Job
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English: New American Standard Bible |
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Job 25 [Commentary]
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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, |
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"Dominion and awe belong to Him Who establishes peace in His heights.
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"Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise?
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"How then can a man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman?
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"If even the moon has no brightness And the stars are not pure in His sight,
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How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!"
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Job 26 [Commentary] [Map]
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Then Job responded, |
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"What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm without strength!
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"What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!
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"To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed through you?
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"The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants.
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"Naked is Sheol before Him, And Abaddon has no covering.
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"He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing.
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"He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them.
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"He obscures the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it.
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"He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness.
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"The pillars of heaven tremble And are amazed at His rebuke.
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"He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.
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"By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.
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"Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?"
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Job 27 [Commentary]
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Then Job continued his discourse and said, |
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"As God lives, who has taken away my right, And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,
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For as long as life is in me, And the breath of God is in my nostrils,
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My lips certainly will not speak unjustly, Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.
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"Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
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"I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days.
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"May my enemy be as the wicked And my opponent as the unjust.
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"For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life?
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"Will God hear his cry When distress comes upon him?
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"Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
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"I will instruct you in the power of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.
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"Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you act foolishly?
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"This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.
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"Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.
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"His survivors will be buried because of the plague, And their widows will not be able to weep.
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"Though he piles up silver like dust And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,
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He may prepare it, but the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver.
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"He has built his house like the spider's web, Or as a hut which the watchman has made.
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"He lies down rich, but never again; He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.
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"Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night.
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"The east wind carries him away, and he is gone, For it whirls him away from his place.
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"For it will hurl at him without sparing; He will surely try to flee from its power.
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"Men will clap their hands at him And will hiss him from his place.
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