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Genesis 8
New International Version (NIV)
8 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. 2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. 3 The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, 4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
6 After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark 7 and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. 8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. 9 But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. 12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
13 By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.
15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”
18 So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. 19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after another.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. 21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
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“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”
New International Version (NIV)
8 But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded. 2 Now the springs of the deep and the floodgates of the heavens had been closed, and the rain had stopped falling from the sky. 3 The water receded steadily from the earth. At the end of the hundred and fifty days the water had gone down, 4 and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat. 5 The waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
6 After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark 7 and sent out a raven, and it kept flying back and forth until the water had dried up from the earth. 8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the water had receded from the surface of the ground. 9 But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark. 10 He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark. 11 When the dove returned to him in the evening, there in its beak was a freshly plucked olive leaf! Then Noah knew that the water had receded from the earth. 12 He waited seven more days and sent the dove out again, but this time it did not return to him.
13 By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. 14 By the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was completely dry.
15 Then God said to Noah, 16 “Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives. 17 Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase in number on it.”
18 So Noah came out, together with his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives. 19 All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds—everything that moves on land—came out of the ark, one kind after another.
20 Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. 21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.
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“As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.”
Job 4-5
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?’
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“Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
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I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
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His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
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The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
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For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
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Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
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“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
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He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
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He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
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The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
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He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
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He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
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Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
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He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
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So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
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“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
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For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
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From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
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In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
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You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
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You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals.
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For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
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You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
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You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
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You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
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“We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
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.
15
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?’
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“Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
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Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3
I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
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His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5
The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6
For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8
“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
9
He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
10
He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
11
The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12
He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
13
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
14
Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
15
He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
16
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17
“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18
For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
19
From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
20
In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21
You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
22
You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals.
23
For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24
You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
25
You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
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You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
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“We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
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