Job 25-27
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Bildad Says Man Is Inferior
25 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
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“Dominion and awe belong to God;
He establishes peace and order in His high places.
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“Is there any number to His [vast celestial] armies?
And upon whom does His light not rise?
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“How then can man be justified and righteous with God?
Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean?(A)
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“Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]
And the stars are not pure in His sight,
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How much less man, that maggot,
And the son of man, that worm!”
Job Rebukes Bildad
26 But Job answered and said,
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“What a help you are to the weak (powerless)!
How you have saved the arm that is without strength!
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“How you have counseled the one who has no wisdom!
And how abundantly you have provided sound wisdom and helpful insight!
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“To whom have you uttered [these] words?
And whose spirit [inspired what] came forth from you?
The Greatness of God
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“The spirits of the dead tremble
Underneath the waters and their inhabitants.
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“Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) is naked before God,
And Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes].
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“It is He who spreads out the north over emptiness
And [a]hangs the earth on nothing.
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“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],
And the cloud does not burst under them.
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“He covers the face of the [b]full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.
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“He has inscribed a circular limit (the horizon) on the face of the waters
At the boundary between light and darkness.
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“The pillars of the heavens tremble
And are terrified at His rebuke.
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“He stirred up the sea by His power,
And by His understanding He smashed [proud] [c]Rahab.
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“By His breath the heavens are cleared;
His hand has pierced the [swiftly] fleeing serpent.(B)
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“Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power],
The faintest whisper of His voice!
Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?”
Job Affirms His Righteousness
27 Job continued his discourse and said,
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“As God lives, who has taken away my right and denied me justice,
And the Almighty, who has caused bitterness and grief for my soul,
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As long as my life is within me,
And the breath of God is [still] in my nostrils,
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My lips will not speak unjustly,
Nor will my tongue utter deceit.
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“Far be it from me that I should admit you are right [in your accusations against me];
Until I die, I will not remove my integrity from me.
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“I hold fast my uprightness and my right standing with God and I will not let them go;
My heart does not reproach me for any of my days.
The State of the Godless
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“May my enemy be as the wicked,
And he who rises up against me be as the unrighteous (unjust).
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“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?
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“Will God hear his cry
When trouble and distress come upon him?
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“Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?
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“I will teach you regarding the hand (power) of God;
I will not conceal what is with the Almighty [God’s actual treatment of the wicked].
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“Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you act vainly and foolishly [cherishing worthless concepts]?
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“This [which I am about to explain] is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants and oppressors receive from the Almighty:
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“Though his children are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not have sufficient bread.
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“Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague,
And [their] widows will not be able to weep.
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“Though he heaps up silver like dust
And piles up clothing like clay,
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He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.
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“He builds his house like a spider’s web,
Like a (temporary) hut which a watchman makes.
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“He lies down rich, but never will again;
He opens his eyes, and it is gone.
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“Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly rising] flood;
A windstorm steals him away in the night.
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“The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone;
It sweeps him out of his place.
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“For it will hurl [thunderbolts of God’s wrath] at him unsparingly and without compassion;
He flees in haste from its power.
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“People will clap their hands at him [to mock and ridicule him]
And hiss him out of his place.
Acts 12
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Peter’s Arrest and Escape
12 Now at that time [a]Herod [Agrippa I] the king [of the Jews] arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to harm them. 2 And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword; 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to have Peter arrested as well. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread [the Passover week]. 4 When he had seized Peter, he put him in prison, turning him over to four squads of soldiers of four each to guard him [in rotation throughout the night], planning after the Passover to bring him out before the people [for execution]. 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but fervent and persistent prayer for him was being made to God by the church.
6 The very night before Herod was to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries were in front of the door guarding the prison. 7 Suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared [beside him] and a light shone in the cell. The angel struck Peter’s side and awakened him, saying, “Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off his hands. 8 The angel said to him, “Prepare yourself and strap on your sandals [to get ready for whatever may happen].” And he did so. Then the angel told him, “Put on your robe and follow me.” 9 And Peter went out following the angel. He did not realize that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. 10 When they had passed the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city. Of its own accord it swung open for them; and they went out and went along one street, and at once the angel left him. 11 When Peter came to his senses, he said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and has rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting [to do to me].” 12 When he realized what had happened, he went to the house of [b]Mary the mother of John, who was also called [c]Mark, where many [believers] were gathered together and were praying continually [and had been praying all night]. 13 When he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14 Recognizing Peter’s voice, in her joy she failed to open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gateway. 15 They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, “It is his angel!”(A) 16 But [meanwhile] Peter continued knocking; and when they opened the door and saw him, they were completely amazed. 17 But motioning to them with his hand to be quiet and listen, he described how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, “Report these things to [d]James and the brothers and sisters.” Then he left and went to another place.
18 Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. 19 When Herod had searched for him and could not find him, he interrogated the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea [Maritima] and spent some time there.
Death of Herod
20 Now Herod [Agrippa I] was [e]extremely angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and their delegates came to him in a united group, and after persuading Blastus, [f]the king’s chamberlain [to support their cause], they asked for peace, because their country was fed by [imports of grain and other goods from] the king’s country. 21 On an appointed day Herod dressed himself in his [g]royal robes, sat on his throne (tribunal, rostrum) and began delivering a speech to the people. 22 The assembled people kept shouting, “It is the voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 And at once an angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give God the glory [and instead permitted himself to be worshiped], and [h]he was eaten by worms and died [five days later].
24 But the word of the Lord [the good news about salvation through Christ] continued to grow and spread [increasing in effectiveness].
25 Barnabas and Saul came back [i]from Jerusalem when they had completed their mission, bringing with them John, who was also called Mark.(B)
Notas al pie
- Acts 12:1 I.e. Herod Agrippa I was the grandson of Herod the Great. Since he was of Hasmonean descent he was partly Jewish.
- Acts 12:12 According to Col 4:10 this Mary was the aunt of Barnabas, so her son John Mark and Barnabas were cousins.
- Acts 12:12 John Mark wrote the Gospel of Mark.
- Acts 12:17 James, the oldest of the Lord’s half brothers, was the leader of the Jerusalem church and wrote the Letter of James.
- Acts 12:20 Nothing is known about the reason for Herod’s hatred. It may have had something to do with competition between Caesarea Maritima and the two northern cities, since all three were major sea ports.
- Acts 12:20 I.e. a trusted, highly regarded chief officer.
- Acts 12:21 The Jewish historian Josephus describes this as a glittering silver garment.
- Acts 12:23 Herod’s painful death over a five day period in a.d. 44 is recorded by Josephus, the Jewish historian.
- Acts 12:25 Two early mss read to Jerusalem.
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