Job 10:1-12

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10 “I loathe my very life;^(A)
    therefore I will give free rein to my complaint
    and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.^(B)
²I say to God:^(C) Do not declare me guilty,
    but tell me what charges^(D) you have against me.^(E)
³Does it please you to oppress me,^(F)
    to spurn the work of your hands,^(G)
    while you smile on the plans of the wicked?^(H)
⁴Do you have eyes of flesh?
    Do you see as a mortal sees?^(I)
⁵Are your days like those of a mortal
    or your years like those of a strong man,^(J)
⁶that you must search out my faults
    and probe after my sin^(K)—
⁷though you know that I am not guilty^(L)
    and that no one can rescue me from your hand?^(M)

⁸“Your hands shaped^(N) me and made me.
    Will you now turn and destroy me?^(O)
⁹Remember that you molded me like clay.^(P)
    Will you now turn me to dust again?^(Q)
¹⁰Did you not pour me out like milk
    and curdle me like cheese,
¹¹clothe me with skin and flesh
    and knit me together^(R) with bones and sinews?
¹²You gave me life^(S) and showed me kindness,^(T)
    and in your providence^(U) watched over^(V) my spirit.

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Job 12:1-12

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Job

12 Then Job replied:

²“Doubtless you are the only people who matter,
    and wisdom will die with you!^(A)
³But I have a mind as well as you;
    I am not inferior to you.
    Who does not know all these things?^(B)

⁴“I have become a laughingstock^(C) to my friends,^(D)
    though I called on God and he answered^(E)—
    a mere laughingstock, though righteous and blameless!^(F)
⁵Those who are at ease have contempt^(G) for misfortune
    as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.^(H)
⁶The tents of marauders are undisturbed,^(I)
    and those who provoke God are secure^(J)—
    those God has in his hand.^[a]

⁷“But ask the animals, and they will teach you,^(K)
    or the birds in the sky,^(L) and they will tell you;^(M)
⁸or speak to the earth, and it will teach you,
    or let the fish in the sea inform you.
⁹Which of all these does not know^(N)
    that the hand of the Lord has done this?^(O)
¹⁰In his hand is the life^(P) of every creature
    and the breath of all mankind.^(Q)
¹¹Does not the ear test words
    as the tongue tastes food?^(R)
¹²Is not wisdom found among the aged?^(S)
    Does not long life bring understanding?^(T)

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Footnotes

Job 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand

1 Timothy 5:1-12

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Widows, Elders and Slaves

5 Do not rebuke an older man^(A) harshly,^(B) but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men^(C) as brothers, ²older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.

³Give proper recognition to those widows who are really in need.^(D) ⁴But if a widow has children or grandchildren, these should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents,^(E) for this is pleasing to God.^(F) ⁵The widow who is really in need^(G) and left all alone puts her hope in God^(H) and continues night and day to pray^(I) and to ask God for help. ⁶But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.^(J) ⁷Give the people these instructions,^(K) so that no one may be open to blame. ⁸Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied^(L) the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

⁹No widow may be put on the list of widows unless she is over sixty, has been faithful to her husband, ¹⁰and is well known for her good deeds,^(M) such as bringing up children, showing hospitality,^(N) washing the feet^(O) of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble^(P) and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.

¹¹As for younger widows, do not put them on such a list. For when their sensual desires overcome their dedication to Christ, they want to marry. ¹²Thus they bring judgment on themselves, because they have broken their first pledge.

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