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         <div class="label">38</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="heading">Lord</span></span><span class="heading"> Speaks</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"><span class="label">1</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. He said:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.38.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who is this that obscures my plans</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="content">with words without knowledge?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.38.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Brace yourself like a man;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">I will question you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">and you shall answer me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.38.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Where were you when I laid the earth&#8217;s foundation?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="content">Tell me, if you understand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.38.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="content">Who stretched a measuring line across it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.38.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">On what were its footings set,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="content">or who laid its cornerstone&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.38.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">while the morning stars sang together</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="content">and all the angels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:7 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">the sons of God</span></span></span><span class="content"> shouted for joy?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.38.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who shut up the sea behind doors</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="content">when it burst forth from the womb,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.38.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">when I made the clouds its garment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="content">and wrapped it in thick darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.38.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">when I fixed limits for it</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="content">and set its doors and bars in place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.38.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">when I said, &#8216;This far you may come and no farther;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="content">here is where your proud waves halt&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.38.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you ever given orders to the morning,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="content">or shown the dawn its place,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.38.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">that it might take the earth by the edges</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="content">and shake the wicked out of it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.38.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="content">its features stand out like those of a garment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.38.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">The wicked are denied their light,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="content">and their upraised arm is broken.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.38.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="content">or walked in the recesses of the deep?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.38.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Have the gates of death been shown to you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="content">Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.38.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="content">Tell me, if you know all this.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.38.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;What is the way to the abode of light?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="content">And where does darkness reside?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.38.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Can you take them to their places?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="content">Do you know the paths to their dwellings?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.38.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Surely you know, for you were already born!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="content">You have lived so many years!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.38.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">&#8220;Have you entered the storehouses of the snow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="content">or seen the storehouses of the hail,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.38.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">which I reserve for times of trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="content">for days of war and battle?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.38.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">What is the way to the place where the lightning is dispersed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="content">or the place where the east winds are scattered over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.38.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Who cuts a channel for the torrents of rain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="content">and a path for the thunderstorm,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.38.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">to water a land where no one lives,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="content">an uninhabited desert,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.38.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">to satisfy a desolate wasteland</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="content">and make it sprout with grass?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.38.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Does the rain have a father?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="content">Who fathers the drops of dew?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.38.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">From whose womb comes the ice?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="content">Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.38.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">when the waters become hard as stone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="content">when the surface of the deep is frozen?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.38.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you bind the chains</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:31 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">beauty</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the Pleiades?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="content">Can you loosen Orion&#8217;s belt?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JOB.38.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Can you bring forth the constellations in their seasons</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the morning star in its season</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="content">or lead out the Bear</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:32 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">out Leo</span></span></span><span class="content"> with its cubs?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="JOB.38.32"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">Do you know the laws of the heavens?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="content">Can you set up God&#8217;s</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:33 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">their</span></span></span><span class="content"> dominion over the earth?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="JOB.38.33"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">&#8220;Can you raise your voice to the clouds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="content">and cover yourself with a flood of water?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="JOB.38.34"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">Do you send the lightning bolts on their way?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="content">Do they report to you, &#8216;Here we are&#8217;?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="JOB.38.35"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">Who gives the ibis wisdom</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:36 </span><span class="ft">That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="content">or gives the rooster understanding?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">38:36 </span><span class="ft">That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="JOB.38.36"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">Who has the wisdom to count the clouds?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="content">Who can tip over the water jars of the heavens</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="JOB.38.37"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">when the dust becomes hard</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="content">and the clods of earth stick together?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="JOB.38.38"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you hunt the prey for the lioness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="content">and satisfy the hunger of the lions</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="JOB.38.39"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">when they crouch in their dens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="content">or lie in wait in a thicket?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="JOB.38.40"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">Who provides food for the raven</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="content">when its young cry out to God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="JOB.38.41"><span class="content">and wander about for lack of food?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">39</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you know when the mountain goats give birth?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="content">Do you watch when the doe bears her fawn?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="JOB.39.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Do you count the months till they bear?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="content">Do you know the time they give birth?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="JOB.39.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">They crouch down and bring forth their young;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="content">their labor pains are ended.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="JOB.39.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Their young thrive and grow strong in the wilds;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="content">they leave and do not return.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="JOB.39.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;Who let the wild donkey go free?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="content">Who untied its ropes?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="JOB.39.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I gave it the wasteland as its home,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="content">the salt flats as its habitat.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="JOB.39.