Job 39-40
Christian Standard Bible
39 Do you know when mountain goats give birth?
Have you watched the deer in labor?
2 Can you count the months they are pregnant[a]
so you can know the time they give birth?
3 They crouch down to give birth to their young;
they deliver their newborn.[b]
4 Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field.
They leave and do not return.[c]
5 Who set the wild donkey free?
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
6 I made the desert(A) its home,
and the salty(B) wasteland its dwelling.
7 It scoffs at the noise of the village
and never hears the shouts of a driver.(C)
8 It roams the mountains for its pastureland,
searching for anything green.
9 Would the wild ox be willing to serve you?
Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?
10 Can you hold the wild ox(D) to a furrow by its harness?
Will it plow the valleys behind you?
11 Can you depend on it because its strength is great?
Would you leave it to do your hard work?
12 Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain
and bring it to your threshing floor?
13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,
but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?[d](E)
14 She abandons her eggs on the ground
and lets them be warmed in the sand.
15 She forgets that a foot may crush them
or that some wild animal may trample them.
16 She treats her young harshly, as if they were not her own,
with no fear that her labor may have been in vain.
17 For God has deprived her of wisdom;
he has not endowed her with understanding.(F)
18 When she proudly[e] spreads her wings,
she laughs at the horse and its rider.
19 Do you give strength to the horse?
Do you adorn his neck with a mane?[f]
20 Do you make him leap like a locust?
His proud snorting fills one with terror.
21 He paws[g] in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
he charges into battle.[h]
22 He laughs at fear, since he is afraid of nothing;
he does not run from the sword.
23 A quiver rattles at his side,
along with a flashing spear and a javelin.
24 He charges ahead[i] with trembling rage;
he cannot stand still at the sound of the ram’s horn.
25 When the ram’s horn blasts, he snorts defiantly.[j]
He smells the battle from a distance;
he hears the officers’ shouts and the battle cry.
26 Does the hawk take flight by your understanding
and spread its wings to the south?
27 Does the eagle soar at your command
and make its nest(G) on high?
28 It lives on a cliff where it spends the night;
its stronghold is on a rocky crag.
29 From there it searches for prey;(H)
its eyes penetrate the distance.
30 Its brood gulps down blood,
and where the slain are, it is there.(I)
40 The Lord answered Job:
2 Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him?
Let him who argues with God give an answer.[k]
3 Then Job answered the Lord:
4 I am so insignificant. How can I answer you?(J)
I place my hand over my mouth.
5 I have spoken once, and I will not reply;
twice, but now I can add nothing.(K)
6 Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind:(L)
7 Get ready to answer me like a man;
when I question(M) you, you will inform me.
8 Would you really challenge my justice?
Would you declare me guilty(N) to justify yourself?(O)
9 Do you have an arm like God’s?
Can you thunder with a voice like his?
10 Adorn yourself with majesty(P) and splendor,
and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
11 Pour out your raging anger;(Q)
look on every proud person and humiliate him.(R)
12 Look on every proud person and humble him;(S)
trample the wicked where they stand.[l]
13 Hide them together in the dust;
imprison them in the grave.[m]
14 Then I will confess to you
that your own right hand(T) can deliver you.(U)
15 Look at Behemoth,
which I made along with you.
He eats grass like cattle.
16 Look at the strength of his back[n]
and the power in the muscles of his belly.
17 He stiffens his tail like a cedar tree;
the tendons of his thighs are woven firmly together.
18 His bones are bronze tubes;
his limbs are like iron rods.
19 He is the foremost of God’s works;(V)
only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
20 The hills yield food for him,
while all sorts of wild animals play there.
21 He lies under the lotus plants,
hiding in the protection[o] of marshy reeds.
22 Lotus plants cover him with their shade;
the willows by the brook surround him.
23 Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid;
he remains confident, even if the Jordan surges up to his mouth.
24 Can anyone capture him while he looks on,[p]
or pierce his nose with snares?
Footnotes
- 39:2 Lit months they fulfill
- 39:3 Or they send away their labor pains
- 39:4 Lit return to them
- 39:13 Hb obscure
- 39:18 Hb obscure
- 39:19 Hb obscure
- 39:21 LXX, Syr; MT reads They dig
- 39:21 Lit he goes out to meet the weaponry
- 39:24 Lit He swallows the ground
- 39:25 Lit he says, “Aha!”
- 40:2 Lit God respond to it
- 40:12 Lit wicked in their place
- 40:13 Lit together; bind their faces in the hidden place
- 40:16 Or waist
- 40:21 Lit plants, in the hiding place
- 40:24 Lit capture it in its eyes
Romans 5
Christian Standard Bible
Faith Triumphs
5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith,(A) we have peace[a] with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.(B) 2 We have also obtained access through him(C) by faith[b] into this grace in which we stand,(D) and we boast[c] in the hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only that,(E) but we also boast in our afflictions,(F) because we know that affliction produces endurance,(G) 4 endurance produces proven character,(H) and proven character produces hope. 5 This hope will not disappoint us,(I) because God’s love has been poured out in our hearts(J) through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
The Justified Are Reconciled
6 For while we were still helpless, at the right time,(K) Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For rarely will someone die for a just person—though for a good person perhaps someone might even dare to die. 8 But God proves(L) his own love for us(M) in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 How much more then, since we have now been justified by his blood,(N) will we be saved through him from wrath.(O) 10 For if, while we were enemies,(P) we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, then how much more, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.(Q) 11 And not only that, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation.(R)
Death through Adam and Life through Christ
12 Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man,(S) and death through sin,(T) in this way death spread to all people,(U) because all sinned.[d] 13 In fact, sin was in the world before the law, but sin is not charged to a person’s account when there is no law.(V) 14 Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam’s transgression.(W) He is a type of the Coming One.(X)
15 But the gift is not like the trespass. For if by the one man’s trespass the many died, how much more have the grace of God and the gift which comes through the grace of the one man(Y) Jesus Christ overflowed to the many. 16 And the gift is not like the one man’s sin, because from one sin came the judgment,(Z) resulting in condemnation, but from many trespasses came the gift, resulting in justification.[e] 17 If by the one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the overflow of grace and the gift of righteousness reign in life(AA) through the one man, Jesus Christ.
18 So then, as through one trespass there is condemnation for everyone, so also through one righteous act there is justification leading to life(AB) for everyone. 19 For just as through one man’s disobedience the many were made sinners,(AC) so also through the one man’s obedience(AD) the many will be made righteous. 20 The law came along to multiply the trespass.(AE) But where sin multiplied, grace multiplied even more(AF) 21 so that, just as sin reigned in death,(AG) so also grace will reign(AH) through righteousness, resulting in eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Psalm 94:13-19
Christian Standard Bible
13 to give him relief from troubled times
until a pit is dug for the wicked.(A)
14 The Lord will not leave his people
or abandon his heritage,(B)
15 for the administration of justice will again be righteous,
and all the upright in heart will follow[a] it.(C)
16 Who stands up for me against the wicked?
Who takes a stand for me against evildoers?(D)
17 If the Lord had not been my helper,
I would soon rest in the silence of death.(E)
18 If I say, “My foot is slipping,”
your faithful love will support me, Lord.(F)
19 When I am filled with cares,
your comfort brings me joy.(G)
Footnotes
- 94:15 Or heart will support; lit heart after
Proverbs 20:11-13
Christian Standard Bible
11 Even a young man is known by his actions—
by whether his behavior is pure and upright.(A)
12 The hearing ear and the seeing eye—
the Lord made them both.(B)
13 Don’t love sleep, or you will become poor;
open your eyes, and you’ll have enough to eat.(C)
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