Job 38:1-21

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The Lord Answers Job

38 Then the Lord ^(A)answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

²“Who is this that ^(B)darkens counsel by words ^(C)without knowledge?
³^(D)Dress for action^[a] like a man;
I will question you, and you make it known to me.

⁴“Where were you when I ^(E)laid the foundation of the earth?
    Tell me, if you have understanding.
⁵Who determined its measurements—surely you know!
    Or who stretched the line upon it?
⁶On what were its bases sunk,
    or who laid its cornerstone,
⁷when the morning stars ^(F)sang together
    and all ^(G)the sons of God ^(H)shouted for joy?

⁸“Or who ^(I)shut in the sea with doors
    when it burst out from the womb,
⁹when I made clouds its garment
    and ^(J)thick darkness its swaddling band,
¹⁰and prescribed ^(K)limits for it
    and set bars and doors,
¹¹and said, ‘Thus far shall you come, and no farther,
    and here shall your ^(L)proud waves be stayed’?

¹²“Have you ^(M)commanded the morning since your days began,
    and caused the dawn to know its place,
¹³that it might take hold of ^(N)the skirts of the earth,
    and the wicked be ^(O)shaken out of it?
¹⁴It is changed like clay under the seal,
    and its features stand out like a garment.
¹⁵From the wicked their ^(P)light is withheld,
    and ^(Q)their uplifted arm is broken.

¹⁶“Have you ^(R)entered into the springs of the sea,
    or walked in the recesses of the deep?
¹⁷Have ^(S)the gates of death been revealed to you,
    or have you seen the gates of ^(T)deep darkness?
¹⁸Have you comprehended the expanse of the earth?
    Declare, if you know all this.

¹⁹“Where is the way to the dwelling of light,
    and where is the place of darkness,
²⁰that you may take it to its territory
    and that you may discern ^(U)the paths to its home?
²¹You know, for ^(V)you were born then,
    and the number of your days is great!

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Footnotes

Job 38:3 Hebrew Gird up your loins

Jude

English Standard Version

Greeting

¹Jude, a servant^[a] of Jesus Christ and brother of James,

^(A)To those who are called, ^(B)beloved in God the Father and ^(C)kept for^[b] Jesus Christ:

²May ^(D)mercy, ^(E)peace, and love be multiplied to you.

Judgment on False Teachers

³Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our ^(F)common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing to you ^(G)to contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints. ⁴For ^(H)certain people ^(I)have crept in unnoticed ^(J)who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert ^(K)the grace of our God into sensuality and ^(L)deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

⁵Now I want ^(M)to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that ^(N)Jesus, who saved^[c] a people out of the land of Egypt, ^(O)afterward destroyed those who did not believe. ⁶And ^(P)the angels who did not stay within their own position of authority, but left their proper dwelling, he has kept in eternal chains under gloomy darkness until the judgment of the great day— ⁷just as ^(Q)Sodom and Gomorrah and ^(R)the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and ^(S)pursued unnatural desire,^[d] serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.

⁸Yet in like manner these people also, relying on their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and ^(T)blaspheme the glorious ones. ⁹But when ^(U)the archangel ^(V)Michael, contending with the devil, was disputing ^(W)about the body of Moses, he did not presume to pronounce a blasphemous judgment, but said, ^(X)“The Lord rebuke you.” ¹⁰^(Y)But these people blaspheme all that they do not understand, and they are destroyed by all that they, like unreasoning animals, understand instinctively. ¹¹Woe to them! For they walked in ^(Z)the way of Cain and abandoned themselves for the sake of gain ^(AA)to Balaam's error and ^(AB)perished in Korah's rebellion. ¹²These are hidden reefs^[e] ^(AC)at your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, ^(AD)shepherds feeding themselves; ^(AE)waterless clouds, ^(AF)swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, ^(AG)uprooted; ¹³^(AH)wild waves of the sea, casting up the foam of ^(AI)their own shame; ^(AJ)wandering stars, ^(AK)for whom the gloom of utter darkness has been reserved forever.

¹⁴It was also about these that Enoch, ^(AL)the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, ^(AM)“Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his holy ones, ¹⁵^(AN)to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of all their deeds of ungodliness that they have ^(AO)committed in such an ungodly way, and of all ^(AP)the harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him.” ¹⁶These are grumblers, malcontents, ^(AQ)following their own sinful desires; ^(AR)they are loud-mouthed boasters, ^(AS)showing favoritism to gain advantage.

A Call to Persevere

¹⁷But you must ^(AT)remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. ¹⁸They^[f] said to you, ^(AU)“In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” ¹⁹It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, ^(AV)devoid of the Spirit. ²⁰But you, beloved, ^(AW)building yourselves up in your most holy faith and ^(AX)praying in the Holy Spirit, ²¹^(AY)keep yourselves in the love of God, ^(AZ)waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. ²²And have mercy on those who doubt; ²³save others by ^(BA)snatching them out of ^(BB)the fire; to others show mercy ^(BC)with fear, hating even ^(BD)the garment^[g] stained by the flesh.

