||||
my spirit drinks their poison.
|
||||
God's terrors are arrayed against me.
|
||||
|
||||
5. Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass
|
||||
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.
|
||||
5 Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass
|
||||
or an ox low over its fodder?
|
||||
|
||||
6. Is bland food eaten without salt?
|
||||
6 Is bland food eaten without salt?
|
||||
Is there flavor in an egg white?
|
||||
|
||||
7. I refuse to touch them;
|
||||
7 I refuse to touch them;
|
||||
they are like contaminated food.
|
||||
|
||||
8. If only my request would be granted
|
||||
8 If only my request would be granted
|
||||
and God would provide what I hope for:
|
||||
|
||||
9. that he would decide to crush me,
|
||||
9 that he would decide to crush me,
|
||||
to unleash his power and cut me off!
|
||||
|
||||
10. It would still bring me comfort,
|
||||
10 It would still bring me comfort,
|
||||
and I would leap for joy in unrelenting pain
|
||||
that
|
||||
I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
11. What strength do I have, that I should continue to hope?
|
||||
that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
|
||||
11 What strength do I have, that I should continue to hope?
|
||||
What is my future, that I should be patient?
|
||||
|
||||
12. Is my strength that of stone,
|
||||
12 Is my strength that of stone,
|
||||
or my flesh made of bronze?
|
||||
|
||||
13. Since I cannot help myself,
|
||||
13 Since I cannot help myself,
|
||||
the hope for success has been banished from me.
|
||||
|
||||
14. A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,
|
||||
14 A despairing man should receive loyalty from his friends,
|
||||
even if he abandons the fear of the Almighty.
|
||||
|
||||
15. My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,
|
||||
15 My brothers are as treacherous as a wadi,
|
||||
as seasonal streams that overflow
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
16. and become darkened because of ice,
|
||||
16 and become darkened because of ice,
|
||||
and the snow melts into them.
|
||||
|
||||
17. The wadis evaporate in warm weather;
|
||||
17 The wadis evaporate in warm weather;
|
||||
they disappear from their channels in hot weather.
|
||||
|
||||
18. Caravans turn away from their routes,
|
||||
18 Caravans turn away from their routes,
|
||||
go up into the desert, and perish.
|
||||
|
||||
19. The caravans of Tema look for these streams.
|
||||
19 The caravans of Tema look for these streams.
|
||||
The traveling merchants of Sheba hope for them.
|
||||
|
||||
20. They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.
|
||||
20 They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.
|
||||
When they arrive there, they are disappointed.
|
||||
|
||||
21. So this is what you have now become to me.
|
||||
21 So this is what you have now become to me.
|
||||
When you see something dreadful, you are afraid.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Have I ever said, "Give me something"
|
||||
or "Pay a bribe for me from your wealth"
|
||||
|
||||
23. or "Deliver me from the enemy's hand"
|
||||
or "Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless"?
|
||||
|
||||
24. Teach me, and I will be silent.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22 Have I ever said, “Give me something”
|
||||
or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth”
|
||||
23 or “Deliver me from the enemy’s hand”
|
||||
or “Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless”?
|
||||
24 Teach me, and I will be silent.
|
||||
Help me understand what I did wrong.
|
||||
|
||||
25. How painful honest words can be!
|
||||
25 How painful honest words can be!
|
||||
But what does your rebuke prove?
|
||||
|
||||
26. Do you think that you can disprove my words
|
||||
or that a despairing man's words are mere wind?
|
||||
|
||||
27. No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child
|
||||
26 Do you think that you can disprove my words
|
||||
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?
|
||||
27 No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child
|
||||
and negotiate a price to sell your friend.
|
||||
|
||||
28. But now, please look at me;
|
||||
28 But now, please look at me;
|
||||
I will not lie to your face.
|
||||
|
||||
29. Reconsider; don't be unjust.
|
||||
29 Reconsider; don’t be unjust.
|
||||
Reconsider; my righteousness is still the issue.
|
||||
|
||||
30. Is there injustice on my tongue
|
||||
or can my palate not taste disaster?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
30 Is there injustice on my tongue
|
||||
or can my palate not taste disaster?
|
||||
@@ -1,75 +1,51 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 7
|
||||
1. Isn't each person consigned to forced labor on earth?
|
||||
1 Isn’t each person consigned to forced labor on earth?
|
||||
Are not his days like those of a hired worker?
|
||||
|
||||
2. Like a slave he longs for shade;
|
||||
2 Like a slave he longs for shade;
|
||||
like a hired worker he waits for his pay.
|
||||
|
||||
3. So I have been made to inherit months of futility,
|
||||
3 So I have been made to inherit months of futility,
|
||||
and troubled nights have been assigned to me.
|
||||
|
||||
4. When I lie down I think,
|
||||
"When will I get up?"
|
||||
4 When I lie down I think,
|
||||
“When will I get up?”
|
||||
But the evening drags on endlessly,
|
||||
and I toss and turn until dawn.
|
||||
|
||||
5. My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.
|
||||
5 My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.
|
||||
My skin forms scabs and then oozes.
|
||||
|
||||
6. My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle;
|
||||
6 My days pass more swiftly than a weaver’s shuttle;
|
||||
they come to an end without hope.
|
||||
|
||||
7. Remember that my life is but a breath.
|
||||
7 Remember that my life is but a breath.
|
||||
My eye will never again see anything good.
|
||||
|
||||
8. The eye of anyone who looks on me
|
||||
8 The eye of anyone who looks on me
|
||||
will no longer see me.
|
||||
Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.
|
||||
|
||||
9. As a cloud fades away and vanishes,
|
||||
9 As a cloud fades away and vanishes,
|
||||
so the one who goes down to Sheol will never rise again.
|
||||
|
||||
10. He will never return to his house;
|
||||
10 He will never return to his house;
|
||||
his hometown will no longer remember him.
|
||||
|
||||
11. Therefore I will not restrain my mouth.
|
||||
11 Therefore I will not restrain my mouth.
|
||||
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;
|
||||
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
|
||||
|
||||
12. Am I the sea or a sea monster,
|
||||
12 Am I the sea or a sea monster,
|
||||
that you keep me under guard?
|
||||
|
||||
13. When I say, "My bed will comfort me,
|
||||
and my couch will ease my complaint,"
|
||||
|
||||
14. then you frighten me with dreams,
|
||||
13 When I say, “My bed will comfort me,
|
||||
and my couch will ease my complaint,”
|
||||
14 then you frighten me with dreams,
|
||||
and terrify me with visions,
|
||||
|
||||
15. so that I prefer strangling--
|
||||
15 so that I prefer strangling—
|
||||
death rather than life in this body.
|
||||
|
||||
16. I give up! I will not live forever.
|
||||
16 I give up! I will not live forever.
|
||||
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.
|
||||
|
||||
17. What is a mere human, that you think so highly of him
|
||||
17 What is a mere human, that you think so highly of him
|
||||
and pay so much attention to him?
|
||||
|
||||
18. You inspect him every morning,
|
||||
18 You inspect him every morning,
|
||||
and put him to the test every moment.
|
||||
|
||||
19. Will you ever look away from me,
|
||||
19 Will you ever look away from me,
|
||||
or leave me alone long enough to swallow?
|
||||
|
||||
20. If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
|
||||
20 If I have sinned, what have I done to you,
|
||||
Watcher of humanity?
|
||||
Why have you made me your target,
|
||||
so that I have become a burden to you?
|
||||
|
||||
21. Why not forgive my sin
|
||||
21 Why not forgive my sin
|
||||
and pardon my iniquity?
|
||||
For soon I will lie down in the grave.
|
||||
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.
|
||||
@@ -1,72 +1,45 @@
|
||||
Bildad Speaks
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 8
|
||||
1. Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
|
||||
|
||||
2. How long will you go on saying these things?
|
||||
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
|
||||
2 How long will you go on saying these things?
|
||||
Your words are a blast of wind.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Does God pervert justice?
|
||||
3 Does God pervert justice?
|
||||
Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
|
||||
|
||||
4. Since your children sinned against him,
|
||||
4 Since your children sinned against him,
|
||||
he gave them over to their rebellion.
|
||||
|
||||
5. But if you earnestly seek God
|
||||
5 But if you earnestly seek God
|
||||
and ask the Almighty for mercy,
|
||||
|
||||
6. if you are pure and upright,
|
||||
6 if you are pure and upright,
|
||||
then he will move even now on your behalf
|
||||
and restore the home where your righteousness dwells.
|
||||
|
||||
7. Then, even if your beginnings were modest,
|
||||
7 Then, even if your beginnings were modest,
|
||||
your final days will be full of prosperity.
|
||||
|
||||
8. For ask the previous generation,
|
||||
8 For ask the previous generation,
|
||||
and pay attention to what their ancestors discovered,
|
||||
|
||||
9. since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
|
||||
9 since we were born only yesterday and know nothing.
|
||||
Our days on earth are but a shadow.
|
||||
|
||||
10. Will they not teach you and tell you
|
||||
10 Will they not teach you and tell you
|
||||
and speak from their understanding?
|
||||
|
||||
11. Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
|
||||
11 Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh?
|
||||
Do reeds flourish without water?
|
||||
|
||||
12. While still uncut shoots,
|
||||
12 While still uncut shoots,
|
||||
they would dry up quicker than any other plant.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Such is the destiny of all who forget God;
|
||||
13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God;
|
||||
the hope of the godless will perish.
|
||||
|
||||
14. His source of confidence is fragile;
|
||||
what he trusts in is a spider's web.
|
||||
|
||||
15. He leans on his web, but it doesn't stand firm.
|
||||
14 His source of confidence is fragile;
|
||||
what he trusts in is a spider’s web.
|
||||
15 He leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm.
|
||||
He grabs it, but it does not hold up.
|
||||
|
||||
16. He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine;
|
||||
16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine;
|
||||
his shoots spread out over his garden.
|
||||
|
||||
17. His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks.
|
||||
17 His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks.
|
||||
He looks for a home among the stones.
|
||||
|
||||
18. If he is uprooted from his place,
|
||||
it will deny knowing him, saying, "I never saw you."
|
||||
|
||||
19. Surely this is the joy of his way of life;
|
||||
18 If he is uprooted from his place,
|
||||
it will deny knowing him, saying, “I never saw you.”
|
||||
19 Surely this is the joy of his way of life;
|
||||
yet others will sprout from the dust.
|
||||
|
||||
20. Look, God does not reject a person of integrity,
|
||||
20 Look, God does not reject a person of integrity,
|
||||
and he will not support evildoers.
|
||||
|
||||
21. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
|
||||
21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
|
||||
and your lips with a shout of joy.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Your enemies will be clothed with shame;
|
||||
the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22 Your enemies will be clothed with shame;
|
||||
the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.
|
||||
@@ -1,114 +1,72 @@
|
||||
Job's Reply to Bildad
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 9
|
||||
1. Then Job answered:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Yes, I know what you've said is true,
|
||||
1 Then Job answered:
|
||||
2 Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,
|
||||
but how can a person be justified before God?
|
||||
|
||||
3. If one wanted to take him to court,
|
||||
3 If one wanted to take him to court,
|
||||
he could not answer God once in a thousand times.
|
||||
|
||||
4. God is wise and all-powerful.
|
||||
4 God is wise and all-powerful.
|
||||
Who has opposed him and come out unharmed?
|
||||
|
||||
5. He removes mountains without their knowledge,
|
||||
5 He removes mountains without their knowledge,
|
||||
overturning them in his anger.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
6. He shakes the earth from its place
|
||||
6 He shakes the earth from its place
|
||||
so that its pillars tremble.
|
||||
|
||||
7. He commands the sun not to shine
|
||||
7 He commands the sun not to shine
|
||||
and seals off the stars.
|
||||
|
||||
8. He alone stretches out the heavens
|
||||
8 He alone stretches out the heavens
|
||||
and treads on the waves of the sea.
|
||||
|
||||
9. He makes the stars: the Bear, Orion,
|
||||
9 He makes the stars: the Bear, Orion,
|
||||
the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky.
|
||||
|
||||
10. He does great and unsearchable things,
|
||||
10 He does great and unsearchable things,
|
||||
wonders without number.
|
||||
|
||||
11. If he passed by me, I wouldn't see him;
|
||||
if he went by, I wouldn't recognize him.
|
||||
|
||||
12. If he snatches something, who can stop him?
|
||||
Who can ask him, "What are you doing?"
|
||||
|
||||
13. God does not hold back his anger;
|
||||
Rahab's assistants cringe in fear beneath him!
|
||||
|
||||
14. How then can I answer him
|
||||
11 If he passed by me, I wouldn’t see him;
|
||||
if he went by, I wouldn’t recognize him.
|
||||
12 If he snatches something, who can stop him?
|
||||
Who can ask him, “What are you doing?”
|
||||
13 God does not hold back his anger;
|
||||
Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear beneath him!
|
||||
14 How then can I answer him
|
||||
or choose my arguments against him?
|
||||
|
||||
15. Even if I were in the right, I could not answer.
|
||||
15 Even if I were in the right, I could not answer.
|
||||
I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
|
||||
|
||||
16. If I summoned him and he answered me,
|
||||
16 If I summoned him and he answered me,
|
||||
I do not believe he would pay attention to what I said.
|
||||
|
||||
17. He batters me with a whirlwind
|
||||
17 He batters me with a whirlwind
|
||||
and multiplies my wounds without cause.
|
||||
|
||||
18. He doesn't let me catch my breath
|
||||
18 He doesn’t let me catch my breath
|
||||
but fills me with bitter experiences.
|
||||
|
||||
19. If it is a matter of strength, look, he is the powerful one!
|
||||
19 If it is a matter of strength, look, he is the powerful one!
|
||||
If it is a matter of justice, who can summon him?
|
||||
|
||||
20. Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;
|
||||
20 Even if I were in the right, my own mouth would condemn me;
|
||||
if I were blameless, my mouth would declare me guilty.
|
||||
|
||||
21. Though I am blameless,
|
||||
21 Though I am blameless,
|
||||
I no longer care about myself;
|
||||
I renounce my life.
|
||||
|
||||
22. It is all the same. Therefore I say,
|
||||
"He destroys both the blameless and the wicked."
|
||||
|
||||
23. When catastrophe brings sudden death,
|
||||
22 It is all the same. Therefore I say,
|
||||
“He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.”
|
||||
23 When catastrophe brings sudden death,
|
||||
he mocks the despair of the innocent.
|
||||
|
||||
24. The earth is handed over to the wicked;
|
||||
24 The earth is handed over to the wicked;
|
||||
he blindfolds its judges.
|
||||
If it isn't he, then who is it?
|
||||
|
||||
25. My days fly by faster than a runner;
|
||||
If it isn’t he, then who is it?
|
||||
25 My days fly by faster than a runner;
|
||||
they flee without seeing any good.
|
||||
|
||||
26. They sweep by like boats made of papyrus,
|
||||
26 They sweep by like boats made of papyrus,
|
||||
like an eagle swooping down on its prey.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
27. If I said, "I will forget my complaint,
|
||||
change my expression, and smile,"
|
||||
|
||||
28. I would still live in terror of all my pains.
|
||||
27 If I said, “I will forget my complaint,
|
||||
change my expression, and smile,”
|
||||
28 I would still live in terror of all my pains.
|
||||
I know you will not acquit me.
|
||||
|
||||
29. Since I will be found guilty,
|
||||
29 Since I will be found guilty,
|
||||
why should I struggle in vain?
|
||||
|
||||
30. If I wash myself with snow,
|
||||
30 If I wash myself with snow,
|
||||
and cleanse my hands with lye,
|
||||
|
||||
31. then you dip me in a pit of mud,
|
||||
31 then you dip me in a pit of mud,
|
||||
and my own clothes despise me!
|
||||
|
||||
32. For he is not a man like me, that I can answer him,
|
||||
32 For he is not a man like me, that I can answer him,
|
||||
that we can take each other to court.
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33. There is no mediator between us,
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33 There is no mediator between us,
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to lay his hand on both of us.
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|
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34. Let him take his rod away from me
|
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34 Let him take his rod away from me
|
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so his terror will no longer frighten me.
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|
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35. Then I would speak and not fear him.
|
||||
But that is not the case; I am on my own.