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">It laughs at the commotion in the town;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="content">it does not hear a driver&#8217;s shout.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="JOB.39.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">It ranges the hills for its pasture</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="content">and searches for any green thing.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="JOB.39.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Will the wild ox consent to serve you?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="content">Will it stay by your manger at night?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="JOB.39.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="content">Will it till the valleys behind you?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JOB.39.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Will you rely on it for its great strength?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="content">Will you leave your heavy work to it?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JOB.39.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Can you trust it to haul in your grain</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="content">and bring it to your threshing floor?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JOB.39.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">though they cannot compare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">with the wings and feathers of the stork.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JOB.39.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She lays her eggs on the ground</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="content">and lets them warm in the sand,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JOB.39.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">unmindful that a foot may crush them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="content">that some wild animal may trample them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JOB.39.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She treats her young harshly, as if they were not hers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="content">she cares not that her labor was in vain,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JOB.39.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">for God did not endow her with wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="content">or give her a share of good sense.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JOB.39.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="content">she laughs at horse and rider.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JOB.39.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">&#8220;Do you give the horse its strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="content">or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JOB.39.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Do you make it leap like a locust,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="content">striking terror with its proud snorting?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JOB.39.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="content">and charges into the fray.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JOB.39.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="content">it does not shy away from the sword.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JOB.39.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">The quiver rattles against its side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="content">along with the flashing spear and lance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JOB.39.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="content">it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JOB.39.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, &#8216;Aha!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">It catches the scent of battle from afar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">the shout of commanders and the battle cry.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JOB.39.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="content">and spread its wings toward the south?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JOB.39.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Does the eagle soar at your command</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="content">and build its nest on high?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JOB.39.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">It dwells on a cliff and stays there at night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="content">a rocky crag is its stronghold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JOB.39.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">From there it looks for food;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="content">its eyes detect it from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JOB.39.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.39.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Its young ones feast on blood,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JOB.39.30"><span class="content">and where the slain are, there it is.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">16</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Personal Greetings</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="ROM.16.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">servant</span></span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:1 </span><span class="ft">The word </span><span class="fq">deacon </span><span class="ft">refers here to a Christian designated to serve with the overseers/elders of the church in a variety of ways; similarly in Phil. 1:1 and 1 Tim. 3:8,12.</span></span></span><span class="content"> of the church in Cenchreae. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.16.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="ROM.16.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="ROM.16.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Greet Priscilla</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:3 </span><span class="ft">Greek </span><span class="fqa">Prisca</span><span class="ft">, a variant of </span><span class="fq">Priscilla</span></span></span><span class="content"> and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.16.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="ROM.16.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.16.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Greet also the church that meets at their house.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.16.5"><span class="content">Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="ROM.16.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.16.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Greet Mary, who worked very hard for you.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="ROM.16.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.16.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me. They are outstanding among</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">are esteemed by</span></span></span><span class="content"> the apostles, and they were in Christ before I was.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="ROM.16.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.16.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="ROM.16.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.16.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Greet Urbanus, our co-worker in Christ, and my dear friend Stachys.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="ROM.16.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.16.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Greet Apelles, whose fidelity to Christ has stood the test.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.16.10"><span class="content">Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="ROM.16.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.16.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Greet Herodion, my fellow Jew.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.16.11"><span class="content">Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="ROM.16.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.16.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, those women who work hard in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.16.12"><span class="content">Greet my dear friend Persis, another woman who has worked very hard in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="ROM.16.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.16.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother, who has been a mother to me, too.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="ROM.16.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.16.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the other brothers and sisters with them.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="ROM.16.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.16.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas and all the Lord&#8217;s people who are with them.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="ROM.16.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.16.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Greet one another with a holy kiss.</span></span></div><div class="li1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.16.16"><span class="content">All the churches of Christ send greetings.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="ROM.16.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="ROM.16.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="ROM.16.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.16.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Everyone has heard about your obedience, so I rejoice because of you; but I want you to be wise about what is good, and innocent about what is evil.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="ROM.16.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.16.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.16.20"><span class="content">The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="ROM.16.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.16.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Timothy, my co-worker, sends his greetings to you, as do Lucius, Jason and Sosipater, my fellow Jews.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="ROM.16.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.16.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="ROM.16.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.16.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Gaius, whose hospitality I and the whole church here enjoy, sends you his greetings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="ROM.16.23"><span class="content">Erastus, who is the city&#8217;s director of public works, and our brother Quartus send you their greetings. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.16.24"><span class="label">[24]</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:24 </span><span class="ft">Some manuscripts include here </span><span class="fqa">May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with all of you. Amen.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="ROM.16.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="ROM.16.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Now to him who is able to establish you in accordance with my gospel, the message I proclaim about Jesus Christ, in keeping with the revelation of the mystery hidden for long ages past, </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="ROM.16.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">but now revealed and made known through the prophetic writings by the command of the eternal God, so that all the Gentiles might come to the obedience that comes from</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">16:26 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">that is</span></span></span><span class="content"> faith&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="ROM.16.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">to the only wise God be glory forever through Jesus Christ! Amen.</span></span></div>
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