Job 30

New American Standard Bible

Job’s Present State Is Humiliating

30 “But now those who are younger than I ^(A)mock me,
Whose fathers I refused to put with the dogs of my flock.
²Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?
Vigor had perished from them.
³From poverty and famine they are gaunt,
They who gnaw at the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,
⁴Who pluck saltweed by the bushes,
And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.
⁵They are driven from the community;
They shout against them as against a thief,
⁶So that they live on the slopes of ravines,
In holes in the ground and among the rocks.
⁷Among the bushes they ^[a]cry out;
Under the weeds they are gathered together.
⁸Worthless ^[b]fellows, even ^[c]those without a name,
They were cast out from the land.

⁹“And now I have become their ^[d]^(B)taunt,
And I have become a ^[e]^(C)byword to them.
¹⁰They loathe me and stand aloof from me,
And they do not ^[f]refrain from ^(D)spitting in my face.
¹¹Because He has undone ^[g]my ^[h]bowstring and ^(E)afflicted me,
They have cast off ^(F)the bridle before me.
¹²On the right hand their ^[i]mob arises;
They ^(G)push aside my feet ^(H)and pile up their ways of destruction against me.
¹³They ^(I)break up my path,
They promote my destruction;
No one restrains them.
¹⁴As through a wide gap they come,
^[j]Amid the storm they roll on.
¹⁵^(J)Sudden terrors are turned upon me;
They chase away my dignity like the wind,
And my ^[k]prosperity has passed away ^(K)like a cloud.

¹⁶“And now ^(L)my soul is poured out ^[l]within me;
Days of misery have seized me.
¹⁷At night it pierces ^(M)my bones ^[m]within me,
And my gnawing pains do not rest.
¹⁸By a great force my garment is ^(N)distorted;
It ties me up like the collar of my coat.
¹⁹He has thrown me into the ^(O)mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.
²⁰I ^(P)cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.
²¹You have ^[n]become cruel to me;
With the strength of Your hand You ^(Q)persecute me.
²²You ^(R)lift me up to the wind and make me ride it;
And You dissolve me in a storm.
²³For I know that You ^(S)will bring me to death,
And to the ^(T)house of meeting for all living.

²⁴“Yet does one in a heap of ruins not reach out with his hand,
Or in his disaster does he not ^(U)cry out for help?
²⁵Have I not ^(V)wept for the ^[o]one whose life is hard?
Was my soul not grieved for ^(W)the needy?
²⁶When I ^(X)expected good, evil came;
When I waited for light, ^(Y)darkness came.
²⁷^[p]I am seething ^(Z)within and cannot rest;
Days of misery confront me.
²⁸I go about ^[q]^(AA)mourning without comfort;
I stand up in the assembly and ^(AB)cry out for help.
²⁹I have become a brother to ^(AC)jackals,
And a companion of ostriches.
³⁰My ^(AD)skin turns black ^[r]on me,
And my ^(AE)bones burn with ^[s]fever.
³¹Therefore my ^(AF)harp ^[t]is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

Footnotes

Job 30:7 Or bray
Job 30:8 Lit sons
Job 30:8 Lit sons
Job 30:9 Lit song
Job 30:9 I.e., prob. a word of insult
Job 30:10 Lit withhold spit from my face
Job 30:11 Some mss His
Job 30:11 Or cord
Job 30:12 Or youth arise
Job 30:14 Lit Under
Job 30:15 Or welfare
Job 30:16 Lit upon
Job 30:17 Lit from upon
Job 30:21 Lit turned to be
Job 30:25 Lit hard of day
Job 30:27 Lit My inward parts are boiling
Job 30:28 Or blackened, but not by the heat of the sun
Job 30:30 Lit from upon
Job 30:30 Lit heat
Job 30:31 Lit becomes

1 Corinthians 16

New American Standard Bible

Instructions and Greetings

16 Now concerning ^(A)the collection for ^[a]^(B)the saints, as ^(C)I directed the churches of ^(D)Galatia, so you are to do as well. ²On ^(E)the first day of every week, each of you is to ^[b]put aside and save as he may prosper, so that ^(F)no collections need to be made when I come. ³When I arrive, ^(G)whomever you approve, I will send them with letters to take your gift to Jerusalem; ⁴and if it is appropriate for me to go also, they will go with me.

⁵But I ^(H)will come to you after I go through ^(I)Macedonia; for I ^(J)am going through Macedonia, ⁶and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may ^(K)send me on my way wherever I go. ⁷For I do not want to see you now ^(L)just in passing; for I hope to remain with you for some time, ^(M)if the Lord permits. ⁸But I will remain in ^(N)Ephesus until ^(O)Pentecost; ⁹for a ^(P)wide door ^[c]for effective service has opened to me, and ^(Q)there are many adversaries.

¹⁰Now if ^(R)Timothy comes, see that he ^[d]has no reason to be afraid while among you, for he is doing ^(S)the Lord’s work, as I also am. ¹¹^(T)So do not look down on him, anyone. But ^(U)send him on his way ^(V)in peace, so that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brothers.

¹²Now concerning our brother ^(W)Apollos, I strongly encouraged him to come to you with the brothers; and it was not at all his desire to come now, but he will come when he has the opportunity.

¹³^(X)Be on the alert, ^(Y)stand firm in the faith, ^(Z)act like men, ^(AA)be strong. ¹⁴All that you do must be done ^(AB)in love.

¹⁵Now I urge you, brothers and sisters: you know the ^(AC)household of Stephanas, that ^[e]they are the ^(AD)first fruits of ^(AE)Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves to ^(AF)ministry to ^(AG)the ^[f]saints; ¹⁶I urge that ^(AH)you also be subject to such as these and to everyone who helps in the work and labors. ¹⁷I rejoice over the ^[g]^(AI)coming of Stephanas, Fortunatus, and Achaicus, because they have ^[h]supplied ^(AJ)what was lacking on your part. ¹⁸For they ^(AK)have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore ^(AL)acknowledge such men.

¹⁹The churches of ^[i]^(AM)Asia greet you. ^(AN)Aquila and Prisca greet you heartily in the Lord, with ^(AO)the church that is in their house. ²⁰All the brothers and sisters greet you. ^(AP)Greet one another with a holy kiss.

²¹The greeting is in ^(AQ)my own hand—that of Paul. ²²If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be ^[j]^(AR)accursed. ^[k]^(AS)Maranatha! ²³^(AT)The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. ²⁴My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen.