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Passage Lookup: Job 22,23,24
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Job 22:1
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Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
Job 22:2
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Can a man be of any use to God? Can even a wise man be of use to Him?
Job 22:3
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Does it delight the Almighty if you are righteous? Does He profit if you perfect your behavior?(a)
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Job 22:4
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Does He correct you and take you to court because of your piety?(b)
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Job 22:5
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Isn't your wickedness abundant and aren't your iniquities endless?
Job 22:6
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For you took collateral(c) from your brothers without cause, stripping off their clothes and leaving them naked.
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Job 22:7
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You gave no water to the thirsty and withheld food from the famished,(d)
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Job 22:8
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while the land belonged to a powerful man and an influential man lived on it.
Job 22:9
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You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless(e) was[a] crushed.
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Job 22:10
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Therefore snares surround you, and sudden dread terrifies(f) you,
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Job 22:11
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or darkness, so you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you.(g)
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Job 22:12
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Isn't God as high as the heavens? And look at the highest stars—how lofty they are!
Job 22:13
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Yet you say: "What does God know? Can He judge through thick darkness?(h)
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Job 22:14
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Clouds(i) veil Him so that He cannot see, as He walks on the circle of the sky."
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Job 22:15
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Will you continue on the ancient path that wicked men have walked?
Job 22:16
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They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations(j) were washed away by a river.
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Job 22:17
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They were the ones who said to God, "Leave us alone!" and "What can the Almighty do to us?"[b](k)
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Job 22:18
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But it was He who filled their houses with good things. The counsel of the wicked is far from me!
Job 22:19
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The righteous see this and rejoice; the innocent mock them, saying,(l)
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Job 22:20
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"Surely our opponents are destroyed, and fire has consumed what they left behind."(m)
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Job 22:21
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Come to terms with God and be at peace;(n) in this way[c] good will come to you.
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Job 22:22
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Receive instruction from His mouth,(o) and place His sayings(p) in your heart.
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Job 22:23
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If you return(q) to the Almighty, you will be renewed. If you banish injustice from your tent
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Job 22:24
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and consign your gold to the dust, the gold of Ophir(r) to the stones in the wadis,
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Job 22:25
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the Almighty will be your gold and your finest silver.
Job 22:26
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Then you will delight(s) in the Almighty and lift up your face to God.(t)
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Job 22:27
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You will pray to Him, and He will hear you,(u) and you will fulfill your vows.
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Job 22:28
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When you make a decision, it will be carried out,[d] and light will shine on your ways.(v)
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Job 22:29
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When others are humiliated and you say, "Lift them up," God will save the humble.[e](w)
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Job 22:30
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He will even rescue the guilty one, who will be rescued by the purity of your hands.(x)
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Job 23:1
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Then Job answered:
Job 23:2
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Today also my complaint is bitter.[a](a) His[b] hand is heavy despite my groaning.
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Job 23:3
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If only I knew how to find Him, so that I could go to His throne.
Job 23:4
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I would plead my case before Him(b) and fill my mouth with arguments.
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Job 23:5
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I would learn how[c] He would answer me; and understand what He would say to me.
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Job 23:6
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Would He prosecute(c) me forcefully? No, He will certainly pay attention to me.
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Job 23:7
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Then an upright man could reason(d) with Him, and I would escape from my Judge(e) forever.
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Job 23:8
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If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot perceive Him.(f)
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Job 23:9
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When He is at work to the north, I cannot see Him; when He turns south, I cannot find Him.
Job 23:10
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Yet He knows the way I have taken;[d] when He has tested me,(g) I will emerge as pure gold.
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Job 23:11
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My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept to His way(h) and not turned aside.
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Job 23:12
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I have not departed from the commands of His lips; I have treasured[e] the words(i) of His mouth more than my daily food.
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Job 23:13
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But He is unchangeable; who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.(j)
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Job 23:14
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He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me, and He has many more things like these in mind.[f]
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Job 23:15
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Therefore I am terrified(k) in His presence; when I consider this, I am afraid of Him.
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Job 23:16
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God has made my heart faint;(l) the Almighty has terrified me.
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Job 23:17
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Yet I am not destroyed[g] by the darkness,(m) by the thick darkness that covers my face.
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Job 24:1
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Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?(a) Why do those who know Him never see His days?
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Job 24:2
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The wicked displace boundary markers. They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
Job 24:3
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They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless(b) and take the widow's ox as collateral.
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Job 24:4
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They push the needy off the road; the poor of the land are forced into hiding.(c)
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Job 24:5
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Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.
Job 24:6
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They gather their fodder in the field and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
Job 24:7
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Without clothing, they spend the night naked, having no covering against the cold.(d)
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Job 24:8
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Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against[a] the rocks, shelterless.
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Job 24:9
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The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.[b]
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Job 24:10
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Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry sheaves but go hungry.(e)
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Job 24:11
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They crush olives in their presses;[c] they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
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Job 24:12
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From the city, men[d] groan; the mortally wounded cry for help, yet God pays no attention to this crime.(f)
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Job 24:13
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The wicked are those who rebel against the light. They do not recognize its ways or stay on its paths.
Job 24:14
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The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.
Job 24:15
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The adulterer's eye watches for twilight, thinking: No eye will see me; he covers his face.
Job 24:16
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In the dark they break[e] into houses; by day they lock themselves in,[f] never experiencing the light.
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Job 24:17
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For the morning is like darkness to them. Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness!
Job 24:18
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They float[g] on the surface of the water. Their section of the land is cursed, so that they never go to their vineyards.
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Job 24:19
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As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol(g) steals those who have sinned.
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Job 24:20
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The womb forgets them; worms feed on them; they are remembered(h) no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
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Job 24:21
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They prey on[h] the childless woman who is unable to conceive, and do not deal kindly with the widow.
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Job 24:22
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Yet God drags away[i] the mighty by His power; when He rises up, they have no assurance of life.
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Job 24:23
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He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,(i) but His eyes(j) watch over their ways.
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Job 24:24
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They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else.[j] They wither like heads of grain.(k)
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Job 24:25
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If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar(l) and show that my speech is worthless?
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