Mark 4:28 King James Version (KJV)

²⁸ For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.

 

Mark 4:28 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

 

²⁸ It is the ground that makes the seeds sprout and grow into plants that produce grain.

 

Contemporary English Version (CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society

 

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We are to be grounded in Christ. 

Job 7:7-8 King James Version (KJV)

⁷ O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.

⁸ The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

 

Job 7:7-8 Good News Translation (GNT)

 

⁷ Remember, O God, my life is only a breath;
 my happiness has already ended.
⁸ You see me now, but never again.
 If you look for me, I'll be gone.

 

Good News Translation (GNT) Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society

 

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7 Compared to eternity life is like a simple breath. Job did not think that anything could be done give him joy again. Having no joy makes life more drawn out and go a lot slower.

 

8 Job was hoping to die because his life was something that he could not bare, he was broken. Job did not see his pain going away in life so he wanted his life to go away so he would not have pain. We have found in Jesus. 

Mark 4:27 King James Version (KJV)

²⁷ And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.

 

Mark 4:27 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

 

²⁷ The farmer sleeps at night and is up and around during the day. Yet the seeds keep sprouting and growing, and he doesn’t understand how.

 

Contemporary English Version (CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society

 

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The farmer helps the seeds grow but does not grow the seeds.

 

 Job 7:5-6 King James Version (KJV)

⁵ My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

⁶ My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

 

Job 7:5-6 Good News Translation (GNT)

 

⁵ My body is full of worms;
 it is covered with scabs;
 pus runs out of my sores.
⁶ My days pass by without hope,
 pass faster than a weaver's shuttle.

 

Good News Translation (GNT) Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society

 

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5 This was a sign of his skin rotting and dying. Job was dying from the inside out, his skin was going through sickness that made him feel bad everywhere else. These maggots were eating his dead skin. To have maggots in your skin would have something would cause worry and make you wonder when you are going to die.

 

6 This is a sowing tool. He felt no hope and that his days would soon be over. 

Mark 4:26 King James Version (KJV)

²⁶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;

 

Mark 4:26 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

Another Story about Seeds

 

²⁶ Again Jesus said:

God’s kingdom is like what happens when a farmer scatters seed in a field.

 

Contemporary English Version (CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society

 

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The seed is the gospel and the farmer is the Spirit the thing we have to ask is are we apart of Him doing this?

 

Job 7:3-4 King James Version (KJV)

³ So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

⁴ When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

 

Job 7:3-4 Good News Translation (GNT)

 

³ Month after month I have nothing to live for;
 night after night brings me grief.
⁴ When I lie down to sleep, the hours drag;
 I toss all night and long for dawn.

 

Good News Translation (GNT) Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society

 

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3 Job wanted to die. Job did want to have the months go by, time dragged on and days would have seemed like moths to Job due to his grief.

 

5 Sleep was hard for Job due to his grief, his heart was so trouble that he was unable to gain rest. Stress prevents sleep; Job had enough stress to stay awake for a long time being unable to sleep.

Keep our eyes on Jesus. 

Mark 4:25 King James Version (KJV)

²⁵ For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath.

 

Mark 4:25 Contemporary English Version (CEV)

 

²⁵ Everyone who has something will be given more. But people who don’t have anything will lose what little they have.

 

Contemporary English Version (CEV) Copyright © 1995 by American Bible Society

 

These are my thoughts.

With what we have isn’t the Lord it is not something we will keep. 

Job 7:1-2 King James Version (KJV)

7 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

² As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

 

Job 7:1-2 Good News Translation (GNT)

 

7 Human life is like forced army service,
 like a life of hard manual labor,
²  like a slave longing for cool shade;
 like a worker waiting to be paid.

 

Good News Translation (GNT) Copyright © 1992 by American Bible Society

 

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1 Life is hard and we have to work at it. A good life does not often times come easy but I life with the Lord makes everything worth it, living for the Lord has its challenges but it is worth living more than a life without Him where people still have difficulties. As Christians we still have life like this be we have a loving Boss in Christ.

 

2 Slaves often times would work even under the hardest conditions and were pushed to the most extreme conditions, they would be allowed to be in the shade because this is where their bosses would be if they were out there. Workers get paid but slaves don’t, workers often times have some benefits but slaves do not, we have to thru a lot in life but with Christ we can get thru it all.

Keep our eyes on Jesus.