Doxology

²⁴^(BE)Now to him who is able ^(BF)to keep you from stumbling and ^(BG)to present you ^(BH)blameless before the presence of his glory with great joy, ²⁵to ^(BI)the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, ^(BJ)be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time^[h] and now and forever. Amen.

Footnotes

Jude 1:1 For the contextual rendering of the Greek word doulos, see Preface
Jude 1:1 Or by
Jude 1:5 Some manuscripts although you fully knew it, that the Lord who once saved
Jude 1:7 Greek different flesh
Jude 1:12 Or are blemishes
Jude 1:18 Or Christ, because they
Jude 1:23 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
Jude 1:25 Or before any age

Job 38:22-41

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²²“Have you entered ^(A)the storehouses of the snow,
    or have you seen ^(B)the storehouses of the hail,
²³which I have reserved ^(C)for the time of trouble,
    ^(D)for the day of battle and war?
²⁴What is the way to the place where the light is distributed,
    or where the east wind is scattered upon the earth?

²⁵“Who has cleft a channel for the torrents of rain
    and ^(E)a way for the thunderbolt,
²⁶to bring rain on ^(F)a land where no man is,
    on ^(G)the desert in which there is no man,
²⁷to satisfy the waste and desolate land,
    and to make the ground sprout with ^(H)grass?

²⁸“Has ^(I)the rain a father,
    or who has begotten the drops of dew?
²⁹From whose womb did ^(J)the ice come forth,
    and who has given birth to ^(K)the frost of heaven?
³⁰The waters become hard like stone,
    and the face of the deep is ^(L)frozen.

³¹“Can you bind the chains of ^(M)the Pleiades
    or loose the cords of ^(N)Orion?
³²Can you lead forth the Mazzaroth^[a] in their season,
    or can you guide ^(O)the Bear with its children?
³³Do you know ^(P)the ordinances of the heavens?
    Can you establish their rule on the earth?

³⁴“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
    that ^(Q)a flood of waters may cover you?
³⁵Can you send forth lightnings, that they may go
    and say to you, ‘Here we are’?
³⁶Who has ^(R)put wisdom in ^(S)the inward parts^[b]
    or given understanding to the mind?^[c]
³⁷Who can number the clouds by wisdom?
    Or who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens,
³⁸when the dust runs into a mass
    and ^(T)the clods stick fast together?

³⁹“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
    or ^(U)satisfy the appetite of the young lions,
⁴⁰when they crouch in their ^(V)dens
    or lie in wait ^(W)in their thicket?
⁴¹Who provides for ^(X)the raven its prey,
    when its young ones cry to God for help,
    and wander about for lack of food?

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Footnotes

Job 38:32 Probably the name of a constellation
Job 38:36 Or in the ibis
Job 38:36 Or rooster

Mark 10:1-31

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Teaching About Divorce

10 ^(A)And he left there and went ^(B)to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them.

²And Pharisees came up and in order ^(C)to test him asked, ^(D)“Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” ³He answered them, “What did Moses command you?” ⁴They said, ^(E)“Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.” ⁵And Jesus said to them, “Because of your ^(F)hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. ⁶But ^(G)from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them ^(H)male and female.’ ⁷^(I)‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife,^[a] ⁸and ^(J)the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. ⁹^(K)What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.”

¹⁰And in the house the disciples asked him again about this matter. ¹¹And he said to them, ^(L)“Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her, ¹²and ^(M)if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery.”

Let the Children Come to Me

¹³^(N)And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples ^(O)rebuked them. ¹⁴But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, ^(P)“Let the children come to me; ^(Q)do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. ¹⁵^(R)Truly, I say to you, whoever does not ^(S)receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” ¹⁶And ^(T)he took them in his arms and blessed them, ^(U)laying his hands on them.

The Rich Young Man

¹⁷^(V)And as he was setting out on his journey, a man ran up and ^(W)knelt before him and asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to ^(X)inherit eternal life?” ¹⁸And Jesus said to him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. ¹⁹You know the commandments: ^(Y)‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father and mother.’” ²⁰And he said to him, “Teacher, ^(Z)all these I have kept from my youth.” ²¹And Jesus, ^(AA)looking at him, ^(AB)loved him, and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, ^(AC)sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have ^(AD)treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.” ²²^(AE)Disheartened by the saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had great possessions.

²³And Jesus ^(AF)looked around and said to his disciples, ^(AG)“How difficult it will be for those who have wealth to enter ^(AH)the kingdom of God!” ²⁴And the disciples ^(AI)were amazed at his words. But Jesus said to them again, ^(AJ)“Children, ^(AK)how difficult it is^[b] to enter ^(AL)the kingdom of God! ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter ^(AM)the kingdom of God.” ²⁶And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to him,^[c] “Then who can be saved?” ²⁷Jesus ^(AN)looked at them and said, ^(AO)“With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.” ²⁸Peter began to say to him, “See, ^(AP)we have left everything and followed you.” ²⁹Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, ^(AQ)there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands, for my sake and ^(AR)for the gospel, ³⁰who will not receive a hundredfold ^(AS)now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, ^(AT)with persecutions, and in ^(AU)the age to come eternal life. ³¹But ^(AV)many who are first will be last, and the last first.”