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|
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|
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|
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35 Then I would speak and not fear him.
|
||||
But that is not the case; I am on my own.
|
||||
@@ -1,79 +1,52 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 10
|
||||
1. I am disgusted with my life.
|
||||
|
||||
1 I am disgusted with my life.
|
||||
I will give vent to my complaint
|
||||
and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
|
||||
|
||||
2. I will say to God,
|
||||
"Do not declare me guilty!
|
||||
2 I will say to God,
|
||||
“Do not declare me guilty!
|
||||
Let me know why you prosecute me.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Is it good for you to oppress,
|
||||
3 Is it good for you to oppress,
|
||||
to reject the work of your hands,
|
||||
and favor the plans of the wicked?
|
||||
|
||||
4. Do you have eyes of flesh,
|
||||
4 Do you have eyes of flesh,
|
||||
or do you see as a human sees?
|
||||
|
||||
5. Are your days like those of a human,
|
||||
5 Are your days like those of a human,
|
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or your years like those of a man,
|
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|
||||
6. that you look for my iniquity
|
||||
6 that you look for my iniquity
|
||||
and search for my sin,
|
||||
|
||||
7. even though you know that I am not wicked
|
||||
7 even though you know that I am not wicked
|
||||
and that there is no one who can rescue from your power?
|
||||
|
||||
8. "Your hands shaped me and formed me.
|
||||
8 “Your hands shaped me and formed me.
|
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Will you now turn and destroy me?
|
||||
|
||||
9. Please remember that you formed me like clay.
|
||||
9 Please remember that you formed me like clay.
|
||||
Will you now return me to dust?
|
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|
||||
10. Did you not pour me out like milk
|
||||
10 Did you not pour me out like milk
|
||||
and curdle me like cheese?
|
||||
|
||||
11. You clothed me with skin and flesh,
|
||||
11 You clothed me with skin and flesh,
|
||||
and wove me together with bones and tendons.
|
||||
|
||||
12. You gave me life and faithful love,
|
||||
12 You gave me life and faithful love,
|
||||
and your care has guarded my life.
|
||||
|
||||
13. "Yet you concealed these thoughts in your heart;
|
||||
13 “Yet you concealed these thoughts in your heart;
|
||||
I know that this was your hidden plan:
|
||||
|
||||
14. if I sin, you would notice,
|
||||
14 if I sin, you would notice,
|
||||
and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
|
||||
|
||||
15. If I am wicked, woe to me!
|
||||
15 If I am wicked, woe to me!
|
||||
And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift up my head.
|
||||
I am filled with shame
|
||||
and have drunk deeply of my affliction.
|
||||
|
||||
16. If I am proud, you hunt me like a lion
|
||||
16 If I am proud, you hunt me like a lion
|
||||
and again display your miraculous power against me.
|
||||
|
||||
17. You produce new witnesses against me
|
||||
17 You produce new witnesses against me
|
||||
and multiply your anger toward me.
|
||||
Hardships assault me, wave after wave.
|
||||
|
||||
18. "Why did you bring me out of the womb?
|
||||
18 “Why did you bring me out of the womb?
|
||||
I should have died and never been seen.
|
||||
|
||||
19. I wish I had never existed
|
||||
19 I wish I had never existed
|
||||
but had been carried from the womb to the grave.
|
||||
|
||||
20. Are my days not few? Stop it!
|
||||
20 Are my days not few? Stop it!
|
||||
Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
21. before I go to a land of darkness and gloom,
|
||||
21 before I go to a land of darkness and gloom,
|
||||
never to return.
|
||||
|
||||
22. It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness,
|
||||
22 It is a land of blackness like the deepest darkness,
|
||||
gloomy and chaotic,
|
||||
where even the light is like the darkness."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
where even the light is like the darkness.”
|
||||
@@ -1,69 +1,43 @@
|
||||
Zophar Speaks
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 11
|
||||
1. Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Should this abundance of words go unanswered
|
||||
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
|
||||
2 Should this abundance of words go unanswered
|
||||
and such a talker be acquitted?
|
||||
|
||||
3. Should your babbling put others to silence,
|
||||
3 Should your babbling put others to silence,
|
||||
so that you can keep on ridiculing
|
||||
with no one to humiliate you?
|
||||
|
||||
4. You have said, "My teaching is sound,
|
||||
and I am pure in your sight."
|
||||
|
||||
5. But if only God would speak
|
||||
4 You have said, “My teaching is sound,
|
||||
and I am pure in your sight.”
|
||||
5 But if only God would speak
|
||||
and open his lips against you!
|
||||
|
||||
6. He would show you the secrets of wisdom,
|
||||
6 He would show you the secrets of wisdom,
|
||||
for true wisdom has two sides.
|
||||
Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your iniquity.
|
||||
|
||||
7. Can you fathom the depths of God
|
||||
7 Can you fathom the depths of God
|
||||
or discover the limits of the Almighty?
|
||||
|
||||
8. They are higher than the heavens--what can you do?
|
||||
They are deeper than Sheol--what can you know?
|
||||
|
||||
9. Their measure is longer than the earth
|
||||
8 They are higher than the heavens—what can you do?
|
||||
They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
|
||||
9 Their measure is longer than the earth
|
||||
and wider than the sea.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
10. If he passes by and throws someone in prison
|
||||
10 If he passes by and throws someone in prison
|
||||
or convenes a court, who can stop him?
|
||||
|
||||
11. Surely he knows which people are worthless.
|
||||
11 Surely he knows which people are worthless.
|
||||
If he sees iniquity, will he not take note of it?
|
||||
|
||||
12. But a stupid person will gain understanding
|
||||
12 But a stupid person will gain understanding
|
||||
as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!
|
||||
|
||||
13. As for you, if you redirect your heart
|
||||
and spread out your hands to him in prayer--
|
||||
|
||||
14. if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,
|
||||
and don't allow injustice to dwell in your tents--
|
||||
|
||||
15. then you will hold your head high, free from fault.
|
||||
13 As for you, if you redirect your heart
|
||||
and spread out your hands to him in prayer—
|
||||
14 if there is iniquity in your hand, remove it,
|
||||
and don’t allow injustice to dwell in your tents—
|
||||
15 then you will hold your head high, free from fault.
|
||||
You will be firmly established and unafraid.
|
||||
|
||||
16. For you will forget your suffering,
|
||||
16 For you will forget your suffering,
|
||||
recalling it only as water that has flowed by.
|
||||
|
||||
17. Your life will be brighter than noonday;
|
||||
17 Your life will be brighter than noonday;
|
||||
its darkness will be like the morning.
|
||||
|
||||
18. You will be confident, because there is hope.
|
||||
18 You will be confident, because there is hope.
|
||||
You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.
|
||||
|
||||
19. You will lie down with no one to frighten you,
|
||||
19 You will lie down with no one to frighten you,
|
||||
and many will seek your favor.
|
||||
|
||||
20. But the sight of the wicked will fail.
|
||||
20 But the sight of the wicked will fail.
|
||||
Their way of escape will be cut off,
|
||||
and their only hope is their last breath.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
and their only hope is their last breath.
|
||||
@@ -1,85 +1,53 @@
|
||||
Job's Reply to Zophar
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 12
|
||||
1. Then Job answered:
|
||||
|
||||
2. No doubt you are the people,
|
||||
1 Then Job answered:
|
||||
2 No doubt you are the people,
|
||||
and wisdom will die with you!
|
||||
|
||||
3. But I also have a mind like you;
|
||||
3 But I also have a mind like you;
|
||||
I am not inferior to you.
|
||||
Who doesn't know the things you are talking about?
|
||||
|
||||
4. I am a laughingstock to my friends,
|
||||
Who doesn’t know the things you are talking about?
|
||||
4 I am a laughingstock to my friends,
|
||||
by calling on God, who answers me.
|
||||
The righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock.
|
||||
|
||||
5. The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt
|
||||
5 The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt
|
||||
and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.
|
||||
|
||||
6. The tents of robbers are safe,
|
||||
6 The tents of robbers are safe,
|
||||
and those who trouble God are secure;
|
||||
God holds them in his hands.
|
||||
|
||||
7. But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;
|
||||
7 But ask the animals, and they will instruct you;
|
||||
ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you.
|
||||
|
||||
8. Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you;
|
||||
8 Or speak to the earth, and it will instruct you;
|
||||
let the fish of the sea inform you.
|
||||
|
||||
9. Which of all these does not know
|
||||
9 Which of all these does not know
|
||||
that the hand of the Lord has done this?
|
||||
|
||||
10. The life of every living thing is in his hand,
|
||||
10 The life of every living thing is in his hand,
|
||||
as well as the breath of all humanity.
|
||||
|
||||
11. Doesn't the ear test words
|
||||
11 Doesn’t the ear test words
|
||||
as the palate tastes food?
|
||||
|
||||
12. Wisdom is found with the elderly,
|
||||
12 Wisdom is found with the elderly,
|
||||
and understanding comes with long life.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Wisdom and strength belong to God;
|
||||
13 Wisdom and strength belong to God;
|
||||
counsel and understanding are his.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
14. Whatever he tears down cannot be rebuilt;
|
||||
14 Whatever he tears down cannot be rebuilt;
|
||||
whoever he imprisons cannot be released.
|
||||
|
||||
15. When he withholds water, everything dries up,
|
||||
15 When he withholds water, everything dries up,
|
||||
and when he releases it, it destroys the land.
|
||||
|
||||
16. True wisdom and power belong to him.
|
||||
16 True wisdom and power belong to him.
|
||||
The deceived and the deceiver are his.
|
||||
|
||||
17. He leads counselors away barefoot
|
||||
17 He leads counselors away barefoot
|
||||
and makes judges go mad.
|
||||
|
||||
18. He releases the bonds put on by kings
|
||||
18 He releases the bonds put on by kings
|
||||
and fastens a belt around their waists.
|
||||
|
||||
19. He leads priests away barefoot
|
||||
19 He leads priests away barefoot
|
||||
and overthrows established leaders.
|
||||
|
||||
20. He deprives trusted advisers of speech
|
||||
and takes away the elders' good judgment.
|
||||
|
||||
21. He pours out contempt on nobles
|
||||
20 He deprives trusted advisers of speech
|
||||
and takes away the elders’ good judgment.
|
||||
21 He pours out contempt on nobles
|
||||
and disarms the strong.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22. He reveals mysteries from the darkness
|
||||
22 He reveals mysteries from the darkness
|
||||
and brings the deepest darkness into the light.
|
||||
|
||||
23. He makes nations great, then destroys them;
|
||||
23 He makes nations great, then destroys them;
|
||||
he enlarges nations, then leads them away.
|
||||
|
||||
24. He deprives the world's leaders of reason,
|
||||
24 He deprives the world’s leaders of reason,
|
||||
and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.
|
||||
|
||||
25. They grope around in darkness without light;
|
||||
he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
25 They grope around in darkness without light;
|
||||
he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
|
||||
@@ -1,89 +1,58 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 13
|
||||
1. Look, my eyes have seen all this;
|
||||
1 Look, my eyes have seen all this;
|
||||
my ears have heard and understood it.
|
||||
|
||||
2. Everything you know, I also know;
|
||||
2 Everything you know, I also know;
|
||||
I am not inferior to you.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Yet I prefer to speak to the Almighty
|
||||
3 Yet I prefer to speak to the Almighty
|
||||
and argue my case before God.
|
||||
|
||||
4. You use lies like plaster;
|
||||
4 You use lies like plaster;
|
||||
you are all worthless healers.
|
||||
|
||||
5. If only you would shut up
|
||||
5 If only you would shut up
|
||||
and let that be your wisdom!
|
||||
|
||||
6. Hear now my argument,
|
||||
6 Hear now my argument,
|
||||
and listen to my defense.
|
||||
|
||||
7. Would you testify unjustly on God's behalf
|
||||
7 Would you testify unjustly on God’s behalf
|
||||
or speak deceitfully for him?
|
||||
|
||||
8. Would you show partiality to him
|
||||
8 Would you show partiality to him
|
||||
or argue the case in his defense?
|
||||
|
||||
9. Would it go well if he examined you?
|
||||
9 Would it go well if he examined you?
|
||||
Could you deceive him as you would deceive a man?
|
||||
|
||||
10. Surely he would rebuke you
|
||||
10 Surely he would rebuke you
|
||||
if you secretly showed partiality.
|
||||
|
||||
11. Would God's majesty not terrify you?
|
||||
11 Would God’s majesty not terrify you?
|
||||
Would his dread not fall on you?
|
||||
|
||||
12. Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ash;
|
||||
12 Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ash;
|
||||
your defenses are made of clay.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Be quiet, and I will speak.
|
||||
13 Be quiet, and I will speak.
|
||||
Let whatever comes happen to me.
|
||||
|
||||
14. I will put myself at risk
|
||||
14 I will put myself at risk
|
||||
and take my life in my own hands.
|
||||
|
||||
15. Even if he kills me, I will hope in him.
|
||||
15 Even if he kills me, I will hope in him.
|
||||
I will still defend my ways before him.
|
||||
|
||||
16. Yes, this will result in my deliverance,
|
||||
16 Yes, this will result in my deliverance,
|
||||
for no godless person can appear before him.
|
||||
|
||||
17. Pay close attention to my words;
|
||||
17 Pay close attention to my words;
|
||||
let my declaration ring in your ears.
|
||||
|
||||
18. Now then, I have prepared my case;
|
||||
18 Now then, I have prepared my case;
|
||||
I know that I am right.
|
||||
|
||||
19. Can anyone indict me?
|
||||
19 Can anyone indict me?
|
||||
If so, I will be silent and die.
|
||||
|
||||
20. Only grant these two things to me, God,
|
||||
20 Only grant these two things to me, God,
|
||||
so that I will not have to hide from your presence:
|
||||
|
||||
21. remove your hand from me,
|
||||
21 remove your hand from me,
|
||||
and do not let your terror frighten me.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Then call, and I will answer,
|
||||
22 Then call, and I will answer,
|
||||
or I will speak, and you can respond to me.
|
||||
|
||||
23. How many iniquities and sins have I committed?
|
||||
23 How many iniquities and sins have I committed?
|
||||
Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
|
||||
|
||||
24. Why do you hide your face
|
||||
24 Why do you hide your face
|
||||
and consider me your enemy?
|
||||
|
||||
25. Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf?
|
||||
25 Will you frighten a wind-driven leaf?
|
||||
Will you chase after dry straw?
|
||||
|
||||
26. For you record bitter accusations against me
|
||||
26 For you record bitter accusations against me
|
||||
and make me inherit the iniquities of my youth.
|
||||
|
||||
27. You put my feet in the stocks
|
||||
27 You put my feet in the stocks
|
||||
and stand watch over all my paths,
|
||||
setting a limit for the soles of my feet.
|
||||
|
||||
28. A person wears out like something rotten,
|
||||
like a moth-eaten garment.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
28 A person wears out like something rotten,
|
||||
like a moth-eaten garment.
|
||||
@@ -1,79 +1,52 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 14
|
||||
1. Anyone born of woman
|
||||
1 Anyone born of woman
|
||||
is short of days and full of trouble.
|
||||
|
||||
2. He blossoms like a flower, then withers;
|
||||
2 He blossoms like a flower, then withers;
|
||||
he flees like a shadow and does not last.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Do you really take notice of one like this?
|
||||
3 Do you really take notice of one like this?
|
||||
Will you bring me into judgment against you?
|
||||
|
||||
4. Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
|
||||
4 Who can produce something pure from what is impure?
|
||||
No one!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
5. Since a person's days are determined
|
||||
5 Since a person’s days are determined
|
||||
and the number of his months depends on you,
|
||||
and since you have set limits he cannot pass,
|
||||
|
||||
6. look away from him and let him rest
|
||||
6 look away from him and let him rest
|
||||
so that he can enjoy his day like a hired worker.
|
||||
|
||||
7. There is hope for a tree:
|
||||
7 There is hope for a tree:
|
||||
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
|
||||
and its shoots will not die.
|
||||
|
||||
8. If its roots grow old in the ground
|
||||
8 If its roots grow old in the ground
|
||||
and its stump starts to die in the soil,
|
||||
|
||||
9. the scent of water makes it thrive
|
||||
9 the scent of water makes it thrive
|
||||
and produce twigs like a sapling.
|
||||
|
||||
10. But a person dies and fades away;
|
||||
he breathes his last--where is he?
|
||||
|
||||
11. As water disappears from a lake
|
||||
10 But a person dies and fades away;
|
||||
he breathes his last—where is he?
|
||||
11 As water disappears from a lake
|
||||
and a river becomes parched and dry,
|
||||
|
||||
12. so people lie down never to rise again.
|
||||
12 so people lie down never to rise again.
|
||||
They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;
|
||||
they will not stir from their sleep.
|
||||
|
||||
13. If only you would hide me in Sheol
|
||||
13 If only you would hide me in Sheol
|
||||
and conceal me until your anger passes.
|
||||
|
||||
If only you would appoint a time for me
|
||||
and then remember me.
|
||||
|
||||
14. When a person dies, will he come back to life?
|
||||
14 When a person dies, will he come back to life?
|
||||
If so, I would wait all the days of my struggle
|
||||
until my relief comes.
|
||||
|
||||
15. You would call, and I would answer you.
|
||||
15 You would call, and I would answer you.
|
||||
You would long for the work of your hands.
|
||||
|
||||
16. For then you would count my steps
|
||||
16 For then you would count my steps
|
||||
but would not take note of my sin.
|
||||
|
||||
17. My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag,
|
||||
17 My rebellion would be sealed up in a bag,
|
||||
and you would cover over my iniquity.
|
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|
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18. But as a mountain collapses and crumbles
|
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18 But as a mountain collapses and crumbles
|
||||
and a rock is dislodged from its place,
|
||||
|
||||
19. as water wears away stones
|
||||
19 as water wears away stones
|
||||
and torrents wash away the soil from the land,
|
||||
so you destroy a man's hope.
|
||||
|
||||
20. You completely overpower him, and he passes on;
|
||||
so you destroy a man’s hope.
|
||||
20 You completely overpower him, and he passes on;
|
||||
you change his appearance and send him away.
|
||||
|
||||
21. If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;
|
||||
21 If his sons receive honor, he does not know it;
|
||||
if they become insignificant, he is unaware of it.
|
||||
|
||||
22. He feels only the pain of his own body
|
||||
and mourns only for himself.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22 He feels only the pain of his own body
|
||||
and mourns only for himself.
|
||||
@@ -1,112 +1,71 @@
|
||||
Eliphaz Speaks
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 15
|
||||
1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Does a wise man answer with empty counsel
|
||||
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
|
||||
2 Does a wise man answer with empty counsel
|
||||
or fill himself with the hot east wind?
|
||||
|
||||
3. Should he argue with useless talk
|
||||
3 Should he argue with useless talk
|
||||
or with words that serve no good purpose?
|
||||
|
||||
4. But you even undermine the fear of God
|
||||
4 But you even undermine the fear of God
|
||||
and hinder meditation before him.
|
||||
|
||||
5. Your iniquity teaches you what to say,
|
||||
5 Your iniquity teaches you what to say,
|
||||
and you choose the language of the crafty.
|
||||
|
||||
6. Your own mouth condemns you, not I;
|
||||
6 Your own mouth condemns you, not I;
|
||||
your own lips testify against you.
|
||||
|
||||
7. Were you the first human ever born,
|
||||
7 Were you the first human ever born,
|
||||
or were you brought forth before the hills?
|
||||
|
||||
8. Do you listen in on the council of God,
|
||||
8 Do you listen in on the council of God,
|
||||
or have a monopoly on wisdom?
|
||||
|
||||
9. What do you know that we don't?
|
||||
9 What do you know that we don’t?
|
||||
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
|
||||
|
||||
10. Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us--
|
||||
10 Both the gray-haired and the elderly are with us—
|
||||
older than your father.
|
||||
|
||||
11. Are God's consolations not enough for you,
|
||||
11 Are God’s consolations not enough for you,
|
||||
even the words that deal gently with you?
|
||||
|
||||
12. Why has your heart misled you,
|
||||
12 Why has your heart misled you,
|
||||
and why do your eyes flash
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
13. as you turn your anger against God
|
||||
13 as you turn your anger against God
|
||||
and allow such words to leave your mouth?
|
||||
|
||||
14. What is a mere human, that he should be pure,
|
||||
14 What is a mere human, that he should be pure,
|
||||
or one born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
|
||||
|
||||
15. If God puts no trust in his holy ones
|
||||
15 If God puts no trust in his holy ones
|
||||
and the heavens are not pure in his sight,
|
||||
|
||||
16. how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,
|
||||
16 how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,
|
||||
who drinks injustice like water?
