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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkJOB">
        <div class="chapter ch17" data-usfm="JOB.17">
            <div class="label">17</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My spirit is broken,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="content">my days are cut short,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="content">the grave awaits me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.17.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.17.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Surely mockers surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.17.2"><span class="content">my eyes must dwell on their hostility.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.17.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.17.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;Give me, O God, the pledge you demand.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.17.3"><span class="content">Who else will put up security for me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.17.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.17.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You have closed their minds to understanding;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.17.4"><span class="content">therefore you will not let them triumph.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.17.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.17.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If anyone denounces their friends for reward,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.17.5"><span class="content">the eyes of their children will fail.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.17.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.17.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;God has made me a byword to everyone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.17.6"><span class="content">a man in whose face people spit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.17.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.17.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">My eyes have grown dim with grief;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.17.7"><span class="content">my whole frame is but a shadow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.17.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.17.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The upright are appalled at this;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.17.8"><span class="content">the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.17.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.17.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.17.9"><span class="content">and those with clean hands will grow stronger.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.17.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.17.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;But come on, all of you, try again!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.17.10"><span class="content">I will not find a wise man among you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.17.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.17.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">My days have passed, my plans are shattered.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.17.11"><span class="content">Yet the desires of my heart</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.17.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.17.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">turn night into day;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.17.12"><span class="content">in the face of the darkness light is near.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.17.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.17.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">If the only home I hope for is the grave,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.17.13"><span class="content">if I spread out my bed in the realm of darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.17.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.17.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">if I say to corruption, &#8216;You are my father,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.17.14"><span class="content">and to the worm, &#8216;My mother&#8217; or &#8216;My sister,&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.17.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.17.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">where then is my hope&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.17.15"><span class="content">who can see any hope for me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.17.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.17.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Will it go down to the gates of death?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.17.16"><span class="content">Will we descend together into the dust?&#8221;</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkJOB">
        <div class="chapter ch18" data-usfm="JOB.18">
            <div class="label">18</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Bildad</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.18.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.18.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.18.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;When will you end these speeches?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.18.2"><span class="content">Be sensible, and then we can talk.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.18.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.18.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Why are we regarded as cattle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.18.3"><span class="content">and considered stupid in your sight?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.18.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="content">is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="content">Or must the rocks be moved from their place?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.18.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.18.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.18.5"><span class="content">the flame of his fire stops burning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.18.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.18.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The light in his tent becomes dark;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.18.6"><span class="content">the lamp beside him goes out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.18.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.18.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The vigor of his step is weakened;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.18.7"><span class="content">his own schemes throw him down.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.18.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.18.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">His feet thrust him into a net;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.18.8"><span class="content">he wanders into its mesh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.18.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.18.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">A trap seizes him by the heel;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.18.9"><span class="content">a snare holds him fast.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.18.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.18.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">A noose is hidden for him on the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.18.10"><span class="content">a trap lies in his path.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.18.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.18.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Terrors startle him on every side</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.18.11"><span class="content">and dog his every step.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.18.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.18.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Calamity is hungry for him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.18.12"><span class="content">disaster is ready for him when he falls.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.18.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.18.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It eats away parts of his skin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.18.13"><span class="content">death&#8217;s firstborn devours his limbs.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.18.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.18.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He is torn from the security of his tent</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.18.14"><span class="content">and marched off to the king of terrors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.18.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.18.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Fire resides</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">18:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Nothing he had remains</span></span></span><span class="content"> in his tent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.18.15"><span class="content">burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.18.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.18.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">His roots dry up below</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.18.16"><span class="content">and his branches wither above.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.18.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.18.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The memory of him perishes from the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.18.17"><span class="content">he has no name in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.18.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.18.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He is driven from light into the realm of darkness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.18.18"><span class="content">and is banished from the world.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.18.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.18.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">He has no offspring or descendants among his people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.18.19"><span class="content">no survivor where once he lived.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.18.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.18.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">People of the west are appalled at his fate;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.18.20"><span class="content">those of the east are seized with horror.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.18.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.18.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.18.21"><span class="content">such is the place of one who does not know God.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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<div class="version vid111 iso6393eng" data-vid="111" data-iso6393="eng">
    <div class="book bkJOB">
        <div class="chapter ch19" data-usfm="JOB.19">
            <div class="label">19</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Job</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.19.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Then Job replied:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.19.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.19.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;How long will you torment me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.19.2"><span class="content">and crush me with words?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.19.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.19.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Ten times now you have reproached me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.19.3"><span class="content">shamelessly you attack me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.19.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.19.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If it is true that I have gone astray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.19.4"><span class="content">my error remains my concern alone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.19.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.19.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.19.5"><span class="content">and use my humiliation against me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.19.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.19.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">then know that God has wronged me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.19.6"><span class="content">and drawn his net around me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.19.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.19.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though I cry, &#8216;Violence!&#8217; I get no response;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.19.7"><span class="content">though I call for help, there is no justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.19.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.19.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">He has blocked my way so I cannot pass;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.19.8"><span class="content">he has shrouded my paths in darkness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.19.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.19.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">He has stripped me of my honor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.19.9"><span class="content">and removed the crown from my head.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.19.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.19.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">He tears me down on every side till I am gone;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.19.10"><span class="content">he uproots my hope like a tree.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.19.