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Job 13-15
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Job 13-15
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Job Continues: Still I Will Hope in God
13 “Behold, my eye has seen all this,
my ear has heard and understood it.
2 (A)What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.
3 (B)But I would speak to the Almighty,
and I desire to (C)argue my case with God.
4 As for you, (D)you whitewash with lies;
(E)worthless physicians are you all.
5 Oh that you would (F)keep silent,
and it would be your wisdom!
6 Hear now my argument
and listen to the pleadings of my lips.
7 Will you (G)speak falsely for God
and speak (H)deceitfully for him?
8 Will you show partiality toward him?
Will you (I)plead the case for God?
9 Will it be well with you when he (J)searches you out?
Or (K)can you deceive him, as one deceives a man?
10 He will surely rebuke you
if in secret you show partiality.
11 Will not his (L)majesty terrify you,
and the dread of him fall upon you?
12 Your maxims are proverbs of (M)ashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.
13 “Let me have silence, and I will speak,
and let come on me what may.
14 Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
and (N)put my life in my hand?
15 (O)Though he slay me, I will (P)hope in him;[a]
yet I will (Q)argue my ways to his face.
16 This will be my salvation,
that the godless shall not come before him.
17 (R)Keep listening to my words,
and let my declaration be in your ears.
18 Behold, I have (S)prepared my case;
I know that I shall be in the right.
19 (T)Who is there who will contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.
20 Only grant me two things,
then I will not (U)hide myself from your face:
21 (V)withdraw your hand far from me,
and let not (W)dread of you terrify me.
22 (X)Then call, and I will answer;
or let me speak, and you reply to me.
23 How many are my iniquities and my sins?
(Y)Make me know my transgression and my sin.
24 Why (Z)do you hide your face
and (AA)count me as your enemy?
25 Will you frighten (AB)a driven leaf
and pursue dry (AC)chaff?
26 For you (AD)write bitter things against me
and make me inherit (AE)the iniquities of my youth.
27 You put my feet in (AF)the stocks
and (AG)watch all my paths;
you set a limit for[b] the soles of my feet.
28 Man[c] wastes away like (AH)a rotten thing,
like a garment that is (AI)moth-eaten.
Job Continues: Death Comes Soon to All
14 “Man who is (AJ)born of a woman
is (AK)few of days and (AL)full of trouble.
2 He comes out like (AM)a flower and (AN)withers;
he flees like (AO)a shadow and continues not.
3 And do you (AP)open your eyes on such a one
and (AQ)bring me into judgment with you?
4 Who can bring (AR)a clean thing out of an unclean?
There is not one.
5 Since his (AS)days are determined,
and (AT)the number of his months is with you,
and you have appointed his limits that he cannot pass,
6 (AU)look away from him and leave him alone,[d]
that he may enjoy, like (AV)a hired hand, his day.
7 “For there is hope for a tree,
if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that its shoots will not cease.
8 Though its root grow old in the earth,
and (AW)its stump die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water it will bud
and put out (AX)branches like a young plant.
10 But a man dies and is laid low;
man breathes his last, and (AY)where is he?
11 (AZ)As waters fail from a lake
and a river wastes away and dries up,
12 so a man lies down and rises not again;
till (BA)the heavens are no more he will not awake
or be (BB)roused out of his sleep.
13 Oh that you would (BC)hide me in (BD)Sheol,
that you would (BE)conceal me (BF)until your wrath be past,
that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man dies, shall he live again?
All the days of my (BG)service I would (BH)wait,
till my renewal[e] should come.
15 You would (BI)call, and I would answer you;
you would long for the (BJ)work of your hands.
16 For then you would (BK)number my steps;
you would not keep (BL)watch over my sin;
17 my transgression would be (BM)sealed up in a bag,
and you would cover over my iniquity.
18 “But the mountain falls and (BN)crumbles away,
and (BO)the rock is removed from its place;
19 the waters wear away the stones;
the torrents wash away the soil of the earth;
so you destroy the hope of man.