|
||||
|
||||
17. Listen to me and I will inform you.
|
||||
17 Listen to me and I will inform you.
|
||||
I will describe what I have seen,
|
||||
|
||||
18. what the wise have declared and not concealed,
|
||||
18 what the wise have declared and not concealed,
|
||||
that came from their ancestors,
|
||||
|
||||
19. to whom alone the land was given
|
||||
19 to whom alone the land was given
|
||||
when no foreigner passed among them.
|
||||
|
||||
20. A wicked person writhes in pain all his days,
|
||||
20 A wicked person writhes in pain all his days,
|
||||
throughout the number of years reserved for the ruthless.
|
||||
|
||||
21. Dreadful sounds fill his ears;
|
||||
21 Dreadful sounds fill his ears;
|
||||
when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.
|
||||
|
||||
22. He doesn't believe he will return from darkness;
|
||||
22 He doesn’t believe he will return from darkness;
|
||||
he is destined for the sword.
|
||||
|
||||
23. He wanders about for food, asking, "Where is it?"
|
||||
23 He wanders about for food, asking, “Where is it?”
|
||||
He knows the day of darkness is at hand.
|
||||
|
||||
24. Trouble and distress terrify him,
|
||||
24 Trouble and distress terrify him,
|
||||
overwhelming him like a king prepared for battle.
|
||||
|
||||
25. For he has stretched out his hand against God
|
||||
25 For he has stretched out his hand against God
|
||||
and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.
|
||||
|
||||
26. He rushes headlong at him
|
||||
26 He rushes headlong at him
|
||||
with his thick, studded shields.
|
||||
|
||||
27. Though his face is covered with fat
|
||||
27 Though his face is covered with fat
|
||||
and his waistline bulges with it,
|
||||
|
||||
28. he will dwell in ruined cities,
|
||||
28 he will dwell in ruined cities,
|
||||
in abandoned houses destined to become piles of rubble.
|
||||
|
||||
29. He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.
|
||||
29 He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure.
|
||||
His possessions will not increase in the land.
|
||||
|
||||
30. He will not escape from the darkness;
|
||||
30 He will not escape from the darkness;
|
||||
flames will wither his shoots,
|
||||
and by the breath of God's mouth, he will depart.
|
||||
|
||||
31. Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,
|
||||
and by the breath of God’s mouth, he will depart.
|
||||
31 Let him not put trust in worthless things, being led astray,
|
||||
for what he gets in exchange will prove worthless.
|
||||
|
||||
32. It will be accomplished before his time,
|
||||
32 It will be accomplished before his time,
|
||||
and his branch will not flourish.
|
||||
|
||||
33. He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes
|
||||
33 He will be like a vine that drops its unripe grapes
|
||||
and like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.
|
||||
|
||||
34. For the company of the godless will have no children,
|
||||
34 For the company of the godless will have no children,
|
||||
and fire will consume the tents of those who offer bribes.
|
||||
|
||||
35. They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;
|
||||
their womb prepares deception.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
35 They conceive trouble and give birth to evil;
|
||||
their womb prepares deception.
|
||||
@@ -1,80 +1,50 @@
|
||||
Job's Reply to Eliphaz
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 16
|
||||
1. Then Job answered:
|
||||
|
||||
2. I have heard many things like these.
|
||||
1 Then Job answered:
|
||||
2 I have heard many things like these.
|
||||
You are all miserable comforters.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Is there no end to your empty words?
|
||||
3 Is there no end to your empty words?
|
||||
What provokes you that you continue testifying?
|
||||
|
||||
4. If you were in my place I could also talk like you.
|
||||
|
||||
4 If you were in my place I could also talk like you.
|
||||
I could string words together against you
|
||||
and shake my head at you.
|
||||
|
||||
5. Instead, I would encourage you with my mouth,
|
||||
5 Instead, I would encourage you with my mouth,
|
||||
and the consolation from my lips would bring relief.
|
||||
|
||||
6. If I speak, my suffering is not relieved,
|
||||
6 If I speak, my suffering is not relieved,
|
||||
and if I hold back, does any of it leave me?
|
||||
|
||||
7. Surely he has now exhausted me.
|
||||
7 Surely he has now exhausted me.
|
||||
You have devastated my entire family.
|
||||
|
||||
8. You have shriveled me up--it has become a witness;
|
||||
8 You have shriveled me up—it has become a witness;
|
||||
my frailty rises up against me and testifies to my face.
|
||||
|
||||
9. His anger tears at me, and he harasses me.
|
||||
9 His anger tears at me, and he harasses me.
|
||||
He gnashes his teeth at me.
|
||||
My enemy pierces me with his eyes.
|
||||
|
||||
10. They open their mouths against me
|
||||
10 They open their mouths against me
|
||||
and strike my cheeks with contempt;
|
||||
they join themselves together against me.
|
||||
|
||||
11. God hands me over to the unjust;
|
||||
11 God hands me over to the unjust;
|
||||
he throws me to the wicked.
|
||||
|
||||
12. I was at ease, but he shattered me;
|
||||
12 I was at ease, but he shattered me;
|
||||
he seized me by the scruff of the neck
|
||||
and smashed me to pieces.
|
||||
He set me up as his target;
|
||||
|
||||
13. his archers surround me.
|
||||
|
||||
13 his archers surround me.
|
||||
He pierces my kidneys without mercy
|
||||
and pours my bile on the ground.
|
||||
|
||||
14. He breaks through my defenses again and again;
|
||||
14 He breaks through my defenses again and again;
|
||||
he charges at me like a warrior.
|
||||
|
||||
15. I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;
|
||||
15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin;
|
||||
I have buried my strength in the dust.
|
||||
|
||||
16. My face has grown red with weeping,
|
||||
16 My face has grown red with weeping,
|
||||
and darkness covers my eyes,
|
||||
|
||||
17. although my hands are free from violence
|
||||
17 although my hands are free from violence
|
||||
and my prayer is pure.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
18. Earth, do not cover my blood;
|
||||
18 Earth, do not cover my blood;
|
||||
may my cry for help find no resting place.
|
||||
|
||||
19. Even now my witness is in heaven,
|
||||
19 Even now my witness is in heaven,
|
||||
and my advocate is in the heights!
|
||||
|
||||
20. My friends scoff at me
|
||||
20 My friends scoff at me
|
||||
as I weep before God.
|
||||
|
||||
21. I wish that someone might argue for a man with God
|
||||
21 I wish that someone might argue for a man with God
|
||||
just as anyone would for a friend.
|
||||
|
||||
22. For only a few years will pass
|
||||
before I go the way of no return.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22 For only a few years will pass
|
||||
before I go the way of no return.
|
||||
@@ -1,54 +1,35 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 17
|
||||
1. My spirit is broken.
|
||||
1 My spirit is broken.
|
||||
My days are extinguished.
|
||||
A graveyard awaits me.
|
||||
|
||||
2. Surely mockers surround me,
|
||||
2 Surely mockers surround me,
|
||||
and my eyes must gaze at their rebellion.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Accept my pledge! Put up security for me.
|
||||
3 Accept my pledge! Put up security for me.
|
||||
Who else will be my sponsor?
|
||||
|
||||
4. You have closed their minds to understanding,
|
||||
4 You have closed their minds to understanding,
|
||||
therefore you will not honor them.
|
||||
|
||||
5. If a man denounces his friends for a price,
|
||||
5 If a man denounces his friends for a price,
|
||||
the eyes of his children will fail.
|
||||
|
||||
6. He has made me an object of scorn to the people;
|
||||
6 He has made me an object of scorn to the people;
|
||||
I have become a man people spit at.
|
||||
|
||||
7. My eyes have grown dim from grief,
|
||||
7 My eyes have grown dim from grief,
|
||||
and my whole body has become but a shadow.
|
||||
|
||||
8. The upright are appalled at this,
|
||||
8 The upright are appalled at this,
|
||||
and the innocent are roused against the godless.
|
||||
|
||||
9. Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
|
||||
9 Yet the righteous person will hold to his way,
|
||||
and the one whose hands are clean will grow stronger.
|
||||
|
||||
10. But come back and try again, all of you.
|
||||
10 But come back and try again, all of you.
|
||||
I will not find a wise man among you.
|
||||
|
||||
11. My days have slipped by;
|
||||
11 My days have slipped by;
|
||||
my plans have been ruined,
|
||||
even the things dear to my heart.
|
||||
|
||||
12. They turned night into day
|
||||
12 They turned night into day
|
||||
and made light seem near in the face of darkness.
|
||||
|
||||
13. If I await Sheol as my home,
|
||||
13 If I await Sheol as my home,
|
||||
spread out my bed in darkness,
|
||||
|
||||
14. and say to corruption, "You are my father,"
|
||||
and to the maggot, "My mother" or "My sister,"
|
||||
|
||||
15. where then is my hope?
|
||||
14 and say to corruption, “You are my father,”
|
||||
and to the maggot, “My mother” or “My sister,”
|
||||
15 where then is my hope?
|
||||
Who can see any hope for me?
|
||||
|
||||
16. Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,
|
||||
or will we descend together to the dust?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
16 Will it go down to the gates of Sheol,
|
||||
or will we descend together to the dust?
|
||||
@@ -1,69 +1,43 @@
|
||||
Bildad Speaks
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 18
|
||||
1. Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
|
||||
|
||||
2. How long until you stop talking?
|
||||
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
|
||||
2 How long until you stop talking?
|
||||
Show some sense, and then we can talk.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Why are we regarded as cattle,
|
||||
3 Why are we regarded as cattle,
|
||||
as stupid in your sight?
|
||||
|
||||
4. You who tear yourself in anger--
|
||||
4 You who tear yourself in anger—
|
||||
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
|
||||
or a rock be removed from its place?
|
||||
|
||||
5. Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;
|
||||
5 Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;
|
||||
the flame of his fire does not glow.
|
||||
|
||||
6. The light in his tent grows dark,
|
||||
6 The light in his tent grows dark,
|
||||
and the lamp beside him is put out.
|
||||
|
||||
7. His powerful stride is shortened,
|
||||
7 His powerful stride is shortened,
|
||||
and his own schemes trip him up.
|
||||
|
||||
8. For his own feet lead him into a net,
|
||||
8 For his own feet lead him into a net,
|
||||
and he strays into its mesh.
|
||||
|
||||
9. A trap catches him by the heel;
|
||||
9 A trap catches him by the heel;
|
||||
a noose seizes him.
|
||||
|
||||
10. A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,
|
||||
10 A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,
|
||||
and a snare waits for him along the path.
|
||||
|
||||
11. Terrors frighten him on every side
|
||||
11 Terrors frighten him on every side
|
||||
and harass him at every step.
|
||||
|
||||
12. His strength is depleted;
|
||||
12 His strength is depleted;
|
||||
disaster lies ready for him to stumble.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Parts of his skin are eaten away;
|
||||
death's firstborn consumes his limbs.
|
||||
|
||||
14. He is ripped from the security of his tent
|
||||
13 Parts of his skin are eaten away;
|
||||
death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.
|
||||
14 He is ripped from the security of his tent
|
||||
and marched away to the king of terrors.
|
||||
|
||||
15. Nothing he owned remains in his tent.
|
||||
15 Nothing he owned remains in his tent.
|
||||
Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.
|
||||
|
||||
16. His roots below dry up,
|
||||
16 His roots below dry up,
|
||||
and his branches above wither away.
|
||||
|
||||
17. All memory of him perishes from the earth;
|
||||
17 All memory of him perishes from the earth;
|
||||
he has no name anywhere.
|
||||
|
||||
18. He is driven from light to darkness
|
||||
18 He is driven from light to darkness
|
||||
and chased from the inhabited world.
|
||||
|
||||
19. He has no children or descendants among his people,
|
||||
19 He has no children or descendants among his people,
|
||||
no survivor where he used to live.
|
||||
|
||||
20. Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
|
||||
20 Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
|
||||
while those in the east tremble in horror.
|
||||
|
||||
21. Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man,
|
||||
and this is the place of the one who does not know God.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
21 Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man,
|
||||
and this is the place of the one who does not know God.
|
||||
@@ -1,98 +1,61 @@
|
||||
Job's Reply to Bildad
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 19
|
||||
1. Then Job answered:
|
||||
|
||||
2. How long will you torment me
|
||||
1 Then Job answered:
|
||||
2 How long will you torment me
|
||||
and crush me with words?
|
||||
|
||||
3. You have humiliated me ten times now,
|
||||
3 You have humiliated me ten times now,
|
||||
and you mistreat me without shame.
|
||||
|
||||
4. Even if it is true that I have sinned,
|
||||
4 Even if it is true that I have sinned,
|
||||
my mistake concerns only me.
|
||||
|
||||
5. If you really want to appear superior to me
|
||||
5 If you really want to appear superior to me
|
||||
and would use my disgrace as evidence against me,
|
||||
|
||||
6. then understand that it is God who has wronged me
|
||||
6 then understand that it is God who has wronged me
|
||||
and caught me in his net.
|
||||
|
||||
7. I cry out, "Violence!" but get no response;
|
||||
7 I cry out, “Violence!” but get no response;
|
||||
I call for help, but there is no justice.
|
||||
|
||||
8. He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through;
|
||||
8 He has blocked my way so that I cannot pass through;
|
||||
he has veiled my paths with darkness.
|
||||
|
||||
9. He has stripped me of my honor
|
||||
9 He has stripped me of my honor
|
||||
and removed the crown from my head.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
10. He tears me down on every side so that I am ruined.
|
||||
10 He tears me down on every side so that I am ruined.
|
||||
He uproots my hope like a tree.
|
||||
|
||||
11. His anger burns against me,
|
||||
11 His anger burns against me,
|
||||
and he regards me as one of his enemies.
|
||||
|
||||
12. His troops advance together;
|
||||
12 His troops advance together;
|
||||
they construct a ramp against me
|
||||
and camp around my tent.
|
||||
|
||||
13. He has removed my brothers from me;
|
||||
13 He has removed my brothers from me;
|
||||
my acquaintances have abandoned me.
|
||||
|
||||
14. My relatives stop coming by,
|
||||
14 My relatives stop coming by,
|
||||
and my close friends have forgotten me.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
15. My house guests and female servants regard me as a stranger;
|
||||
15 My house guests and female servants regard me as a stranger;
|
||||
I am a foreigner in their sight.
|
||||
|
||||
16. I call for my servant, but he does not answer,
|
||||
16 I call for my servant, but he does not answer,
|
||||
even if I beg him with my own mouth.
|
||||
|
||||
17. My breath is offensive to my wife,
|
||||
17 My breath is offensive to my wife,
|
||||
and my own family finds me repulsive.
|
||||
|
||||
18. Even young boys scorn me.
|
||||
18 Even young boys scorn me.
|
||||
When I stand up, they mock me.
|
||||
|
||||
19. All of my best friends despise me,
|
||||
19 All of my best friends despise me,
|
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and those I love have turned against me.
|
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|
||||
20. My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;
|
||||
20 My skin and my flesh cling to my bones;
|
||||
I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.
|
||||
|
||||
21. Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
|
||||
for God's hand has struck me.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Why do you persecute me as God does?
|
||||
21 Have mercy on me, my friends, have mercy,
|
||||
for God’s hand has struck me.
|
||||
22 Why do you persecute me as God does?
|
||||
Will you never get enough of my flesh?
|
||||
|
||||
23. I wish that my words were written down,
|
||||
23 I wish that my words were written down,
|
||||
that they were recorded on a scroll
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
24. or were inscribed in stone forever
|
||||
24 or were inscribed in stone forever
|
||||
by an iron stylus and lead!
|
||||
|
||||
25. But I know that my Redeemer lives,
|
||||
25 But I know that my Redeemer lives,
|
||||
and at the end he will stand on the dust.
|
||||
|
||||
26. Even after my skin has been destroyed,
|
||||
26 Even after my skin has been destroyed,
|
||||
yet I will see God in my flesh.
|
||||
|
||||
27. I will see him myself;
|
||||
27 I will see him myself;
|
||||
my eyes will look at him, and not as a stranger.
|
||||
My heart longs within me.
|
||||
|
||||
28. If you say, "How will we pursue him,
|
||||
since the root of the problem lies with him?"
|
||||
|
||||
29. then be afraid of the sword,
|
||||
28 If you say, “How will we pursue him,
|
||||
since the root of the problem lies with him?”
|
||||
29 then be afraid of the sword,
|
||||
because wrath brings punishment by the sword,
|
||||
so that you may know there is a judgment.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
so that you may know there is a judgment.
|
||||
@@ -1,95 +1,61 @@
|
||||
Zophar Speaks
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 20
|
||||
1. Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
|
||||
|
||||
2. This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer,
|
||||
1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
|
||||
2 This is why my unsettling thoughts compel me to answer,
|
||||
because I am upset!
|
||||
|
||||
3. I have heard a rebuke that insults me,
|
||||
3 I have heard a rebuke that insults me,
|
||||
and my understanding makes me reply.
|
||||
|
||||
4. Don't you know that ever since antiquity,
|
||||
4 Don’t you know that ever since antiquity,
|
||||
from the time a human was placed on earth,
|
||||
|
||||
5. the joy of the wicked has been brief
|
||||
5 the joy of the wicked has been brief
|
||||
and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?
|
||||
|
||||
6. Though his arrogance reaches heaven,
|
||||
6 Though his arrogance reaches heaven,
|
||||
and his head touches the clouds,
|
||||
|
||||
7. he will vanish forever like his own dung.
|
||||
Those who know him will ask, "Where is he?"
|
||||
|
||||
8. He will fly away like a dream and never be found;
|
||||
7 he will vanish forever like his own dung.
|
||||
Those who know him will ask, “Where is he?”
|
||||
8 He will fly away like a dream and never be found;
|
||||
he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
|
||||
|
||||
9. The eye that saw him will see him no more,
|
||||
9 The eye that saw him will see him no more,
|
||||
and his household will no longer see him.
|
||||
|
||||
10. His children will beg from the poor,
|
||||
10 His children will beg from the poor,
|
||||
for his own hands must give back his wealth.
|
||||
|
||||
11. His frame may be full of youthful vigor,
|
||||
11 His frame may be full of youthful vigor,
|
||||
but it will lie down with him in dust.
