Job 20:4-11

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⁴“Surely you know how it has been from of old,^(A)
    ever since mankind^[a] was placed on the earth,
⁵that the mirth of the wicked^(B) is brief,
    the joy of the godless^(C) lasts but a moment.^(D)
⁶Though the pride^(E) of the godless person reaches to the heavens^(F)
    and his head touches the clouds,^(G)
⁷he will perish forever,^(H) like his own dung;
    those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’^(I)
⁸Like a dream^(J) he flies away,^(K) no more to be found,
    banished^(L) like a vision of the night.^(M)
⁹The eye that saw him will not see him again;
    his place will look on him no more.^(N)
¹⁰His children^(O) must make amends to the poor;
    his own hands must give back his wealth.^(P)
¹¹The youthful vigor^(Q) that fills his bones^(R)
    will lie with him in the dust.^(S)

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Footnotes

Job 20:4 Or Adam

Mark 4:30-41

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The Parable of the Mustard Seed^(A)

³⁰Again he said, “What shall we say the kingdom of God is like,^(B) or what parable shall we use to describe it? ³¹It is like a mustard seed, which is the smallest of all seeds on earth. ³²Yet when planted, it grows and becomes the largest of all garden plants, with such big branches that the birds can perch in its shade.”

³³With many similar parables Jesus spoke the word to them, as much as they could understand.^(C) ³⁴He did not say anything to them without using a parable.^(D) But when he was alone with his own disciples, he explained everything.

Jesus Calms the Storm^(E)

³⁵That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” ³⁶Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat.^(F) There were also other boats with him. ³⁷A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. ³⁸Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”

³⁹He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, “Quiet! Be still!” Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.

⁴⁰He said to his disciples, “Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?”^(G)

⁴¹They were terrified and asked each other, “Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!”

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