Job 33
New American Standard Bible 1995
Elihu Claims to Speak for God
33 “However now, Job, please (A)hear my speech,
And listen to all my words.
2 “Behold now, I open my mouth,
My tongue in my [a]mouth speaks.
3 “My words are from the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips speak (B)knowledge sincerely.
4 “The (C)Spirit of God has made me,
And the (D)breath of [b]the Almighty gives me life.
5 “(E)Refute me if you can;
Array yourselves before me, take your stand.
6 “Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been [c]formed out of the (F)clay.
7 “Behold, (G)no fear of me should terrify you,
Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you.
8 “Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your words:
9 ‘I am (H)pure, (I)without transgression;
I am innocent and there (J)is no guilt in me.
10 ‘Behold, He [d]invents pretexts against me;
He (K)counts me as His enemy.
11 ‘He (L)puts my feet in the stocks;
He watches all my paths.’
12 “Behold, let me [e]tell you, (M)you are not right in this,
For God is greater than man.
13 “Why do you (N)complain against Him
That He does not give an account of all His doings?
14 “Indeed (O)God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.
15 “In a (P)dream, a vision of the night,
When sound sleep falls on men,
While they slumber in their beds,
16 Then (Q)He opens the ears of men,
And seals their instruction,
17 That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And [f]keep man from pride;
18 He (R)keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from [g]passing over (S)into Sheol.
19 “[h]Man is also chastened with (T)pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones;
20 So that his life (U)loathes bread,
And his soul favorite food.
21 “His (V)flesh wastes away from sight,
And his (W)bones which were not seen stick out.
22 “Then (X)his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.
23 “If there is an angel as (Y)mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a man what is [i]right for him,
24 Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
‘Deliver him from (Z)going down to the pit,
I have found a (AA)ransom’;
25 Let his flesh become fresher than in youth,
Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor;
26 Then he will (AB)pray to God, and He will accept him,
That (AC)he may see His face with joy,
And He may restore His righteousness to man.
27 “He will sing to men and say,
‘I (AD)have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not (AE)proper for me.
28 ‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life shall (AF)see the light.’
29 “Behold, God does (AG)all these [j]oftentimes with men,
30 To (AH)bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.
31 “Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;
Keep silent, and let me speak.
32 “Then if [k]you have anything to say, answer me;
Speak, for I desire to justify you.
33 “If not, (AI)listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
Proverbs 3:27-35
New American Standard Bible 1995
27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in your power to do it.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.
29 (C)Do not devise harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.
30 (D)Do not contend with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.
31 (E)Do not envy a man of violence
And do not choose any of his ways.
32 For the (F)devious are an abomination to the Lord;
But [b]He is (G)intimate with the upright.
33 The (H)curse of the Lord is on the house of the wicked,
But He (I)blesses the dwelling of the righteous.
34 Though (J)He scoffs at the scoffers,
Yet (K)He gives grace to the afflicted.
35 (L)The wise will inherit honor,
But fools [c]display dishonor.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners
- Proverbs 3:32 Lit His private counsel is
- Proverbs 3:35 Lit raise high
Luke 7:1-23
New American Standard Bible 1995
Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
7 (A)When He had completed all His discourse in the hearing of the people, (B)He went to Capernaum.
2 And a centurion’s slave, [a]who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die. 3 When he heard about Jesus, (C)he sent some [b]Jewish elders asking Him to come and [c]save the life of his slave. 4 When they came to Jesus, they earnestly implored Him, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this to him; 5 for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue.” 6 Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, “[d]Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof; 7 for this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just [e]say the word, and my [f]servant will be healed. 8 For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.” 9 Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, “I say to you, (D)not even in Israel have I found such great faith.” 10 When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.
11 Soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, [g]accompanied by a large crowd. 12 Now as He approached the gate of the city, [h]a dead man was being carried out, the [i]only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her. 13 When (E)the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, “[j]Do not weep.” 14 And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise!” 15 The [k]dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother. 16 (F)Fear gripped them all, and they began (G)glorifying God, saying, “A great (H)prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has [l]visited His people!” 17 (I)This report concerning Him went out all over Judea and in all the surrounding district.
A Deputation from John
18 (J)The disciples of John reported to him about all these things. 19 Summoning [m]two of his disciples, John sent them to (K)the Lord, saying, “Are You the [n]Expected One, or do we look for someone else?” 20 When the men came to Him, they said, “John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, ‘Are You the [o]Expected One, or do we look for someone else?’” 21 At that [p]very time He (L)cured many people of diseases and (M)afflictions and evil spirits; and He gave sight to many who were blind. 22 And He answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the (N)blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the (O)poor have the gospel preached to them. 23 Blessed is he [q]who does not take offense at Me.”
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Luke 7:2 Lit to whom he was honorable
- Luke 7:3 Lit elders of the Jews
- Luke 7:3 Lit bring safely through, rescue
- Luke 7:6 Or Sir
- Luke 7:7 Lit say with a word
- Luke 7:7 Or boy
- Luke 7:11 Lit and
- Luke 7:12 Lit one who had died
- Luke 7:12 Or only begotten
- Luke 7:13 Or Stop weeping
- Luke 7:15 Or corpse
- Luke 7:16 Or cared for
- Luke 7:19 Lit a certain two
- Luke 7:19 Lit Coming One
- Luke 7:20 Lit Coming One
- Luke 7:21 Lit hour
- Luke 7:23 Lit whoever
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