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Job 19-20
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Job 19-20
English Standard Version
Job Replies: My Redeemer Lives
19 Then Job answered and said:
2 “How long will you torment me
and break me in pieces with words?
3 These (A)ten times you have cast reproach upon me;
are you not ashamed to wrong me?
4 And even if it be true that I have erred,
my error remains with myself.
5 If indeed you (B)magnify yourselves against me
and make my disgrace an argument against me,
6 know then that God has (C)put me in the wrong
and closed his net about me.
7 Behold, I (D)cry out, ‘Violence!’ but I am not answered;
I call for help, but there is no justice.
8 He has (E)walled up my way, so that I cannot pass,
and he has set darkness upon my paths.
9 He has (F)stripped from me my glory
and taken the (G)crown from my head.
10 He breaks me down on every side, and I (H)am gone,
and my hope has he pulled up like a tree.
11 He has kindled his wrath against me
and (I)counts me as his adversary.
12 His (J)troops come on together;
they have (K)cast up their siege ramp[a] against me
and encamp around my tent.
13 “He has put my (L)brothers far from me,
and (M)those who knew me are wholly estranged from me.
14 My relatives (N)have failed me,
my close (O)friends have forgotten me.
15 The guests (P)in my house and my maidservants count me as a stranger;
I have become a foreigner in their eyes.
16 I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer;
I must plead with him with my mouth for mercy.
17 My breath is strange to my (Q)wife,
and I am a stench to the children of (R)my own mother.
18 Even young (S)children despise me;
when I rise they talk against me.
19 All my (T)intimate friends abhor me,
and those whom I loved have turned against me.
20 My (U)bones stick to my skin and to my flesh,
and I have escaped by the skin of my teeth.
21 Have mercy on me, have mercy on me, O you my friends,
for the hand of God has (V)touched me!
22 Why do you, like God, (W)pursue me?
Why are you not satisfied with my flesh?
23 “Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were (X)inscribed in a book!
24 Oh that with an iron (Y)pen and lead
they were engraved in the rock forever!
25 For I (Z)know that my (AA)Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the (AB)earth.[b]
26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed,
yet in[c] my flesh I shall (AC)see God,
27 whom I shall see for myself,
and my eyes shall behold, and not (AD)another.
My heart (AE)faints within me!
28 If you say, ‘How we will (AF)pursue him!’
and, ‘The root of the matter is found in him,’[d]
29 be afraid of the sword,
for wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
that you may know there is (AG)a judgment.”
Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer
20 Then (AH)Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:
2 “Therefore my (AI)thoughts answer me,
because of my haste within me.
3 I hear censure that insults me,
and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.
4 Do you not know this from of old,
(AJ)since man was placed on earth,
5 (AK)that the exulting of the wicked is short,
and the joy of the godless but for a moment?
6 (AL)Though his height mount up to the heavens,
and his head reach to the clouds,
7 he will perish forever like his own (AM)dung;
those who have seen him will say, (AN)‘Where is he?’
8 He will fly away like (AO)a dream and not be found;
he will be chased away like a vision of the night.
9 (AP)The eye that saw him will see him no more,
nor will his place any more behold him.
10 His children will seek the favor of the poor,
and his hands will (AQ)give back his wealth.
11 His bones are full of his (AR)youthful vigor,
but it will lie (AS)down with him in the dust.
12 “Though evil is sweet in his mouth,
though he hides it (AT)under his tongue,
13 though he is loath to let it go
and holds it in his mouth,
14 yet his food is turned in his stomach;
it is the venom of (AU)cobras within him.
15 He swallows down riches and vomits them up again;
God casts them out of his belly.
16 He will suck the poison of cobras;
(AV)the tongue of a viper will kill him.
17 He will not look upon (AW)the rivers,
the streams flowing with (AX)honey and (AY)curds.
18 He will (AZ)give back the fruit of his toil
and will not (BA)swallow it down;
from the profit of his trading
he will get no enjoyment.
19 For he has crushed and abandoned the poor;
he has seized a house that he did not build.
20 “Because he (BB)knew no (BC)contentment in his belly,
(BD)he will not let anything in which he delights escape him.
21 There was nothing left after he had eaten;
therefore his prosperity will not endure.
22 In the fullness of his sufficiency he will be in distress;
the hand of everyone in misery will come against him.
23 To fill his belly to the full,
God[e] will send his burning anger against him
and rain it upon him (BE)into his body.
24 (BF)He will flee from an iron weapon;
(BG)a bronze arrow will strike (BH)him through.
25 It (BI)is drawn forth and comes out of his body;
(BJ)the glittering point comes out of his (BK)gallbladder;
(BL)terrors come upon him.
26 Utter darkness is laid up for his treasures;
(BM)a fire not fanned will devour him;
what is left in his tent will be consumed.
27 (BN)The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
and the earth will rise up against him.
28 The possessions of his house will be carried away,
dragged off in the day of God's[f] wrath.
29 (BO)This is the wicked man's portion from God,
(BP)the heritage decreed for him by God.”
Job 19-20
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Job 19-20
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Job
19 Then Job replied:
2 “How long will you torment(A) me
and crush(B) me with words?
3 Ten times(C) now you have reproached(D) me;
shamelessly you attack me.
4 If it is true that I have gone astray,
my error(E) remains my concern alone.
5 If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me(F)
and use my humiliation against me,
6 then know that God has wronged me(G)
and drawn his net(H) around me.(I)
7 “Though I cry, ‘Violence!’ I get no response;(J)
though I call for help,(K) there is no justice.(L)
8 He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;(M)
he has shrouded my paths in darkness.(N)
9 He has stripped(O) me of my honor(P)
and removed the crown from my head.(Q)
10 He tears me down(R) on every side till I am gone;
he uproots my hope(S) like a tree.(T)
11 His anger(U) burns against me;
he counts me among his enemies.(V)
12 His troops advance in force;(W)
they build a siege ramp(X) against me
and encamp around my tent.(Y)
13 “He has alienated my family(Z) from me;
my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.(AA)
14 My relatives have gone away;
my closest friends(AB) have forgotten me.
15 My guests(AC) and my female servants(AD) count me a foreigner;
they look on me as on a stranger.
16 I summon my servant, but he does not answer,
though I beg him with my own mouth.
17 My breath is offensive to my wife;
I am loathsome(AE) to my own family.
18 Even the little boys(AF) scorn me;
when I appear, they ridicule me.(AG)
19 All my intimate friends(AH) detest me;(AI)
those I love have turned against me.(AJ)
20 I am nothing but skin and bones;(AK)
I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.[a]
21 “Have pity on me, my friends,(AL) have pity,
for the hand of God has struck(AM) me.
22 Why do you pursue(AN) me as God does?(AO)
Will you never get enough of my flesh?(AP)
23 “Oh, that my words were recorded,
that they were written on a scroll,(AQ)
24 that they were inscribed with an iron tool(AR) on[b] lead,
or engraved in rock forever!(AS)
25 I know that my redeemer[c](AT) lives,(AU)
and that in the end he will stand on the earth.[d]
26 And after my skin has been destroyed,
yet[e] in[f] my flesh I will see God;(AV)
27 I myself will see him
with my own eyes(AW)—I, and not another.
How my heart yearns(AX) within me!
28 “If you say, ‘How we will hound(AY) him,
since the root of the trouble lies in him,[g]’
29 you should fear the sword yourselves;
for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,(AZ)
and then you will know that there is judgment.[h]”(BA)
Zophar
20 Then Zophar the Naamathite(BB) replied:
2 “My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer
because I am greatly disturbed.(BC)
3 I hear a rebuke(BD) that dishonors me,
and my understanding inspires me to reply.
4 “Surely you know how it has been from of old,(BE)
ever since mankind[i] was placed on the earth,
5 that the mirth of the wicked(BF) is brief,
the joy of the godless(BG) lasts but a moment.(BH)
6 Though the pride(BI) of the godless person reaches to the heavens(BJ)
and his head touches the clouds,(BK)
7 he will perish forever,(BL) like his own dung;
those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’(BM)
8 Like a dream(BN) he flies away,(BO) no more to be found,
banished(BP) like a vision of the night.(BQ)
9 The eye that saw him will not see him again;
his place will look on him no more.(BR)
10 His children(BS) must make amends to the poor;
his own hands must give back his wealth.(BT)
11 The youthful vigor(BU) that fills his bones(BV)
will lie with him in the dust.(BW)
12 “Though evil(BX) is sweet in his mouth
and he hides it under his tongue,(BY)
13 though he cannot bear to let it go
and lets it linger in his mouth,(BZ)
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach;(CA)
it will become the venom of serpents(CB) within him.
15 He will spit out the riches(CC) he swallowed;
God will make his stomach vomit(CD) them up.
