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Wednesday, June 18th, 2025
the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Passage Lookup: Job 7

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Job 7:1
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Isn't mankind consigned to forced labor(a) on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?
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Job 7:2
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Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hired man he waits for his pay.
Job 7:3
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So I have been made to inherit months of futility, and troubled nights have been assigned to me.(b)
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Job 7:4
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When I lie down I think: When will I get up? But the evening drags on endlessly, and I toss and turn until dawn.
Job 7:5
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My flesh is clothed with maggots and encrusted with dirt.[a] My skin forms scabs[b] and then oozes.(c)
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Job 7:6
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My days pass more swiftly than a weaver's shuttle; they come to an end without hope.(d)
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Job 7:7
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Remember that my life is but a breath. My eye will never again see anything good.(e)
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Job 7:8
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The eye of anyone who looks on me will no longer see me. Your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone.(f)
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Job 7:9
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As a cloud fades away and vanishes, so the one who goes down to Sheol(g) will never rise again.
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Job 7:10
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He will never return to his house; his hometown will no longer remember[c] him.(h)
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Job 7:11
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Therefore I will not restrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
Job 7:12
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Am I the sea[d](i) or a sea monster,(j) that You keep me under guard?
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Job 7:13
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When I say: My bed will comfort me, and my couch will ease my complaint,
Job 7:14
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then You frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions,(k)
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Job 7:15
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so that I prefer strangling[e]— death rather than life in this body.[f](l)
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Job 7:16
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I give up! I will not live forever. Leave me alone,(m) for my days are a breath.[g]
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Job 7:17
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What is man, that You think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him?(n)
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Job 7:18
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You inspect him every morning, and put him to the test every moment.(o)
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Job 7:19
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Will You ever look away from me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow?[h]
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Job 7:20
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If I have sinned, what have I done to You, Watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target,(p) so that I have become a burden to You?[i]
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Job 7:21
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Why not forgive my sin and pardon my transgression?(q) For soon I will lie down in the grave.(r) You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.(s)
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