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Job Complains of Violence on the Earth

24 “Why are times not kept by the Almighty,[a]
    and why do those who know him never see his days?(A)

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  1. 24.1 Traditional rendering of Heb Shaddai

He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.(A)

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But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the godless.(A)

But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day.(B)

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For every matter has its time and way, although the troubles of mortals lie heavy upon them.(A) Indeed, they do not know what is to be, for who can tell them how it will be?(B)

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17 I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every matter and for every work.”(A)

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15 which he will bring about at the right time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.(A)

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False Asceticism

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later[a] times some will renounce[b] the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,(A)

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  1. 4.1 Or the last
  2. 4.1 Or move away from

Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you.(A)

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But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.(A)

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26 From one ancestor[a] he made all peoples to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,(A)

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  1. 17.26 Gk From one; other ancient authorities read From one blood

And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.(A)

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22 for these are days of vengeance, as a fulfillment of all that is written.(A) 23 Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing infants in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people; 24 they will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken away as captives among all nations, and Jerusalem will be trampled on by the nations, until the times of the nations are fulfilled.(B)

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38 For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark,

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21 He changes times and seasons,
    deposes kings and sets up kings;
he gives wisdom to the wise
    and knowledge to those who have understanding.(A)

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10 That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts,
    a day of retribution,
    to gain vindication from his foes.
The sword shall devour and be sated
    and drink its fill of their blood.
For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice
    in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.(A)

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Jeremiah Complains to God

12 You will be in the right, O Lord,
    when I lay charges against you,
    but let me put my case to you.
Why does the way of the guilty prosper?
    Why do all who are treacherous thrive?(A)
You plant them, and they take root;
    they grow and bring forth fruit;
you are near in their mouths
    yet far from their hearts.(B)
But you, O Lord, know me;
    you see me and test me; my heart is with you.
Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter,
    and set them apart for the day of slaughter.(C)

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22 The least of them shall become a clan
    and the smallest one a mighty nation;
I am the Lord;
    in its time I will accomplish it quickly.(A)

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12 For the Lord of hosts has a day
    against all that is proud and lofty,
    against all that is lifted up and high;[a](A)

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  1. 2.12 Cn Compare Gk: Heb low

11 Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.(A) 12 For no one can anticipate one’s time. Like fish taken in a cruel net or like birds caught in a snare, so mortals are snared at a time of calamity, when it suddenly falls upon them.(B)

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16 But when I thought how to understand this,
    it seemed to me a wearisome task,(A)
17 until I went into the sanctuary of God;
    then I perceived their end.(B)
18 Truly you set them in slippery places;
    you make them fall to ruin.(C)
19 How they are destroyed in a moment,
    swept away utterly by terrors!(D)

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10 O continue your steadfast love to those who know you
    and your salvation to the upright of heart!

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15 My times are in your hand;
    deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.(A)

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10 And those who know your name put their trust in you,
    for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.(A)

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20 Then the Lord said, “How great is the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah and how very grave their sin!(A) 21 I must go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry that has come to me, and if not, I will know.”(B)

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17 The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

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