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Job 18:4

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

You who tear yourself in anger   – should the earth be abandoned on your account, or a rock be removed from its place?

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His anger tears at me, and he harasses   me. He gnashes his teeth at me. My enemy pierces me with his eyes.


But as a mountain collapses and crumbles and a rock is dislodged from its place,


I will put   myself at risk and take my life in my own hands.


A spirit seizes him; suddenly he shrieks, and it throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; severely bruising him, it scarcely ever leaves him.


Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to drive it out, but they couldn’t.’


Heaven and earth will pass away,   but my words will never pass away.


Then God asked Jonah, ‘Is it right for you to be angry about the plant? ’ ‘Yes, it’s right! ’ he replied. ‘I’m angry enough to die! ’


He answered me, ‘The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of bloodshed,  and the city full of perversity. For they say, “The Lord has abandoned the land;  he does not see.”


Though the mountains move and the hills shake, my love will not be removed from you and my covenant of peace  will not be shaken,’ says your compassionate Lord.


Would you really challenge my justice? Would you declare me guilty  to justify yourself?


For anger kills a fool, and jealousy slays the gullible.


Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?


Yes, the light  of the wicked  is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.





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