Job 19
New American Standard Bible 1995
Job Feels Insulted
19 Then Job [a]responded,
2 “How long will you torment [b]me
And crush me with words?
3 “These ten times you have insulted me;
You are not ashamed to wrong me.
4 “Even if I have truly erred,
My error lodges with me.
5 “If indeed you (A)vaunt yourselves against me
And prove my disgrace to me,
6 Know then that (B)God has wronged me
And has closed (C)His net around me.
Everything Is against Him
7 “Behold, (D)I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.
8 “He has (E)walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put (F)darkness on my paths.
9 “He has (G)stripped my honor from me
And removed the (H)crown from my head.
10 “He (I)breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
And He has uprooted my (J)hope (K)like a tree.
11 “He has also (L)kindled His anger against me
And (M)considered me as His enemy.
12 “His (N)troops come together,
And (O)build up their [c]way against me
And camp around my tent.
13 “He has (P)removed my brothers far from me,
And my (Q)acquaintances are completely estranged from me.
14 “My relatives have failed,
And my (R)intimate friends have forgotten me.
15 “Those who live in my house and my maids consider me a stranger.
I am a foreigner in their sight.
16 “I call to my servant, but he does not answer;
I have to implore him with my mouth.
17 “My breath is [d]offensive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.
18 “Even young children despise me;
I rise up and they speak against me.
19 “All [e]my (S)associates abhor me,
And those I love have turned against me.
20 “My (T)bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
21 “Pity me, pity me, O you my friends,
For the (U)hand of God has struck me.
22 “Why do you (V)persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
Job Says, “My Redeemer Lives”
23 “Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were (W)inscribed in a book!
24 “That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!
25 “As for me, I know that (X)my [f]Redeemer lives,
And [g]at the last He will take His stand on the [h]earth.
26 “Even after my skin [i]is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall (Y)see God;
27 Whom I [j]myself shall behold,
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My [k]heart (Z)faints [l]within me!
28 “If you say, ‘How shall we (AA)persecute him?’
And ‘[m]What pretext for a case against him can we find?’
29 “Then be afraid of (AB)the sword for yourselves,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
So that you may know (AC)there is judgment.”
Footnotes
- Job 19:1 Lit answered and said
- Job 19:2 Lit my soul
- Job 19:12 I.e. siegework
- Job 19:17 Lit strange
- Job 19:19 Lit the men of my council
- Job 19:25 Or Vindicator, defender; lit kinsman
- Job 19:25 Or as the Last
- Job 19:25 Lit dust
- Job 19:26 Lit which they have cut off
- Job 19:27 Or on my side
- Job 19:27 Lit kidneys
- Job 19:27 Lit in my loins
- Job 19:28 Or the root of the matter is found in him
Psalm 22:11-21
New American Standard Bible 1995
11 (A)Be not far from me, for [a]trouble is near;
For there is (B)none to help.
12 Many (C)bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of (D)Bashan have encircled me.
13 They (E)open wide their mouth at me,
As a ravening and a roaring (F)lion.
14 I am (G)poured out like water,
And all my (H)bones are out of joint;
My (I)heart is like wax;
It is melted within [b]me.
15 My (J)strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And (K)my tongue cleaves to my jaws;
And You (L)lay me [c]in the dust of death.
16 For (M)dogs have surrounded me;
[d]A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
[e]They (N)pierced my hands and my feet.
17 I can count all my bones.
(O)They look, they stare at me;
18 They (P)divide my garments among them,
And for my clothing they cast lots.
19 But You, O Lord, (Q)be not far off;
O You my help, (R)hasten to my assistance.
20 Deliver my [f]soul from (S)the sword,
My (T)only life from the [g]power of the dog.
21 Save me from the (U)lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the (V)wild oxen You (W)answer me.
Footnotes
- Psalm 22:11 Or distress
- Psalm 22:14 Lit my inward parts
- Psalm 22:15 Lit to
- Psalm 22:16 Or An assembly
- Psalm 22:16 Another reading is Like a lion, my...
- Psalm 22:20 Or life
- Psalm 22:20 Lit paw
John 5:19-32
New American Standard Bible 1995
19 Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, (A)the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever [a]the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. 20 (B)For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him (C)greater works than these, so that you will marvel. 21 For just as the Father raises the dead and (D)gives them life, even so (E)the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. 22 For not even the Father judges anyone, but (F)He has given all judgment to the Son, 23 so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. (G)He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.
24 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and (H)believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and (I)does not come into judgment, but has (J)passed out of death into life.
Two Resurrections
25 Truly, truly, I say to you, (K)an hour is coming and now is, when (L)the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who (M)hear will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He (N)gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; 27 and He gave Him authority to (O)execute judgment, because He is [b]the Son of Man. 28 Do not marvel at this; for (P)an hour is coming, in which (Q)all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, 29 and will come forth; (R)those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.
30 “(S)I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and (T)My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but (U)the will of Him who sent Me.
31 “(V)If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not [c]true. 32 There is (W)another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true.
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