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Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Passage Lookup: Job 21-23
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Job 21:1
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Then Job answered:
Job 21:2
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Pay close attention to my words; let this be the consolation you offer.
Job 21:3
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Bear with me while I speak; then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking.
Job 21:4
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As for me, is my complaint(a) against a man? Then why shouldn't I be impatient?
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Job 21:5
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Look at me and shudder;(b) put your hand over your mouth.(c)
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Job 21:6
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When I think about it, I am terrified and my body trembles(d) in horror.
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Job 21:7
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Why do the wicked continue to live, growing old and becoming powerful?
Job 21:8
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Their children are established while they are still alive,[a] and their descendants, before their eyes.
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Job 21:9
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Their homes are secure and free of fear;(e) no rod from God strikes them.(f)
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Job 21:10
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Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.
Job 21:11
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They let their little ones run around like lambs; their children skip about,
Job 21:12
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singing to the tambourine and lyre and rejoicing at the sound of the flute.(g)
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Job 21:13
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They spend[b] their days in prosperity(h) and go down to Sheol in peace.
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Job 21:14
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Yet they say to God: "Leave us alone! We don't want to know Your ways.(i)
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Job 21:15
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Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what will we gain by pleading with Him?"(j)
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Job 21:16
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But their prosperity is not of their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!(k)
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Job 21:17
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How often is the lamp(l) of the wicked put out? Does disaster[c] come on them? Does He apportion destruction in His anger?
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Job 21:18
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Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff(m) a storm sweeps away?
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Job 21:19
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God reserves a person's punishment for his children.(n) Let God repay the person himself, so that he may know it.
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Job 21:20
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Let his own eyes see his demise; let him drink from the Almighty's wrath!(o)
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Job 21:21
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For what does he care about his family once he is dead,(p) when the number of his months has run out?(q)
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Job 21:22
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Can anyone teach God knowledge,(r) since He judges the exalted ones?[d]
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Job 21:23
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One person dies in excellent health,[e] completely secure[f] and at ease.
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Job 21:24
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His body is[g] well fed,[h] and his bones are full of marrow.[i]
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Job 21:25
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Yet another person dies with a bitter(s) soul, having never tasted prosperity.
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Job 21:26
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But they both lie in the dust, and worms cover them.(t)
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Job 21:27
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I know your thoughts very well, the schemes you would wrong me with.
Job 21:28
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For you say, "Where now is the nobleman's house?" and "Where are the tents(u) the wicked lived in?"
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Job 21:29
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Have you never consulted those who travel the roads? Don't you accept their reports?[j]
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Job 21:30
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Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of disaster, rescued from the day of wrath.
Job 21:31
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Who would denounce his behavior to his face? Who would repay(v) him for what he has done?
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Job 21:32
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He is carried to the grave, and someone keeps watch over his tomb.
Job 21:33
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The dirt on his grave is[k] sweet to him. Everyone follows behind him, and those who go before him are without number.
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Job 21:34
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So how can you offer me such futile comfort? Your answers are deceptive.
Job 22:1
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Job 22:2
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Can a man be of any use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to Him?
Job 22:3
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Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous? Does He profit if you perfect your behavior?(a)
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Job 22:4
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Does He correct you and take you to court because of your piety?(b)
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Job 22:5
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Isn't your wickedness abundant and aren't your iniquities endless?
Job 22:6
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For you took collateral(c) from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
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Job 22:7
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You gave no water to the thirsty and withheld food from the famished,(d)
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Job 22:8
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while the land belonged to a powerful man and an influential man lived on it.
Job 22:9
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You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless(e) was[a] crushed.
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Job 22:10
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Therefore snares surround you, and sudden dread terrifies(f) you,
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Job 22:11
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or darkness, so you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.(g)
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Job 22:12
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Isn't God as high as the heavens? And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!
Job 22:13
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Yet you say: "What does God know? Can He judge through thick darkness?(h)
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Job 22:14
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Clouds(i) veil Him so that He cannot see, as He walks on the circle of the sky."
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Job 22:15
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Will you continue on the ancient path that wicked men have walked?
Job 22:16
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They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations(j) were washed away by a river.
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Job 22:17
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They were the ones who said to God, "Leave us alone!" and "What can the Almighty do to us?"[b](k)
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Job 22:18
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But it was He who filled their houses with good things. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
Job 22:19
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The righteous see this and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,(l)
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Job 22:20
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"Surely our opponents are destroyed, and fire has consumed what they left behind."(m)
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Job 22:21
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Come to terms with God and be at peace;(n) in this way[c] good will come to you.
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Job 22:22
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Receive instruction from His mouth,(o) and place His sayings(p) in your heart.
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Job 22:23
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If you return(q) to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent
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Job 22:24
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and consign your gold to the dust, the gold of Ophir(r) to the stones in the wadis,
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Job 22:25
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the Almighty will be your gold and your finest silver.
Job 22:26
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Then you will delight(s) in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.(t)
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Job 22:27
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You will pray to Him, and He will hear you,(u) and you will fulfill your vows.
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Job 22:28
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When you make a decision, it will be carried out,[d] and light will shine on your ways.(v)
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Job 22:29
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When others are humiliated and you say, "Lift them up," God will save the humble.[e](w)
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Job 22:30
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He will even rescue the guilty one, who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.(x)
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Job 23:1
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Then Job answered:
Job 23:2
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Today also my complaint is bitter.[a](a) His[b] hand is heavy despite my groaning.
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Job 23:3
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If only I knew how to find Him, so that I could go to His throne.
Job 23:4
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I would plead my case before Him(b) and fill my mouth with arguments.
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Job 23:5
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I would learn how[c] He would answer me; and understand what He would say to me.
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Job 23:6
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Would He prosecute(c) me forcefully? No, He will certainly pay attention to me.
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Job 23:7
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Then an upright man could reason(d) with Him, and I would escape from my Judge(e) forever.
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Job 23:8
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If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.(f)
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Job 23:9
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When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him; when He turns south, I cannot find Him.
Job 23:10
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Yet He knows the way I have taken;[d] when He has tested me,(g) I will emerge as pure gold.
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Job 23:11
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My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept to His way(h) and not turned aside.
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Job 23:12
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I have not departed from the commands of His lips; I have treasured[e] the words(i) of His mouth more than my daily food.
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Job 23:13
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But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.(j)
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Job 23:14
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He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me, and He has many more things like these in mind.[f]
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Job 23:15
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Therefore I am terrified(k) in His presence; when I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
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Job 23:16
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God has made my heart faint;(l) the Almighty has terrified me.
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Job 23:17
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Yet I am not destroyed[g] by the darkness,(m) by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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