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August 14 - Evening
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Job 4
New International Version (NIV)
Eliphaz
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
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Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
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Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
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But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
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Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?
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“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
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As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.
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At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more.
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The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
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The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
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“A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.
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Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people,
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fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
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A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
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It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:
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‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
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If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,
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how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
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Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.
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Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
New International Version (NIV)
Eliphaz
4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
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“If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking?
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Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands.
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Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.
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But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.
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Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope?
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“Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed?
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As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it.
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At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more.
10
The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken.
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The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.
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“A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it.
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Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people,
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fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake.
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A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end.
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It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice:
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‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker?
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If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error,
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how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth!
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Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever.
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Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
Job 39
New International Version (NIV)
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“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
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Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
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They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
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Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
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“Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?
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I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.
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It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout.
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It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
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“Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night?
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Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
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Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?
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Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
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“The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.
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She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
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unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
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She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain,
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for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
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Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
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“Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
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Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?
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It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray.
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It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword.
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The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
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In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
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At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, ‘Aha!’ It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
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“Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?
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Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?
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It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.
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From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.
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Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”
New International Version (NIV)
39
“Do you know when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?
2
Do you count the months till they bear? Do you know the time they give birth?
3
They crouch down and bring forth their young; their labor pains are ended.
4
Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds; they leave and do not return.
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“Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?
6
I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.
7
It laughs at the commotion in the town; it does not hear a driver’s shout.
8
It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
9
“Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night?
10
Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
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Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?
12
Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
13
“The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.
14
She lays her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand,
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unmindful that a foot may crush them, that some wild animal may trample them.
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She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers; she cares not that her labor was in vain,
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for God did not endow her with wisdom or give her a share of good sense.
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Yet when she spreads her feathers to run, she laughs at horse and rider.
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“Do you give the horse its strength or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
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Do you make it leap like a locust, striking terror with its proud snorting?
21
It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength, and charges into the fray.
22
It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword.
23
The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance.
24
In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
25
At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, ‘Aha!’ It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry.
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“Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom and spread its wings toward the south?
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Does the eagle soar at your command and build its nest on high?
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It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night; a rocky crag is its stronghold.
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From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.
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Its young ones feast on blood, and where the slain are, there it is.”
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