Job 17-19

New International Version

17 ¹My spirit^(A) is broken,
    my days are cut short,^(B)
    the grave awaits me.^(C)
²Surely mockers^(D) surround me;^(E)
    my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

³“Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.^(F)
    Who else will put up security^(G) for me?^(H)
⁴You have closed their minds to understanding;^(I)
    therefore you will not let them triumph.
⁵If anyone denounces their friends for reward,^(J)
    the eyes of their children will fail.^(K)

⁶“God has made me a byword^(L) to everyone,^(M)
    a man in whose face people spit.^(N)
⁷My eyes have grown dim with grief;^(O)
    my whole frame is but a shadow.^(P)
⁸The upright are appalled at this;
    the innocent are aroused^(Q) against the ungodly.
⁹Nevertheless, the righteous^(R) will hold to their ways,
    and those with clean hands^(S) will grow stronger.^(T)

¹⁰“But come on, all of you, try again!
    I will not find a wise man among you.^(U)
¹¹My days have passed,^(V) my plans are shattered.
    Yet the desires of my heart^(W)
¹²turn night into day;^(X)
    in the face of the darkness light is near.^(Y)
¹³If the only home I hope for is the grave,^(Z)
    if I spread out my bed^(AA) in the realm of darkness,^(AB)
¹⁴if I say to corruption,^(AC) ‘You are my father,’
    and to the worm,^(AD) ‘My mother’ or ‘My sister,’
¹⁵where then is my hope—^(AE)
    who can see any hope for me?^(AF)
¹⁶Will it go down to the gates of death?^(AG)
    Will we descend together into the dust?”^(AH)

Bildad

18 Then Bildad the Shuhite^(AI) replied:

²“When will you end these speeches?^(AJ)
    Be sensible, and then we can talk.
³Why are we regarded as cattle^(AK)
    and considered stupid in your sight?^(AL)
⁴You who tear yourself^(AM) to pieces in your anger,^(AN)
    is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
    Or must the rocks be moved from their place?^(AO)

⁵“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;^(AP)
    the flame of his fire stops burning.^(AQ)
⁶The light in his tent^(AR) becomes dark;^(AS)
    the lamp beside him goes out.^(AT)
⁷The vigor^(AU) of his step is weakened;^(AV)
    his own schemes^(AW) throw him down.^(AX)
⁸His feet thrust him into a net;^(AY)
    he wanders into its mesh.
⁹A trap seizes him by the heel;
    a snare^(AZ) holds him fast.^(BA)
¹⁰A noose^(BB) is hidden for him on the ground;
    a trap^(BC) lies in his path.^(BD)
¹¹Terrors^(BE) startle him on every side^(BF)
    and dog^(BG) his every step.
¹²Calamity^(BH) is hungry^(BI) for him;
    disaster^(BJ) is ready for him when he falls.^(BK)
¹³It eats away parts of his skin;^(BL)
    death’s firstborn devours his limbs.^(BM)
¹⁴He is torn from the security of his tent^(BN)
    and marched off to the king^(BO) of terrors.^(BP)
¹⁵Fire resides^[a] in his tent;^(BQ)
    burning sulfur^(BR) is scattered over his dwelling.
¹⁶His roots dry up below^(BS)
    and his branches wither above.^(BT)
¹⁷The memory of him perishes from the earth;^(BU)
    he has no name^(BV) in the land.^(BW)
¹⁸He is driven from light into the realm of darkness^(BX)
    and is banished^(BY) from the world.^(BZ)
¹⁹He has no offspring^(CA) or descendants^(CB) among his people,
    no survivor^(CC) where once he lived.^(CD)
²⁰People of the west are appalled^(CE) at his fate;^(CF)
    those of the east are seized with horror.
²¹Surely such is the dwelling^(CG) of an evil man;^(CH)
    such is the place^(CI) of one who does not know God.”^(CJ)

Job

19 Then Job replied:

²“How long will you torment^(CK) me
    and crush^(CL) me with words?
³Ten times^(CM) now you have reproached^(CN) me;
    shamelessly you attack me.
⁴If it is true that I have gone astray,
    my error^(CO) remains my concern alone.
⁵If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me^(CP)
    and use my humiliation against me,
⁶then know that God has wronged me^(CQ)
    and drawn his net^(CR) around me.^(CS)

⁷“Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;^(CT)
    though I call for help,^(CU) there is no justice.^(CV)
⁸He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;^(CW)
    he has shrouded my paths in darkness.^(CX)
⁹He has stripped^(CY) me of my honor^(CZ)
    and removed the crown from my head.^(DA)
¹⁰He tears me down^(DB) on every side till I am gone;
    he uproots my hope^(DC) like a tree.^(DD)
¹¹His anger^(DE) burns against me;
    he counts me among his enemies.^(DF)
¹²His troops advance in force;^(DG)
    they build a siege ramp^(DH) against me
    and encamp around my tent.^(DI)

¹³“He has alienated my family^(DJ) from me;
    my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.^(DK)
¹⁴My relatives have gone away;
    my closest friends^(DL) have forgotten me.
¹⁵My guests^(DM) and my female servants^(DN) count me a foreigner;
    they look on me as on a stranger.
¹⁶I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
    though I beg him with my own mouth.
¹⁷My breath is offensive to my wife;
    I am loathsome^(DO) to my own family.
¹⁸Even the little boys^(DP) scorn me;
    when I appear, they ridicule me.^(DQ)
¹⁹All my intimate friends^(DR) detest me;^(DS)
    those I love have turned against me.^(DT)
²⁰I am nothing but skin and bones;^(DU)
    I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.^[b]

²¹“Have pity on me, my friends,^(DV) have pity,
for the hand of God has struck^(DW) me.
²²Why do you pursue^(DX) me as God does?^(DY)
Will you never get enough of my flesh?^(DZ)

²³“Oh, that my words were recorded,
    that they were written on a scroll,^(EA)
²⁴that they were inscribed with an iron tool^(EB) on^[c] lead,
    or engraved in rock forever!^(EC)
²⁵I know that my redeemer^[d]^(ED) lives,^(EE)
    and that in the end he will stand on the earth.^[e]
²⁶And after my skin has been destroyed,
    yet^[f] in^[g] my flesh I will see God;^(EF)
²⁷I myself will see him
    with my own eyes^(EG)—I, and not another.
    How my heart yearns^(EH) within me!

