Job 23:1-9

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Job

23 Then Job replied:

²“Even today my complaint^(A) is bitter;^(B)
    his hand^[a] is heavy in spite of^[b] my groaning.^(C)
³If only I knew where to find him;
    if only I could go to his dwelling!^(D)
⁴I would state my case^(E) before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.^(F)
⁵I would find out what he would answer me,^(G)
    and consider what he would say to me.
⁶Would he vigorously oppose me?^(H)
    No, he would not press charges against me.^(I)
⁷There the upright^(J) can establish their innocence before him,^(K)
    and there I would be delivered forever from my judge.^(L)

⁸“But if I go to the east, he is not there;
if I go to the west, I do not find him.
⁹When he is at work in the north, I do not see him;
when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.^(M)

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Notas al pie

Job 23:2 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew / the hand on me
Job 23:2 Or heavy on me in

Job 23:16-17

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¹⁶God has made my heart faint;^(A)
the Almighty^(B) has terrified me.^(C)
¹⁷Yet I am not silenced by the darkness,^(D)
by the thick darkness that covers my face.

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Mark 10:17-27

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The Rich and the Kingdom of God^(A)

¹⁷As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees^(B) before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”^(C)

¹⁸“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. ¹⁹You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud, honor your father and mother.’^[a]”^(D)

²⁰“Teacher,” he declared, “all these I have kept since I was a boy.”

²¹Jesus looked at him and loved him. “One thing you lack,” he said. “Go, sell everything you have and give to the poor,^(E) and you will have treasure in heaven.^(F) Then come, follow me.”^(G)

²²At this the man’s face fell. He went away sad, because he had great wealth.

²³Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the rich^(H) to enter the kingdom of God!”

²⁴The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is^[b] to enter the kingdom of God!^(I) ²⁵It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”^(J)

²⁶The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁷Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”^(K)

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