Job 3 1 After this opened Job
his mouth, and cursed his day.
2 And Job spake,
and said,
3 Let the day
perish wherein I was born, and the night in which
it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4 Let that day be
darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let
the light shine upon it.
5 Let darkness and
the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 As for
that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be
joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into
the number of the months.
7 Lo, let that
night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.
8 Let them curse it
that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their
mourning.
9 Let the stars of
the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have
none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:
10 Because it shut
not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid
sorrow from mine eyes.
11 Why died I not
from the womb? why did I not give up the
ghost when I came out of the belly?
12 Why did the
knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck?
13 For now should I
have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then
had I been at rest,
14 With kings and
counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for
themselves;
15 Or with princes
that had gold, who filled their houses with silver:
16 Or as an hidden
untimely birth I had not been; as infants which
never saw light.
17 There the wicked
cease from troubling; and there the weary be at
rest.
18 There the
prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the
oppressor.
19 The small and
great are there; and the servant is free from his
master.
20 Wherefore is
light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the
bitter in soul;
21 Which long for
death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than
for hid treasures;
22 Which rejoice
exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the
grave?
23 Why is light
given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath
hedged in?
24 For my sighing
cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like
the waters.
25 For the thing
which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I
was afraid of is come unto me.
26 I was not in
safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet
trouble came.
Job 4 1 Then Eliphaz the
Temanite answered and said,
2 If we
assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who
can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast
instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak
hands.
4 Thy words have
upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened
the feeble knees.
5 But now it is
come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and
thou art troubled.
6 Is not this
thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness
of thy ways?
7 Remember, I pray
thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where
were the righteous cut off?
8 Even as I have
seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap
the same.
9 By the blast of
God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are
they consumed.
10 The roaring of
the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth
of the young lions, are broken.
11 The old lion
perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps
are scattered abroad.
12 Now a thing was
secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little
thereof.
13 In thoughts from
the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
14 Fear came upon
me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.
15 Then a spirit
passed before my face; the hair of my flesh
stood up:
16 It stood still,
but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was
before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a
voice, saying,
17 Shall mortal man
be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his
maker?
18 Behold, he put
no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with
folly:
19 How much less in
them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is
in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
20 They are
destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever
without any regarding it.
21 Doth not their
excellency which is in them go away? they die,
even without wisdom.
John 8 1 Jesus went unto the
mount of Olives.
2 And early in the
morning he came again into the temple, and all the people
came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
3 And the scribes
and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery;
and when they had set her in the midst,
4 They say unto
him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the
very act.
5 Now Moses in the
law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what
sayest thou?
6 This they said,
tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But
Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on
the ground, as though he heard them not.
7 So when they
continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto
them, He that is without sin among you, let him first
cast a stone at her.
8 And again he
stooped down, and wrote on the ground.
9 And they which
heard it, being convicted by their own
conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest,
even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and
the woman standing in the midst.
10 When Jesus had
lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said
unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no
man condemned thee?
11 She said, No
man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn
thee: go, and sin no more.
12 ¶ Then spake
Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the
world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness,
but shall have the light of life.
13 The Pharisees
therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself;
thy record is not true.
14 Jesus answered
and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet
my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither
I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither
I go.
15 Ye judge after
the flesh; I judge no man.
16 And yet if I
judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and
the Father that sent me.
17 It is also
written in your law, that the testimony of two men is
true.
18 I am one that
bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me
beareth witness of me.
19 Then said they
unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither
know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should
have known my Father also.
20 These words
spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple:
and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet
come.
21 Then said Jesus
again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and
shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
22 Then said the
Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I
go, ye cannot come.
23 And he said unto
them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of
this world; I am not of this world.
24 I said therefore
unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye
believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your
sins.
25 Then said they
unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the
same that I said unto you from the beginning.
26 I have many
things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is
true; and I speak to the world those things which I have
heard of him.
27 They understood
not that he spake to them of the Father.
28 Then said Jesus
unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then
shall ye know that I am he, and that I do
nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I
speak these things.
29 And he that sent
me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I
do always those things that please him.
30 As he spake
these words, many believed on him.
31 Then said Jesus
to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my
word, then are ye my disciples indeed;
32 And ye shall
know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.
33 ¶ They answered
him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to
any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?
34 Jesus answered
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever
committeth sin is the servant of sin.
35 And the servant
abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son
abideth ever.
36 If the Son
therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.
37 I know that ye
are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my
word hath no place in you.
38 I speak that
which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye
have seen with your father.
39 They answered
and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith
unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the
works of Abraham.
40 But now ye seek
to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I
have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
41 Ye do the deeds
of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of
fornication; we have one Father, even God.
42 Jesus said unto
them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I
proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of
myself, but he sent me.
43 Why do ye not
understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear
my word.
44 Ye are of your
father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will
do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not
in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he
speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar,
and the father of it.
45 And because I
tell you the truth, ye believe me not.
46 Which of you
convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye
not believe me?
47 He that is of
God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them
not, because ye are not of God.
48 Then answered
the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou
art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?
49 Jesus answered,
I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do
dishonour me.
50 And I seek not
mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth.
51 Verily, verily,
I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never
see death.
52 Then said the
Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil.
Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a
man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.
53 Art thou greater
than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets
are dead: whom makest thou thyself?
54 Jesus answered,
If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father
that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:
55 Yet ye have not
known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know
him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him,
and keep his saying.
56 Your father
Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and
was glad.
57 Then said the
Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast
thou seen Abraham?
58 Jesus said unto
them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was,
I am.
59 Then took they
up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went
out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and
so passed by.
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