Ephesians 6

English Standard Version

Children and Parents

6 ^(A)Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ²^(B)“Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), ³“that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” ⁴Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, ^(C)but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

Bondservants and Masters

⁵^(D)Bondservants,^[a] obey your earthly masters^[b] with fear and trembling, ^(E)with a sincere heart, ^(F)as you would Christ, ⁶not by the way of eye-service, as ^(G)people-pleasers, but as bondservants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart, ⁷rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man, ⁸^(H)knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, ^(I)whether he is a bondservant or is free. ⁹Masters, do the same to them, ^(J)and stop your threatening, knowing that ^(K)he who is both their Master^[c] and yours is in heaven, and that ^(L)there is no partiality with him.

The Whole Armor of God

¹⁰Finally, ^(M)be strong in the Lord and in ^(N)the strength of his might. ¹¹^(O)Put on ^(P)the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against ^(Q)the schemes of the devil. ¹²For ^(R)we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against ^(S)the rulers, against the authorities, against ^(T)the cosmic powers over ^(U)this present darkness, against ^(V)the spiritual forces of evil ^(W)in the heavenly places. ¹³Therefore ^(X)take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in ^(Y)the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. ¹⁴Stand therefore, ^(Z)having fastened on the belt of truth, and ^(AA)having put on the breastplate of righteousness, ¹⁵and, ^(AB)as shoes for your feet, having put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace. ¹⁶In all circumstances take up ^(AC)the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all ^(AD)the flaming darts of ^(AE)the evil one; ¹⁷and take ^(AF)the helmet of salvation, and ^(AG)the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, ¹⁸praying ^(AH)at all times ^(AI)in the Spirit, ^(AJ)with all prayer and supplication. To that end, ^(AK)keep alert with all perseverance, making ^(AL)supplication for all the saints, ¹⁹and ^(AM)also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth ^(AN)boldly to proclaim ^(AO)the mystery of the gospel, ²⁰for which I ^(AP)am an ambassador ^(AQ)in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

Final Greetings

²¹^(AR)So that you also may know how I am and what I am doing, ^(AS)Tychicus the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord will tell you everything. ²²I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are, and that he may ^(AT)encourage your hearts.

²³^(AU)Peace be to the brothers,^[d] and ^(AV)love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. ²⁴Grace be with all who ^(AW)love our Lord Jesus Christ with love incorruptible.

Footnotes

Ephesians 6:5 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface; also verse 6; likewise for bondservant in verse 8
Ephesians 6:5 Or your masters according to the flesh
Ephesians 6:9 Greek Lord
Ephesians 6:23 Or brothers and sisters

Job 35-36

English Standard Version

Elihu Condemns Job

35 And Elihu answered and said:

²“Do you think this to be just?
    Do you say, ^(A)‘It is my right before God,’
³that you ask, ^(B)‘What advantage have I?
    How am I better off than if I had sinned?’
⁴I will answer you
    and ^(C)your friends with you.
⁵^(D)Look at the heavens, and see;
    and behold the clouds, which are higher than you.
⁶If you have sinned, ^(E)what do you accomplish against him?
    And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him?
⁷^(F)If you are righteous, what do you give to him?
    Or what does he receive from your hand?
⁸Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,
    and your righteousness ^(G)a son of man.

⁹“Because of the multitude of ^(H)oppressions people ^(I)cry out;
    they call for help because of the arm of ^(J)the mighty.^[a]
¹⁰But none says, ‘Where is God my ^(K)Maker,
    who gives ^(L)songs in the night,
¹¹who teaches us ^(M)more than the beasts of the earth
    and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’
¹²There they ^(N)cry out, but he does not answer,
    because of the pride of evil men.
¹³Surely God does not hear an empty cry,
    nor does the Almighty regard it.
¹⁴How much less when you say that you ^(O)do not see him,
    that the case is before him, and you are ^(P)waiting for him!
¹⁵And now, because ^(Q)his anger does not punish,
    and he does not take much note of transgression,^[b]
¹⁶Job opens his mouth in empty talk;
    he ^(R)multiplies words ^(S)without knowledge.”

Elihu Extols God's Greatness

36 And Elihu continued, and said:

²“Bear with me a little, and I will show you,
    for I have yet something to say on God's behalf.
³I will get my knowledge from ^(T)afar
    and ascribe ^(U)righteousness to my ^(V)Maker.
⁴For truly my words are not false;
    one who is ^(W)perfect in knowledge is with you.

⁵“Behold, God is mighty, and ^(X)does not despise any;
    he is ^(Y)mighty in strength of understanding.
⁶He does not keep the wicked alive,
    but gives ^(Z)the afflicted their right.
⁷He does not withdraw his ^(AA)eyes from the righteous,
    but with ^(AB)kings on the throne
    he sets them forever, and they are ^(AC)exalted.
⁸And if they are ^(AD)bound in chains
    and caught in the cords of affliction,
⁹then he declares to them their work
    and their transgressions, that they are ^(AE)behaving arrogantly.
¹⁰He ^(AF)opens their ears to instruction
    and commands that they ^(AG)return from iniquity.
¹¹^(AH)If they listen and serve him,
    they ^(AI)complete their days in prosperity,
    and their years in pleasantness.
¹²But if they do not listen, they ^(AJ)perish by the sword
    and die ^(AK)without knowledge.

¹³“The ^(AL)godless in heart cherish anger;
    they do not cry for help when he ^(AM)binds them.
¹⁴They ^(AN)die in youth,
    and their life ends among the cult prostitutes.
¹⁵He delivers ^(AO)the afflicted by their affliction
    and ^(AP)opens their ear by adversity.
¹⁶He also allured you out of distress
    into ^(AQ)a broad place where there was no cramping,
    and what was set on your ^(AR)table was full of ^(AS)fatness.

¹⁷“But you are full of the judgment on the wicked;
    judgment and justice seize you.
¹⁸Beware lest wrath entice you into scoffing,
    and let not the greatness of ^(AT)the ransom turn you aside.
¹⁹Will your ^(AU)cry for help avail to keep you from distress,
    or all the force of your strength?
²⁰Do not long for ^(AV)the night,
    when peoples vanish ^(AW)in their place.
²¹Take care; ^(AX)do not turn to iniquity,
    for this you have chosen rather than affliction.
²²Behold, God is exalted in his power;
    who is ^(AY)a teacher like him?
²³Who has ^(AZ)prescribed for him his way,
    or who can say, ^(BA)‘You have done wrong’?

²⁴“Remember to ^(BB)extol his work,
    of which men have ^(BC)sung.
²⁵All mankind has looked on it;
    man beholds it from afar.
²⁶Behold, God is great, and we ^(BD)know him not;
    the number of his ^(BE)years is unsearchable.
²⁷For he draws up the drops of water;
    they distill his ^(BF)mist in ^(BG)rain,
²⁸which ^(BH)the skies pour down
    and drop on mankind abundantly.
²⁹Can anyone understand ^(BI)the spreading of the clouds,
    the thunderings of his ^(BJ)pavilion?
³⁰Behold, he scatters his lightning about him
    and covers the roots of the sea.
³¹For by these he ^(BK)judges peoples;
    he gives ^(BL)food in abundance.
³²He covers his ^(BM)hands with the lightning
    and commands it to strike the mark.
³³Its crashing declares his presence;^[c]
    the cattle also declare that he rises.

Footnotes

Job 35:9 Or the many
Job 35:15 Theodotion, Symmachus (compare Vulgate); the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Job 36:33 Hebrew declares concerning him