Legacy Standard Bible

Job 39 - 40

39“Do you know the time the 1,amountain goats give birth?Do you keep watch over the calving of the bdeer?2“Can you count the months they fulfill,Or do you know the time they give birth?3“They kneel down; they bring forth their young;They send out their labor pains.4“Their children become strong; they grow up in the open field;They leave and do not return to them.5“Who sent out the awild donkey free?And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,6For whom I have set athe desert plain as a homeAnd the salt land as his dwelling place?7“He laughs at the tumult of the city;The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.8“He explores the mountains for his pastureAnd searches after every green thing.9“Will the awild ox consent to serve you,Or will he spend the night at your manger?10“Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with 1ropes,Or will he harrow the valleys after you?11“Will you trust him because his power is greatAnd leave your labor to him?12“Will you believe him that he will return your seed of grainAnd gather it from your threshing floor?13“The ostriches’ wings flap joyouslyBut are they the pinion and plumage of a 1stork?14For she leaves her eggs to the earthAnd warms them in the dust,15And she forgets that a foot may crush 1them,Or that a beast of the field may trample 2them.16“She treats her children acruelly, as if they were not hers;Though her labor be empty, she is without dread,17Because God has made her forget wisdom,And has not given her a share of understanding.18“When she raises herself up high,She laughs at the horse and his rider.19“Do you give the horse his might?Do you clothe his neck with a mane?20“Do you make him aleap like the locust?His splendid bsnorting is terrible.21“1He paws in the valley and rejoices in his power;He agoes out to meet the weapons.22“He laughs at dread and is not dismayed;And he does not turn back from the sword.23“The quiver rattles against him,The flashing spear and javelin.24“With shaking and rage he 1races over the ground,And he does not 2stand still at the sound of the trumpet.25“As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’And he scents the battle from afar,And the thunder of the commanders and the shout of war.26“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,Stretching his wings toward the south?27“Is it at your 1command that the eagle goes on highAnd raises ahis nest high?28“On the cliff he dwells and lodges,Upon the rocky crag, a fortress.29“From there he 1,aspies out food;His eyes see it from afar.30“His young ones also suck up blood;And awhere the slain are, there is he.”

Job Places His Hand over His Mouth

40Then Yahweh answered Job and said,
2“Will the faultfinder acontend with the Almighty?Let him who breproves God answer it.”
3Then Job answered Yahweh and said,
4“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I respond to You?I aplace my hand over my mouth.5“Once I have spoken, and aI will not answer;Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

Yahweh Will Ask Job

6Then aYahweh answered Job out of the 1whirlwind and said,
7“Now agird up your loins like a man;I will bask you, and you make Me know.8“Will you really aannul My judgment?Will you bcondemn Me cthat you may be justified?9“Or do you have an arm like God,And can you athunder with a voice like His?10“aAdorn yourself with exaltation and loftiness,And clothe yourself with splendor and majesty.11“Pour out athe overflowings of your anger,And look on everyone who is bproud, and make him low.12“Look on everyone who is proud, and ahumble him,And btread down the wicked 1in their place.13“aHide them in the dust together;Bind their faces in the hidden place.14“Then I will also praise you,That your own right hand can save you.

Behold the Behemoth

15“Behold now, 1Behemoth, which aI made along with you;It eats grass like an ox.16“Behold now, its power in its loinsAnd its vigor in the muscles of its belly.17“It hangs its tail like a cedar;The sinews of its thighs are knit together.18“Its bones are tubes of bronze;Its 1limbs are like bars of iron.19“It is the afirst of the ways of God;Let its bMaker bring near its sword.20“Surely the mountains abring it food,And all the beasts of the field bplay there.21“Under the lotus plants it lies down,In the hidden place of the reeds and the marsh.22“The lotus plants cover it with 1shade;The willows of the brook surround it.23“If a river oppresses, it is not alarmed;It is secure, though the aJordan bursts forth to its mouth.24“Can anyone capture it before its eyes,With snares can anyone pierce its nose?

Luke 16

The Parable of the Unrighteous Steward

16Now He was also saying to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a steward, and this steward was 1reported to him as asquandering his possessions. 2“And he called for him and said to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your stewardship, for you can no longer be steward.’ 3“And the steward said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my 1master is taking the stewardship away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. 4‘I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the stewardship people will 1take me into their homes.’ 5“And he summoned each one of his 1master’s debtors, and he began saying to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ 6“And he said, ‘One hundred 1baths of oil.’ And he said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ 7“Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ And he said, ‘One hundred 1kors of wheat.’ He *said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ 8“And his 1master praised the unrighteous steward because he had acted shrewdly, for the sons of athis age are more shrewd in relation to their own 2kind than the bsons of light. 9“And I say to you, amake friends for yourselves from the 1,bwealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, cthey will 2take you into the eternal dwellings.
10“aHe who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much, and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much. 11“Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous 1,awealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? 12“And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? 13“aNo 1servant can 2serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot 3serve God and 4,bwealth.”
14Now the Pharisees, who were alovers of money, were listening to all these things and bwere scoffing at Him. 15And He said to them, “You are those who ajustify yourselves 1in the sight of men, but bGod knows your hearts, for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable 2in the sight of God.
16“aThe Law and the Prophets were until John; 1since that time bthe good news of the kingdom of God is proclaimed, and everyone is forcing his way into it. 17“aBut it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one 1stroke of a letter of the Law to fail.
18“aEveryone who 1divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman who is 2divorced from a husband commits adultery.

The Rich Man and Lazarus

19“Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. 20“But a poor man named Lazarus awas laid at his gate, covered with sores, 21and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man’s table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. 22“Now it happened that the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to aAbraham’s bosom, and the rich man also died and was buried. 23“And in aHades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. 24“And he cried out and said, ‘aFather Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in bthis flame.’ 25“But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that aduring your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things. But now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. 26‘And 1besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you are not able, and none may cross over from there to us.’ 27“And he said, ‘Then I am asking you, father, that you send him to my father’s house— 28for I have five brothers—in order that he may awarn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’ 29“But Abraham *said, ‘They have aMoses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ 30“But he said, ‘No, afather Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!’ 31“But he said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”

Psalm 48

The City of Our God

48
A Song. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
aGreat is Yahweh, and greatly to be praised,In the bcity of our God, His choly mountain.2aBeautiful in elevation, bthe joy of the whole earth,Is Mount Zion in the far north,The ccity of the great King.3God, in her palaces,Has made Himself known as a astronghold.4For, behold, the akings assembled themselves,They passed by together.5They saw it, then they were astonished;They were adismayed, they 1fled in alarm.61Panic seized them there,Anguish, as of aa woman in childbirth.7With the aeast windYou bbreak the cships of Tarshish.8As we have heard, so have we seenIn the city of Yahweh of hosts, in the city of our God;God will aestablish her forever. 1 Selah.9We have thought on aYour lovingkindness, O God,In the midst of Your temple.10As is Your aname, O God,So is Your bpraise to the ends of the earth;Your cright hand is full of righteousness.11Let Mount aZion be glad,Let the bdaughters of Judah rejoiceBecause of Your judgments.12Walk about Zion and go around her;Count her atowers;13Consider her aramparts;Go through her palaces,That you may brecount it to the next generation.14For this is God,Our God forever and ever;He will aguide us 1over death.