Job 23

New King James Version

Job Proclaims God’s Righteous Judgments

23 Then Job answered and said:

²“Even today my ^(A)complaint is bitter;
^[a]My hand is listless because of my groaning.
³^(B)Oh, that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!
⁴I would present my case before Him,
And fill my mouth with arguments.
⁵I would know the words which He would answer me,
And understand what He would say to me.
⁶^(C)Would He contend with me in His great power?
No! But He would take note of me.
⁷There the upright could reason with Him,
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

⁸“Look,^(D) I go forward, but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;
⁹When He works on the left hand, I cannot behold Him;
When He turns to the right hand, I cannot see Him.
¹⁰But ^(E)He knows the way that I take;
When ^(F)He has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.
¹¹^(G)My foot has held fast to His steps;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.
¹²I have not departed from the ^(H)commandment of His lips;
^(I)I have treasured the words of His mouth
More than my ^[b]necessary food.

¹³“But He is unique, and who can make Him change?
And whatever ^(J)His soul desires, that He does.
¹⁴For He performs what is ^(K)appointed for me,
And many such things are with Him.
¹⁵Therefore I am terrified at His presence;
When I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
¹⁶For God ^(L)made my heart weak,
And the Almighty terrifies me;
¹⁷Because I was not ^(M)cut off ^[c]from the presence of darkness,
And He did not hide deep darkness from my face.

Footnotes

Job 23:2 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; LXX, Syr. His
Job 23:12 Lit. appointed portion
Job 23:17 Or by or before

Revelation 22

New King James Version

The River of Life

22 And he showed me ^(A)a ^[a]pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb. ²^(B)In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was ^(C)the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were ^(D)for the healing of the nations. ³And ^(E)there shall be no more curse, ^(F)but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His ^(G)servants shall serve Him. ⁴^(H)They shall see His face, and ^(I)His name shall be on their foreheads. ⁵^(J)There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor ^(K)light of the sun, for ^(L)the Lord God gives them light. ^(M)And they shall reign forever and ever.

The Time Is Near

⁶Then he said to me, ^(N)“These words are faithful and true.” And the Lord God of the ^[b]holy prophets ^(O)sent His angel to show His servants the things which must ^(P)shortly take place.

⁷^(Q)“Behold, I am coming quickly! ^(R)Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”

⁸Now I, John, ^[c]saw and heard these things. And when I heard and saw, ^(S)I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who showed me these things.

⁹Then he said to me, ^(T)“See that you do not do that. ^[d]For I am your fellow servant, and of your brethren the prophets, and of those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.” ¹⁰^(U)And he said to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, ^(V)for the time is at hand. ¹¹He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him ^[e]be righteous still; he who is holy, let him be holy still.”

Jesus Testifies to the Churches

¹²“And behold, I am coming quickly, and ^(W)My reward is with Me, ^(X)to give to every one according to his work. ¹³^(Y)I am the Alpha and the Omega, the ^[f]Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.”

¹⁴^(Z)Blessed are those who ^[g]do His commandments, that they may have the right ^(AA)to the tree of life, ^(AB)and may enter through the gates into the city. ¹⁵^[h]But ^(AC)outside are ^(AD)dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and whoever loves and practices a lie.

¹⁶^(AE)“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the churches. ^(AF)I am the Root and the Offspring of David, ^(AG)the Bright and Morning Star.”

¹⁷And the Spirit and ^(AH)the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” ^(AI)And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.

A Warning

¹⁸^[i]For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: ^(AJ)If anyone adds to these things, ^[j]God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; ¹⁹and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, ^(AK)God^[k] shall take away his part from the ^[l]Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.