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.19.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His anger burns against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.19.11"><span class="content">he counts me among his enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.19.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His troops advance in force;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="content">they build a siege ramp against me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="content">and encamp around my tent.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.19.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.19.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;He has alienated my family from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.19.13"><span class="content">my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.19.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.19.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">My relatives have gone away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.19.14"><span class="content">my closest friends have forgotten me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.19.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.19.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">My guests and my female servants count me a foreigner;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.19.15"><span class="content">they look on me as on a stranger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.19.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.19.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">I summon my servant, but he does not answer,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.19.16"><span class="content">though I beg him with my own mouth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.19.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.19.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">My breath is offensive to my wife;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.19.17"><span class="content">I am loathsome to my own family.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.19.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.19.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Even the little boys scorn me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.19.18"><span class="content">when I appear, they ridicule me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.19.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.19.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">All my intimate friends detest me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.19.19"><span class="content">those I love have turned against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.19.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.19.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">I am nothing but skin and bones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.19.20"><span class="content">I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">only by my gums</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.19.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.19.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have pity on me, my friends, have pity,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.19.21"><span class="content">for the hand of God has struck me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.19.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.19.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Why do you pursue me as God does?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.19.22"><span class="content">Will you never get enough of my flesh?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.19.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.19.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;Oh, that my words were recorded,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.19.23"><span class="content">that they were written on a scroll,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.19.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.19.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">that they were inscribed with an iron tool on</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:24 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">and</span></span></span><span class="content"> lead,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.19.24"><span class="content">or engraved in rock forever!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.19.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.19.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I know that my redeemer</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">vindicator</span></span></span><span class="content"> lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.19.25"><span class="content">and that in the end he will stand on the earth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:25 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">on my grave</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.19.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.19.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">And after my skin has been destroyed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.19.26"><span class="content">yet</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then</span></span></span><span class="content"> in</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">destroyed, / apart from</span></span></span><span class="content"> my flesh I will see God;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.19.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I myself will see him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="content">with my own eyes&#8212;I, and not another.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="content">How my heart yearns within me!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.19.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.19.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">&#8220;If you say, &#8216;How we will hound him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.19.28"><span class="content">since the root of the trouble lies in him,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:28 </span><span class="ft">Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">me</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.19.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.19.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">you should fear the sword yourselves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.19.29"><span class="content">for wrath will bring punishment by the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.19.29"><span class="content">and then you will know that there is judgment.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">19:29 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty</span></span></span><span class="content">&#8221;</span></span></div>
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            <div class="label">14</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Jesus at a Pharisee&#8217;s House</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LUK.14.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LUK.14.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">There in front of him was a man suffering from abnormal swelling of his body. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LUK.14.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Jesus asked the Pharisees and experts in the law, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.14.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">But they remained silent. So taking hold of the man, he healed him and sent him on his way.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LUK.14.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LUK.14.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Then he asked them, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If one of you has a child</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">14:5 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">donkey</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">or an ox that falls into a well on the Sabbath day, will you not immediately pull it out?&#8221;</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.14.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And they had nothing to say.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LUK.14.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LUK.14.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he noticed how the guests picked the places of honor at the table, he told them this parable: </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LUK.14.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When someone invites you to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for a person more distinguished than you may have been invited.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LUK.14.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If so, the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, &#8216;Give this person your seat.&#8217; Then, humiliated, you will have to take the least important place.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LUK.14.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when you are invited, take the lowest place, so that when your host comes, he will say to you, &#8216;Friend, move up to a better place.&#8217; Then you will be honored in the presence of all the other guests.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.14.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For all those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LUK.14.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LUK.14.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then Jesus said to his host, </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LUK.14.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.14.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Parable of the Great Banquet</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LUK.14.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.14.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">When one of those at the table with him heard this, he said to Jesus, &#8220;Blessed is the one who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LUK.14.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LUK.14.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Jesus replied: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;A certain man was preparing a great banquet and invited many guests.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.14.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">At the time of the banquet he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, &#8216;Come, for everything is now ready.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LUK.14.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.14.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;But they all alike began to make excuses. The first said, &#8216;I have just bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please excuse me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LUK.14.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.14.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Another said, &#8216;I have just bought five yoke of oxen, and I&#8217;m on my way to try them out. Please excuse me.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LUK.14.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.14.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Still another said, &#8216;I just got married, so I can&#8217;t come.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LUK.14.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.14.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;The servant came back and reported this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and ordered his servant, &#8216;Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LUK.14.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.14.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;&#8198;&#8216;Sir,&#8217; the servant said, &#8216;what you ordered has been done, but there is still room.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LUK.14.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="LUK.14.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Then the master told his servant, &#8216;Go out to the roads and country lanes and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.14.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I tell you, not one of those who were invited will get a taste of my banquet.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The Cost of Being a Disciple</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="LUK.14.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="LUK.14.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="LUK.14.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters&#8212;yes, even their own life&#8212;such a person cannot be my disciple.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.14.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="LUK.14.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="LUK.14.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won&#8217;t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="LUK.14.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will ridicule you,</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.14.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">saying, &#8216;This person began to build and wasn&#8217;t able to finish.&#8217;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="LUK.14.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="LUK.14.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Or suppose a king is about to go to war against another king. Won&#8217;t he first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="LUK.14.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">If he is not able, he will send a delegation while the other is still a long way off and will ask for terms of peace.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.14.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="LUK.14.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="LUK.14.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again?</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.14.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile; it is thrown out.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="LUK.14.35"><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Whoever has ears to hear, let them hear.&#8221;</span></span></span></div>
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