Job 24-27
New American Standard Bible 1995
Job Says God Seems to Ignore Wrongs
24 “(A)Why are [a]times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see (B)His days?
2 “[b]Some (C)remove the landmarks;
They seize and [c]devour flocks.
3 “They drive away the donkeys of the (D)orphans;
They take the (E)widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 “They push (F)the needy aside from the road;
The (G)poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
5 “Behold, as (H)wild donkeys in the wilderness
They (I)go forth seeking food in their activity,
As [d]bread for their children in the desert.
6 “They harvest their fodder in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
7 “(J)They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.
8 “They are wet with the mountain rains
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
9 “[e]Others snatch the (K)orphan from the breast,
And against the poor they take a pledge.
10 “They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
11 “Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but thirst.
12 “From the city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God (L)does not pay attention to folly.
13 “[f]Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
14 “The murderer (M)arises at dawn;
He (N)kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.
15 “The eye of the (O)adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he [g]disguises his face.
16 “In the dark they (P)dig into houses,
They (Q)shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.
17 “For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,
For he is familiar with the (R)terrors of thick darkness.
18 “They are [h](S)insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is (T)cursed on the earth.
They do not turn [i]toward the (U)vineyards.
19 “Drought and heat [j](V)consume the snow waters,
So does [k](W)Sheol those who have sinned.
20 “A [l](X)mother will forget him;
The (Y)worm feeds sweetly till he is (Z)no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken (AA)like a tree.
21 “He wrongs the [m]barren woman
And does no good for (AB)the widow.
22 “But He drags off the valiant by (AC)His power;
He rises, but (AD)no one has assurance of life.
23 “He provides them (AE)with security, and they are supported;
And His (AF)eyes are on their ways.
24 “They are exalted a (AG)little while, then they are gone;
Moreover, they are (AH)brought low and like everything gathered up;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
25 “Now if it is not so, (AI)who can prove me a liar,
And make my speech worthless?”
Bildad Says Man Is Inferior
25 Then Bildad the Shuhite [n]answered,
2 “(AJ)Dominion and awe [o]belong to Him
Who establishes peace in (AK)His heights.
3 “Is there any number to (AL)His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?
4 “How then can a man be (AM)just with God?
Or how can he be (AN)clean who is born of woman?
5 “If even (AO)the moon has no brightness
And the (AP)stars are not pure in His sight,
6 How much less (AQ)man, that (AR)maggot,
And the son of man, that worm!”
Job Rebukes Bildad
26 Then Job [p]responded,
2 “What a help you are to [q](AS)the weak!
How you have saved the arm (AT)without strength!
3 “What counsel you have given to one without wisdom!
What helpful insight you have abundantly [r]provided!
4 “To whom have you uttered words?
And whose [s]spirit was expressed through you?
The Greatness of God
5 “The [t](AU)departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.
6 “Naked is [u](AV)Sheol before Him,
And [v](AW)Abaddon has no covering.
7 “He (AX)stretches out the north over empty space
And hangs the earth on nothing.
8 “He (AY)wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.
9 “He [w](AZ)obscures the face of the [x]full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.
10 “He has inscribed a (BA)circle on the surface of the waters
At the (BB)boundary of light and darkness.
11 “The pillars of heaven tremble
And are amazed at His rebuke.
12 “He (BC)quieted the sea with His power,
And by His (BD)understanding He shattered (BE)Rahab.
13 “By His breath the (BF)heavens are [y]cleared;
His hand has pierced (BG)the fleeing serpent.
14 “Behold, these are the fringes of His ways;
And how faint (BH)a word we hear of Him!
But His mighty (BI)thunder, who can understand?”
Job Affirms His Righteousness
27 Then Job [z]continued his (BJ)discourse and said,
2 “As God lives, (BK)who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, (BL)who has embittered my soul,
3 For as long as [aa]life is in me,
And the [ab](BM)breath of God is in my nostrils,
4 My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
Nor will (BN)my tongue mutter deceit.
5 “Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Till I die (BO)I will not put away my integrity from me.
6 “I (BP)hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
My heart does not reproach any of my days.
The State of the Godless
7 “May my enemy be as the wicked
And [ac]my opponent as the unjust.
8 “For what is (BQ)the hope of the godless [ad]when he is cut off,
When God requires (BR)his [ae]life?
9 “Will God (BS)hear his cry
When (BT)distress comes upon him?
10 “Will he take (BU)delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?
11 “I will instruct you in the [af]power of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
12 “Behold, all of you have seen it;
Why then do you [ag]act foolishly?
13 “This is (BV)the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which (BW)tyrants receive from the Almighty.
14 “Though his sons are many, [ah]they are destined (BX)for the sword;
And his (BY)descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
15 “His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And [ai]their (BZ)widows will not be able to weep.