|
||||
|
||||
12. Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth
|
||||
12 Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth
|
||||
and he conceals it under his tongue,
|
||||
|
||||
13. though he cherishes it and will not let it go
|
||||
13 though he cherishes it and will not let it go
|
||||
but keeps it in his mouth,
|
||||
|
||||
14. yet the food in his stomach turns
|
||||
into cobras' venom inside him.
|
||||
|
||||
15. He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;
|
||||
14 yet the food in his stomach turns
|
||||
into cobras’ venom inside him.
|
||||
15 He swallows wealth but must vomit it up;
|
||||
God will force it from his stomach.
|
||||
|
||||
16. He will suck the poison of cobras;
|
||||
a viper's fangs will kill him.
|
||||
|
||||
17. He will not enjoy the streams,
|
||||
16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
|
||||
a viper’s fangs will kill him.
|
||||
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
|
||||
the rivers flowing with honey and curds.
|
||||
|
||||
18. He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it;
|
||||
he doesn't enjoy the profits from his trading.
|
||||
|
||||
19. For he oppressed and abandoned the poor;
|
||||
18 He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it;
|
||||
he doesn’t enjoy the profits from his trading.
|
||||
19 For he oppressed and abandoned the poor;
|
||||
he seized a house he did not build.
|
||||
|
||||
20. Because his appetite is never satisfied,
|
||||
20 Because his appetite is never satisfied,
|
||||
he does not let anything he desires escape.
|
||||
|
||||
21. Nothing is left for him to consume;
|
||||
21 Nothing is left for him to consume;
|
||||
therefore, his prosperity will not last.
|
||||
|
||||
22. At the height of his success distress will come to him;
|
||||
22 At the height of his success distress will come to him;
|
||||
the full weight of misery will crush him.
|
||||
|
||||
23. When he fills his stomach,
|
||||
23 When he fills his stomach,
|
||||
God will send his burning anger against him,
|
||||
raining it down on him while he is eating.
|
||||
|
||||
24. If he flees from an iron weapon,
|
||||
24 If he flees from an iron weapon,
|
||||
an arrow from a bronze bow will pierce him.
|
||||
|
||||
25. He pulls it out of his back,
|
||||
25 He pulls it out of his back,
|
||||
the flashing tip out of his liver.
|
||||
Terrors come over him.
|
||||
|
||||
26. Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
|
||||
26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures.
|
||||
A fire unfanned by human hands will consume him;
|
||||
it will feed on what is left in his tent.
|
||||
|
||||
27. The heavens will expose his iniquity,
|
||||
27 The heavens will expose his iniquity,
|
||||
and the earth will rise up against him.
|
||||
|
||||
28. The possessions in his house will be removed,
|
||||
flowing away on the day of God's anger.
|
||||
|
||||
29. This is the wicked person's lot from God,
|
||||
the inheritance God ordained for him.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
28 The possessions in his house will be removed,
|
||||
flowing away on the day of God’s anger.
|
||||
29 This is the wicked person’s lot from God,
|
||||
the inheritance God ordained for him.
|
||||
@@ -1,109 +1,70 @@
|
||||
Job's Reply to Zophar
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 21
|
||||
1. Then Job answered:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Pay close attention to my words;
|
||||
1 Then Job answered:
|
||||
2 Pay close attention to my words;
|
||||
let this be the consolation you offer.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Bear with me while I speak;
|
||||
3 Bear with me while I speak;
|
||||
then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking.
|
||||
|
||||
4. As for me, is my complaint against a human being?
|
||||
Then why shouldn't I be impatient?
|
||||
|
||||
5. Look at me and shudder;
|
||||
4 As for me, is my complaint against a human being?
|
||||
Then why shouldn’t I be impatient?
|
||||
5 Look at me and shudder;
|
||||
put your hand over your mouth.
|
||||
|
||||
6. When I think about it, I am terrified
|
||||
6 When I think about it, I am terrified
|
||||
and my body trembles in horror.
|
||||
|
||||
7. Why do the wicked continue to live,
|
||||
7 Why do the wicked continue to live,
|
||||
growing old and becoming powerful?
|
||||
|
||||
8. Their children are established while they are still alive,
|
||||
8 Their children are established while they are still alive,
|
||||
and their descendants, before their eyes.
|
||||
|
||||
9. Their homes are secure and free of fear;
|
||||
9 Their homes are secure and free of fear;
|
||||
no rod from God strikes them.
|
||||
|
||||
10. Their bulls breed without fail;
|
||||
10 Their bulls breed without fail;
|
||||
their cows calve and do not miscarry.
|
||||
|
||||
11. They let their little ones run around like lambs;
|
||||
11 They let their little ones run around like lambs;
|
||||
their children skip about,
|
||||
|
||||
12. singing to the tambourine and lyre
|
||||
12 singing to the tambourine and lyre
|
||||
and rejoicing at the sound of the flute.
|
||||
|
||||
13. They spend their days in prosperity
|
||||
13 They spend their days in prosperity
|
||||
and go down to Sheol in peace.
|
||||
|
||||
14. Yet they say to God, "Leave us alone!
|
||||
We don't want to know your ways.
|
||||
|
||||
15. Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him,
|
||||
and what will we gain by pleading with him?"
|
||||
|
||||
16. But their prosperity is not of their own doing.
|
||||
14 Yet they say to God, “Leave us alone!
|
||||
We don’t want to know your ways.
|
||||
15 Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him,
|
||||
and what will we gain by pleading with him?”
|
||||
16 But their prosperity is not of their own doing.
|
||||
The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
|
||||
|
||||
17. How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
|
||||
17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out?
|
||||
Does disaster come on them?
|
||||
Does he apportion destruction in his anger?
|
||||
|
||||
18. Are they like straw before the wind,
|
||||
18 Are they like straw before the wind,
|
||||
like chaff a storm sweeps away?
|
||||
|
||||
19. God reserves a person's punishment for his children.
|
||||
19 God reserves a person’s punishment for his children.
|
||||
Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.
|
||||
|
||||
20. Let his own eyes see his demise;
|
||||
let him drink from the Almighty's wrath!
|
||||
|
||||
21. For what does he care about his family once he is dead,
|
||||
20 Let his own eyes see his demise;
|
||||
let him drink from the Almighty’s wrath!
|
||||
21 For what does he care about his family once he is dead,
|
||||
when the number of his months has run out?
|
||||
|
||||
22. Can anyone teach God knowledge,
|
||||
22 Can anyone teach God knowledge,
|
||||
since he judges the exalted ones?
|
||||
|
||||
23. One person dies in excellent health,
|
||||
23 One person dies in excellent health,
|
||||
completely secure and at ease.
|
||||
|
||||
24. His body is well fed,
|
||||
24 His body is well fed,
|
||||
and his bones are full of marrow.
|
||||
|
||||
25. Yet another person dies with a bitter soul,
|
||||
25 Yet another person dies with a bitter soul,
|
||||
having never tasted prosperity.
|
||||
|
||||
26. But they both lie in the dust,
|
||||
26 But they both lie in the dust,
|
||||
and worms cover them.
|
||||
|
||||
27. I know your thoughts very well,
|
||||
27 I know your thoughts very well,
|
||||
the schemes by which you would wrong me.
|
||||
|
||||
28. For you say, "Where now is the nobleman's house?"
|
||||
and "Where are the tents the wicked lived in?"
|
||||
|
||||
29. Have you never consulted those who travel the roads?
|
||||
Don't you accept their reports?
|
||||
|
||||
30. Indeed, the evil person is spared from the day of disaster,
|
||||
28 For you say, “Where now is the nobleman’s house?”
|
||||
and “Where are the tents the wicked lived in?”
|
||||
29 Have you never consulted those who travel the roads?
|
||||
Don’t you accept their reports?
|
||||
30 Indeed, the evil person is spared from the day of disaster,
|
||||
rescued from the day of wrath.
|
||||
|
||||
31. Who would denounce his behavior to his face?
|
||||
31 Who would denounce his behavior to his face?
|
||||
Who would repay him for what he has done?
|
||||
|
||||
32. He is carried to the grave,
|
||||
32 He is carried to the grave,
|
||||
and someone keeps watch over his tomb.
|
||||
|
||||
33. The dirt on his grave is sweet to him.
|
||||
33 The dirt on his grave is sweet to him.
|
||||
Everyone follows behind him,
|
||||
and those who go before him are without number.
|
||||
|
||||
34. So how can you offer me such futile comfort?
|
||||
Your answers are deceptive.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
34 So how can you offer me such futile comfort?
|
||||
Your answers are deceptive.
|
||||
@@ -1,97 +1,60 @@
|
||||
Eliphaz Speaks
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 22
|
||||
1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Can a man be of any use to God?
|
||||
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
|
||||
2 Can a man be of any use to God?
|
||||
Can even a wise man be of use to him?
|
||||
|
||||
3. Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous?
|
||||
3 Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous?
|
||||
Does he profit if you perfect your behavior?
|
||||
|
||||
4. Does he correct you and take you to court
|
||||
4 Does he correct you and take you to court
|
||||
because of your piety?
|
||||
|
||||
5. Isn't your wickedness abundant
|
||||
and aren't your iniquities endless?
|
||||
|
||||
6. For you took collateral from your brothers without cause,
|
||||
5 Isn’t your wickedness abundant
|
||||
and aren’t your iniquities endless?
|
||||
6 For you took collateral from your brothers without cause,
|
||||
stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
|
||||
|
||||
7. You gave no water to the thirsty
|
||||
7 You gave no water to the thirsty
|
||||
and withheld food from the famished,
|
||||
|
||||
8. while the land belonged to a powerful man
|
||||
8 while the land belonged to a powerful man
|
||||
and an influential man lived on it.
|
||||
|
||||
9. You sent widows away empty-handed,
|
||||
9 You sent widows away empty-handed,
|
||||
and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.
|
||||
|
||||
10. Therefore snares surround you,
|
||||
10 Therefore snares surround you,
|
||||
and sudden dread terrifies you,
|
||||
|
||||
11. or darkness, so you cannot see,
|
||||
11 or darkness, so you cannot see,
|
||||
and a flood of water covers you.
|
||||
|
||||
12. Isn't God as high as the heavens?
|
||||
And look at the highest stars--how lofty they are!
|
||||
|
||||
13. Yet you say, "What does God know?
|
||||
12 Isn’t God as high as the heavens?
|
||||
And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!
|
||||
13 Yet you say, “What does God know?
|
||||
Can he judge through total darkness?
|
||||
|
||||
14. Clouds veil him so that he cannot see,
|
||||
as he walks on the circle of the sky."
|
||||
|
||||
15. Will you continue on the ancient path
|
||||
14 Clouds veil him so that he cannot see,
|
||||
as he walks on the circle of the sky.”
|
||||
15 Will you continue on the ancient path
|
||||
that wicked men have walked?
|
||||
|
||||
16. They were snatched away before their time,
|
||||
16 They were snatched away before their time,
|
||||
and their foundations were washed away by a river.
|
||||
|
||||
17. They were the ones who said to God, "Leave us alone!"
|
||||
and "What can the Almighty do to us?"
|
||||
|
||||
18. But it was he who filled their houses with good things.
|
||||
17 They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone!”
|
||||
and “What can the Almighty do to us?”
|
||||
18 But it was he who filled their houses with good things.
|
||||
The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
|
||||
|
||||
19. The righteous see this and rejoice;
|
||||
19 The righteous see this and rejoice;
|
||||
the innocent mock them, saying,
|
||||
|
||||
20. "Surely our opponents are destroyed,
|
||||
and fire has consumed what they left behind."
|
||||
|
||||
21. Come to terms with God and be at peace;
|
||||
20 “Surely our opponents are destroyed,
|
||||
and fire has consumed what they left behind.”
|
||||
21 Come to terms with God and be at peace;
|
||||
in this way good will come to you.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Receive instruction from his mouth,
|
||||
22 Receive instruction from his mouth,
|
||||
and place his sayings in your heart.
|
||||
|
||||
23. If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed.
|
||||
|
||||
23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be renewed.
|
||||
If you banish injustice from your tent
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
24. and consign your gold to the dust,
|
||||
24 and consign your gold to the dust,
|
||||
the gold of Ophir to the stones in the wadis,
|
||||
|
||||
25. the Almighty will be your gold
|
||||
25 the Almighty will be your gold
|
||||
and your finest silver.
|
||||
|
||||
26. Then you will delight in the Almighty
|
||||
26 Then you will delight in the Almighty
|
||||
and lift up your face to God.
|
||||
|
||||
27. You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
|
||||
27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
|
||||
and you will fulfill your vows.
|
||||
|
||||
28. When you make a decision, it will be carried out,
|
||||
28 When you make a decision, it will be carried out,
|
||||
and light will shine on your ways.
|
||||
|
||||
29. When others are humiliated and you say, "Lift them up,"
|
||||
29 When others are humiliated and you say, “Lift them up,”
|
||||
God will save the humble.
|
||||
|
||||
30. He will even rescue the guilty one,
|
||||
who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
30 He will even rescue the guilty one,
|
||||
who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.
|
||||
@@ -1,58 +1,35 @@
|
||||
Job's Reply to Eliphaz
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 23
|
||||
1. Then Job answered:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Today also my complaint is bitter.
|
||||
1 Then Job answered:
|
||||
2 Today also my complaint is bitter.
|
||||
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
|
||||
|
||||
3. If only I knew how to find him,
|
||||
3 If only I knew how to find him,
|
||||
so that I could go to his throne.
|
||||
|
||||
4. I would plead my case before him
|
||||
4 I would plead my case before him
|
||||
and fill my mouth with arguments.
|
||||
|
||||
5. I would learn how he would answer me;
|
||||
5 I would learn how he would answer me;
|
||||
and understand what he would say to me.
|
||||
|
||||
6. Would he prosecute me forcefully?
|
||||
6 Would he prosecute me forcefully?
|
||||
No, he would certainly pay attention to me.
|
||||
|
||||
7. Then an upright man could reason with him,
|
||||
7 Then an upright man could reason with him,
|
||||
and I would escape from my Judge forever.
|
||||
|
||||
8. If I go east, he is not there,
|
||||
8 If I go east, he is not there,
|
||||
and if I go west, I cannot perceive him.
|
||||
|
||||
9. When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him;
|
||||
9 When he is at work to the north, I cannot see him;
|
||||
when he turns south, I cannot find him.
|
||||
|
||||
10. Yet he knows the way I have taken;
|
||||
10 Yet he knows the way I have taken;
|
||||
when he has tested me, I will emerge as pure gold.
|
||||
|
||||
11. My feet have followed in his tracks;
|
||||
11 My feet have followed in his tracks;
|
||||
I have kept to his way and not turned aside.
|
||||
|
||||
12. I have not departed from the commands from his lips;
|
||||
12 I have not departed from the commands from his lips;
|
||||
I have treasured the words from his mouth
|
||||
more than my daily food.
|
||||
|
||||
13. But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him?
|
||||
13 But he is unchangeable; who can oppose him?
|
||||
He does what he desires.
|
||||
|
||||
14. He will certainly accomplish what he has decreed for me,
|
||||
14 He will certainly accomplish what he has decreed for me,
|
||||
and he has many more things like these in mind.
|
||||
|
||||
15. Therefore I am terrified in his presence;
|
||||
15 Therefore I am terrified in his presence;
|
||||
when I consider this, I am afraid of him.
|
||||
|
||||
16. God has made my heart faint;
|
||||
16 God has made my heart faint;
|
||||
the Almighty has terrified me.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17. Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness,
|
||||
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
17 Yet I am not destroyed by the darkness,
|
||||
by the thick darkness that covers my face.
|
||||
@@ -1,90 +1,61 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 24
|
||||
1. Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?
|
||||
1 Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?
|
||||
Why do those who know him never see his days?
|
||||
|
||||
2. The wicked displace boundary markers.
|
||||
2 The wicked displace boundary markers.
|
||||
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
|
||||
|
||||
3. They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless
|
||||
and take the widow's ox as collateral.
|
||||
|
||||
4. They push the needy off the road;
|
||||
3 They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless
|
||||
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
|
||||
4 They push the needy off the road;
|
||||
the poor of the land are forced into hiding.
|
||||
|
||||
5. Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,
|
||||
5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,
|
||||
the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;
|
||||
the desert provides nourishment for their children.
|
||||
|
||||
6. They gather their fodder in the field
|
||||
6 They gather their fodder in the field
|
||||
and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
|
||||
|
||||
7. Without clothing, they spend the night naked,
|
||||
7 Without clothing, they spend the night naked,
|
||||
having no covering against the cold.
|
||||
|
||||
8. Drenched by mountain rains,
|
||||
8 Drenched by mountain rains,
|
||||
they huddle against the rocks, shelterless.
|
||||
|
||||
9. The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;
|
||||
9 The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;
|
||||
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
|
||||
|
||||
10. Without clothing, they wander about naked.
|
||||
10 Without clothing, they wander about naked.
|
||||
They carry sheaves but go hungry.
|
||||
|
||||
11. They crush olives in their presses;
|
||||
11 They crush olives in their presses;
|
||||
they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
|
||||
|
||||
12. From the city, men groan;
|
||||
12 From the city, men groan;
|
||||
the mortally wounded cry for help,
|
||||
yet God pays no attention to this crime.
|
||||
|
||||
13. The wicked are those who rebel against the light.
|
||||
|
||||
13 The wicked are those who rebel against the light.
|
||||
They do not recognize its ways
|
||||
or stay on its paths.
|
||||
|
||||
14. The murderer rises at dawn
|
||||
14 The murderer rises at dawn
|
||||
to kill the poor and needy,
|
||||
and by night he becomes a thief.
|
||||
|
||||
15. The adulterer's eye watches for twilight,
|
||||
thinking, "No eye will see me,"
|
||||
15 The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,
|
||||
thinking, “No eye will see me,”
|
||||
and he covers his face.
|
||||
|
||||
16. In the dark they break into houses;
|
||||
16 In the dark they break into houses;
|
||||
by day they lock themselves in,
|
||||
never experiencing the light.
|
||||
|
||||
17. For the morning is like darkness to them.
|
||||
17 For the morning is like darkness to them.
|
||||
Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness!
|
||||
|
||||
18. They float on the surface of the water.
|
||||
18 They float on the surface of the water.
|
||||
Their section of the land is cursed,
|
||||
so that they never go to their vineyards.
|
||||
|
||||
19. As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,
|
||||
19 As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,
|
||||
so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
|
||||
|
||||
20. The womb forgets them;
|
||||
20 The womb forgets them;
|
||||
worms feed on them;
|
||||
they are remembered no more.
|
||||
So injustice is broken like a tree.
|
||||
|
||||
21. They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive,
|
||||
21 They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive,
|
||||
and do not deal kindly with the widow.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Yet God drags away the mighty by his power;
|
||||
22 Yet God drags away the mighty by his power;
|
||||
when he rises up, they have no assurance of life.
|
||||
|
||||
23. He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,
|
||||
23 He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,
|
||||
but his eyes watch over their ways.
|
||||
|
||||
24. They are exalted for a moment, then gone;
|
||||
24 They are exalted for a moment, then gone;
|
||||
they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else.
|
||||
They wither like heads of grain.
|
||||
|
||||
25. If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar
|
||||
and show that my speech is worthless?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
25 If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar
|
||||
and show that my speech is worthless?
|
||||
@@ -1,23 +1,12 @@
|
||||
Bildad Speaks
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 25
|
||||
1. Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Dominion and dread belong to him,
|
||||
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
|
||||
2 Dominion and dread belong to him,
|
||||
the one who establishes harmony in his heights.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Can his troops be numbered?
|
||||
3 Can his troops be numbered?
|
||||
Does his light not shine on everyone?
|
||||
|
||||
4. How can a human be justified before God?
|
||||
4 How can a human be justified before God?
|
||||
How can one born of woman be pure?
|
||||
|
||||
5. If even the moon does not shine
|
||||
5 If even the moon does not shine
|
||||
and the stars are not pure in his sight,
|
||||
|
||||
6. how much less a human, who is a maggot,
|
||||
a son of man, who is a worm!
