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         <div class="label">37</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;At this my heart pounds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"><span class="content">and leaps from its place.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.37.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"><span class="content">to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.37.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"><span class="content">and sends it to the ends of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.37.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">After that comes the sound of his roar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">he thunders with his majestic voice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">When his voice resounds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"><span class="content">he holds nothing back.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.37.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">God&#8217;s voice thunders in marvelous ways;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"><span class="content">he does great things beyond our understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.37.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He says to the snow, &#8216;Fall on the earth,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"><span class="content">and to the rain shower, &#8216;Be a mighty downpour.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.37.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">So that everyone he has made may know his work,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"><span class="content">he stops all people from their labor.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">37:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">work, / he fills all people with fear by his power</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.37.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The animals take cover;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"><span class="content">they remain in their dens.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.37.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">The tempest comes out from its chamber,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"><span class="content">the cold from the driving winds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.37.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">The breath of God produces ice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"><span class="content">and the broad waters become frozen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.37.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">He loads the clouds with moisture;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"><span class="content">he scatters his lightning through them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.37.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">At his direction they swirl around</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">over the face of the whole earth</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"><span class="content">to do whatever he commands them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.37.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He brings the clouds to punish people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"><span class="content">or to water his earth and show his love.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.37.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;Listen to this, Job;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"><span class="content">stop and consider God&#8217;s wonders.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.37.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Do you know how God controls the clouds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"><span class="content">and makes his lightning flash?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.37.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Do you know how the clouds hang poised,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"><span class="content">those wonders of him who has perfect knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.37.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">You who swelter in your clothes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"><span class="content">when the land lies hushed under the south wind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.37.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">can you join him in spreading out the skies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"><span class="content">hard as a mirror of cast bronze?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.37.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Tell us what we should say to him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"><span class="content">we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.37.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Should he be told that I want to speak?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"><span class="content">Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.37.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Now no one can look at the sun,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">bright as it is in the skies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"><span class="content">after the wind has swept them clean.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.37.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Out of the north he comes in golden splendor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"><span class="content">God comes in awesome majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.37.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"><span class="content">in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.37.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.37.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Therefore, people revere him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.37.24"><span class="content">for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">37:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">for he does not have regard for any who think they are wise.</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">38</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Speaks</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Job out of the storm. He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is this that obscures my plans</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="content">with words without knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brace yourself like a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where were you when I laid the earth&#8217;s foundation?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="content">Tell me, if you understand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="content">Who stretched a measuring line across it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On what were its footings set,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="content">or who laid its cornerstone&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">while the morning stars sang together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="content">and all the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the sons of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> shouted for joy?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who shut up the sea behind doors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="content">when it burst forth from the womb,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">when I made the clouds its garment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="content">and wrapped it in thick darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">when I fixed limits for it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="content">and set its doors and bars in place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">when I said, &#8216;This far you may come and no farther;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="content">here is where your proud waves halt&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you ever given orders to the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="content">or shown the dawn its place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">that it might take the earth by the edges</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="content">and shake the wicked out of it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="content">its features stand out like those of a garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wicked are denied their light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="content">and their upraised arm is broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="content">or walked in the recesses of the deep?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Have the gates of death been shown to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="content">Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="content">Tell me, if you know all this.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;What is the way to the abode of light?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="content">And where does darkness reside?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Can you take them to their places?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="content">Do you know the paths to their dwellings?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely you know, for you were already born!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="content">You have lived so many years!</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you entered the storehouses of the snow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="content">or seen the storehouses of the hail,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">which I reserve for times of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="content">for days of war and battle?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="content">or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="content">and a path for the thunderstorm,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">to water a land where no one lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="content">an uninhabited desert,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">to satisfy a desolate wasteland</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="content">and make it sprout with grass?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Does the rain have a father?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="content">Who fathers the drops of dew?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">From whose womb comes the ice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="content">Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">when the waters become hard as stone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="content">when the surface of the deep is frozen?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you bind the chains</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:31 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">beauty</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Pleiades?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="content">Can you loosen Orion&#8217;s belt?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the morning star in its season</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="content">or lead out the Bear</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">out Leo</span></span></span><span class="content"> with its cubs?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Do you know the laws of the heavens?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="content">Can you set up God&#8217;s</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">their</span></span></span><span class="content"> dominion over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you raise your voice to the clouds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="content">and cover yourself with a flood of water?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="content">Do they report to you, &#8216;Here we are&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Who gives the ibis wisdom</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:36 </span><span class="ft">That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="content">or gives the rooster understanding?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">38:36 </span><span class="ft">That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="content">Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">when the dust becomes hard</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="content">and the clods of earth stick together?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you hunt the prey for the lioness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="content">and satisfy the hunger of the lions</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">when they crouch in their dens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="content">or lie in wait in a thicket?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Who provides food for the raven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="content">when its young cry out to God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="content">and wander about for lack of food?</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"></span></div>
