John 8:48-59

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Jesus’ Claims About Himself

⁴⁸The Jews answered him, “Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan^(A) and demon-possessed?”^(B)

⁴⁹“I am not possessed by a demon,” said Jesus, “but I honor my Father and you dishonor me. ⁵⁰I am not seeking glory for myself;^(C) but there is one who seeks it, and he is the judge. ⁵¹Very truly I tell you, whoever obeys my word will never see death.”^(D)

⁵²At this they exclaimed, “Now we know that you are demon-possessed!^(E) Abraham died and so did the prophets, yet you say that whoever obeys your word will never taste death. ⁵³Are you greater than our father Abraham?^(F) He died, and so did the prophets. Who do you think you are?”

⁵⁴Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself,^(G) my glory means nothing. My Father, whom you claim as your God, is the one who glorifies me.^(H) ⁵⁵Though you do not know him,^(I) I know him.^(J) If I said I did not, I would be a liar like you, but I do know him and obey his word.^(K) ⁵⁶Your father Abraham^(L) rejoiced at the thought of seeing my day; he saw it^(M) and was glad.”

⁵⁷“You are not yet fifty years old,” they said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”

⁵⁸“Very truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born,^(N) I am!”^(O) ⁵⁹At this, they picked up stones to stone him,^(P) but Jesus hid himself,^(Q) slipping away from the temple grounds.

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Job 7

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7 “Do not mortals have hard service^(A) on earth?^(B)
    Are not their days like those of hired laborers?^(C)
²Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,^(D)
    or a hired laborer waiting to be paid,^(E)
³so I have been allotted months of futility,
    and nights of misery have been assigned to me.^(F)
⁴When I lie down I think, ‘How long before I get up?’^(G)
    The night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.^(H)
⁵My body is clothed with worms^(I) and scabs,
    my skin is broken and festering.^(J)

⁶“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,^(K)
    and they come to an end without hope.^(L)
⁷Remember, O God, that my life is but a breath;^(M)
    my eyes will never see happiness again.^(N)
⁸The eye that now sees me will see me no longer;
    you will look for me, but I will be no more.^(O)
⁹As a cloud vanishes^(P) and is gone,
    so one who goes down to the grave^(Q) does not return.^(R)
¹⁰He will never come to his house again;
    his place^(S) will know him no more.^(T)

¹¹“Therefore I will not keep silent;^(U)
    I will speak out in the anguish^(V) of my spirit,
    I will complain^(W) in the bitterness of my soul.^(X)
¹²Am I the sea,^(Y) or the monster of the deep,^(Z)
    that you put me under guard?^(AA)
¹³When I think my bed will comfort me
    and my couch will ease my complaint,^(AB)
¹⁴even then you frighten me with dreams
    and terrify^(AC) me with visions,^(AD)
¹⁵so that I prefer strangling and death,^(AE)
    rather than this body of mine.^(AF)
¹⁶I despise my life;^(AG) I would not live forever.^(AH)
    Let me alone;^(AI) my days have no meaning.^(AJ)

¹⁷“What is mankind that you make so much of them,
    that you give them so much attention,^(AK)
¹⁸that you examine them every morning^(AL)
    and test them^(AM) every moment?^(AN)
¹⁹Will you never look away from me,^(AO)
    or let me alone even for an instant?^(AP)
²⁰If I have sinned, what have I done to you,^(AQ)
    you who see everything we do?
Why have you made me your target?^(AR)
    Have I become a burden to you?^[a]^(AS)
²¹Why do you not pardon my offenses
    and forgive my sins?^(AT)
For I will soon lie down in the dust;^(AU)
    you will search for me, but I will be no more.”^(AV)

Footnotes

Job 7:20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.