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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.40.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then Job answered the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.40.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am unworthy&#8212;how can I reply to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="content">I put my hand over my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.40.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I spoke once, but I have no answer&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="content">twice, but I will say no more.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.40.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.40.6"><span class="label">6</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:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.40.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Brace yourself like a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.40.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Would you discredit my justice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="content">Would you condemn me to justify yourself?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.40.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Do you have an arm like God&#8217;s,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="content">and can your voice thunder like his?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.40.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="content">and clothe yourself in honor and majesty.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.40.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Unleash the fury of your wrath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="content">look at all who are proud and bring them low,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.40.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">look at all who are proud and humble them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="content">crush the wicked where they stand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.40.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Bury them all in the dust together;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="content">shroud their faces in the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.40.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then I myself will admit to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="content">that your own right hand can save you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.40.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look at Behemoth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">which I made along with you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">and which feeds on grass like an ox.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.40.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">What strength it has in its loins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="content">what power in the muscles of its belly!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.40.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Its tail sways like a cedar;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="content">the sinews of its thighs are close-knit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.40.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Its bones are tubes of bronze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="content">its limbs like rods of iron.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.40.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">It ranks first among the works of God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="content">yet its Maker can approach it with his sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.40.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The hills bring it their produce,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="content">and all the wild animals play nearby.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.40.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Under the lotus plants it lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="content">hidden among the reeds in the marsh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.40.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The lotuses conceal it in their shadow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="content">the poplars by the stream surround it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.40.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">A raging river does not alarm it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="content">it is secure, though the Jordan should surge against its mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.40.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.40.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Can anyone capture it by the eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.40.24"><span class="content">or trap it and pierce its nose?</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">41</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="fr">41 </span><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 41:1-8 is numbered 40:25-32, and 41:9-34 is numbered 41:1-26.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.41.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you pull in Leviathan with a fishhook</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.41.1"><span class="content">or tie down its tongue with a rope?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.41.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.41.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Can you put a cord through its nose</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.41.2"><span class="content">or pierce its jaw with a hook?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.41.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.41.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Will it keep begging you for mercy?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.41.3"><span class="content">Will it speak to you with gentle words?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.41.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.41.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Will it make an agreement with you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.41.4"><span class="content">for you to take it as your slave for life?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.41.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.41.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Can you make a pet of it like a bird</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.41.5"><span class="content">or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.41.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.41.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Will traders barter for it?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.41.6"><span class="content">Will they divide it up among the merchants?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.41.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.41.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Can you fill its hide with harpoons</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.41.7"><span class="content">or its head with fishing spears?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.41.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.41.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">If you lay a hand on it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.41.8"><span class="content">you will remember the struggle and never do it again!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.41.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.41.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Any hope of subduing it is false;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.41.9"><span class="content">the mere sight of it is overpowering.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.41.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.41.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">No one is fierce enough to rouse it.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.41.10"><span class="content">Who then is able to stand against me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.41.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.41.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Who has a claim against me that I must pay?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.41.11"><span class="content">Everything under heaven belongs to me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.41.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.41.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will not fail to speak of Leviathan&#8217;s limbs,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.41.12"><span class="content">its strength and its graceful form.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.41.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.41.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Who can strip off its outer coat?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.41.13"><span class="content">Who can penetrate its double coat of armor</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:13 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">double bridle</span></span></span><span class="content">?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.41.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.41.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Who dares open the doors of its mouth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.41.14"><span class="content">ringed about with fearsome teeth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.41.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.41.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Its back has</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">41:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Its pride is its</span></span></span><span class="content"> rows of shields</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.41.15"><span class="content">tightly sealed together;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.41.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.41.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">each is so close to the next</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.41.16"><span class="content">that no air can pass between.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.41.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.41.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They are joined fast to one another;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.41.17"><span class="content">they cling together and cannot be parted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.41.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.41.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Its snorting throws out flashes of light;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.41.18"><span class="content">its eyes are like the rays of dawn.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.41.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.41.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Flames stream from its mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.41.19"><span class="content">sparks of fire shoot out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.41.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.41.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Smoke pours from its nostrils</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.41.20"><span class="content">as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.41.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.41.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Its breath sets coals ablaze,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.41.21"><span class="content">and flames dart from its mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.41.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.41.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Strength resides in its neck;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.41.22"><span class="content">dismay goes before it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.41.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.41.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The folds of its flesh are tightly joined;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.41.23"><span class="content">they are firm and immovable.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.41.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.41.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Its chest is hard as rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.41.24"><span class="content">hard as a lower millstone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.41.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.41.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">When it rises up, the mighty are terrified;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.41.25"><span class="content">they retreat before its thrashing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.41.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.41.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">The sword that reaches it has no effect,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.41.26"><span class="content">nor does the spear or the dart or the javelin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.41.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.41.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Iron it treats like straw</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.41.27"><span class="content">and bronze like rotten wood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.41.