16 “Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
17 He may prepare it, (CA)but the just will wear it
And the innocent will divide the silver.
18 “He has built his (CB)house like the [aj]spider’s web,
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
19 “He lies down rich, but never [ak]again;
He opens his eyes, and (CC)it is no longer.
20 “(CD)Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away (CE)in the night.
21 “The east (CF)wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him (CG)away from his place.
22 “For it will hurl at him (CH)without sparing;
He will surely try to (CI)flee from its [al]power.
23 “Men will clap their hands at him
And will (CJ)hiss him from his place.
Footnotes
- Job 24:1 I.e. times of judgment
- Job 24:2 Lit They
- Job 24:2 Or pasture
- Job 24:5 Lit his bread
- Job 24:9 Lit They
- Job 24:13 Lit They
- Job 24:15 Or puts a covering on his face
- Job 24:18 Or light or swift
- Job 24:18 Lit to the path of
- Job 24:19 Lit seize
- Job 24:19 I.e. nether world
- Job 24:20 Lit womb
- Job 24:21 Lit barren who does not bear
- Job 25:1 Lit answered and said
- Job 25:2 Lit are with Him
- Job 26:1 Lit responded and said
- Job 26:2 Lit no power
- Job 26:3 Lit made known
- Job 26:4 Lit breath has gone forth
- Job 26:5 Or shades; Heb Rephaim
- Job 26:6 I.e. the nether world
- Job 26:6 I.e. place of destruction
- Job 26:9 Lit covers
- Job 26:9 Or throne
- Job 26:13 Lit made beautiful
- Job 27:1 Or again took up
- Job 27:3 Lit breath
- Job 27:3 Or spirit
- Job 27:7 Lit he who rises up against me
- Job 27:8 Or though he gains
- Job 27:8 Lit soul
- Job 27:11 Lit hand
- Job 27:12 Or speak vanity
- Job 27:14 Lit the sword is for them
- Job 27:15 So ancient versions; Heb his
- Job 27:18 So ancient versions; Heb moth
- Job 27:19 So ancient versions; Heb will be gathered
- Job 27:22 Lit hand
Revelation 17
New American Standard Bible 1995
The Doom of Babylon
17 (A)Then one of the (B)seven angels who had the (C)seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here, I will show you (D)the judgment of the (E)great harlot who (F)sits on many waters, 2 with whom (G)the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and (H)those who dwell on the earth were (I)made drunk with the wine of her immorality.” 3 And (J)he carried me away [a](K)in the Spirit (L)into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a (M)scarlet beast, full of (N)blasphemous names, having (O)seven heads and ten horns. 4 The woman (P)was clothed in purple and scarlet, and [b]adorned with gold and precious [c]stones and pearls, having in her hand (Q)a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality, 5 and on her forehead a name was written, a (R)mystery, “(S)BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF (T)THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.” 6 And I saw the woman drunk with (U)the blood of the [d]saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered [e]greatly. 7 And the angel said to me, “Why [f]do you wonder? I will tell you the (V)mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the (W)seven heads and the ten horns.
8 “(X)The beast that you saw (Y)was, and is not, and is about to (Z)come up out of the (AA)abyss and [g](AB)go to destruction. And (AC)those who dwell on the earth, (AD)whose name has not been written in the book of life (AE)from the foundation of the world, will (AF)wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. 9 (AG)Here is the mind which has wisdom. The (AH)seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, 10 and they are seven (AI)kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. 11 The beast which (AJ)was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he (AK)goes to destruction. 12 The (AL)ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast (AM)for one hour. 13 These have (AN)one [h]purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast.
Victory for the Lamb
14 These will wage (AO)war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will (AP)overcome them, because He is (AQ)Lord of lords and (AR)King of kings, and (AS)those who are with Him are the (AT)called and chosen and faithful.”
15 And he *said to me, “The (AU)waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are (AV)peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. 16 And the (AW)ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her (AX)desolate and (AY)naked, and will (AZ)eat her flesh and will (BA)burn her up with fire. 17 For (BB)God has put it in their hearts to execute His [i]purpose [j]by (BC)having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the (BD)words of God will be fulfilled. 18 The woman whom you saw is (BE)the great city, which [k]reigns over the kings of the earth.”
Footnotes
- Revelation 17:3 Or in spirit
- Revelation 17:4 Lit gilded
- Revelation 17:4 Lit stone
- Revelation 17:6 Or holy ones
- Revelation 17:6 Lit with great wonder
- Revelation 17:7 Lit have you wondered
- Revelation 17:8 One early ms reads is going
- Revelation 17:13 Or mind
- Revelation 17:17 Or mind
- Revelation 17:17 Lit even to do one mind and to give
- Revelation 17:18 Lit has a kingdom
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