Job 15-17
New American Standard Bible 1995
Eliphaz Says Job Presumes Much
15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite [a]responded,
2 “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
(A)And fill [b]himself with the east wind?
3 “Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?
4 “Indeed, you do away with [c]reverence
And hinder meditation before God.
5 “For (B)your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of (C)the crafty.
6 “Your (D)own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.
7 “Were you the first man to be born,
Or (E)were you brought forth before the hills?
8 “Do you hear the (F)secret counsel of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself?
9 “(G)What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that [d]we do not?
10 “Both the (H)gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.
11 “Are (I)the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the (J)word spoken gently with you?
12 “Why does your (K)heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,
13 That you should turn your spirit against God
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?
14 “What is man, that (L)he should be pure,
Or (M)he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 “Behold, He puts no trust in His (N)holy ones,
And the (O)heavens are not pure in His sight;
16 How much less one who is (P)detestable and corrupt,
Man, who (Q)drinks iniquity like water!
What Eliphaz Has Seen of Life
17 “I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;
18 What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from (R)their fathers,
19 To whom alone the land was given,
And no alien passed among them.
20 “The wicked man writhes (S)in pain all his days,
And [e]numbered are the years (T)stored up for the ruthless.
21 “[f]Sounds of (U)terror are in his ears;
(V)While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.
22 “He does not believe that he will (W)return from darkness,
And he is destined for (X)the sword.
23 “He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of (Y)darkness is [g]at hand.
24 “Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,
25 Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And conducts himself (Z)arrogantly against [h]the Almighty.
26 “He rushes [i]headlong at Him
With [j]his massive shield.
27 “For he has (AA)covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.
28 “He has (AB)lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become [k]ruins.
29 “He (AC)will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.
30 “He will (AD)not [l]escape from darkness;
The (AE)flame will wither his shoots,
And by (AF)the breath of His mouth he will go away.
31 “Let him not (AG)trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his [m]reward.
32 “It will be accomplished (AH)before his time,
And his palm (AI)branch will not be green.
33 “He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will (AJ)cast off his flower like the olive tree.
34 “For the company of (AK)the godless is barren,
And fire consumes (AL)the tents of [n]the corrupt.
35 “They (AM)conceive [o]mischief and bring forth iniquity,
And their [p]mind prepares deception.”
Job Says Friends Are Sorry Comforters
16 Then Job [q]answered,
2 “I have heard many such things;
[r](AN)Sorry comforters are you all.
3 “Is there no limit to (AO)windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?
4 “I too could speak like you,
If [s]I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And (AP)shake my head at you.
5 “I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.
Job Says God Shattered Him
6 “If I speak, (AQ)my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?
7 “But now He has (AR)exhausted me;
You have laid (AS)waste all my company.
8 “You have shriveled me up,
(AT)It has become a witness;
And my (AU)leanness rises up against me,
It testifies to my face.
9 “His anger has (AV)torn me and [t]hunted me down,
He has (AW)gnashed at me with His teeth;
My (AX)adversary [u]glares at me.
10 “They have (AY)gaped at me with their mouth,
They have [v](AZ)slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have (BA)massed themselves against me.
11 “God hands me over to ruffians
And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.
12 “I was at ease, but (BB)He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His (BC)target.
13 “His (BD)arrows surround me.
Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;
He pours out (BE)my gall on the ground.
14 “He (BF)breaks through me with breach after breach;
He (BG)runs at me like a warrior.
15 “I have sewed (BH)sackcloth over my skin
And (BI)thrust my horn in the dust.
16 “My face is flushed from (BJ)weeping,
(BK)And deep darkness is on my eyelids,
17 Although there is no (BL)violence in my hands,
And (BM)my prayer is pure.
18 “O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no resting place for my cry.
19 “Even now, behold, (BN)my witness is in heaven,
And my [w]advocate is (BO)on high.
20 “My friends are my scoffers;
(BP)My eye [x]weeps to God.
21 “O that a man might plead with God
As a man with his neighbor!
22 “For when a few years are past,
I shall go the way (BQ)of no return.
Job Says He Has Become a Byword
17 “My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished,
The [y](BR)grave is ready for me.
2 “(BS)Surely mockers are with me,
And my eye [z]gazes on their provocation.
3 “Lay down, now, a pledge (BT)for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will [aa]be my guarantor?
4 “For You have [ab](BU)kept their heart from understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them.
5 “He who (BV)informs against friends for a share of the spoil,
The (BW)eyes of his children also will languish.
6 “But He has made me a (BX)byword of the people,
And I am [ac]one at whom men (BY)spit.
7 “My eye has also grown (BZ)dim because of grief,
And all my (CA)members are as a shadow.
8 “The upright will be appalled at this,
And the (CB)innocent will stir up himself against the godless.
9 “Nevertheless (CC)the righteous will hold to his way,
And (CD)he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.
10 “But come again all of [ad]you now,
For I (CE)do not find a wise man among you.
11 “My (CF)days are past, my plans are torn apart,
Even the wishes of my heart.
12 “They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.
13 “If I look for (CG)Sheol as my home,
I [ae]make my bed in the darkness;
14 If I call to the (CH)pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the (CI)worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;
15 Where now is (CJ)my hope?
And who regards my hope?
16 “[af]Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together (CK)go down into the dust?”
