Bible reading for the day: 008_01-Jan-08_Job17-20Job 17:2 "Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation. Job 17:3 "Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor? Job 17:4 "For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them. Job 17:5 "He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children also will languish. Job 17:6 "But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit. Job 17:7 "My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow. Job 17:8 "The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless. Job 17:9 "Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. Job 17:10 "But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you. Job 17:11 "My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart. Job 17:12 "They make night into day, saying, 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness. Job 17:13 "If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness; Job 17:14 If I call to the pit, 'You are my father'; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister'; Job 17:15 Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope? Job 17:16 "Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?" -------- Job 18:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded, Job 18:2 "How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk. Job 18:3 "Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes? Job 18:4 "O you who tear yourself in your anger-- For your sake is the earth to be abandoned, Or the rock to be moved from its place? Job 18:5 "Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light. Job 18:6 "The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him. Job 18:7 "His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own scheme brings him down. Job 18:8 "For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing. Job 18:9 "A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him. Job 18:10 "A noose for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path. Job 18:11 "All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step. Job 18:12 "His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side. Job 18:13 "His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs. Job 18:14 "He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors. Job 18:15 "There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation. Job 18:16 "His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above. Job 18:17 "Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. Job 18:18 "He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world. Job 18:19 "He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned. Job 18:20 "Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror. Job 18:21 "Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God." -------- Job 19:1 Then Job responded, Job 19:2 "How long will you torment me And crush me with words? Job 19:3 "These ten times you have insulted me; You are not ashamed to wrong me. Job 19:4 "Even if I have truly erred, My error lodges with me. Job 19:5 "If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me And prove my disgrace to me, Job 19:6 Know then that God has wronged me And has closed His net around me. Job 19:7 "Behold, I cry, 'Violence!' but I get no answer; I shout for help, but there is no justice. Job 19:8 "He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has put darkness on my paths. Job 19:9 "He has stripped my honor from me And removed the crown from my head. Job 19:10 "He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree. Job 19:11 "He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy. Job 19:12 "His troops come together, And build up their way against me And camp around my tent. Job 19:13 "He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. Job 19:14 "My relatives have failed, And my intimate friends have forgotten me. Job 19:15 "Those who live in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am a foreigner in their sight. Job 19:16 "I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore him with my mouth. Job 19:17 "My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am loathsome to my own brothers. Job 19:18 "Even young children despise me; I rise up and they speak against me. Job 19:19 "All my associates abhor me, And those I love have turned against me. Job 19:20 "My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. Job 19:21 "Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me. Job 19:22 "Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh? Job 19:23 "Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! Job 19:24 "That with an iron stylus and lead They were engraved in the rock forever! Job 19:25 "As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. Job 19:26 "Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God; Job 19:27 Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me! Job 19:28 "If you say, 'How shall we persecute him?' And 'What pretext for a case against him can we find?' Job 19:29 "Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves, For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, So that you may know there is judgment." -------- Job 20:1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, Job 20:2 "Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation. Job 20:3 "I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer. Job 20:4 "Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth, Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary? Job 20:6 "Though his loftiness reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds, Job 20:7 He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?' Job 20:8 "He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away. Job 20:9 "The eye which saw him sees him no longer, And his place no longer beholds him. Job 20:10 "His sons favor the poor, And his hands give back his wealth. Job 20:11 "His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it lies down with him in the dust. Job 20:12 "Though evil is sweet in his mouth And he hides it under his tongue, Job 20:13 Though he desires it and will not let it go, But holds it in his mouth, Job 20:14 Yet his food in his stomach is changed To the venom of cobras within him. Job 20:15 "He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly. Job 20:16 "He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue slays him. Job 20:17 "He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds. Job 20:18 "He returns what he has attained And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them. Job 20:19 "For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built. Job 20:20 "Because he knew no quiet within him, He does not retain anything he desires. Job 20:21 "Nothing remains for him to devour, Therefore his prosperity does not endure. Job 20:22 "In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him. Job 20:23 "When he fills his belly, God will send His fierce anger on him And will rain it on him while he is eating. Job 20:24 "He may flee from the iron weapon, But the bronze bow will pierce him. Job 20:25 "It is drawn forth and comes out of his back, Even the glittering point from his gall. Terrors come upon him, Job 20:26 Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures, And unfanned fire will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent. Job 20:27 "The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him. Job 20:28 "The increase of his house will depart; His possessions will flow away in the day of His anger. Job 20:29 "This is the wicked man's portion from God, Even the heritage decreed to him by God."
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