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   <div class="book bkACT">
      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="ACT.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus Taken Up Into Heaven</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ACT.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In my former book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and to teach </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ACT.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">until the day he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ACT.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">After his suffering, he presented himself to them and gave many convincing proofs that he was alive. He appeared to them over a period of forty days and spoke about the kingdom of God. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ACT.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For John baptized with</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">water, but in a few days you will be baptized with</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span></span></span><span class="content"> </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">the Holy Spirit.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ACT.1.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then they gathered around him and asked him, &#8220;Lord, are you at this time going to restore the kingdom to Israel?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ACT.1.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ACT.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He said to them: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.</span></span><span class="content"> </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ACT.1.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">After he said this, he was taken up before their very eyes, and a cloud hid him from their sight.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ACT.1.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ACT.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They were looking intently up into the sky as he was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Men of Galilee,&#8221; they said, &#8220;why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Matthias Chosen to Replace Judas</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ACT.1.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ACT.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the apostles returned to Jerusalem from the hill called the Mount of Olives, a Sabbath day&#8217;s walk</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 5/8 mile or about 1 kilometer</span></span></span><span class="content"> from the city. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ACT.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">When they arrived, they went upstairs to the room where they were staying. Those present were Peter, John, James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They all joined together constantly in prayer, along with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ACT.1.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ACT.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a group numbering about a hundred and twenty) </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ACT.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">and said, &#8220;Brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:16 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in 6:3; 11:29; 12:17; 16:40; 18:18, 27; 21:7, 17; 28:14, 15.</span></span></span><span class="content"> the Scripture had to be fulfilled in which the Holy Spirit spoke long ago through David concerning Judas, who served as guide for those who arrested Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He was one of our number and shared in our ministry.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ACT.1.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ACT.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">(With the payment he received for his wickedness, Judas bought a field; there he fell headlong, his body burst open and all his intestines spilled out. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Everyone in Jerusalem heard about this, so they called that field in their language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ACT.1.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;For,&#8221; said Peter, &#8220;it is written in the Book of Psalms:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;May his place be deserted;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">let there be no one to dwell in it,&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.69.25">Psalm 69:25</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">and,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;May another take his place of leadership.&#8217;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.109.8">Psalm 109:8</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="m"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ACT.1.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ACT.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Therefore it is necessary to choose one of the men who have been with us the whole time the Lord Jesus was living among us, </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">beginning from John&#8217;s baptism to the time when Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of his resurrection.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ACT.1.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ACT.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So they nominated two men: Joseph called Barsabbas (also known as Justus) and Matthias. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ACT.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then they prayed, &#8220;Lord, you know everyone&#8217;s heart. Show us which of these two you have chosen </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ACT.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">to take over this apostolic ministry, which Judas left to go where he belongs.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ACT.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch19" data-usfm="REV.19">
         <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Threefold Hallelujah Over Babylon&#8217;s Fall</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.19.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Hallelujah!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.19.1"><span class="content">Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.19.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for true and just are his judgments.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.19.2"><span class="content">He has condemned the great prostitute</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.19.2"><span class="content">who corrupted the earth by her adulteries.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.19.2"><span class="content">He has avenged on her the blood of his servants.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.19.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">And again they shouted:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.19.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Hallelujah!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.19.3"><span class="content">The smoke from her goes up for ever and ever.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.19.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne. And they cried:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.19.4"><span class="content">&#8220;Amen, Hallelujah!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.19.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then a voice came from the throne, saying:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"><span class="content">&#8220;Praise our God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"><span class="content">all you his servants,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"><span class="content">you who fear him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"><span class="content">both great and small!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.19.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then I heard what sounded like a great multitude, like the roar of rushing waters and like loud peals of thunder, shouting:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.19.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Hallelujah!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.19.6"><span class="content">For our Lord God Almighty reigns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.19.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let us rejoice and be glad</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.19.7"><span class="content">and give him glory!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.19.7"><span class="content">For the wedding of the Lamb has come,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.19.7"><span class="content">and his bride has made herself ready.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.19.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Fine linen, bright and clean,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.19.8"><span class="content">was given her to wear.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="qm"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.19.8"><span class="content">(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of God&#8217;s holy people.)</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.19.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then the angel said to me, &#8220;Write this: Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!&#8221; And he added, &#8220;These are the true words of God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.19.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">At this I fell at his feet to worship him. But he said to me, &#8220;Don&#8217;t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers and sisters who hold to the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For it is the Spirit of prophecy who bears testimony to Jesus.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Heavenly Warrior Defeats the Beast</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.19.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. &#8220;He will rule them with an iron scepter.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">19:15 </span><span class="ft"><span class="ref" usfm="PSA.2.9">Psalm 2:9</span></span></span></span><span class="content"> He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written:</span></span></div><div class="pc"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.19.16"><span class="content">king of kings and lord of lords.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.19.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, &#8220;Come, gather together for the great supper of God, </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">so that you may eat the flesh of kings, generals, and the mighty, of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all people, free and slave, great and small.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.19.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and his army. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">But the beast was captured, and with it the false prophet who had performed the signs on its behalf. With these signs he had deluded those who had received the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. The two of them were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="REV.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">The rest were killed with the sword coming out of the mouth of the rider on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves on their flesh.</span></span></div>
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