Footnotes
- Job 15:1 Lit answered and said
- Job 15:2 Lit his belly
- Job 15:4 Lit fear
- Job 15:9 Lit is not within us?
- Job 15:20 Lit the number of years are
- Job 15:21 Lit A sound of terrors is
- Job 15:23 Lit ready at his hand
- Job 15:25 Heb Shaddai
- Job 15:26 Lit with a stiff neck
- Job 15:26 Lit the thick-bossed shields
- Job 15:28 Or heaps
- Job 15:30 Lit turn aside
- Job 15:31 Lit exchange
- Job 15:34 Lit a bribe
- Job 15:35 Or pain
- Job 15:35 Lit belly
- Job 16:1 Lit answered and said
- Job 16:2 Lit Comforters of trouble
- Job 16:4 Lit your soul were in place of my soul
- Job 16:9 Lit borne a grudge against me
- Job 16:9 Lit sharpens his eyes
- Job 16:10 Lit struck
- Job 16:19 Or witness
- Job 16:20 Or drips
- Job 17:1 Lit graves
- Job 17:2 Lit lodges
- Job 17:3 Lit strike hands with me
- Job 17:4 Lit hidden
- Job 17:6 Lit a spitting to the faces
- Job 17:10 With some ancient mss and versions; M.T. them
- Job 17:13 Lit spread out
- Job 17:16 So the Gr; Heb possibly Let my limbs sink down to Sheol, since there is rest in the dust for all
Revelation 14
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Lamb and the 144,000 on Mount Zion
14 Then I looked, and behold, (A)the Lamb was standing on (B)Mount Zion, and with Him (C)one hundred and forty-four thousand, having (D)His name and the (E)name of His Father written (F)on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like (G)the sound of many waters and like the (H)sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of (I)harpists playing on their harps. 3 And they *[a]sang (J)a new song before the throne and before the (K)four living creatures and the (L)elders; and (M)no one could learn the song except the (N)one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been (O)purchased from the earth. 4 (P)These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they [b]have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who (Q)follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been (R)purchased from among men (S)as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. 5 And (T)no lie was found in their mouth; they are (U)blameless.
Vision of the Angel with the Gospel
6 And I saw another angel flying in (V)midheaven, having (W)an eternal gospel to preach to (X)those who [c]live on the earth, and to (Y)every nation and tribe and tongue and people; 7 and he said with a loud voice, “(Z)Fear God, and (AA)give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who (AB)made the heaven and the earth and sea and (AC)springs of waters.”
8 And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, “[d](AD)Fallen, fallen is (AE)Babylon the great, she who has (AF)made all the nations drink of the (AG)wine of the [e]passion of her immorality.”
Doom for Worshipers of the Beast
9 Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone (AH)worships the beast and his (AI)image, and receives a (AJ)mark on his forehead or on his hand, 10 he also will drink of the (AK)wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed [f]in full strength (AL)in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with (AM)fire and [g]brimstone in the presence of the (AN)holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. 11 And the (AO)smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; (AP)they have no rest day and night, those who (AQ)worship the beast and his (AR)image, and [h]whoever receives the (AS)mark of his name.” 12 Here is (AT)the [i]perseverance of the [j]saints who (AU)keep the commandments of God and [k](AV)their faith in Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, “Write, ‘(AW)Blessed are the dead who (AX)die in the Lord from now on!’” “Yes,” (AY)says the Spirit, “so that they may (AZ)rest from their labors, for their (BA)deeds follow with them.”
The Reapers
14 Then I looked, and behold, a (BB)white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one (BC)like [l]a son of man, having a golden (BD)crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. 15 And another angel (BE)came out of the [m]temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, “[n](BF)Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the (BG)harvest of the earth [o]is ripe.” 16 Then He who sat on the cloud [p]swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel (BH)came out of the [q]temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. 18 Then another angel, (BI)the one who has power over fire, came out from (BJ)the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, “[r](BK)Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters [s]from the vine of the earth, (BL)because her grapes are ripe.” 19 So the angel [t]swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into (BM)the great wine press of the wrath of God. 20 And (BN)the wine press was trodden (BO)outside the city, and (BP)blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses’ bridles, [u]for a distance of [v]two hundred miles.
Footnotes
- Revelation 14:3 Two early mss read sing something like a new song
- Revelation 14:4 Lit are chaste men
- Revelation 14:6 Lit sit
- Revelation 14:8 Lit Babylon...fell, fell, she who
- Revelation 14:8 Or wrath
- Revelation 14:10 Lit unmixed; in ancient times wine was usually diluted with water
- Revelation 14:10 I.e. burning sulphur
- Revelation 14:11 Lit if anyone
- Revelation 14:12 Or steadfastness
- Revelation 14:12 Or holy ones
- Revelation 14:12 Lit the faith of
- Revelation 14:14 Or the Son of Man
- Revelation 14:15 Or sanctuary
- Revelation 14:15 Lit Send forth
- Revelation 14:15 Lit has become dry
- Revelation 14:16 Lit cast
- Revelation 14:17 Or sanctuary
- Revelation 14:18 Lit Send forth
- Revelation 14:18 Lit of
- Revelation 14:19 Lit cast
- Revelation 14:20 Lit from
- Revelation 14:20 Lit sixteen hundred stadia; a stadion was approx 600 ft
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