Job 14-16
English Standard Version
Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
14 “Man who is (A)born of a woman
is (B)few of days and (C)full of trouble.
2 He comes out like (D)a flower and (E)withers;
he flees like (F)a shadow and continues not.
3 And do you (G)open your eyes on such a one
and (H)bring me into judgment with you?
4 Who can bring (I)a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
5 Since his (J)days are determined,
and (K)the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
6 (L)look away from him and leave him alone,[a]
that he may enjoy, like (M)a hired hand, his day.
7 “For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
8 Though its root grow old in the earth,
and (N)its stump die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put out (O)branches like a young plant.
10 But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, and (P)where is he?
11 (Q)As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
12 so a man lies down and rises not again;
till (R)the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be (S)roused out of his sleep.
13 Oh that you would (T)hide me in (U)Sheol,
that you would (V)conceal me (W)until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my (X)service I would (Y)wait,
till my renewal[b] should come.
15 You would (Z)call, and I would answer you;
you would long for the (AA)work of your hands.
16 For then you would (AB)number my steps;
you would not keep (AC)watch over my sin;
17 my transgression would be (AD)sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.
18 “But the mountain falls and (AE)crumbles away,
and (AF)the rock is removed from its place;
19 the waters wear away the stones;
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes;
you change his countenance, and send him away.
21 His sons come to honor, and he (AG)does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
22 He feels only the pain of his own body,
and he mourns only for himself.”
Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God
15 Then (AH)Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Should (AI)a wise man answer with (AJ)windy knowledge,
and fill his (AK)belly with (AL)the east wind?
3 Should he argue in unprofitable talk,
or in words with which he can do no good?
4 But you are doing away with the fear of God[c]
and hindering meditation before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Your (AM)own mouth condemns you, and not I;
(AN)your own lips testify against you.
7 (AO)“Are you the first man who was born?
Or (AP)were you brought forth (AQ)before the hills?
8 Have you listened in (AR)the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 (AS)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10 (AT)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
older than your father.
11 Are the comforts of God too small for you,
or the word that deals gently with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
13 that you turn your (AU)spirit against God
and bring such words out of your mouth?
14 (AV)What is man, (AW)that he can be pure?
Or he who is (AX)born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
15 Behold, God[d] (AY)puts no trust in his (AZ)holy ones,
and the heavens are not pure in his sight;
16 (BA)how much less one who is abominable and (BB)corrupt,
a man who (BC)drinks injustice like water!
17 “I will show you; hear me,
and what I have seen I will declare
18 (what wise men have told,
without hiding it (BD)from their fathers,
19 to whom alone the land was given,
and no (BE)stranger passed among them).
20 The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
through all the (BF)years that are laid up for (BG)the ruthless.
21 (BH)Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
in (BI)prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will return out of darkness,
and he is marked for the sword.
23 He (BJ)wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
24 distress and anguish terrify him;
they (BK)prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God
and defies the Almighty,
26 (BL)running (BM)stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;
27 because he has (BN)covered his face with his fat
and gathered fat upon his waist
28 and has lived in desolate cities,
in houses that none should inhabit,
which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
29 he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure,
nor will his possessions spread over the earth;[e]
30 he will not depart from darkness;
the flame will dry up his shoots,
and by (BO)the breath of his mouth he will depart.
31 Let him not (BP)trust in emptiness, deceiving himself,
for emptiness will be his payment.
32 It will be paid in full (BQ)before his time,
and his branch will not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine,
and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
34 For (BR)the company of the godless is barren,
and (BS)fire consumes the tents of bribery.
35 They (BT)conceive trouble and give birth to evil,
and their (BU)womb prepares deceit.”
Job Replies: Miserable Comforters Are You
16 Then Job answered and said:
2 “I have heard (BV)many such things;
(BW)miserable comforters are you all.
3 Shall (BX)windy words have an end?
Or what provokes you that you answer?
4 I also could speak as you do,
if you were in my place;
I could join words together against you
and (BY)shake my head at you.
5 I could strengthen you with my mouth,
and the solace of my lips would assuage your pain.
6 “If I speak, my pain is not assuaged,
and if I forbear, how much of it leaves me?
7 Surely now God has worn me out;
(BZ)he has[f] made desolate all my company.
8 And he has shriveled me up,
which is (CA)a witness against me,
and my (CB)leanness has risen up against me;
it testifies to my face.
9 He has (CC)torn me in his wrath (CD)and hated me;
he has (CE)gnashed his teeth at me;
my adversary sharpens his eyes against me.
10 Men have (CF)gaped at me with their mouth;
they have (CG)struck me insolently on the cheek;
they (CH)mass themselves together against me.
11 God gives me up to the ungodly
and casts me into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, and he broke me apart;
he seized me by the neck and dashed me to pieces;
he set me up as his (CI)target;
13 his (CJ)archers surround me.
He slashes open my kidneys (CK)and does not spare;
he (CL)pours out my gall on the ground.
14 He breaks me with (CM)breach upon breach;
he (CN)runs upon me like a warrior.
15 I have sewed (CO)sackcloth upon my skin
and have laid (CP)my strength (CQ)in the dust.
16 My face is red with weeping,
and on my eyelids is (CR)deep darkness,
17 although there is no (CS)violence in my hands,
and my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, (CT)cover not my blood,
and let my (CU)cry find no resting place.
19 Even now, behold, my (CV)witness is in heaven,
and he who testifies for me is (CW)on high.
20 My friends (CX)scorn me;
my eye pours out tears to God,
21 that he would (CY)argue the case of a man with God,
as[g] a son of man does with his neighbor.
22 For when a few years have come
I shall go the way (CZ)from which I shall not return.
Acts 9:22-43
English Standard Version
22 But Saul (A)increased all the more in strength, and (B)confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving (C)that Jesus was the Christ.
Saul Escapes from Damascus
23 (D)When many days had passed, the Jews[a] plotted to kill him, 24 but their (E)plot became known to Saul. (F)They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, 25 but his disciples took him by night and (G)let him down through an opening in the wall,[b] lowering him in a basket.
Saul in Jerusalem
26 And (H)when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. 27 But (I)Barnabas took him and (J)brought him to the apostles and declared to them (K)how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and (L)how at Damascus he had (M)preached boldly in the name of Jesus. 28 So he went (N)in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 And he spoke and disputed against (O)the Hellenists.[c] But (P)they were seeking to kill him. 30 And when (Q)the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off (R)to Tarsus.
31 So (S)the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And (T)walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, (U)it multiplied.
The Healing of Aeneas
32 Now (V)as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed. 34 And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, (W)Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.” And immediately he rose. 35 (X)And all the residents of Lydda and (Y)Sharon saw him, and (Z)they turned to the Lord.
Dorcas Restored to Life
36 Now there was in (AA)Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas.[d] She was full of (AB)good works and acts of charity. 37 In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in (AC)an upper room. 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, (AD)“Please come to us without delay.” 39 So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to (AE)the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics[e] and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them. 40 But Peter (AF)put them all outside, and (AG)knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body (AH)he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. 41 And he gave her his hand and raised her up. Then, calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive. 42 And it became known throughout all Joppa, and (AI)many believed in the Lord. 43 And he stayed in Joppa for many days (AJ)with one Simon, a tanner.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Acts 9:23 The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
- Acts 9:25 Greek through the wall
- Acts 9:29 That is, Greek-speaking Jews
- Acts 9:36 The Aramaic name Tabitha and the Greek name Dorcas both mean gazelle
- Acts 9:39 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
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