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Bible Reading for January 20
Job 14
[1] Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. [2] He
cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and
continueth not.
[3] And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into
judgment with thee?
[4] Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. [5] Seeing his
days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast
appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; [6] Turn from him, that he may rest,
till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.
[7] For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again,
and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. [8] Though the root thereof
wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
[9] Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a
plant.
[10] But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where
is he?
[11] As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
[12] So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they
shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. [13] O that thou wouldest
hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be
past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
[14] If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will
I wait, till my change come.
[15] Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the
work of thine hands.
[16] For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? [17] My
transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity.
[18] And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed
out of his place.
[19] The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out
of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. [20] Thou
prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his
countenance, and sendest him away.
[21] His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low,
but he perceiveth it not of them. [22] But his flesh upon him shall have pain,
and his soul within him shall mourn.
Job 15
[1] Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, [2] Should a wise man utter
vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?
[3] Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can
do no good?
[4] Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. [5] For thy
mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
[6] Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify
against thee.
[7] Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills?
[8] Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to
thyself?
[9] What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not
in us?
[10] With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy
father.
[11] Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing
with thee?
[12] Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, [13]
That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy
mouth?
[14] What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman,
that he should be righteous?
[15] Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean
in his sight.
[16] How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like
water?
[17] I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare;
[18] Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: [19]
Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. [20]
The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is
hidden to the oppressor.
[21] A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come
upon him.
[22] He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited
for of the sword.
[23] He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the
day of darkness is ready at his hand. [24] Trouble and anguish shall make him
afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. [25]
For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against
the Almighty.
[26] He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his
bucklers:
[27] Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat
on his flanks.
[28] And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man
inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. [29] He shall not be rich,
neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection
thereof upon the earth. [30] He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame
shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
[31] Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his
recompence.
[32] It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be
green.
[33] He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his
flower as the olive.
[34] For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall
consume the tabernacles of bribery. [35] They conceive mischief, and bring
forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit.
Job 16
[1] Then Job answered and said,
[2] I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. [3] Shall
vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest?
[4] I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could
heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. [5] But I would
strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your
grief.
[6] Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I
eased?
[7] But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. [8]
And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my
leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. [9] He teareth me in his
wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy
sharpeneth his eyes upon me. [10] They have gaped upon me with their mouth;
they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered
themselves together against me. [11] God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and
turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
[12] I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my
neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. [13] His archers
compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he
poureth out my gall upon the ground. [14] He breaketh me with breach upon
breach, he runneth upon me like a giant.
[15] I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust.
[16] My face is foul with weeping, and my eyelids is the shadow of death; [17]
Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. [18] O earth,
cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. [19] Also now, behold,
my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. [20] My friends scorn me:
but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. [21] O that one might plead for a man
with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!
[22] When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not
return.
Job 17
[1] My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me.
[2] Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their
provocation?
[3] Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike
hands with me?
[4] For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not
exalt them.
[5] He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children
shall fail.
[6] He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a
tabret.
[7] Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a
shadow.
[8] Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up
himself against the hypocrite.
[9] The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands
shall be stronger and stronger.
[10] But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one
wise man among you.
[11] My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my
heart.
[12] They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.
[13] If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness.
[14] I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou are my
mother, and my sister.
[15] And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? [16] They
shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.
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