Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB
New International Version NIV
1 Call now, if there shall be anyone to answer thee; and if there shall be any of the saints for thee to look unto?
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“Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2 It is certain that wrath kills the foolish man, and envy consumes the covetous one.
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Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root, but at the same time I cursed his habitation.
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I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
4 His sons are far from saving health, and they shall be crushed in the gate, and there shall be no one to deliver <em>them</em>.
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His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
5 The hungry shall eat up his harvest, and even take it out from among the thorns, and the thirsty shall drink up their substance.
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The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
6 For the iniquity does not come forth out of the dust; neither does chastisement spring up out of the ground;
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For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground.
7 yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
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Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
8 I would certainly seek God, and unto God would I commit my affairs;
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“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him.
9 who does great things that no one can understand, and marvels that have no explanation;
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He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted.
10 who gives rain upon the earth and sends waters abroad;
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He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside.
11 who sets up the humble on high, that those who mourn may be lifted up with saving health.
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The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
12 He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform <em>their</em> enterprise.
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He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
13 He takes the wise in their own prudence, and the counsel of his adversaries is turned to folly.
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He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime and grope in the noonday as in the night.
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Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.
15 But he saves the poor from the sword, from the mouth of the wicked, and from the hand of the violent.
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He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful.
16 Who is the hope of the poor, and iniquity closes her mouth.
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So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.
17 Behold, blessed <em>is</em> the man whom God chastens; therefore, do not despise not the correction of the Almighty.
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“Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
18 For he makes sore, and binds up; he wounds, and his hands make whole.
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For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal.
19 He shall deliver thee in six tribulations, and in the seventh no evil shall touch thee.
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From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you.
20 In famine he shall ransom thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
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In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.
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You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth;
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You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals.
23 for thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
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For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
24 And thou shalt know that there is peace in thy tent, and thou shalt visit thy habitation and shalt not sin.
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You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing.
25 Thou shalt know that thy seed <em>is</em> great and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
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You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to <em>thy</em> grave in a full age, like a shock <em>of wheat</em> that is gathered in its season.
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You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.
27 Behold that which we have searched out, so it <em>is</em>; hear it and judge <em>it</em> for thyself.
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“We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”
The Jubilee Bible (from the Scriptures of the Reformation), edited by Russell M. Stendal, Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2010
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