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
6 how much less a human, who is a maggot,
|
||||
a son of man, who is a worm!
|
||||
@@ -1,48 +1,29 @@
|
||||
Job's Reply to Bildad
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 26
|
||||
1. Then Job answered:
|
||||
|
||||
2. How you have helped the powerless
|
||||
1 Then Job answered:
|
||||
2 How you have helped the powerless
|
||||
and delivered the arm that is weak!
|
||||
|
||||
3. How you have counseled the unwise
|
||||
3 How you have counseled the unwise
|
||||
and abundantly provided insight!
|
||||
|
||||
4. With whom did you speak these words?
|
||||
4 With whom did you speak these words?
|
||||
Whose breath came out of your mouth?
|
||||
|
||||
5. The departed spirits tremble
|
||||
5 The departed spirits tremble
|
||||
beneath the waters and all that inhabit them.
|
||||
|
||||
6. Sheol is naked before God,
|
||||
6 Sheol is naked before God,
|
||||
and Abaddon has no covering.
|
||||
|
||||
7. He stretches the northern skies over empty space;
|
||||
7 He stretches the northern skies over empty space;
|
||||
he hangs the earth on nothing.
|
||||
|
||||
8. He wraps up the water in his clouds,
|
||||
8 He wraps up the water in his clouds,
|
||||
yet the clouds do not burst beneath its weight.
|
||||
|
||||
9. He obscures the view of his throne,
|
||||
9 He obscures the view of his throne,
|
||||
spreading his cloud over it.
|
||||
|
||||
10. He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters
|
||||
10 He laid out the horizon on the surface of the waters
|
||||
at the boundary between light and darkness.
|
||||
|
||||
11. The pillars that hold up the sky tremble,
|
||||
11 The pillars that hold up the sky tremble,
|
||||
astounded at his rebuke.
|
||||
|
||||
12. By his power he stirred the sea,
|
||||
12 By his power he stirred the sea,
|
||||
and by his understanding he crushed Rahab.
|
||||
|
||||
13. By his breath the heavens gained their beauty;
|
||||
13 By his breath the heavens gained their beauty;
|
||||
his hand pierced the fleeing serpent.
|
||||
|
||||
14. These are but the fringes of his ways;
|
||||
14 These are but the fringes of his ways;
|
||||
how faint is the word we hear of him!
|
||||
Who can understand his mighty thunder?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Who can understand his mighty thunder?
|
||||
@@ -1,72 +1,46 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 27
|
||||
1. Job continued his discourse, saying:
|
||||
|
||||
2. As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,
|
||||
1 Job continued his discourse, saying:
|
||||
2 As God lives, who has deprived me of justice,
|
||||
and the Almighty who has made me bitter,
|
||||
|
||||
3. as long as my breath is still in me
|
||||
3 as long as my breath is still in me
|
||||
and the breath from God remains in my nostrils,
|
||||
|
||||
4. my lips will not speak unjustly,
|
||||
4 my lips will not speak unjustly,
|
||||
and my tongue will not utter deceit.
|
||||
|
||||
5. I will never affirm that you are right.
|
||||
5 I will never affirm that you are right.
|
||||
I will maintain my integrity until I die.
|
||||
|
||||
6. I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go.
|
||||
6 I will cling to my righteousness and never let it go.
|
||||
My conscience will not accuse me as long as I live!
|
||||
|
||||
7. May my enemy be like the wicked
|
||||
7 May my enemy be like the wicked
|
||||
and my opponent like the unjust.
|
||||
|
||||
8. For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off,
|
||||
8 For what hope does the godless person have when he is cut off,
|
||||
when God takes away his life?
|
||||
|
||||
9. Will God hear his cry
|
||||
9 Will God hear his cry
|
||||
when distress comes on him?
|
||||
|
||||
10. Will he delight in the Almighty?
|
||||
10 Will he delight in the Almighty?
|
||||
Will he call on God at all times?
|
||||
|
||||
11. I will teach you about God's power.
|
||||
11 I will teach you about God’s power.
|
||||
I will not conceal what the Almighty has planned.
|
||||
|
||||
12. All of you have seen this for yourselves,
|
||||
12 All of you have seen this for yourselves,
|
||||
why do you keep up this empty talk?
|
||||
|
||||
13. This is a wicked man's lot from God,
|
||||
13 This is a wicked man’s lot from God,
|
||||
the inheritance the ruthless receive from the Almighty.
|
||||
|
||||
14. Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;
|
||||
14 Even if his children increase, they are destined for the sword;
|
||||
his descendants will never have enough food.
|
||||
|
||||
15. Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,
|
||||
15 Those who survive him will be buried by the plague,
|
||||
yet their widows will not weep for them.
|
||||
|
||||
16. Though he piles up silver like dust
|
||||
and heaps up fine clothing like clay--
|
||||
|
||||
17. he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,
|
||||
16 Though he piles up silver like dust
|
||||
and heaps up fine clothing like clay—
|
||||
17 he may heap it up, but the righteous will wear it,
|
||||
and the innocent will divide up his silver.
|
||||
|
||||
18. The house he built is like a moth's cocoon
|
||||
18 The house he built is like a moth’s cocoon
|
||||
or a shelter set up by a watchman.
|
||||
|
||||
19. He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
|
||||
19 He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more;
|
||||
when he opens his eyes, it is gone.
|
||||
|
||||
20. Terrors overtake him like a flood;
|
||||
20 Terrors overtake him like a flood;
|
||||
a storm wind sweeps him away at night.
|
||||
|
||||
21. An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;
|
||||
21 An east wind picks him up, and he is gone;
|
||||
it carries him away from his place.
|
||||
|
||||
22. It blasts at him without mercy,
|
||||
22 It blasts at him without mercy,
|
||||
while he flees desperately from its force.
|
||||
|
||||
23. It claps its hands at him
|
||||
and scoffs at him from its place.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
23 It claps its hands at him
|
||||
and scoffs at him from its place.
|
||||
@@ -1,95 +1,61 @@
|
||||
A Hymn to Wisdom
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 28
|
||||
1. Surely there is a mine for silver
|
||||
1 Surely there is a mine for silver
|
||||
and a place where gold is refined.
|
||||
|
||||
2. Iron is taken from the ground,
|
||||
2 Iron is taken from the ground,
|
||||
and copper is smelted from ore.
|
||||
|
||||
3. A miner puts an end to the darkness;
|
||||
3 A miner puts an end to the darkness;
|
||||
he probes the deepest recesses
|
||||
for ore in the gloomy darkness.
|
||||
|
||||
4. He cuts a shaft far from human habitation,
|
||||
4 He cuts a shaft far from human habitation,
|
||||
in places unknown to those who walk above ground.
|
||||
Suspended far away from people,
|
||||
the miners swing back and forth.
|
||||
|
||||
5. Food may come from the earth,
|
||||
5 Food may come from the earth,
|
||||
but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire.
|
||||
|
||||
6. Its rocks are a source of lapis lazuli,
|
||||
6 Its rocks are a source of lapis lazuli,
|
||||
containing flecks of gold.
|
||||
|
||||
7. No bird of prey knows that path;
|
||||
no falcon's eye has seen it.
|
||||
|
||||
8. Proud beasts have never walked on it;
|
||||
7 No bird of prey knows that path;
|
||||
no falcon’s eye has seen it.
|
||||
8 Proud beasts have never walked on it;
|
||||
no lion has ever prowled over it.
|
||||
|
||||
9. The miner uses a flint tool
|
||||
9 The miner uses a flint tool
|
||||
and turns up ore from the root of the mountains.
|
||||
|
||||
10. He cuts out channels in the rocks,
|
||||
10 He cuts out channels in the rocks,
|
||||
and his eyes spot every treasure.
|
||||
|
||||
11. He dams up the streams from flowing
|
||||
11 He dams up the streams from flowing
|
||||
so that he may bring to light what is hidden.
|
||||
|
||||
12. But where can wisdom be found,
|
||||
12 But where can wisdom be found,
|
||||
and where is understanding located?
|
||||
|
||||
13. No one can know its value,
|
||||
13 No one can know its value,
|
||||
since it cannot be found in the land of the living.
|
||||
|
||||
14. The ocean depths say, "It's not in me,"
|
||||
while the sea declares, "I don't have it."
|
||||
|
||||
15. Gold cannot be exchanged for it,
|
||||
14 The ocean depths say, “It’s not in me,”
|
||||
while the sea declares, “I don’t have it.”
|
||||
15 Gold cannot be exchanged for it,
|
||||
and silver cannot be weighed out for its price.
|
||||
|
||||
16. Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
|
||||
16 Wisdom cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
|
||||
in precious onyx or lapis lazuli.
|
||||
|
||||
17. Gold and glass do not compare with it,
|
||||
17 Gold and glass do not compare with it,
|
||||
and articles of fine gold cannot be exchanged for it.
|
||||
|
||||
18. Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning.
|
||||
18 Coral and quartz are not worth mentioning.
|
||||
The price of wisdom is beyond pearls.
|
||||
|
||||
19. Topaz from Cush cannot compare with it,
|
||||
19 Topaz from Cush cannot compare with it,
|
||||
and it cannot be valued in pure gold.
|
||||
|
||||
20. Where then does wisdom come from,
|
||||
20 Where then does wisdom come from,
|
||||
and where is understanding located?
|
||||
|
||||
21. It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing
|
||||
21 It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing
|
||||
and concealed from the birds of the sky.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Abaddon and Death say,
|
||||
"We have heard news of it with our ears."
|
||||
|
||||
23. But God understands the way to wisdom,
|
||||
22 Abaddon and Death say,
|
||||
“We have heard news of it with our ears.”
|
||||
23 But God understands the way to wisdom,
|
||||
and he knows its location.
|
||||
|
||||
24. For he looks to the ends of the earth
|
||||
24 For he looks to the ends of the earth
|
||||
and sees everything under the heavens.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
25. When God fixed the weight of the wind
|
||||
25 When God fixed the weight of the wind
|
||||
and distributed the water by measure,
|
||||
|
||||
26. when he established a limit for the rain
|
||||
26 when he established a limit for the rain
|
||||
and a path for the lightning,
|
||||
|
||||
27. he considered wisdom and evaluated it;
|
||||
27 he considered wisdom and evaluated it;
|
||||
he established it and examined it.
|
||||
|
||||
28. He said to mankind,
|
||||
"The fear of the Lord--that is wisdom.
|
||||
And to turn from evil is understanding."
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
28 He said to mankind,
|
||||
“The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom.
|
||||
And to turn from evil is understanding.”
|
||||
@@ -1,82 +1,52 @@
|
||||
Job's Final Claim of Innocence
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 29
|
||||
1. Job continued his discourse, saying:
|
||||
|
||||
2. If only I could be as in months gone by,
|
||||
1 Job continued his discourse, saying:
|
||||
2 If only I could be as in months gone by,
|
||||
in the days when God watched over me,
|
||||
|
||||
3. when his lamp shone above my head,
|
||||
3 when his lamp shone above my head,
|
||||
and I walked through darkness by his light!
|
||||
|
||||
4. I would be as I was in the days of my youth
|
||||
when God's friendship rested on my tent,
|
||||
|
||||
5. when the Almighty was still with me
|
||||
4 I would be as I was in the days of my youth
|
||||
when God’s friendship rested on my tent,
|
||||
5 when the Almighty was still with me
|
||||
and my children were around me,
|
||||
|
||||
6. when my feet were bathed in curds
|
||||
6 when my feet were bathed in curds
|
||||
and the rock poured out streams of oil for me!
|
||||
|
||||
7. When I went out to the city gate
|
||||
7 When I went out to the city gate
|
||||
and took my seat in the town square,
|
||||
|
||||
8. the young men saw me and withdrew,
|
||||
8 the young men saw me and withdrew,
|
||||
while older men stood to their feet.
|
||||
|
||||
9. City officials stopped talking
|
||||
9 City officials stopped talking
|
||||
and covered their mouths with their hands.
|
||||
|
||||
10. The noblemen's voices were hushed,
|
||||
10 The noblemen’s voices were hushed,
|
||||
and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.
|
||||
|
||||
11. When they heard me, they blessed me,
|
||||
11 When they heard me, they blessed me,
|
||||
and when they saw me, they spoke well of me.
|
||||
|
||||
12. For I rescued the poor who cried out for help,
|
||||
12 For I rescued the poor who cried out for help,
|
||||
and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.
|
||||
|
||||
13. The dying blessed me,
|
||||
and I made the widow's heart rejoice.
|
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|
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14. I clothed myself in righteousness,
|
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13 The dying blessed me,
|
||||
and I made the widow’s heart rejoice.
|
||||
14 I clothed myself in righteousness,
|
||||
and it enveloped me;
|
||||
my just decisions were like a robe and a turban.
|
||||
|
||||
15. I was eyes to the blind
|
||||
15 I was eyes to the blind
|
||||
and feet to the lame.
|
||||
|
||||
16. I was a father to the needy,
|
||||
16 I was a father to the needy,
|
||||
and I examined the case of the stranger.
|
||||
|
||||
17. I shattered the fangs of the unjust
|
||||
17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust
|
||||
and snatched the prey from his teeth.
|
||||
|
||||
18. So I thought, "I will die in my own nest
|
||||
18 So I thought, “I will die in my own nest
|
||||
and multiply my days as the sand.
|
||||
|
||||
19. My roots will have access to water,
|
||||
19 My roots will have access to water,
|
||||
and the dew will rest on my branches all night.
|
||||
|
||||
20. My whole being will be refreshed within me,
|
||||
and my bow will be renewed in my hand."
|
||||
|
||||
21. Men listened to me with expectation,
|
||||
20 My whole being will be refreshed within me,
|
||||
and my bow will be renewed in my hand.”
|
||||
21 Men listened to me with expectation,
|
||||
waiting silently for my advice.
|
||||
|
||||
22. After a word from me they did not speak again;
|
||||
22 After a word from me they did not speak again;
|
||||
my speech settled on them like dew.
|
||||
|
||||
23. They waited for me as for the rain
|
||||
23 They waited for me as for the rain
|
||||
and opened their mouths as for spring showers.
|
||||
|
||||
24. If I smiled at them, they couldn't believe it;
|
||||
24 If I smiled at them, they couldn’t believe it;
|
||||
they were thrilled at the light of my countenance.
|
||||
|
||||
25. I directed their course and presided as chief.
|
||||
25 I directed their course and presided as chief.
|
||||
I lived as a king among his troops,
|
||||
like one who comforts those who mourn.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
like one who comforts those who mourn.
|
||||
@@ -1,106 +1,71 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 30
|
||||
1. But now they mock me,
|
||||
1 But now they mock me,
|
||||
men younger than I am,
|
||||
whose fathers I would have refused to put
|
||||
with my sheep dogs.
|
||||
|
||||
2. What use to me was the strength of their hands?
|
||||
2 What use to me was the strength of their hands?
|
||||
Their vigor had left them.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Emaciated from poverty and hunger,
|
||||
3 Emaciated from poverty and hunger,
|
||||
they gnawed the dry land,
|
||||
the desolate wasteland by night.
|
||||
|
||||
4. They plucked mallow among the shrubs,
|
||||
4 They plucked mallow among the shrubs,
|
||||
and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
|
||||
|
||||
5. They were banished from human society;
|
||||
5 They were banished from human society;
|
||||
people shouted at them as if they were thieves.
|
||||
|
||||
6. They are living on the slopes of the wadis,
|
||||
6 They are living on the slopes of the wadis,
|
||||
among the rocks and in holes in the ground.
|
||||
|
||||
7. They bray among the shrubs;
|
||||
7 They bray among the shrubs;
|
||||
they huddle beneath the thistles.
|
||||
|
||||
8. Foolish men, without even a name.
|
||||
8 Foolish men, without even a name.
|
||||
They were forced to leave the land.
|
||||
|
||||
9. Now I am mocked by their songs;
|
||||
9 Now I am mocked by their songs;
|
||||
I have become an object of scorn to them.
|
||||
|
||||
10. They despise me and keep their distance from me;
|
||||
10 They despise me and keep their distance from me;
|
||||
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
|
||||
|
||||
11. Because God has loosened my bowstring and oppressed me,
|
||||
11 Because God has loosened my bowstring and oppressed me,
|
||||
they have cast off restraint in my presence.
|
||||
|
||||
12. The rabble rise up at my right;
|
||||
12 The rabble rise up at my right;
|
||||
they trap my feet
|
||||
and construct their siege ramp against me.
|
||||
|
||||
13. They tear up my path;
|
||||
13 They tear up my path;
|
||||
they contribute to my destruction,
|
||||
without anyone to help them.
