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- Then Job answered and said:
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- “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!
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- For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.
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- For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
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- Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?
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- Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?
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- My appetite refuses to touch them; they are as food that is loathsome to me.
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- “Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope,
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- that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!
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- This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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- What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient?
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- Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?
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- Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from me?
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- “He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.
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- My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away,
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- which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself.
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- When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanish from their place.
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- The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish.
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- The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope.
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- They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there and are disappointed.
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- For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid.
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- Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?
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- Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?
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- “Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray.
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- How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?
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- Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?
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- You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.
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- “But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face.
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- Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.
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- Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?
Kapcsolódó igehirdetések: Be Ki
Kalauz
December 5
Kétéves:
- I. év: 1Kir 15:9-34
- II. év: Náh 2
- 1Jn 5:1-21
- Zsolt 124:1-8
- Péld 29:5-8
Példabeszéd
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