32:1So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. 2Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God. 3He burned with anger also at Job’s three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong. 4Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he. 5And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger. 6And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said:
“I am young in years,and you are aged;therefore I was timid and afraidto declare my opinion to you.7I said, ‘Let days speak,and many years teach wisdom.’8But it is the spirit in man,the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.9It is not the old who are wise,nor the aged who understand what is right.10Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;let me also declare my opinion.’
11“Behold, I waited for your words,I listened for your wise sayings,while you searched out what to say.12I gave you my attention,and, behold, there was none among you who refuted Jobor who answered his words.13Beware lest you say, ‘We have found wisdom;God may vanquish him, not a man.’14He has not directed his words against me,and I will not answer him with your speeches.
15“They are dismayed; they answer no more;they have not a word to say.16And shall I wait, because they do not speak,because they stand there, and answer no more?17I also will answer with my share;I also will declare my opinion.18For I am full of words;the spirit within me constrains me.19Behold, my belly is like wine that has no vent;like new wineskins ready to burst.20I must speak, that I may find relief;I must open my lips and answer.21I will not show partiality to any manor use flattery toward any person.22For I do not know how to flatter,else my Maker would soon take me away.
33:1“But now, hear my speech, O Job,and listen to all my words.2Behold, I open my mouth;the tongue in my mouth speaks.3My words declare the uprightness of my heart,and what my lips know they speak sincerely.4The Spirit of God has made me,and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.5Answer me, if you can;set your words in order before me; take your stand.6Behold, I am toward God as you are;I too was pinched off from a piece of clay.7Behold, no fear of me need terrify you;my pressure will not be heavy upon you.
8“Surely you have spoken in my ears,and I have heard the sound of your words.9You say, ‘I am pure, without transgression;I am clean, and there is no iniquity in me.10Behold, he finds occasions against me,he counts me as his enemy,11he puts my feet in the stocksand watches all my paths.’
12“Behold, in this you are not right. I will answer you,for God is greater than man.13Why do you contend against him,saying, ‘He will answer none of man’s words’?14For God speaks in one way,and in two, though man does not perceive it.15In a dream, in a vision of the night,when deep sleep falls on men,while they slumber on their beds,16then he opens the ears of menand terrifies them with warnings,17that he may turn man aside from his deedand conceal pride from a man;18he keeps back his soul from the pit,his life from perishing by the sword.
19“Man is also rebuked with pain on his bedand with continual strife in his bones,20so that his life loathes bread,and his appetite the choicest food.21His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen,and his bones that were not seen stick out.22His soul draws near the pit,and his life to those who bring death.23If there be for him an angel,a mediator, one of the thousand,to declare to man what is right for him,24and he is merciful to him, and says,‘Deliver him from going down into the pit;I have found a ransom;25let his flesh become fresh with youth;let him return to the days of his youthful vigor’;26then man prays to God, and he accepts him;he sees his face with a shout of joy,and he restores to man his righteousness.27He sings before men and says:‘I sinned and perverted what was right,and it was not repaid to me.28He has redeemed my soul from going down into the pit,and my life shall look upon the light.’
29“Behold, God does all these things,twice, three times, with a man,30to bring back his soul from the pit,that he may be lighted with the light of life.31Pay attention, O Job, listen to me;be silent, and I will speak.32If you have any words, answer me;speak, for I desire to justify you.33If not, listen to me;be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
34:1Then Elihu answered and said:
2“Hear my words, you wise men,and give ear to me, you who know;3for the ear tests wordsas the palate tastes food.4Let us choose what is right;let us know among ourselves what is good.5For Job has said, ‘I am in the right,and God has taken away my right;6in spite of my right I am counted a liar;my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’7What man is like Job,who drinks up scoffing like water,8who travels in company with evildoersand walks with wicked men?9For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothingthat he should take delight in God.’
10“Therefore, hear me, you men of understanding:far be it from God that he should do wickedness,and from the Almighty that he should do wrong.11For according to the work of a man he will repay him,and according to his ways he will make it befall him.12Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,and the Almighty will not pervert justice.13Who gave him charge over the earth,and who laid on him the whole world?14If he should set his heart to itand gather to himself his spirit and his breath,15all flesh would perish together,and man would return to dust.
16“If you have understanding, hear this;listen to what I say.17Shall one who hates justice govern?Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty,18who says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’and to nobles, ‘Wicked man,’19who shows no partiality to princes,nor regards the rich more than the poor,for they are all the work of his hands?20In a moment they die;at midnight the people are shaken and pass away,and the mighty are taken away by no human hand.
21“For his eyes are on the ways of a man,and he sees all his steps.22There is no gloom or deep darknesswhere evildoers may hide themselves.23For God has no need to consider a man further,that he should go before God in judgment.24He shatters the mighty without investigationand sets others in their place.25Thus, knowing their works,he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.26He strikes them for their wickednessin a place for all to see,27because they turned aside from following himand had no regard for any of his ways,28so that they caused the cry of the poor to come to him,and he heard the cry of the afflicted—29When he is quiet, who can condemn?When he hides his face, who can behold him,whether it be a nation or a man?—30that a godless man should not reign,that he should not ensnare the people.
31“For has anyone said to God,‘I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more;32teach me what I do not see;if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more’?33Will he then make repayment to suit you,because you reject it?For you must choose, and not I;therefore declare what you know.34Men of understanding will say to me,and the wise man who hears me will say:35‘Job speaks without knowledge;his words are without insight.’36Would that Job were tried to the end,because he answers like wicked men.37For he adds rebellion to his sin;he claps his hands among usand multiplies his words against God.” 19On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. 21Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 22And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit. 23If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you withhold forgiveness from any, it is withheld.” 24Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.” 26Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” 28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” 29Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.” 30Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
13For you formed my inward parts;you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.14I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.Wonderful are your works;my soul knows it very well.15My frame was not hidden from you,when I was being made in secret,intricately woven in the depths of the earth.16Your eyes saw my unformed substance;in your book were written, every one of them,the days that were formed for me,when as yet there was none of them.
17How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!How vast is the sum of them!18If I would count them, they are more than the sand.I awake, and I am still with you.
19Oh that you would slay the wicked, O God!O men of blood, depart from me!20They speak against you with malicious intent;your enemies take your name in vain.21Do I not hate those who hate you, O LORD?And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?22I hate them with complete hatred;I count them my enemies.
23Search me, O God, and know my heart!Try me and know my thoughts!24And see if there be any grievous way in me,and lead me in the way everlasting! 7Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for the eyes to see the sun. 8So if a person lives many years, let him rejoice in them all; but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many. All that comes is vanity. 9Rejoice, O young man, in your youth, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and the sight of your eyes. But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. 10Remove vexation from your heart, and put away pain from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity.Job 32–34
John 20:19–31
Psalm 139:13–24
Ecclesiastes 11:7–10
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