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Job 24:13-26:14
New International Version
Job 24:13-26:14
New International Version
13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(A)
who do not know its ways
or stay in its paths.(B)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
kills(C) the poor and needy,(D)
and in the night steals forth like a thief.(E)
15 The eye of the adulterer(F) watches for dusk;(G)
he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(H)
and he keeps his face concealed.
16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,(I)
but by day they shut themselves in;
they want nothing to do with the light.(J)
17 For all of them, midnight is their morning;
they make friends with the terrors(K) of darkness.(L)
18 “Yet they are foam(M) on the surface of the water;(N)
their portion of the land is cursed,(O)
so that no one goes to the vineyards.(P)
19 As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,(Q)
so the grave(R) snatches away those who have sinned.
20 The womb forgets them,
the worm(S) feasts on them;(T)
the wicked are no longer remembered(U)
but are broken like a tree.(V)
21 They prey on the barren and childless woman,
and to the widow they show no kindness.(W)
22 But God drags away the mighty by his power;(X)
though they become established,(Y) they have no assurance of life.(Z)
23 He may let them rest in a feeling of security,(AA)
but his eyes(AB) are on their ways.(AC)
24 For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;(AD)
they are brought low and gathered up like all others;(AE)
they are cut off like heads of grain.(AF)
25 “If this is not so, who can prove me false
and reduce my words to nothing?”(AG)
Bildad
25 Then Bildad the Shuhite(AH) replied:
2 “Dominion and awe belong to God;(AI)
he establishes order in the heights of heaven.(AJ)
3 Can his forces be numbered?
On whom does his light not rise?(AK)
4 How then can a mortal be righteous before God?
How can one born of woman be pure?(AL)
5 If even the moon(AM) is not bright
and the stars are not pure in his eyes,(AN)
6 how much less a mortal, who is but a maggot—
a human being,(AO) who is only a worm!”(AP)
Job
26 Then Job replied:
2 “How you have helped the powerless!(AQ)
How you have saved the arm that is feeble!(AR)
3 What advice you have offered to one without wisdom!
And what great insight(AS) you have displayed!
4 Who has helped you utter these words?
And whose spirit spoke from your mouth?(AT)
5 “The dead are in deep anguish,(AU)
those beneath the waters and all that live in them.
6 The realm of the dead(AV) is naked before God;
Destruction[a](AW) lies uncovered.(AX)
7 He spreads out the northern skies(AY) over empty space;
he suspends the earth over nothing.(AZ)
8 He wraps up the waters(BA) in his clouds,(BB)
yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.
9 He covers the face of the full moon,
spreading his clouds(BC) over it.
10 He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters(BD)
for a boundary between light and darkness.(BE)
11 The pillars of the heavens quake,(BF)
aghast at his rebuke.
12 By his power he churned up the sea;(BG)
by his wisdom(BH) he cut Rahab(BI) to pieces.
13 By his breath the skies(BJ) became fair;
his hand pierced the gliding serpent.(BK)
14 And these are but the outer fringe of his works;
how faint the whisper(BL) we hear of him!(BM)
Who then can understand the thunder of his power?”(BN)
Footnotes
- Job 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon
Job 24:13-26:14
King James Version
Job 24:13-26:14
King James Version
13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
25 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places.
3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise?
4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?
5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.
6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
26 But Job answered and said,
2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?
5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof.
6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.
10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof.
12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud.
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent.
14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
1 Corinthians 1:1-17
New International Version
1 Corinthians 1:1-17
New International Version
1 Paul, called to be an apostle(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,(B) and our brother Sosthenes,(C)
2 To the church of God(D) in Corinth,(E) to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called(F) to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name(G) of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:
3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(H)
Thanksgiving
4 I always thank my God for you(I) because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5 For in him you have been enriched(J) in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge(K)— 6 God thus confirming our testimony(L) about Christ among you. 7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift(M) as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.(N) 8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless(O) on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.(P) 9 God is faithful,(Q) who has called you(R) into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.(S)
A Church Divided Over Leaders
10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a](T) in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you,(U) but that you be perfectly united(V) in mind and thought. 11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe’s household(W) have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 12 What I mean is this: One of you says, “I follow Paul”;(X) another, “I follow Apollos”;(Y) another, “I follow Cephas[b]”;(Z) still another, “I follow Christ.”
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?(AA) 14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus(AB) and Gaius,(AC) 15 so no one can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (Yes, I also baptized the household(AD) of Stephanas;(AE) beyond that, I don’t remember if I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize,(AF) but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom(AG) and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.
- 1 Corinthians 1:12 That is, Peter
1 Corinthians 1:1-17
King James Version
1 Corinthians 1:1-17
King James Version
1 Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother,
2 Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's:
3 Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
4 I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;
5 That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;
6 Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
7 So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
8 Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
10 Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
12 Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ.
13 Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul?
14 I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius;
15 Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name.
16 And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other.
17 For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect.
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