|
||||
|
||||
14. They advance as through a gaping breach;
|
||||
14 They advance as through a gaping breach;
|
||||
they keep rolling in through the ruins.
|
||||
|
||||
15. Terrors are turned loose against me;
|
||||
15 Terrors are turned loose against me;
|
||||
they chase my dignity away like the wind,
|
||||
and my prosperity has passed by like a cloud.
|
||||
|
||||
16. Now my life is poured out before me,
|
||||
16 Now my life is poured out before me,
|
||||
and days of suffering have seized me.
|
||||
|
||||
17. Night pierces my bones,
|
||||
17 Night pierces my bones,
|
||||
but my gnawing pains never rest.
|
||||
|
||||
18. My clothing is distorted with great force;
|
||||
18 My clothing is distorted with great force;
|
||||
he chokes me by the neck of my garment.
|
||||
|
||||
19. He throws me into the mud,
|
||||
19 He throws me into the mud,
|
||||
and I have become like dust and ashes.
|
||||
|
||||
20. I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me;
|
||||
20 I cry out to you for help, but you do not answer me;
|
||||
when I stand up, you merely look at me.
|
||||
|
||||
21. You have turned against me with cruelty;
|
||||
21 You have turned against me with cruelty;
|
||||
you harass me with your strong hand.
|
||||
|
||||
22. You lift me up on the wind and make me ride it;
|
||||
22 You lift me up on the wind and make me ride it;
|
||||
you scatter me in the storm.
|
||||
|
||||
23. Yes, I know that you will lead me to death--
|
||||
23 Yes, I know that you will lead me to death—
|
||||
the place appointed for all who live.
|
||||
|
||||
24. Yet no one would stretch out his hand
|
||||
24 Yet no one would stretch out his hand
|
||||
against a ruined person
|
||||
when he cries out to him for help
|
||||
because of his distress.
|
||||
|
||||
25. Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?
|
||||
25 Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times?
|
||||
Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
|
||||
|
||||
26. But when I hoped for good, evil came;
|
||||
26 But when I hoped for good, evil came;
|
||||
when I looked for light, darkness came.
|
||||
|
||||
27. I am churning within and cannot rest;
|
||||
27 I am churning within and cannot rest;
|
||||
days of suffering confront me.
|
||||
|
||||
28. I walk about blackened, but not by the sun.
|
||||
28 I walk about blackened, but not by the sun.
|
||||
I stood in the assembly and cried out for help.
|
||||
|
||||
29. I have become a brother to jackals
|
||||
29 I have become a brother to jackals
|
||||
and a companion of ostriches.
|
||||
|
||||
30. My skin blackens and flakes off,
|
||||
30 My skin blackens and flakes off,
|
||||
and my bones burn with fever.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
31. My lyre is used for mourning
|
||||
and my flute for the sound of weeping.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
31 My lyre is used for mourning
|
||||
and my flute for the sound of weeping.
|
||||
@@ -1,130 +1,85 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 31
|
||||
1. I have made a covenant with my eyes.
|
||||
1 I have made a covenant with my eyes.
|
||||
How then could I look at a young woman?
|
||||
|
||||
2. For what portion would I have from God above,
|
||||
2 For what portion would I have from God above,
|
||||
or what inheritance from the Almighty on high?
|
||||
|
||||
3. Doesn't disaster come to the unjust
|
||||
3 Doesn’t disaster come to the unjust
|
||||
and misfortune to evildoers?
|
||||
|
||||
4. Does he not see my ways
|
||||
4 Does he not see my ways
|
||||
and number all my steps?
|
||||
|
||||
5. If I have walked in falsehood
|
||||
5 If I have walked in falsehood
|
||||
or my foot has rushed to deceit,
|
||||
|
||||
6. let God weigh me on accurate scales,
|
||||
6 let God weigh me on accurate scales,
|
||||
and he will recognize my integrity.
|
||||
|
||||
7. If my step has turned from the way,
|
||||
7 If my step has turned from the way,
|
||||
my heart has followed my eyes,
|
||||
or impurity has stained my hands,
|
||||
|
||||
8. let someone else eat what I have sown,
|
||||
8 let someone else eat what I have sown,
|
||||
and let my crops be uprooted.
|
||||
|
||||
9. If my heart has gone astray over a woman
|
||||
or I have lurked at my neighbor's door,
|
||||
|
||||
10. let my own wife grind grain for another man,
|
||||
and
|
||||
let other men sleep with her.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
11. For that would be a disgrace;
|
||||
9 If my heart has gone astray over a woman
|
||||
or I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,
|
||||
10 let my own wife grind grain for another man,
|
||||
and let other men sleep with her.
|
||||
11 For that would be a disgrace;
|
||||
it would be an iniquity deserving punishment.
|
||||
|
||||
12. For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon;
|
||||
12 For it is a fire that consumes down to Abaddon;
|
||||
it would destroy my entire harvest.
|
||||
|
||||
13. If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants
|
||||
13 If I have dismissed the case of my male or female servants
|
||||
when they made a complaint against me,
|
||||
|
||||
14. what could I do when God stands up to judge?
|
||||
14 what could I do when God stands up to judge?
|
||||
How should I answer him when he calls me to account?
|
||||
|
||||
15. Did not the one who made me in the womb also make them?
|
||||
15 Did not the one who made me in the womb also make them?
|
||||
Did not the same God form us both in the womb?
|
||||
|
||||
16. If I have refused the wishes of the poor
|
||||
or let the widow's eyes go blind,
|
||||
|
||||
17. if I have eaten my few crumbs alone
|
||||
without letting the fatherless eat any of it--
|
||||
|
||||
18. for from my youth, I raised him as his father,
|
||||
and since the day I was born I guided the widow--
|
||||
|
||||
19. if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing
|
||||
16 If I have refused the wishes of the poor
|
||||
or let the widow’s eyes go blind,
|
||||
17 if I have eaten my few crumbs alone
|
||||
without letting the fatherless eat any of it—
|
||||
18 for from my youth, I raised him as his father,
|
||||
and since the day I was born I guided the widow—
|
||||
19 if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing
|
||||
or a needy person without a cloak,
|
||||
|
||||
20. if he did not bless me
|
||||
20 if he did not bless me
|
||||
while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,
|
||||
|
||||
21. if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child
|
||||
21 if I ever cast my vote against a fatherless child
|
||||
when I saw that I had support in the city gate,
|
||||
|
||||
22. then let my shoulder blade fall from my back,
|
||||
22 then let my shoulder blade fall from my back,
|
||||
and my arm be pulled from its socket.
|
||||
|
||||
23. For disaster from God terrifies me,
|
||||
23 For disaster from God terrifies me,
|
||||
and because of his majesty I could not do these things.
|
||||
|
||||
24. If I placed my confidence in gold
|
||||
24 If I placed my confidence in gold
|
||||
or called fine gold my trust,
|
||||
|
||||
25. if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great
|
||||
25 if I have rejoiced because my wealth is great
|
||||
or because my own hand has acquired so much,
|
||||
|
||||
26. if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining
|
||||
26 if I have gazed at the sun when it was shining
|
||||
or at the moon moving in splendor,
|
||||
|
||||
27. so that my heart was secretly enticed
|
||||
27 so that my heart was secretly enticed
|
||||
and I threw them a kiss,
|
||||
|
||||
28. this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment,
|
||||
28 this would also be an iniquity deserving punishment,
|
||||
for I would have denied God above.
|
||||
|
||||
29. Have I rejoiced over my enemy's distress,
|
||||
29 Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
|
||||
or become excited when trouble came his way?
|
||||
|
||||
30. I have not allowed my mouth to sin
|
||||
30 I have not allowed my mouth to sin
|
||||
by asking for his life with a curse.
|
||||
|
||||
31. Haven't the members of my household said,
|
||||
"Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job's table?"
|
||||
|
||||
32. No stranger had to spend the night on the street,
|
||||
31 Haven’t the members of my household said,
|
||||
“Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job’s table?”
|
||||
32 No stranger had to spend the night on the street,
|
||||
for I opened my door to the traveler.
|
||||
|
||||
33. Have I covered my transgressions as others do
|
||||
33 Have I covered my transgressions as others do
|
||||
by hiding my iniquity in my heart
|
||||
|
||||
34. because I greatly feared the crowds
|
||||
34 because I greatly feared the crowds
|
||||
and because the contempt of the clans terrified me,
|
||||
so I grew silent and would not go outside?
|
||||
|
||||
35. If only I had someone to hear my case!
|
||||
35 If only I had someone to hear my case!
|
||||
Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me.
|
||||
Let my Opponent compose his indictment.
|
||||
|
||||
36. I would surely carry it on my shoulder
|
||||
36 I would surely carry it on my shoulder
|
||||
and wear it like a crown.
|
||||
|
||||
37. I would give him an account of all my steps;
|
||||
37 I would give him an account of all my steps;
|
||||
I would approach him like a prince.
|
||||
|
||||
38. If my land cries out against me
|
||||
38 If my land cries out against me
|
||||
and its furrows join in weeping,
|
||||
|
||||
39. if I have consumed its produce without payment
|
||||
39 if I have consumed its produce without payment
|
||||
or shown contempt for its tenants,
|
||||
|
||||
40. then let thorns grow instead of wheat
|
||||
40 then let thorns grow instead of wheat
|
||||
and stinkweed instead of barley.
|
||||
The words of Job are concluded.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
The words of Job are concluded.
|
||||
@@ -1,70 +1,46 @@
|
||||
Elihu's Angry Response
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 32
|
||||
1. So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
|
||||
2. Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite from the family of Ram became angry. He was angry at Job because he had justified himself rather than God.
|
||||
3. He was also angry at Job's three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.
|
||||
|
||||
4. Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were all older than he.
|
||||
5. But when he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he became angry.
|
||||
|
||||
6. So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:
|
||||
1 So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
|
||||
2 Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite from the family of Ram became angry. He was angry at Job because he had justified himself rather than God.
|
||||
3 He was also angry at Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute him and yet had condemned him.
|
||||
4 Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were all older than he.
|
||||
5 But when he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he became angry.
|
||||
6 So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:
|
||||
I am young in years,
|
||||
while you are old;
|
||||
therefore I was timid and afraid
|
||||
to tell you what I know.
|
||||
|
||||
7. I thought that age should speak
|
||||
7 I thought that age should speak
|
||||
and maturity should teach wisdom.
|
||||
|
||||
8. But it is the spirit in a person--
|
||||
the breath from the Almighty--
|
||||
8 But it is the spirit in a person—
|
||||
the breath from the Almighty—
|
||||
that gives anyone understanding.
|
||||
|
||||
9. It is not only the old who are wise
|
||||
9 It is not only the old who are wise
|
||||
or the elderly who understand how to judge.
|
||||
|
||||
10. Therefore I say, "Listen to me.
|
||||
I too will declare what I know."
|
||||
|
||||
11. Look, I waited for your conclusions;
|
||||
10 Therefore I say, “Listen to me.
|
||||
I too will declare what I know.”
|
||||
11 Look, I waited for your conclusions;
|
||||
I listened to your insights
|
||||
as you sought for words.
|
||||
|
||||
12. I paid close attention to you.
|
||||
12 I paid close attention to you.
|
||||
Yet no one proved Job wrong;
|
||||
not one of you refuted his arguments.
|
||||
|
||||
13. So do not claim, "We have found wisdom;
|
||||
let God deal with him, not man."
|
||||
|
||||
14. But Job has not directed his argument to me,
|
||||
13 So do not claim, “We have found wisdom;
|
||||
let God deal with him, not man.”
|
||||
14 But Job has not directed his argument to me,
|
||||
and I will not respond to him with your arguments.
|
||||
|
||||
15. Job's friends are dismayed and can no longer answer;
|
||||
15 Job’s friends are dismayed and can no longer answer;
|
||||
words have left them.
|
||||
|
||||
16. Should I continue to wait now that they are silent,
|
||||
16 Should I continue to wait now that they are silent,
|
||||
now that they stand there and no longer answer?
|
||||
|
||||
17. I too will answer;
|
||||
17 I too will answer;
|
||||
yes, I will tell what I know.
|
||||
|
||||
18. For I am full of words,
|
||||
18 For I am full of words,
|
||||
and my spirit compels me to speak.
|
||||
|
||||
19. My heart is like unvented wine;
|
||||
19 My heart is like unvented wine;
|
||||
it is about to burst like new wineskins.
|
||||
|
||||
20. I must speak so that I can find relief;
|
||||
20 I must speak so that I can find relief;
|
||||
I must open my lips and respond.
|
||||
|
||||
21. I will be partial to no one,
|
||||
21 I will be partial to no one,
|
||||
and I will not give anyone an undeserved title.
|
||||
|
||||
22. For I do not know how to give such titles;
|
||||
otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
22 For I do not know how to give such titles;
|
||||
otherwise, my Maker would remove me in an instant.
|
||||
@@ -1,112 +1,72 @@
|
||||
Elihu Confronts Job
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 33
|
||||
1. But now, Job, pay attention to my speech,
|
||||
1 But now, Job, pay attention to my speech,
|
||||
and listen to all my words.
|
||||
|
||||
2. I am going to open my mouth;
|
||||
2 I am going to open my mouth;
|
||||
my tongue will form words on my palate.
|
||||
|
||||
3. My words come from my upright heart,
|
||||
3 My words come from my upright heart,
|
||||
and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.
|
||||
|
||||
4. The Spirit of God has made me,
|
||||
4 The Spirit of God has made me,
|
||||
and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
5. Refute me if you can.
|
||||
5 Refute me if you can.
|
||||
Prepare your case against me; take your stand.
|
||||
|
||||
6. I am just like you before God;
|
||||
6 I am just like you before God;
|
||||
I was also pinched off from a piece of clay.
|
||||
|
||||
7. Fear of me should not terrify you;
|
||||
7 Fear of me should not terrify you;
|
||||
no pressure from me should weigh you down.
|
||||
|
||||
8. Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
|
||||
8 Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
|
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and I have heard these very words:
|
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|
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9. "I am pure, without transgression;
|
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9 “I am pure, without transgression;
|
||||
I am clean and have no iniquity.
|
||||
|
||||
10. But he finds reasons to oppose me;
|
||||
10 But he finds reasons to oppose me;
|
||||
he regards me as his enemy.
|
||||
|
||||
11. He puts my feet in the stocks;
|
||||
he stands watch over all my paths."
|
||||
|
||||
12. But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter,
|
||||
11 He puts my feet in the stocks;
|
||||
he stands watch over all my paths.”
|
||||
12 But I tell you that you are wrong in this matter,
|
||||
since God is greater than man.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Why do you take him to court
|
||||
13 Why do you take him to court
|
||||
for not answering anything a person asks?
|
||||
|
||||
14. For God speaks time and again,
|
||||
14 For God speaks time and again,
|
||||
but a person may not notice it.
|
||||
|
||||
15. In a dream, a vision in the night,
|
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15 In a dream, a vision in the night,
|
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when deep sleep comes over people
|
||||
as they slumber on their beds,
|
||||
|
||||
16. he uncovers their ears
|
||||
16 he uncovers their ears
|
||||
and terrifies them with warnings,
|
||||
|
||||
17. in order to turn a person from his actions
|
||||
17 in order to turn a person from his actions
|
||||
and suppress the pride of a person.
|
||||
|
||||
18. God spares his soul from the Pit,
|
||||
18 God spares his soul from the Pit,
|
||||
his life from crossing the river of death.
|
||||
|
||||
19. A person may be disciplined on his bed with pain
|
||||
19 A person may be disciplined on his bed with pain
|
||||
and constant distress in his bones,
|
||||
|
||||
20. so that he detests bread,
|
||||
20 so that he detests bread,
|
||||
and his soul despises his favorite food.
|
||||
|
||||
21. His flesh wastes away to nothing,
|
||||
21 His flesh wastes away to nothing,
|
||||
and his unseen bones stick out.
|
||||
|
||||
22. He draws near to the Pit,
|
||||
22 He draws near to the Pit,
|
||||
and his life to the executioners.
|
||||
|
||||
23. If there is an angel on his side,
|
||||
23 If there is an angel on his side,
|
||||
one mediator out of a thousand,
|
||||
to tell a person what is right for him
|
||||
|
||||
24. and to be gracious to him and say,
|
||||
"Spare him from going down to the Pit;
|
||||
I have found a ransom,"
|
||||
|
||||
25. then his flesh will be healthier than in his youth,
|
||||
24 and to be gracious to him and say,
|
||||
“Spare him from going down to the Pit;
|
||||
I have found a ransom,”
|
||||
25 then his flesh will be healthier than in his youth,
|
||||
and he will return to the days of his youthful vigor.
|
||||
|
||||
26. He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
|
||||
26 He will pray to God, and God will delight in him.
|
||||
That person will see his face with a shout of joy,
|
||||
and God will restore his righteousness to him.
|
||||
|
||||
27. He will look at men and say,
|
||||
"I have sinned and perverted what was right;
|
||||
27 He will look at men and say,
|
||||
“I have sinned and perverted what was right;
|
||||
yet I did not get what I deserved.
|
||||
|
||||
28. He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
|
||||
and I will continue to see the light."
|
||||
|
||||
29. God certainly does all these things
|
||||
28 He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit,
|
||||
and I will continue to see the light.”
|
||||
29 God certainly does all these things
|
||||
two or three times to a person
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
30. in order to turn him back from the Pit,
|
||||
30 in order to turn him back from the Pit,
|
||||
so he may shine with the light of life.
|
||||
|
||||
31. Pay attention, Job, and listen to me.
|
||||
31 Pay attention, Job, and listen to me.
|
||||
Be quiet, and I will speak.
|
||||
|
||||
32. But if you have something to say, answer me;
|
||||
32 But if you have something to say, answer me;
|
||||
speak, for I would like to justify you.
|
||||
|
||||
33. If not, then listen to me;
|
||||
be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
33 If not, then listen to me;
|
||||
be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom.
|
||||
@@ -1,124 +1,83 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 34
|
||||
1. Then Elihu continued, saying:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Hear my words, you wise ones,
|
||||
1 Then Elihu continued, saying:
|
||||
2 Hear my words, you wise ones,
|
||||
and listen to me, you knowledgeable ones.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Doesn't the ear test words
|
||||
3 Doesn’t the ear test words
|
||||
as the palate tastes food?
|
||||
|
||||
4. Let us judge for ourselves what is right;
|
||||
4 Let us judge for ourselves what is right;
|
||||
let us decide together what is good.