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.41.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Arrows do not make it flee;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.41.28"><span class="content">slingstones are like chaff to it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.41.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.41.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">A club seems to it but a piece of straw;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.41.29"><span class="content">it laughs at the rattling of the lance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.41.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.41.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Its undersides are jagged potsherds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.41.30"><span class="content">leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.41.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.41.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">It makes the depths churn like a boiling caldron</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.41.31"><span class="content">and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.41.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.41.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">It leaves a glistening wake behind it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.41.32"><span class="content">one would think the deep had white hair.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.41.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.41.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Nothing on earth is its equal&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.41.33"><span class="content">a creature without fear.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.41.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.41.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">It looks down on all that are haughty;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.41.34"><span class="content">it is king over all that are proud.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">42</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.42.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.42.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.42.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;I know that you can do all things;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.42.2"><span class="content">no purpose of yours can be thwarted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.42.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">You asked, &#8216;Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="content">Surely I spoke of things I did not understand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="content">things too wonderful for me to know.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.42.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;You said, &#8216;Listen now, and I will speak;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.42.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.42.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">My ears had heard of you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.42.5"><span class="content">but now my eyes have seen you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.42.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.42.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Therefore I despise myself</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.42.6"><span class="content">and repent in dust and ashes.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Epilogue</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.42.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.42.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">After the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, &#8220;I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.42.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.42.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> told them; and the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> accepted Job&#8217;s prayer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.42.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.42.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">After Job had prayed for his friends, the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.42.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">42:11 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">him a kesitah</span><span class="ft">; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.</span></span></span><span class="content"> and a gold ring.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.42.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.42.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> blessed the latter part of Job&#8217;s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.42.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">And he also had seven sons and three daughters. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.42.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.42.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job&#8217;s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.42.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.42.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.42.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">And so Job died, an old man and full of years.</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch25" data-usfm="MAT.25.14+MAT.25.15+MAT.25.16+MAT.25.17+MAT.25.18+MAT.25.19+MAT.25.20+MAT.25.21+MAT.25.22+MAT.25.23+MAT.25.24+MAT.25.25+MAT.25.26+MAT.25.27+MAT.25.28+MAT.25.29+MAT.25.30+MAT.25.31+MAT.25.32+MAT.25.33+MAT.25.34+MAT.25.35+MAT.25.36+MAT.25.37+MAT.25.38+MAT.25.39+MAT.25.40+MAT.25.41+MAT.25.42+MAT.25.43+MAT.25.44+MAT.25.45+MAT.25.46">
         <div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="MAT.25.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="MAT.25.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag,</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">25:15 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">five talents&#8230; two talents&#8230; one talent</span><span class="ft">; also throughout this parable; a talent was worth about 20 years of a day laborer&#8217;s wage.</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="MAT.25.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="MAT.25.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.25.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master&#8217;s money.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="MAT.25.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="MAT.25.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.25.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. &#8216;Master,&#8217; he said, &#8216;you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="MAT.25.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.25.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;His master replied, &#8216;Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master&#8217;s happiness!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="MAT.25.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.25.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The man with two bags of gold also came. &#8216;Master,&#8217; he said, &#8216;you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="MAT.25.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.25.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;His master replied, &#8216;Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master&#8217;s happiness!&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="MAT.25.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="MAT.25.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. &#8216;Master,&#8217; he said, &#8216;I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.25.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="MAT.25.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="MAT.25.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;His master replied, &#8216;You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.25.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="MAT.25.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="MAT.25.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="MAT.25.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.25.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Sheep and the Goats</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="MAT.25.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="MAT.25.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his glorious throne.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="MAT.25.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.25.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="MAT.25.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="MAT.25.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the King will say to those on his right, &#8216;Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the creation of the world.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="MAT.25.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.25.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="MAT.25.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="MAT.25.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the righteous will answer him, &#8216;Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="MAT.25.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.25.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="MAT.25.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.25.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The King will reply, &#8216;Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="MAT.25.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="MAT.25.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then he will say to those on his left, &#8216;Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="MAT.25.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.25.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="MAT.25.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.25.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;They also will answer, &#8216;Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="MAT.25.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.25.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;He will reply, &#8216;Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="MAT.25.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="MAT.25.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch18" data-usfm="PSA.18.43+PSA.18.44+PSA.18.45+PSA.18.46+PSA.18.47+PSA.18.48+PSA.18.49+PSA.18.50">
         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.18.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">You have delivered me from the attacks of the people;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.18.43"><span class="content">you have made me the head of nations.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.18.43"><span class="content">People I did not know now serve me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.18.43"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.18.44"><span class="label">44</span><span class="content">foreigners cower before me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.18.44"><span class="content">as soon as they hear of me, they obey me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v44" data-usfm="PSA.18.44"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.18.45"><span class="label">45</span><span class="content">They all lose heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.18.45"><span class="content">they come trembling from their strongholds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v45" data-usfm="PSA.18.45"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="PSA.18.46"><span class="label">46</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives! Praise be to my Rock!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="PSA.18.46"><span class="content">Exalted be God my Savior!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v46" data-usfm="PSA.18.46"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="PSA.18.47"><span class="label">47</span><span class="content">He is the God who avenges me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="PSA.18.47"><span class="content">who subdues nations under me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v47" data-usfm="PSA.18.47"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="PSA.18.48"><span class="label">48</span><span class="content">who saves me from my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="PSA.18.48"><span class="content">You exalted me above my foes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="PSA.18.48"><span class="content">from a violent man you rescued me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v48" data-usfm="PSA.18.48"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="PSA.18.49"><span class="label">49</span><span class="content">Therefore I will praise you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="PSA.18.49"><span class="content">I will sing the praises of your name.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v49" data-usfm="PSA.18.49"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="PSA.18.50"><span class="label">50</span><span class="content">He gives his king great victories;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="PSA.18.50"><span class="content">he shows unfailing love to his anointed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v50" data-usfm="PSA.18.50"><span class="content">to David and to his descendants forever.</span></span></div>
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