20 You prevail forever against him, and he passes;
you change his countenance, and send him away.
21 His sons come to honor, and he (BP)does not know it;
they are brought low, and he perceives it not.
22 He feels only the pain of his own body,
and he mourns only for himself.”
Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God
15 Then (BQ)Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:
2 “Should (BR)a wise man answer with (BS)windy knowledge,
and fill his (BT)belly with (BU)the east wind?
3 Should he argue in unprofitable talk,
or in words with which he can do no good?
4 But you are doing away with the fear of God[f]
and hindering meditation before God.
5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
and you choose the tongue of the crafty.
6 Your (BV)own mouth condemns you, and not I;
(BW)your own lips testify against you.
7 (BX)“Are you the first man who was born?
Or (BY)were you brought forth (BZ)before the hills?
8 Have you listened in (CA)the council of God?
And do you limit wisdom to yourself?
9 (CB)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that is not clear to us?
10 (CC)Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
older than your father.
11 Are the comforts of God too small for you,
or the word that deals gently with you?
12 Why does your heart carry you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
13 that you turn your (CD)spirit against God
and bring such words out of your mouth?
14 (CE)What is man, (CF)that he can be pure?
Or he who is (CG)born of a woman, that he can be righteous?
15 Behold, God[g] (CH)puts no trust in his (CI)holy ones,
and the heavens are not pure in his sight;
16 (CJ)how much less one who is abominable and (CK)corrupt,
a man who (CL)drinks injustice like water!
17 “I will show you; hear me,
and what I have seen I will declare
18 (what wise men have told,
without hiding it (CM)from their fathers,
19 to whom alone the land was given,
and no (CN)stranger passed among them).
20 The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
through all the (CO)years that are laid up for (CP)the ruthless.
21 (CQ)Dreadful sounds are in his ears;
in (CR)prosperity the destroyer will come upon him.
22 He does not believe that he will return out of darkness,
and he is marked for the sword.
23 He (CS)wanders abroad for bread, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand;
24 distress and anguish terrify him;
they (CT)prevail against him, like a king ready for battle.
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God
and defies the Almighty,
26 (CU)running (CV)stubbornly against him
with a thickly bossed shield;
27 because he has (CW)covered his face with his fat
and gathered fat upon his waist
28 and has lived in desolate cities,
in houses that none should inhabit,
which were ready to become heaps of ruins;
29 he will not be rich, and his wealth will not endure,
nor will his possessions spread over the earth;[h]
30 he will not depart from darkness;
the flame will dry up his shoots,
and by (CX)the breath of his mouth he will depart.
31 Let him not (CY)trust in emptiness, deceiving himself,
for emptiness will be his payment.
32 It will be paid in full (CZ)before his time,
and his branch will not be green.
33 He will shake off his unripe grape like the vine,
and cast off his blossom like the olive tree.
34 For (DA)the company of the godless is barren,
and (DB)fire consumes the tents of bribery.
35 They (DC)conceive trouble and give birth to evil,
and their (DD)womb prepares deceit.”
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Job 13-15
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Job 13-15
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13 “My eyes have seen all this,(A)
my ears have heard and understood it.
2 What you know, I also know;
I am not inferior to you.(B)
3 But I desire to speak to the Almighty(C)
and to argue my case with God.(D)
4 You, however, smear me with lies;(E)
you are worthless physicians,(F) all of you!(G)
5 If only you would be altogether silent!(H)
For you, that would be wisdom.(I)
6 Hear now my argument;
listen to the pleas of my lips.(J)
7 Will you speak wickedly on God’s behalf?
Will you speak deceitfully for him?(K)
8 Will you show him partiality?(L)
Will you argue the case for God?
