Job 30:16-31:12

English Standard Version

¹⁶“And now my soul is ^(A)poured out within me;
    days of affliction have taken hold of me.
¹⁷^(B)The night ^(C)racks my bones,
    and the pain that ^(D)gnaws me takes no rest.
¹⁸With great force my garment is ^(E)disfigured;
    it binds me about like the collar of my tunic.
¹⁹God^[a] has cast me into the mire,
    and I have become like ^(F)dust and ashes.
²⁰I cry to you for help and you do not answer me;
    I stand, and you only look at me.
²¹You have ^(G)turned cruel to me;
    with the might of your hand you ^(H)persecute me.
²²^(I)You lift me up on the wind; you make me ride on it,
    and you toss me about in the roar of the storm.
²³^(J)For I know that you will bring me to death
    and to the house appointed for ^(K)all living.

²⁴“Yet does not one in a ^(L)heap of ruins stretch out his hand,
    and in his disaster cry for help?^[b]
²⁵Did not I ^(M)weep for him whose day was hard?
    Was not my soul grieved for the needy?
²⁶But ^(N)when I hoped for good, evil came,
    and when I waited for light, ^(O)darkness came.
²⁷My inward parts are in turmoil and never still;
    days of affliction ^(P)come to meet me.
²⁸I ^(Q)go about darkened, but not by the sun;
    I stand up in ^(R)the assembly and cry for help.
²⁹I am a brother of ^(S)jackals
    and a companion of ^(T)ostriches.
³⁰My ^(U)skin turns black and falls from me,
    and my ^(V)bones burn with heat.
³¹My ^(W)lyre is ^(X)turned to mourning,
    and my ^(Y)pipe to the voice of those who weep.

Job's Final Appeal

31 “I have made a covenant with my ^(Z)eyes;
    how then could I gaze at a virgin?
²What would be ^(AA)my portion from God above
    and ^(AB)my heritage from the Almighty on high?
³Is not calamity for the unrighteous,
    and disaster for the workers of iniquity?
⁴^(AC)Does not he see my ways
    and ^(AD)number all my steps?

⁵“If I have walked with falsehood
    and my foot has hastened to deceit;
⁶(Let me be ^(AE)weighed in a just balance,
    and let God know my integrity!)
⁷if my step has turned aside from the way
    and ^(AF)my heart has gone after my eyes,
    and if any ^(AG)spot has stuck to my hands,
⁸then let me ^(AH)sow, and another eat,
    and let what grows for me^[c] be rooted out.

⁹“If my heart has been enticed toward a woman,
    and I have ^(AI)lain in wait at my neighbor's door,
¹⁰then let my wife ^(AJ)grind for another,
    and let others ^(AK)bow down on her.
¹¹For that would be a heinous crime;
    that would be an iniquity ^(AL)to be punished by the judges;
¹²for that would be a fire ^(AM)that consumes as far as Abaddon,
    and it would burn to the root all my increase.

Footnotes

Job 30:19 Hebrew He
Job 30:24 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Job 31:8 Or let my descendants

1 Corinthians 3:10-23

English Standard Version

¹⁰^(A)According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled^[a] master builder I laid a ^(B)foundation, and ^(C)someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. ¹¹For no one can lay a ^(D)foundation other ^(E)than that which is laid, ^(F)which is Jesus Christ. ¹²Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— ¹³^(G)each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed ^(H)by fire, and ^(I)the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. ¹⁴If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, ^(J)he will receive a reward. ¹⁵If anyone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, ^(K)but only as through fire.

¹⁶^(L)Do you not know that you^[b] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? ¹⁷If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For ^(M)God's temple is holy, and you are that temple.

¹⁸^(N)Let no one deceive himself. ^(O)If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. ¹⁹For ^(P)the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, ^(Q)“He catches the wise in their craftiness,” ²⁰and again, ^(R)“The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” ²¹So ^(S)let no one boast in men. For ^(T)all things are yours, ²²whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, ²³and ^(U)you are Christ's, and ^(V)Christ is God's.