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August 15 - Evening
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Job 6
New International Version (NIV)
Job
6 Then Job replied:
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“If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
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It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.
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The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
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Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
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Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[a]?
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I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
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“Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
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that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
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Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
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“What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
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Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
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Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
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“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
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when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
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but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
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Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.
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The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
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They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
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Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
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Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
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deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
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“Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
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How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
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Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?
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You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.
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“But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?
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Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.[b]
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Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?
Footnotes:
New International Version (NIV)
Job
6 Then Job replied:
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“If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales!
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It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous.
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The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me.
5
Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
6
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[a]?
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I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill.
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“Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for,
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that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life!
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Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.
11
“What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient?
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Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze?
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Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me?
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“Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow
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when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow,
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but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels.
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Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish.
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The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope.
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They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed.
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Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid.
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Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth,
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deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
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“Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong.
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How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove?
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Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind?
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You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend.
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“But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face?
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Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake.[b]
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Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?
Footnotes:
- Job 6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- Job 6:29 Or my righteousness still stands
Job 42
New International Version (NIV)
Job
42 Then Job replied to the Lord:
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“I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
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You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
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“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’
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My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.
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Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
Epilogue
7 After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. 8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.” 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. 11 All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver[a] and a gold ring.
12 The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17 And so Job died, an old man and full of years.
Footnotes:
New International Version (NIV)
Job
42 Then Job replied to the Lord:
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“I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted.
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You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know.
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“You said, ‘Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.’
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My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you.
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Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
Epilogue
7 After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. 8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.” 9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job’s prayer.
10 After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. 11 All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver[a] and a gold ring.
12 The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. 13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters. 14 The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. 15 Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. 17 And so Job died, an old man and full of years.
Footnotes:
- Job 42:11 Hebrew him a kesitah; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.
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