16 He will suck the poison(CE) of serpents;
the fangs of an adder will kill him.(CF)
17 He will not enjoy the streams,
the rivers(CG) flowing with honey(CH) and cream.(CI)
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten;(CJ)
he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.(CK)
19 For he has oppressed the poor(CL) and left them destitute;(CM)
he has seized houses(CN) he did not build.
20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(CO)
he cannot save himself by his treasure.(CP)
21 Nothing is left for him to devour;
his prosperity will not endure.(CQ)
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him;(CR)
the full force of misery will come upon him.(CS)
23 When he has filled his belly,(CT)
God will vent his burning anger(CU) against him
and rain down his blows on him.(CV)
24 Though he flees(CW) from an iron weapon,
a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.(CX)
25 He pulls it out of his back,
the gleaming point out of his liver.
Terrors(CY) will come over him;(CZ)
26 total darkness(DA) lies in wait for his treasures.
A fire(DB) unfanned will consume him(DC)
and devour what is left in his tent.(DD)
27 The heavens will expose his guilt;
the earth will rise up against him.(DE)
28 A flood will carry off his house,(DF)
rushing waters[j] on the day of God’s wrath.(DG)
29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked,
the heritage appointed for them by God.”(DH)
Footnotes
- 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
- Job 20:4 Or Adam
- Job 20:28 Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away
Acts 9:23-43
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Acts 9:23-43
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Saul Escapes from Damascus
23 (A)When many days had passed, the Jews[a] plotted to kill him, 24 but their (B)plot became known to Saul. (C)They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, 25 but his disciples took him by night and (D)let him down through an opening in the wall,[b] lowering him in a basket.
Saul in Jerusalem
26 And (E)when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. 27 But (F)Barnabas took him and (G)brought him to the apostles and declared to them (H)how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and (I)how at Damascus he had (J)preached boldly in the name of Jesus. 28 So he went (K)in and out among them at Jerusalem, preaching boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 And he spoke and disputed against (L)the Hellenists.[c] But (M)they were seeking to kill him. 30 And when (N)the brothers learned this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off (O)to Tarsus.
31 So (P)the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And (Q)walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, (R)it multiplied.
The Healing of Aeneas
32 Now (S)as Peter went here and there among them all, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, bedridden for eight years, who was paralyzed. 34 And Peter said to him, “Aeneas, (T)Jesus Christ heals you; rise and make your bed.” And immediately he rose. 35 (U)And all the residents of Lydda and (V)Sharon saw him, and (W)they turned to the Lord.
Dorcas Restored to Life
36 Now there was in (X)Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas.[d] She was full of (Y)good works and acts of charity. 37 In those days she became ill and died, and when they had washed her, they laid her in (Z)an upper room. 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him, urging him, (AA)“Please come to us without delay.” 39 So Peter rose and went with them. And when he arrived, they took him to (AB)the upper room. All the widows stood beside him weeping and showing tunics[e] and other garments that Dorcas made while she was with them. 40 But Peter (AC)put them all outside, and (AD)knelt down and prayed; and turning to the body (AE)he said, “Tabitha, arise.” And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter she sat up. 41 And he gave her his hand and raised her up. Then, calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive. 42 And it became known throughout all Joppa, and (AF)many believed in the Lord. 43 And he stayed in Joppa for many days (AG)with one Simon, a tanner.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Acts 9:23 The Greek word Ioudaioi refers specifically here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, who opposed the Christian faith in that time
- Acts 9:25 Greek through the wall
- Acts 9:29 That is, Greek-speaking Jews
- Acts 9:36 The Aramaic name Tabitha and the Greek name Dorcas both mean gazelle
- Acts 9:39 Greek chiton, a long garment worn under the cloak next to the skin
Acts 9:23-43
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Acts 9:23-43
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23 After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him,(A) 24 but Saul learned of their plan.(B) Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. 25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.(C)
26 When he came to Jerusalem,(D) he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas(E) took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him,(F) and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.(G) 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews,[a](H) but they tried to kill him.(I) 30 When the believers(J) learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea(K) and sent him off to Tarsus.(L)
31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria(M) enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.(N)
Aeneas and Dorcas
32 As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people(O) who lived in Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. 34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you.(P) Get up and roll up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up. 35 All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon(Q) saw him and turned to the Lord.(R)
36 In Joppa(S) there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good(T) and helping the poor. 37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.(U) 38 Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples(V) heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Please come at once!”
39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows(W) stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.
40 Peter sent them all out of the room;(X) then he got down on his knees(Y) and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.”(Z) She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. 42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.(AA) 43 Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.(AB)
Footnotes
- Acts 9:29 That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture
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