Job 9:1-15

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Job Replies: There Is No Arbiter

9 Then Job answered and said:

²“Truly I know that it is so:
    But how can a man be ^(A)in the right before God?
³If one wished to ^(B)contend with him,
    one could not answer him once in a thousand times.
⁴He is ^(C)wise in heart and mighty in strength
    —who has ^(D)hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—
⁵he who removes mountains, and they know it not,
    when he overturns them in his anger,
⁶who ^(E)shakes the earth out of its place,
    and ^(F)its pillars tremble;
⁷who commands the sun, and it does not rise;
    who seals up the stars;
⁸who alone ^(G)stretched out the heavens
    and trampled the waves of the sea;
⁹who ^(H)made ^(I)the Bear and ^(J)Orion,
    the Pleiades ^(K)and the chambers of the south;
¹⁰who does ^(L)great things beyond searching out,
    and marvelous things beyond number.
¹¹Behold, he passes by me, and I ^(M)see him not;
    he moves on, but I do not perceive him.
¹²Behold, he snatches away; ^(N)who can turn him back?
    ^(O)Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’

¹³“God will not turn back his anger;
    beneath him bowed the helpers of ^(P)Rahab.
¹⁴^(Q)How then can I ^(R)answer him,
    choosing my words with him?
¹⁵^(S)Though I am in the right, I cannot answer him;
    I must ^(T)appeal for mercy to my accuser.^[a]

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Job 9:15 Or to my judge

Job 9:32-35

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³²For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him,
    that we should ^(A)come to trial together.
³³^(B)There is no^[a] arbiter between us,
    who might lay his hand on us both.
³⁴^(C)Let him take his ^(D)rod away from me,
    and let ^(E)not dread of him terrify me.
³⁵Then I would speak without fear of him,
    for I am not so in myself.

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Job 9:33 Or Would that there were an

Acts 10:34-48

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Gentiles Hear the Good News

³⁴So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that ^(A)God ^(B)shows no partiality, ³⁵but ^(C)in every nation anyone who fears him and ^(D)does what is right is acceptable to him. ³⁶As for ^(E)the word that he sent to Israel, ^(F)preaching good news of ^(G)peace through Jesus Christ (^(H)he is Lord of all), ³⁷you yourselves know what happened throughout all Judea, ^(I)beginning ^(J)from Galilee after the baptism that John proclaimed: ³⁸how ^(K)God anointed Jesus of Nazareth ^(L)with the Holy Spirit and with ^(M)power. He went about doing good and healing all ^(N)who were oppressed by the devil, ^(O)for God was with him. ³⁹And ^(P)we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. ^(Q)They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, ⁴⁰but ^(R)God raised him on ^(S)the third day and made him to ^(T)appear, ⁴¹^(U)not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as ^(V)witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. ⁴²And ^(W)he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify ^(X)that he is the one appointed by God to be judge ^(Y)of the living and the dead. ⁴³^(Z)To him ^(AA)all the prophets bear witness that ^(AB)everyone who believes in him receives ^(AC)forgiveness of sins ^(AD)through his name.”

The Holy Spirit Falls on the Gentiles

⁴⁴While Peter was still saying these things, ^(AE)the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. ⁴⁵And the believers from among ^(AF)the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because ^(AG)the gift of the Holy Spirit ^(AH)was poured out even on the Gentiles. ⁴⁶For they were hearing them ^(AI)speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, ⁴⁷^(AJ)“Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit ^(AK)just as we have?” ⁴⁸And he ^(AL)commanded them ^(AM)to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to remain for some days.

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John 7:37-52

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Rivers of Living Water

³⁷^(A)On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, ^(B)“If anyone thirsts, let him ^(C)come to me and drink. ³⁸Whoever believes in me, ^(D)as^[a] the Scripture has said, ^(E)‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of ^(F)living water.’” ³⁹Now ^(G)this he said about the Spirit, ^(H)whom those who believed in him were to receive, ^(I)for as yet the Spirit had not been ^(J)given, ^(K)because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Division Among the People

⁴⁰When they heard these words, ^(L)some of the people said, “This really is ^(M)the Prophet.” ⁴¹Others said, “This is ^(N)the Christ.” But some said, ^(O)“Is the Christ to come from Galilee? ⁴²Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes ^(P)from the offspring of David, and comes ^(Q)from Bethlehem, the village ^(R)where David was?” ⁴³So there was ^(S)a division among the people over him. ⁴⁴^(T)Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him.

⁴⁵^(U)The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, “Why did you not bring him?” ⁴⁶The officers answered, ^(V)“No one ever spoke like this man!” ⁴⁷The Pharisees answered them, ^(W)“Have you also been deceived? ⁴⁸^(X)Have any of the authorities or the Pharisees believed in him? ⁴⁹But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.” ⁵⁰^(Y)Nicodemus, who had gone to him before, and who was one of them, said to them, ⁵¹^(Z)“Does our law judge a man without first ^(AA)giving him a hearing and learning what he does?” ⁵²They replied, ^(AB)“Are you from Galilee too? Search and see that ^(AC)no prophet arises from Galilee.”