|
||||
|
||||
5. For Job has declared, "I am righteous,
|
||||
5 For Job has declared, “I am righteous,
|
||||
yet God has deprived me of justice.
|
||||
|
||||
6. Would I lie about my case?
|
||||
6 Would I lie about my case?
|
||||
My wound is incurable,
|
||||
though I am without transgression."
|
||||
|
||||
7. What man is like Job?
|
||||
though I am without transgression.”
|
||||
7 What man is like Job?
|
||||
He drinks derision like water.
|
||||
|
||||
8. He keeps company with evildoers
|
||||
8 He keeps company with evildoers
|
||||
and walks with wicked men.
|
||||
|
||||
9. For he has said, "A man gains nothing
|
||||
when he becomes God's friend."
|
||||
|
||||
10. Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.
|
||||
9 For he has said, “A man gains nothing
|
||||
when he becomes God’s friend.”
|
||||
10 Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.
|
||||
It is impossible for God to do wrong,
|
||||
and for the Almighty to act unjustly.
|
||||
|
||||
11. For he repays a person according to his deeds,
|
||||
11 For he repays a person according to his deeds,
|
||||
and he gives him what his conduct deserves.
|
||||
|
||||
12. Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly
|
||||
12 Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly
|
||||
and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Who gave him authority over the earth?
|
||||
13 Who gave him authority over the earth?
|
||||
Who put him in charge of the entire world?
|
||||
|
||||
14. If he put his mind to it
|
||||
14 If he put his mind to it
|
||||
and withdrew the spirit and breath he gave,
|
||||
|
||||
15. every living thing would perish together
|
||||
15 every living thing would perish together
|
||||
and mankind would return to the dust.
|
||||
|
||||
16. If you have understanding, hear this;
|
||||
16 If you have understanding, hear this;
|
||||
listen to what I have to say.
|
||||
|
||||
17. Could one who hates justice govern the world?
|
||||
17 Could one who hates justice govern the world?
|
||||
Will you condemn the mighty Righteous One,
|
||||
|
||||
18. who says to a king, "Worthless man!"
|
||||
and to nobles, "Wicked men!"?
|
||||
|
||||
19. God is not partial to princes
|
||||
18 who says to a king, “Worthless man!”
|
||||
and to nobles, “Wicked men!”?
|
||||
19 God is not partial to princes
|
||||
and does not favor the rich over the poor,
|
||||
for they are all the work of his hands.
|
||||
|
||||
20. They die suddenly in the middle of the night;
|
||||
20 They die suddenly in the middle of the night;
|
||||
people shudder, then pass away.
|
||||
Even the mighty are removed without effort.
|
||||
|
||||
21. For his eyes watch over a man's ways,
|
||||
21 For his eyes watch over a man’s ways,
|
||||
and he observes all his steps.
|
||||
|
||||
22. There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
|
||||
22 There is no darkness, no deep darkness,
|
||||
where evildoers can hide.
|
||||
|
||||
23. God does not need to examine a person further,
|
||||
23 God does not need to examine a person further,
|
||||
that one should approach him in court.
|
||||
|
||||
24. He shatters the mighty without an investigation
|
||||
24 He shatters the mighty without an investigation
|
||||
and sets others in their place.
|
||||
|
||||
25. Therefore, he recognizes their deeds
|
||||
25 Therefore, he recognizes their deeds
|
||||
and overthrows them by night, and they are crushed.
|
||||
|
||||
26. In full view of the public,
|
||||
26 In full view of the public,
|
||||
he strikes them for their wickedness,
|
||||
|
||||
27. because they turned aside from following him
|
||||
27 because they turned aside from following him
|
||||
and did not understand any of his ways
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
28. but caused the poor to cry out to him,
|
||||
28 but caused the poor to cry out to him,
|
||||
and he heard the outcry of the needy.
|
||||
|
||||
29. But when God is silent, who can declare him guilty?
|
||||
29 But when God is silent, who can declare him guilty?
|
||||
When he hides his face, who can see him?
|
||||
Yet he watches over both individuals and nations,
|
||||
|
||||
30. so that godless men should not rule
|
||||
30 so that godless men should not rule
|
||||
or ensnare the people.
|
||||
|
||||
31. Suppose someone says to God,
|
||||
"I have endured my punishment;
|
||||
31 Suppose someone says to God,
|
||||
“I have endured my punishment;
|
||||
I will no longer act wickedly.
|
||||
|
||||
32. Teach me what I cannot see;
|
||||
if I have done wrong, I won't do it again."
|
||||
|
||||
33. Should God repay you on your terms
|
||||
32 Teach me what I cannot see;
|
||||
if I have done wrong, I won’t do it again.”
|
||||
33 Should God repay you on your terms
|
||||
when you have rejected his?
|
||||
You must choose, not I!
|
||||
So declare what you know.
|
||||
|
||||
34. Reasonable men will say to me,
|
||||
34 Reasonable men will say to me,
|
||||
along with the wise men who hear me,
|
||||
|
||||
35. "Job speaks without knowledge;
|
||||
his words are without insight."
|
||||
|
||||
36. If only Job were tested to the limit,
|
||||
35 “Job speaks without knowledge;
|
||||
his words are without insight.”
|
||||
36 If only Job were tested to the limit,
|
||||
because his answers are like those of wicked men.
|
||||
|
||||
37. For he adds rebellion to his sin;
|
||||
37 For he adds rebellion to his sin;
|
||||
he scornfully claps in our presence,
|
||||
while multiplying his words against God.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
while multiplying his words against God.
|
||||
@@ -1,53 +1,34 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 35
|
||||
1. Then Elihu continued, saying:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Do you think it is just when you say,
|
||||
"I am righteous before God"?
|
||||
|
||||
3. For you ask, "What does it profit you,
|
||||
and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?"
|
||||
|
||||
4. I will answer you
|
||||
1 Then Elihu continued, saying:
|
||||
2 Do you think it is just when you say,
|
||||
“I am righteous before God”?
|
||||
3 For you ask, “What does it profit you,
|
||||
and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?”
|
||||
4 I will answer you
|
||||
and your friends with you.
|
||||
|
||||
5. Look at the heavens and see;
|
||||
5 Look at the heavens and see;
|
||||
gaze at the clouds high above you.
|
||||
|
||||
6. If you sin, how does it affect God?
|
||||
6 If you sin, how does it affect God?
|
||||
If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to him?
|
||||
|
||||
7. If you are righteous, what do you give him,
|
||||
7 If you are righteous, what do you give him,
|
||||
or what does he receive from your hand?
|
||||
|
||||
8. Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,
|
||||
8 Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,
|
||||
and your righteousness, a son of man.
|
||||
|
||||
9. People cry out because of severe oppression;
|
||||
9 People cry out because of severe oppression;
|
||||
they shout for help because of the power of the mighty.
|
||||
|
||||
10. But no one asks, "Where is God my Maker,
|
||||
10 But no one asks, “Where is God my Maker,
|
||||
who provides us with songs in the night,
|
||||
|
||||
11. who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth
|
||||
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?"
|
||||
|
||||
12. There they cry out, but he does not answer,
|
||||
11 who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth
|
||||
and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?”
|
||||
12 There they cry out, but he does not answer,
|
||||
because of the pride of evil people.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries,
|
||||
and the Almighty does not take note of it--
|
||||
|
||||
14. how much less when you complain
|
||||
13 Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries,
|
||||
and the Almighty does not take note of it—
|
||||
14 how much less when you complain
|
||||
that you do not see him,
|
||||
that your case is before him
|
||||
and you are waiting for him.
|
||||
|
||||
15. But now, because God's anger does not punish
|
||||
15 But now, because God’s anger does not punish
|
||||
and he does not pay attention to transgression,
|
||||
|
||||
16. Job opens his mouth in vain
|
||||
and multiplies words without knowledge.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
16 Job opens his mouth in vain
|
||||
and multiplies words without knowledge.
|
||||
@@ -1,109 +1,70 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 36
|
||||
1. Then Elihu continued, saying:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
|
||||
for there is still more to be said on God's behalf.
|
||||
|
||||
3. I will get my knowledge from a distant place
|
||||
1 Then Elihu continued, saying:
|
||||
2 Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
|
||||
for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.
|
||||
3 I will get my knowledge from a distant place
|
||||
and ascribe justice to my Maker.
|
||||
|
||||
4. Indeed, my words are not false;
|
||||
4 Indeed, my words are not false;
|
||||
one who has complete knowledge is with you.
|
||||
|
||||
5. Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one;
|
||||
5 Yes, God is mighty, but he despises no one;
|
||||
he understands all things.
|
||||
|
||||
6. He does not keep the wicked alive,
|
||||
6 He does not keep the wicked alive,
|
||||
but he gives justice to the oppressed.
|
||||
|
||||
7. He does not withdraw his gaze from the righteous,
|
||||
7 He does not withdraw his gaze from the righteous,
|
||||
but he seats them forever with enthroned kings,
|
||||
and they are exalted.
|
||||
|
||||
8. If people are bound with chains
|
||||
8 If people are bound with chains
|
||||
and trapped by the cords of affliction,
|
||||
|
||||
9. God tells them what they have done
|
||||
9 God tells them what they have done
|
||||
and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
|
||||
|
||||
10. He opens their ears to correction
|
||||
10 He opens their ears to correction
|
||||
and tells them to repent from iniquity.
|
||||
|
||||
11. If they listen and serve him,
|
||||
11 If they listen and serve him,
|
||||
they will end their days in prosperity
|
||||
and their years in happiness.
|
||||
|
||||
12. But if they do not listen,
|
||||
12 But if they do not listen,
|
||||
they will cross the river of death
|
||||
and die without knowledge.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
|
||||
13 Those who have a godless heart harbor anger;
|
||||
even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
|
||||
|
||||
14. They die in their youth;
|
||||
14 They die in their youth;
|
||||
their life ends among male cult prostitutes.
|
||||
|
||||
15. God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;
|
||||
15 God rescues the afflicted by their affliction;
|
||||
he instructs them by their torment.
|
||||
|
||||
16. Indeed, he lured you from the jaws of distress
|
||||
16 Indeed, he lured you from the jaws of distress
|
||||
to a spacious and unconfined place.
|
||||
Your table was spread with choice food.
|
||||
|
||||
17. Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;
|
||||
17 Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked;
|
||||
judgment and justice have seized you.
|
||||
|
||||
18. Be careful that no one lures you with riches;
|
||||
18 Be careful that no one lures you with riches;
|
||||
do not let a large ransom lead you astray.
|
||||
|
||||
19. Can your wealth or all your physical exertion
|
||||
19 Can your wealth or all your physical exertion
|
||||
keep you from distress?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
20. Do not long for the night
|
||||
20 Do not long for the night
|
||||
when nations will disappear from their places.
|
||||
|
||||
21. Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
|
||||
21 Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity,
|
||||
for that is why you have been tested by affliction.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Look, God shows himself exalted by his power.
|
||||
|
||||
22 Look, God shows himself exalted by his power.
|
||||
Who is a teacher like him?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
23. Who has appointed his way for him,
|
||||
and who has declared, "You have done wrong"?
|
||||
|
||||
24. Remember that you should praise his work,
|
||||
23 Who has appointed his way for him,
|
||||
and who has declared, “You have done wrong”?
|
||||
24 Remember that you should praise his work,
|
||||
which people have sung about.
|
||||
|
||||
25. All mankind has seen it;
|
||||
25 All mankind has seen it;
|
||||
people have looked at it from a distance.
|
||||
|
||||
26. Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge;
|
||||
26 Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge;
|
||||
the number of his years cannot be counted.
|
||||
|
||||
27. For he makes waterdrops evaporate;
|
||||
27 For he makes waterdrops evaporate;
|
||||
they distill the rain into its mist,
|
||||
|
||||
28. which the clouds pour out
|
||||
28 which the clouds pour out
|
||||
and shower abundantly on mankind.
|
||||
|
||||
29. Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
|
||||
or how the thunder roars from God's pavilion?
|
||||
|
||||
30. See how he spreads his lightning around him
|
||||
29 Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
|
||||
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?
|
||||
30 See how he spreads his lightning around him
|
||||
and covers the depths of the sea.
|
||||
|
||||
31. For he judges the nations with these;
|
||||
31 For he judges the nations with these;
|
||||
he gives food in abundance.
|
||||
|
||||
32. He covers his hands with lightning
|
||||
32 He covers his hands with lightning
|
||||
and commands it to hit its mark.
|
||||
|
||||
33. The thunder declares his presence;
|
||||
the cattle also, the approaching storm.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
33 The thunder declares his presence;
|
||||
the cattle also, the approaching storm.
|
||||
@@ -1,82 +1,54 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 37
|
||||
1. My heart pounds at this
|
||||
1 My heart pounds at this
|
||||
and leaps from my chest.
|
||||
|
||||
2. Just listen to his thunderous voice
|
||||
2 Just listen to his thunderous voice
|
||||
and the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
|
||||
|
||||
3. He lets it loose beneath the entire sky;
|
||||
3 He lets it loose beneath the entire sky;
|
||||
his lightning to the ends of the earth.
|
||||
|
||||
4. Then there comes a roaring sound;
|
||||
4 Then there comes a roaring sound;
|
||||
God thunders with his majestic voice.
|
||||
|
||||
He does not restrain the lightning
|
||||
when his rumbling voice is heard.
|
||||
|
||||
5. God thunders wondrously with his voice;
|
||||
5 God thunders wondrously with his voice;
|
||||
he does great things that we cannot comprehend.
|
||||
|
||||
6. For he says to the snow, "Fall to the earth,"
|
||||
6 For he says to the snow, “Fall to the earth,”
|
||||
and the torrential rains, his mighty torrential rains,
|
||||
|
||||
7. serve as his sign to all mankind,
|
||||
7 serve as his sign to all mankind,
|
||||
so that all men may know his work.
|
||||
|
||||
8. The wild animals enter their lairs
|
||||
8 The wild animals enter their lairs
|
||||
and stay in their dens.
|
||||
|
||||
9. The windstorm comes from its chamber,
|
||||
9 The windstorm comes from its chamber,
|
||||
and the cold from the driving north winds.
|
||||
|
||||
10. Ice is formed by the breath of God,
|
||||
10 Ice is formed by the breath of God,
|
||||
and watery expanses are frozen.
|
||||
|
||||
11. He saturates clouds with moisture;
|
||||
11 He saturates clouds with moisture;
|
||||
he scatters his lightning through them.
|
||||
|
||||
12. They swirl about,
|
||||
12 They swirl about,
|
||||
turning round and round at his direction,
|
||||
accomplishing everything he commands them
|
||||
over the surface of the inhabited world.
|
||||
|
||||
13. He causes this to happen for punishment,
|
||||
13 He causes this to happen for punishment,
|
||||
for his land, or for his faithful love.
|
||||
|
||||
14. Listen to this, Job.
|
||||
Stop and consider God's wonders.
|
||||
|
||||
15. Do you know how God directs his clouds
|
||||
14 Listen to this, Job.
|
||||
Stop and consider God’s wonders.
|
||||
15 Do you know how God directs his clouds
|
||||
or makes their lightning flash?
|
||||
|
||||
16. Do you understand how the clouds float,
|
||||
16 Do you understand how the clouds float,
|
||||
those wonderful works of him who has perfect knowledge?
|
||||
|
||||
17. You whose clothes get hot
|
||||
17 You whose clothes get hot
|
||||
when the south wind brings calm to the land,
|
||||
|
||||
18. can you help God spread out the skies
|
||||
18 can you help God spread out the skies
|
||||
as hard as a cast metal mirror?
|
||||
|
||||
19. Teach us what we should say to him;
|
||||
19 Teach us what we should say to him;
|
||||
we cannot prepare our case because of our darkness.
|
||||
|
||||
20. Should he be told that I want to speak?
|
||||
20 Should he be told that I want to speak?
|
||||
Can a man speak when he is confused?
|
||||
|
||||
21. Now no one can even look at the sun
|
||||
21 Now no one can even look at the sun
|
||||
after a wind has swept through and cleared the sky.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Out of the north he comes, shrouded in a golden glow;
|
||||
22 Out of the north he comes, shrouded in a golden glow;
|
||||
awesome majesty surrounds him.
|
||||
|
||||
23. The Almighty--we cannot reach him--
|
||||
23 The Almighty—we cannot reach him—
|
||||
he is exalted in power!
|
||||
He will not violate justice and abundant righteousness,
|
||||
|
||||
24. therefore, men fear him.
|
||||
He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
24 therefore, men fear him.
|
||||
He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart.
|
||||
@@ -1,132 +1,83 @@
|
||||
The Lord Speaks
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 38
|
||||
1. Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Who is this who obscures my counsel
|
||||
1 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:
|
||||
2 Who is this who obscures my counsel
|
||||
with ignorant words?
|
||||
|
||||
3. Get ready to answer me like a man;
|
||||
3 Get ready to answer me like a man;
|
||||
when I question you, you will inform me.
|
||||
|
||||
4. Where were you when I established the earth?
|
||||
4 Where were you when I established the earth?
|
||||
Tell me, if you have understanding.
|
||||
|
||||
5. Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know!
|
||||
5 Who fixed its dimensions? Certainly you know!
|
||||
Who stretched a measuring line across it?
|
||||
|
||||
6. What supports its foundations?
|
||||
6 What supports its foundations?
|
||||
Or who laid its cornerstone
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
7. while the morning stars sang together
|
||||
7 while the morning stars sang together
|
||||
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
|
||||
|
||||
8. Who enclosed the sea behind doors
|
||||
8 Who enclosed the sea behind doors
|
||||
when it burst from the womb,
|
||||
|
||||
9. when I made the clouds its garment
|
||||
9 when I made the clouds its garment
|
||||
and total darkness its blanket,
|
||||
|
||||
10. when I determined its boundaries
|
||||
10 when I determined its boundaries
|
||||
and put its bars and doors in place,
|
||||
|
||||
11. when I declared, "You may come this far, but no farther;
|
||||
your proud waves stop here"?
|
||||
|
||||
12. Have you ever in your life commanded the morning
|
||||
11 when I declared, “You may come this far, but no farther;
|
||||
your proud waves stop here”?
|
||||
12 Have you ever in your life commanded the morning
|
||||
or assigned the dawn its place,
|
||||
|
||||
13. so it may seize the edges of the earth
|
||||
13 so it may seize the edges of the earth
|
||||
and shake the wicked out of it?