²⁸“If you say, ‘How we will hound^(EI) him,
    since the root of the trouble lies in him,^[h]’
²⁹you should fear the sword yourselves;
    for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,^(EJ)
    and then you will know that there is judgment.^[i]”^(EK)

Footnotes

Job 18:15 Or Nothing he had remains
Job 19:20 Or only by my gums
Job 19:24 Or and
Job 19:25 Or vindicator
Job 19:25 Or on my grave
Job 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then
Job 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from
Job 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me
Job 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty

Luke 23

New International Version

23 Then the whole assembly rose and led him off to Pilate.^(A) ²And they began to accuse him, saying, “We have found this man subverting our nation.^(B) He opposes payment of taxes to Caesar^(C) and claims to be Messiah, a king.”^(D)

³So Pilate asked Jesus, “Are you the king of the Jews?”

“You have said so,” Jesus replied.

⁴Then Pilate announced to the chief priests and the crowd, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”^(E)

⁵But they insisted, “He stirs up the people all over Judea by his teaching. He started in Galilee^(F) and has come all the way here.”

⁶On hearing this, Pilate asked if the man was a Galilean.^(G) ⁷When he learned that Jesus was under Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod,^(H) who was also in Jerusalem at that time.

⁸When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased, because for a long time he had been wanting to see him.^(I) From what he had heard about him, he hoped to see him perform a sign of some sort. ⁹He plied him with many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.^(J) ¹⁰The chief priests and the teachers of the law were standing there, vehemently accusing him. ¹¹Then Herod and his soldiers ridiculed and mocked him. Dressing him in an elegant robe,^(K) they sent him back to Pilate. ¹²That day Herod and Pilate became friends^(L)—before this they had been enemies.

¹³Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers and the people, ¹⁴and said to them, “You brought me this man as one who was inciting the people to rebellion. I have examined him in your presence and have found no basis for your charges against him.^(M) ¹⁵Neither has Herod, for he sent him back to us; as you can see, he has done nothing to deserve death. ¹⁶Therefore, I will punish him^(N) and then release him.” ^[17]^[a]

¹⁸But the whole crowd shouted, “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”^(O) ¹⁹(Barabbas had been thrown into prison for an insurrection in the city, and for murder.)

²⁰Wanting to release Jesus, Pilate appealed to them again. ²¹But they kept shouting, “Crucify him! Crucify him!”

²²For the third time he spoke to them: “Why? What crime has this man committed? I have found in him no grounds for the death penalty. Therefore I will have him punished and then release him.”^(P)

²³But with loud shouts they insistently demanded that he be crucified, and their shouts prevailed. ²⁴So Pilate decided to grant their demand. ²⁵He released the man who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, the one they asked for, and surrendered Jesus to their will.

The Crucifixion of Jesus^(Q)

²⁶As the soldiers led him away, they seized Simon from Cyrene,^(R) who was on his way in from the country, and put the cross on him and made him carry it behind Jesus.^(S) ²⁷A large number of people followed him, including women who mourned and wailed^(T) for him. ²⁸Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children.^(U) ²⁹For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’^(V) ³⁰Then

“‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”
and to the hills, “Cover us!”’^[b]^(W)

³¹For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”^(X)

³²Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.^(Y) ³³When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. ³⁴Jesus said, “Father,^(Z) forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”^[c]^(AA) And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.^(AB)

³⁵The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him.^(AC) They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”^(AD)

³⁶The soldiers also came up and mocked him.^(AE) They offered him wine vinegar^(AF) ³⁷and said, “If you are the king of the Jews,^(AG) save yourself.”

³⁸There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.^(AH)

³⁹One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”^(AI)

⁴⁰But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? ⁴¹We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”^(AJ)

⁴²Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.^[d]”^(AK)

⁴³Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”^(AL)

The Death of Jesus^(AM)

⁴⁴It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon,^(AN) ⁴⁵for the sun stopped shining. And the curtain of the temple^(AO) was torn in two.^(AP) ⁴⁶Jesus called out with a loud voice,^(AQ) “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.”^[e]^(AR) When he had said this, he breathed his last.^(AS)

⁴⁷The centurion, seeing what had happened, praised God^(AT) and said, “Surely this was a righteous man.” ⁴⁸When all the people who had gathered to witness this sight saw what took place, they beat their breasts^(AU) and went away. ⁴⁹But all those who knew him, including the women who had followed him from Galilee,^(AV) stood at a distance,^(AW) watching these things.

The Burial of Jesus^(AX)

⁵⁰Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, ⁵¹who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea, and he himself was waiting for the kingdom of God.^(AY) ⁵²Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body. ⁵³Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. ⁵⁴It was Preparation Day,^(AZ) and the Sabbath was about to begin.

⁵⁵The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee^(BA) followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. ⁵⁶Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes.^(BB) But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment.^(BC)

Footnotes

Luke 23:17 Some manuscripts include here words similar to Matt. 27:15 and Mark 15:6.
Luke 23:30 Hosea 10:8
Luke 23:34 Some early manuscripts do not have this sentence.
Luke 23:42 Some manuscripts come with your kingly power
Luke 23:46 Psalm 31:5