9 Would it turn out well if he examined you?(M)
Could you deceive him as you might deceive a mortal?(N)
10 He would surely call you to account
if you secretly showed partiality.(O)
11 Would not his splendor(P) terrify you?
Would not the dread of him fall on you?(Q)
12 Your maxims are proverbs of ashes;
your defenses are defenses of clay.(R)
13 “Keep silent(S) and let me speak;(T)
then let come to me what may.(U)
14 Why do I put myself in jeopardy
and take my life in my hands?(V)
15 Though he slay me, yet will I hope(W) in him;(X)
I will surely[a] defend my ways to his face.(Y)
16 Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance,(Z)
for no godless(AA) person would dare come before him!(AB)
17 Listen carefully to what I say;(AC)
let my words ring in your ears.
18 Now that I have prepared my case,(AD)
I know I will be vindicated.(AE)
19 Can anyone bring charges against me?(AF)
If so, I will be silent(AG) and die.(AH)
20 “Only grant me these two things, God,
and then I will not hide from you:
21 Withdraw your hand(AI) far from me,
and stop frightening me with your terrors.(AJ)
22 Then summon me and I will answer,(AK)
or let me speak, and you reply to me.(AL)
23 How many wrongs and sins have I committed?(AM)
Show me my offense and my sin.(AN)
24 Why do you hide your face(AO)
and consider me your enemy?(AP)
25 Will you torment(AQ) a windblown leaf?(AR)
Will you chase(AS) after dry chaff?(AT)
26 For you write down bitter things against me
and make me reap the sins of my youth.(AU)
27 You fasten my feet in shackles;(AV)
you keep close watch on all my paths(AW)
by putting marks on the soles of my feet.
14 “Mortals, born of woman,(AZ)
are of few days(BA) and full of trouble.(BB)
2 They spring up like flowers(BC) and wither away;(BD)
like fleeting shadows,(BE) they do not endure.(BF)
3 Do you fix your eye on them?(BG)
Will you bring them[b] before you for judgment?(BH)
4 Who can bring what is pure(BI) from the impure?(BJ)
No one!(BK)
5 A person’s days are determined;(BL)
you have decreed the number of his months(BM)
and have set limits he cannot exceed.(BN)
6 So look away from him and let him alone,(BO)
till he has put in his time like a hired laborer.(BP)
7 “At least there is hope for a tree:(BQ)
If it is cut down, it will sprout again,
and its new shoots(BR) will not fail.(BS)
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground
and its stump(BT) die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water(BU) it will bud
and put forth shoots like a plant.(BV)
10 But a man dies and is laid low;(BW)
he breathes his last and is no more.(BX)
11 As the water of a lake dries up
or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,(BY)
12 so he lies down and does not rise;(BZ)
till the heavens are no more,(CA) people will not awake
or be roused from their sleep.(CB)
13 “If only you would hide me in the grave(CC)
and conceal me till your anger has passed!(CD)
If only you would set me a time
and then remember(CE) me!(CF)
14 If someone dies, will they live again?
All the days of my hard service(CG)
I will wait for my renewal[c](CH) to come.
15 You will call and I will answer you;(CI)
you will long for the creature your hands have made.(CJ)
16 Surely then you will count my steps(CK)
but not keep track of my sin.(CL)
17 My offenses will be sealed(CM) up in a bag;(CN)
you will cover over my sin.(CO)
18 “But as a mountain erodes and crumbles(CP)
and as a rock is moved from its place,(CQ)
19 as water wears away stones
and torrents(CR) wash away the soil,(CS)
so you destroy a person’s hope.(CT)
20 You overpower them once for all, and they are gone;(CU)
you change their countenance and send them away.(CV)
21 If their children are honored, they do not know it;
if their offspring are brought low, they do not see it.(CW)
22 They feel but the pain of their own bodies(CX)
and mourn only for themselves.(CY)”
Eliphaz
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite(CZ) replied:
2 “Would a wise person answer with empty notions
or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(DA)
3 Would they argue with useless words,
with speeches that have no value?(DB)
4 But you even undermine piety
and hinder devotion to God.(DC)
5 Your sin(DD) prompts your mouth;(DE)
you adopt the tongue of the crafty.(DF)
6 Your own mouth condemns you, not mine;
your own lips testify against you.(DG)
7 “Are you the first man ever born?(DH)
Were you brought forth before the hills?(DI)
8 Do you listen in on God’s council?(DJ)
Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?(DK)