|
||||
|
||||
14. The earth is changed as clay is by a seal;
|
||||
14 The earth is changed as clay is by a seal;
|
||||
its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.
|
||||
|
||||
15. Light is withheld from the wicked,
|
||||
15 Light is withheld from the wicked,
|
||||
and the arm raised in violence is broken.
|
||||
|
||||
16. Have you traveled to the sources of the sea
|
||||
16 Have you traveled to the sources of the sea
|
||||
or walked in the depths of the oceans?
|
||||
|
||||
17. Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
|
||||
17 Have the gates of death been revealed to you?
|
||||
Have you seen the gates of deep darkness?
|
||||
|
||||
18. Have you comprehended the extent of the earth?
|
||||
18 Have you comprehended the extent of the earth?
|
||||
Tell me, if you know all this.
|
||||
|
||||
19. Where is the road to the home of light?
|
||||
19 Where is the road to the home of light?
|
||||
Do you know where darkness lives,
|
||||
|
||||
20. so you can lead it back to its border?
|
||||
20 so you can lead it back to its border?
|
||||
Are you familiar with the paths to its home?
|
||||
|
||||
21. Don't you know? You were already born;
|
||||
21 Don’t you know? You were already born;
|
||||
you have lived so long!
|
||||
|
||||
22. Have you entered the place where the snow is stored?
|
||||
22 Have you entered the place where the snow is stored?
|
||||
Or have you seen the storehouses of hail,
|
||||
|
||||
23. which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,
|
||||
23 which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,
|
||||
for the day of warfare and battle?
|
||||
|
||||
24. What road leads to the place where light is dispersed?
|
||||
24 What road leads to the place where light is dispersed?
|
||||
Where is the source of the east wind that spreads across the earth?
|
||||
|
||||
25. Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain
|
||||
25 Who cuts a channel for the flooding rain
|
||||
or clears the way for lightning,
|
||||
|
||||
26. to bring rain on an uninhabited land,
|
||||
26 to bring rain on an uninhabited land,
|
||||
on a desert with no human life,
|
||||
|
||||
27. to satisfy the parched wasteland
|
||||
27 to satisfy the parched wasteland
|
||||
and cause the grass to sprout?
|
||||
|
||||
28. Does the rain have a father?
|
||||
28 Does the rain have a father?
|
||||
Who fathered the drops of dew?
|
||||
|
||||
29. Whose womb did the ice come from?
|
||||
29 Whose womb did the ice come from?
|
||||
Who gave birth to the frost of heaven
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
30. when water becomes as hard as stone,
|
||||
30 when water becomes as hard as stone,
|
||||
and the surface of the watery depths is frozen?
|
||||
|
||||
31. Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades
|
||||
31 Can you fasten the chains of the Pleiades
|
||||
or loosen the belt of Orion?
|
||||
|
||||
32. Can you bring out the constellations in their season
|
||||
32 Can you bring out the constellations in their season
|
||||
and lead the Bear and her cubs?
|
||||
|
||||
33. Do you know the laws of heaven?
|
||||
33 Do you know the laws of heaven?
|
||||
Can you impose its authority on earth?
|
||||
|
||||
34. Can you command the clouds
|
||||
34 Can you command the clouds
|
||||
so that a flood of water covers you?
|
||||
|
||||
35. Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go?
|
||||
Do they report to you, "Here we are"?
|
||||
|
||||
36. Who put wisdom in the heart
|
||||
35 Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go?
|
||||
Do they report to you, “Here we are”?
|
||||
36 Who put wisdom in the heart
|
||||
or gave the mind understanding?
|
||||
|
||||
37. Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
|
||||
37 Who has the wisdom to number the clouds?
|
||||
Or who can tilt the water jars of heaven
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
38. when the dust hardens like cast metal
|
||||
38 when the dust hardens like cast metal
|
||||
and the clods of dirt stick together?
|
||||
|
||||
39. Can you hunt prey for a lioness
|
||||
39 Can you hunt prey for a lioness
|
||||
or satisfy the appetite of young lions
|
||||
|
||||
40. when they crouch in their dens
|
||||
40 when they crouch in their dens
|
||||
and lie in wait within their lairs?
|
||||
|
||||
41. Who provides the raven's food
|
||||
41 Who provides the raven’s food
|
||||
when its young cry out to God
|
||||
and wander about for lack of food?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
and wander about for lack of food?
|
||||
@@ -1,95 +1,62 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 39
|
||||
1. Do you know when mountain goats give birth?
|
||||
1 Do you know when mountain goats give birth?
|
||||
Have you watched the deer in labor?
|
||||
|
||||
2. Can you count the months they are pregnant
|
||||
2 Can you count the months they are pregnant
|
||||
so you can know the time they give birth?
|
||||
|
||||
3. They crouch down to give birth to their young;
|
||||
3 They crouch down to give birth to their young;
|
||||
they deliver their newborn.
|
||||
|
||||
4. Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field.
|
||||
4 Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field.
|
||||
They leave and do not return.
|
||||
|
||||
5. Who set the wild donkey free?
|
||||
5 Who set the wild donkey free?
|
||||
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
|
||||
|
||||
6. I made the desert its home,
|
||||
6 I made the desert its home,
|
||||
and the salty wasteland its dwelling.
|
||||
|
||||
7. It scoffs at the noise of the village
|
||||
7 It scoffs at the noise of the village
|
||||
and never hears the shouts of a driver.
|
||||
|
||||
8. It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
|
||||
8 It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
|
||||
searching for anything green.
|
||||
|
||||
9. Would the wild ox be willing to serve you?
|
||||
9 Would the wild ox be willing to serve you?
|
||||
Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?
|
||||
|
||||
10. Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness?
|
||||
10 Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness?
|
||||
Will it plow the valleys behind you?
|
||||
|
||||
11. Can you depend on it because its strength is great?
|
||||
11 Can you depend on it because its strength is great?
|
||||
Would you leave it to do your hard work?
|
||||
|
||||
12. Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain
|
||||
12 Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain
|
||||
and bring it to your threshing floor?
|
||||
|
||||
13. The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
|
||||
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork's?
|
||||
|
||||
14. She abandons her eggs on the ground
|
||||
13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
|
||||
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?
|
||||
14 She abandons her eggs on the ground
|
||||
and lets them be warmed in the sand.
|
||||
|
||||
15. She forgets that a foot may crush them
|
||||
15 She forgets that a foot may crush them
|
||||
or that some wild animal may trample them.
|
||||
|
||||
16. She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
|
||||
16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
|
||||
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
|
||||
|
||||
17. For God has deprived her of wisdom;
|
||||
17 For God has deprived her of wisdom;
|
||||
he has not endowed her with understanding.
|
||||
|
||||
18. When she proudly spreads her wings,
|
||||
18 When she proudly spreads her wings,
|
||||
she laughs at the horse and its rider.
|
||||
|
||||
19. Do you give strength to the horse?
|
||||
19 Do you give strength to the horse?
|
||||
Do you adorn his neck with a mane?
|
||||
|
||||
20. Do you make him leap like a locust?
|
||||
20 Do you make him leap like a locust?
|
||||
His proud snorting fills one with terror.
|
||||
|
||||
21. He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
|
||||
21 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
|
||||
he charges into battle.
|
||||
|
||||
22. He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
|
||||
22 He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
|
||||
he does not run from the sword.
|
||||
|
||||
23. A quiver rattles at his side,
|
||||
23 A quiver rattles at his side,
|
||||
along with a flashing spear and a javelin.
|
||||
|
||||
24. He charges ahead with trembling rage;
|
||||
he cannot stand still at the sound of the ram's horn.
|
||||
|
||||
25. When the ram's horn blasts, he snorts defiantly.
|
||||
24 He charges ahead with trembling rage;
|
||||
he cannot stand still at the sound of the ram’s horn.
|
||||
25 When the ram’s horn blasts, he snorts defiantly.
|
||||
He smells the battle from a distance;
|
||||
he hears the officers' shouts and the battle cry.
|
||||
|
||||
26. Does the hawk take flight by your understanding
|
||||
he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.
|
||||
26 Does the hawk take flight by your understanding
|
||||
and spread its wings to the south?
|
||||
|
||||
27. Does the eagle soar at your command
|
||||
27 Does the eagle soar at your command
|
||||
and make its nest on high?
|
||||
|
||||
28. It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;
|
||||
28 It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;
|
||||
its stronghold is on a rocky crag.
|
||||
|
||||
29. From there it searches for prey;
|
||||
29 From there it searches for prey;
|
||||
its eyes penetrate the distance.
|
||||
|
||||
30. Its brood gulps down blood,
|
||||
and where the slain are, it is there.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
30 Its brood gulps down blood,
|
||||
and where the slain are, it is there.
|
||||
@@ -1,75 +1,47 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 40
|
||||
1. The Lord answered Job:
|
||||
|
||||
2. Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
|
||||
1 The Lord answered Job:
|
||||
2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
|
||||
Let him who argues with God give an answer.
|
||||
|
||||
3. Then Job answered the Lord:
|
||||
|
||||
4. I am so insignificant. How can I answer you?
|
||||
3 Then Job answered the Lord:
|
||||
4 I am so insignificant. How can I answer you?
|
||||
I place my hand over my mouth.
|
||||
|
||||
5. I have spoken once, and I will not reply;
|
||||
5 I have spoken once, and I will not reply;
|
||||
twice, but now I can add nothing.
|
||||
|
||||
6. Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
|
||||
|
||||
7. Get ready to answer me like a man;
|
||||
6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:
|
||||
7 Get ready to answer me like a man;
|
||||
when I question you, you will inform me.
|
||||
|
||||
8. Would you really challenge my justice?
|
||||
8 Would you really challenge my justice?
|
||||
Would you declare me guilty to justify yourself?
|
||||
|
||||
9. Do you have an arm like God's?
|
||||
9 Do you have an arm like God’s?
|
||||
Can you thunder with a voice like his?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
10. Adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
|
||||
10 Adorn yourself with majesty and splendor,
|
||||
and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
|
||||
|
||||
11. Pour out your raging anger;
|
||||
11 Pour out your raging anger;
|
||||
look on every proud person and humiliate him.
|
||||
|
||||
12. Look on every proud person and humble him;
|
||||
12 Look on every proud person and humble him;
|
||||
trample the wicked where they stand.
|
||||
|
||||
13. Hide them together in the dust;
|
||||
13 Hide them together in the dust;
|
||||
imprison them in the grave.
|
||||
|
||||
14. Then I will confess to you
|
||||
14 Then I will confess to you
|
||||
that your own right hand can deliver you.
|
||||
|
||||
15. Look at Behemoth,
|
||||
15 Look at Behemoth,
|
||||
which I made along with you.
|
||||
He eats grass like cattle.
|
||||
|
||||
16. Look at the strength of his back
|
||||
16 Look at the strength of his back
|
||||
and the power in the muscles of his belly.
|
||||
|
||||
17. He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;
|
||||
17 He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;
|
||||
the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.
|
||||
|
||||
18. His bones are bronze tubes;
|
||||
18 His bones are bronze tubes;
|
||||
his limbs are like iron rods.
|
||||
|
||||
19. He is the foremost of God's works;
|
||||
19 He is the foremost of God’s works;
|
||||
only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
|
||||
|
||||
20. The hills yield food for him,
|
||||
20 The hills yield food for him,
|
||||
while all sorts of wild animals play there.
|
||||
|
||||
21. He lies under the lotus plants,
|
||||
21 He lies under the lotus plants,
|
||||
hiding in the protection of marshy reeds.
|
||||
|
||||
22. Lotus plants cover him with their shade;
|
||||
22 Lotus plants cover him with their shade;
|
||||
the willows by the brook surround him.
|
||||
|
||||
23. Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;
|
||||
23 Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;
|
||||
he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.
|
||||
|
||||
24. Can anyone capture him while he looks on,
|
||||
or pierce his nose with snares?
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
24 Can anyone capture him while he looks on,
|
||||
or pierce his nose with snares?
|
||||
@@ -1,108 +1,70 @@
|
||||
# Chapter 41
|
||||
1. Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook
|
||||
1 Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook
|
||||
or tie his tongue down with a rope?
|
||||
|
||||
2. Can you put a cord through his nose
|
||||
2 Can you put a cord through his nose
|
||||
or pierce his jaw with a hook?
|
||||
|
||||
3. Will he beg you for mercy
|
||||
3 Will he beg you for mercy
|
||||
or speak softly to you?
|
||||
|
||||
4. Will he make a covenant with you
|
||||
4 Will he make a covenant with you
|
||||
so that you can take him as a slave forever?
|
||||
|
||||
5. Can you play with him like a bird
|
||||
5 Can you play with him like a bird
|
||||
or put him on a leash for your girls?
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6. Will traders bargain for him
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6 Will traders bargain for him
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or divide him among the merchants?
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7. Can you fill his hide with harpoons
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7 Can you fill his hide with harpoons
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or his head with fishing spears?
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8. Lay a hand on him.
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8 Lay a hand on him.
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You will remember the battle
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and never repeat it!
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9. Any hope of capturing him proves false.
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9 Any hope of capturing him proves false.
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Does a person not collapse at the very sight of him?
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10. No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;
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10 No one is ferocious enough to rouse Leviathan;
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who then can stand against me?
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11. Who confronted me, that I should repay him?
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11 Who confronted me, that I should repay him?
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Everything under heaven belongs to me.
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12. I cannot be silent about his limbs,
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12 I cannot be silent about his limbs,
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his power, and his graceful proportions.
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13. Who can strip off his outer covering?
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13 Who can strip off his outer covering?
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Who can penetrate his double layer of armor?
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14. Who can open his jaws,
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14 Who can open his jaws,
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surrounded by those terrifying teeth?
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15. His pride is in his rows of scales,
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15 His pride is in his rows of scales,
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closely sealed together.
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16. One scale is so close to another
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16 One scale is so close to another
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that no air can pass between them.
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17. They are joined to one another,
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17 They are joined to one another,
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so closely connected they cannot be separated.
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18. His snorting flashes with light,
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18 His snorting flashes with light,
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while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.
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19. Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;
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19 Flaming torches shoot from his mouth;
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fiery sparks fly out!
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20. Smoke billows from his nostrils
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20 Smoke billows from his nostrils
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as from a boiling pot or burning reeds.
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21. His breath sets coals ablaze,
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21 His breath sets coals ablaze,
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and flames pour out of his mouth.
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22. Strength resides in his neck,
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22 Strength resides in his neck,
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and dismay dances before him.
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23. The folds of his flesh are joined together,
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23 The folds of his flesh are joined together,
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solid as metal and immovable.
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24. His heart is as hard as a rock,
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24 His heart is as hard as a rock,
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as hard as a lower millstone!
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25. When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified;
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25 When Leviathan rises, the mighty are terrified;
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they withdraw because of his thrashing.
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26. The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
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26 The sword that reaches him will have no effect,
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nor will a spear, dart, or arrow.
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|
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27. He regards iron as straw,
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27 He regards iron as straw,
|
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and bronze as rotten wood.
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|
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28. No arrow can make him flee;
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28 No arrow can make him flee;
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slingstones become like stubble to him.
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|
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29. A club is regarded as stubble,
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29 A club is regarded as stubble,
|
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and he laughs at the sound of a javelin.
|
||||
|
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30. His undersides are jagged potsherds,
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30 His undersides are jagged potsherds,
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||||
spreading the mud like a threshing sledge.
|
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|
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31. He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
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31 He makes the depths seethe like a cauldron;
|
||||
he makes the sea like an ointment jar.
|
||||
|
||||
32. He leaves a shining wake behind him;
|
||||
32 He leaves a shining wake behind him;
|
||||
one would think the deep had gray hair!
|
||||
|
||||
33. He has no equal on earth--
|
||||
33 He has no equal on earth—
|
||||
a creature devoid of fear!
|
||||
|
||||
34. He surveys everything that is haughty;
|
||||
he is king over all the proud beasts.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
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34 He surveys everything that is haughty;
|
||||
he is king over all the proud beasts.
|
||||
@@ -1,42 +1,24 @@
|
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Job Replies to the Lord
|
||||
|
||||
# Chapter 42
|
||||
1. Then Job replied to the Lord:
|
||||
|
||||
2. I know that you can do anything
|
||||
1 Then Job replied to the Lord:
|
||||
2 I know that you can do anything
|
||||
and no plan of yours can be thwarted.
|
||||
|
||||
3. You asked, "Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?"
|
||||
3 You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?”
|
||||
Surely I spoke about things I did not understand,
|
||||
things too wondrous for me to know.
|
||||
|
||||
4. You said, "Listen now, and I will speak.
|
||||
When I question you, you will inform me."
|
||||
|
||||
5. I had heard reports about you,
|
||||
4 You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.
|
||||
When I question you, you will inform me.”
|
||||
5 I had heard reports about you,
|
||||
but now my eyes have seen you.
|
||||
|
||||
6. Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them;
|
||||
6 Therefore, I reject my words and am sorry for them;
|
||||
I am dust and ashes.
|
||||
|
||||
7. After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.
|
||||
8. Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has."
|
||||
9. Then Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job's prayer.
|
||||
|
||||
God Restores Job
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
10. After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.
|
||||
11. All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold earring.
|
||||
|
||||
12. So the Lord blessed the last part of Job's life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.
|
||||
13. He also had seven sons and three daughters.
|
||||
14. He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.
|
||||
15. No women as beautiful as Job's daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.
|
||||
|
||||
16. Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
|
||||
17. Then Job died, old and full of days.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
7 After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.
|
||||
8 Now take seven bulls and seven rams, go to my servant Job, and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. Then my servant Job will pray for you. I will surely accept his prayer and not deal with you as your folly deserves. For you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”
|
||||
9 Then Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord had told them, and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
|
||||
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and doubled his previous possessions.
|
||||
11 All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the Lord had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold earring.
|
||||
12 So the Lord blessed the last part of Job’s life more than the first. He owned fourteen thousand sheep and goats, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand female donkeys.
|
||||
13 He also had seven sons and three daughters.
|
||||
14 He named his first daughter Jemimah, his second Keziah, and his third Keren-happuch.
|
||||
15 No women as beautiful as Job’s daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance with their brothers.
|
||||
16 Job lived 140 years after this and saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
|
||||
17 Then Job died, old and full of days.
|
||||
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