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Wednesday, September 18th, 2024
the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Passage Lookup: Job 35-36

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Job 35:1
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Then Elihu continued, saying:
Job 35:2
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Do you think it is just when you say, "I am righteous before God"?
Job 35:3
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For you ask, "What does it profit You,[a] and what benefit comes to me, if I do not sin?"(a)
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Job 35:4
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I will answer you and your friends with you.
Job 35:5
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Look at the heavens and see; gaze at the clouds high above you.
Job 35:6
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If you sin, how does it affect God? If you multiply your transgressions, what does it do to Him?
Job 35:7
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If you are righteous, what do you give Him, or what does He receive from your hand?(b)
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Job 35:8
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Your wickedness affects a person like yourself, and your righteousness another human being.
Job 35:9
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People cry out because of severe oppression; they shout for help because of the arm of the mighty.(c)
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Job 35:10
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But no one asks, "Where is God my Maker,(d) who provides us with songs in the night,(e)
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Job 35:11
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who gives us more understanding than the animals of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?"(f)
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Job 35:12
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There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.(g)
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Job 35:13
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Indeed, God does not listen to empty cries, and the Almighty does not take note of it—
Job 35:14
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how much less when[b] you complain[c] that you do not see Him, that your case(h) is before Him and you are waiting(i) for Him.
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Job 35:15
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But now, because God's anger does not punish and He does not pay attention to transgression,[d]
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Job 35:16
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Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge.(j)
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Job 36:1
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Then Elihu continued, saying:
Job 36:2
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Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you, for there is still more to be said on God's behalf.
Job 36:3
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I will get my knowledge from a distant place and ascribe justice to my Maker.
Job 36:4
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For my arguments are without flaw;[a] one who has perfect knowledge is with you.
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Job 36:5
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Yes, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He understands all things.[b](a)
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Job 36:6
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He does not keep the wicked alive,(b) but He gives justice to the afflicted.
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Job 36:7
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He does not remove His gaze from the righteous, but He seats them forever with enthroned kings, and they are exalted.
Job 36:8
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If people are bound with chains and trapped by the cords of affliction,
Job 36:9
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God tells them what they have done and how arrogantly they have transgressed.
Job 36:10
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He opens their ears(c) to correction and insists they repent from iniquity.
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Job 36:11
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If they serve Him obediently, they will end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.(d)
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Job 36:12
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But if they do not obey, they will cross the river of death[c] and die without knowledge.(e)
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Job 36:13
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Those who have a godless heart harbor anger; even when God binds them, they do not cry for help.
Job 36:14
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They die in their youth; their life ends among male cult prostitutes.(f)
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Job 36:15
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God rescues the afflicted by their affliction; He instructs them by their torment.
Job 36:16
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Indeed, He lured you from the jaws[d] of distress to a spacious and unconfined place. Your table was spread with choice food.
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Job 36:17
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Yet now you are obsessed with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
Job 36:18
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Be careful that no one lures you with riches;[e] do not let a large ransom[f] lead you astray.(g)
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Job 36:19
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Can your wealth[g] or all your physical exertion keep you from distress?(h)
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Job 36:20
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Do not long for the night when nations will disappear from their places.
Job 36:21
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Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity, for that is why you have been tested by[h] affliction.
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Job 36:22
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Look, God shows Himself exalted by His power. Who is a teacher like Him?
Job 36:23
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Who has appointed His way for Him, and who has declared, "You have done wrong"?(i)
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Job 36:24
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Remember that you should praise His work, which people have sung about.(j)
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Job 36:25
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All mankind has seen it; people have looked at it from a distance.(k)
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Job 36:26
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Yes, God is exalted beyond our knowledge;(l) the number of His years cannot be counted.(m)
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Job 36:27
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For He makes waterdrops evaporate;[i] they distill the rain into its[j] mist,(n)
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Job 36:28
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which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.
Job 36:29
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Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out or how the thunder roars from God's pavilion?(o)
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Job 36:30
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See how He spreads His lightning(p) around Him and covers the depths of the sea.
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Job 36:31
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For He judges the nations with these; He gives food in abundance.(q)
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Job 36:32
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He covers His hands with lightning and commands it to hit its mark.
Job 36:33
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The[k] thunder declares His presence;[l] the cattle also, the approaching storm.
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