9 What do you know that we do not know?
What insights do you have that we do not have?(DL)
10 The gray-haired and the aged(DM) are on our side,
men even older than your father.(DN)
11 Are God’s consolations(DO) not enough for you,
words(DP) spoken gently to you?(DQ)
12 Why has your heart(DR) carried you away,
and why do your eyes flash,
13 so that you vent your rage(DS) against God
and pour out such words(DT) from your mouth?(DU)
14 “What are mortals, that they could be pure,
or those born of woman,(DV) that they could be righteous?(DW)
15 If God places no trust in his holy ones,(DX)
if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,(DY)
16 how much less mortals, who are vile and corrupt,(DZ)
who drink up evil(EA) like water!(EB)
17 “Listen to me and I will explain to you;
let me tell you what I have seen,(EC)
18 what the wise have declared,
hiding nothing received from their ancestors(ED)
19 (to whom alone the land(EE) was given
when no foreigners moved among them):
20 All his days the wicked man suffers torment,(EF)
the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him.(EG)
21 Terrifying sounds fill his ears;(EH)
when all seems well, marauders attack him.(EI)
22 He despairs of escaping the realm of darkness;(EJ)
he is marked for the sword.(EK)
23 He wanders about(EL) for food like a vulture;(EM)
he knows the day of darkness(EN) is at hand.(EO)
24 Distress and anguish(EP) fill him with terror;(EQ)
troubles overwhelm him, like a king(ER) poised to attack,
25 because he shakes his fist(ES) at God
and vaunts himself against the Almighty,(ET)
26 defiantly charging against him
with a thick, strong shield.(EU)
27 “Though his face is covered with fat
and his waist bulges with flesh,(EV)
28 he will inhabit ruined towns
and houses where no one lives,(EW)
houses crumbling to rubble.(EX)
29 He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure,(EY)
nor will his possessions spread over the land.(EZ)
30 He will not escape the darkness;(FA)
a flame(FB) will wither his shoots,(FC)
and the breath of God’s mouth(FD) will carry him away.(FE)
31 Let him not deceive(FF) himself by trusting what is worthless,(FG)
for he will get nothing in return.(FH)
32 Before his time(FI) he will wither,(FJ)
and his branches will not flourish.(FK)
33 He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes,(FL)
like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.(FM)
34 For the company of the godless(FN) will be barren,
and fire will consume(FO) the tents of those who love bribes.(FP)
35 They conceive trouble(FQ) and give birth to evil;(FR)
their womb fashions deceit.”
Acts 8:26-40
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Acts 8:26-40
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Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch
26 Now (A)an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Rise and go toward the south[a] to the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place. 27 And he rose and went. And there was an (B)Ethiopian, a (C)eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, (D)who was in charge of all her treasure. (E)He had come to Jerusalem to worship 28 and was returning, seated in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah. 29 And the Spirit said to Philip, “Go over and join this chariot.” 30 So Philip ran to him and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet and asked, “Do you understand what you are reading?” 31 And he said, (F)“How can I, unless someone (G)guides me?” And (H)he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this:
(I)“Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter
and like a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he opens not his mouth.
33 In his (J)humiliation justice was denied him.
Who can describe his generation?
For his life is taken away from the earth.”
34 And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?” 35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and (K)beginning with this Scripture (L)he told him the good news about Jesus. 36 And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! (M)What prevents me from being baptized?”[b] 38 And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him. 39 And when they came up out of the water, (N)the Spirit of the Lord (O)carried Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, and went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he preached the gospel to all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
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Acts 8:26-40
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Acts 8:26-40
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Philip and the Ethiopian
26 Now an angel(A) of the Lord said to Philip,(B) “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a](C) eunuch,(D) an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,(E) 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told(F) Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:
“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.”[b](G)
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began(H) with that very passage of Scripture(I) and told him the good news(J) about Jesus.
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”(K) [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away,(L) and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns(M) until he reached Caesarea.(N)
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