Then Abraham spoke up again. He said,“ I have been very bold to speak to the Lord. After all, I’m only dust and ashes.

亚伯拉罕说：“我虽然是灰尘，还敢对主说话。

亚伯拉罕回答说：“看哪，我虽只是尘土灰烬，还敢向主说话。

亚伯拉罕回答说：“看哪，我虽只是尘土灰烬，还敢向主说话。

亚伯拉罕说：“主啊，虽然我渺小如灰尘，但我还要大胆地求问你，

亚伯拉罕回答，说：“我虽然是灰尘，还大胆地对我主说话。

亚伯拉罕回应说：“看哪，尽管我是尘土和灰烬，也容我斗胆向我主说，

亞伯拉罕說：「我雖然是灰塵，還敢對主說話。

亞伯拉罕回答說：「看哪，我雖只是塵土灰燼，還敢向主說話。

亞伯拉罕回答說：「看哪，我雖只是塵土灰燼，還敢向主說話。

亞伯拉罕說：「主啊，雖然我渺小如灰塵，但我還要大膽地求問你，

亞伯拉罕回答，說：“我雖然是灰塵，還大膽地對我主說話。

亞伯拉罕回答說：『我雖是塵土爐灰，還敢對主說話。

亞伯拉罕回應說：「看哪，儘管我是塵土和灰燼，也容我斗膽向我主說，

亞伯拉罕曰、我雖為灰塵、敢告於主、

亞伯拉罕曰、吾雖若纖塵、而敢上告、

亞伯拉罕曰、我雖若灰塵、敢告主、

Then Abraham spoke up again:“ Now that I have been so bold as to speak to the Lord, though I am nothing but dust and ashes,

Abraham answered and said,“ Behold, I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, I who am but dust and ashes.

Then Abraham spoke again.“ Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.

Then Abraham answered,“ Since I have ventured to speak to my lord— even though I am dust and ashes—

And Abraham replied,“ Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am only dust and ashes.

Then Abraham answered and said,“ Indeed now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken it upon myself to speak to the Lord:

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes:

Then Abraham answered,“ Since I have ventured to speak to the Lord— even though I am dust and ashes—

And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which[ am but] dust and ashes:

Then Abraham asked,“ Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord( although I am but dust and ashes),

Abraham answered,“ See now, I have taken it on myself to speak to the Lord, although I am dust and ashes.

“ How terrible it is for me!” I cried out.“ I’m about to be destroyed! My mouth speaks sinful words. And I live among people who speak sinful words. Now I have seen the King with my own eyes. He is the Lord who rules over all.”

You will have to work hard and sweat a lot to produce the food you eat. You were made out of the ground. You will return to it when you die. You are dust, and you will return to dust.”

The first man came from the dust of the earth. The second man came from heaven.Those who belong to the earth are like the one who came from the earth. And those who are spiritual are like the heavenly man.

Remember your Creator before you return to the dust you came from. Remember him before your spirit goes back to God who gave it.

So he’ll certainly find fault with human beings. After all, they are made out of dust. They can be crushed more easily than a moth.

Jesus told his disciples a story. He wanted to show them that they should always pray and not give up.

Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay. You are the potter. Your hands made all of us.

Then the Lord God formed a man. He made him out of the dust of the ground. God breathed the breath of life into him. And the man became a living person.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees.“ Go away from me, Lord!” he said.“ I am a sinful man!”

He throws me down into the mud. I’m nothing but dust and ashes.

Then Abraham said,“ Lord, please don’t be angry with me. Let me speak. What if only 30 can be found there?” He answered,“ If I find 30, I will not do it.”Abraham said,“ I have been very bold to speak to the Lord. What if only 20 can be found there?” He said,“ If I find 20, I will not destroy it.”Then he said,“ Lord, please don’t be angry with me. Let me speak just one more time. What if only ten can be found there?” He answered,“ If I find ten, I will not destroy it.”

What are human beings that you think about them? What is a son of man that you take care of him?

We know that the earthly tent we live in will be destroyed. But we have a building made by God. It is a house in heaven that lasts forever. Human hands did not build it.During our time on earth we groan. We long to put on our house in heaven as if it were clothing.

I prayed,“ I’m filled with shame and dishonor, my God. I can hardly look to you and pray. That’s because our sins are piled up above our heads. Our guilt reaches all the way to the heavens.

Lord, what are human beings that you take care of them? What are mere people that you think about them?

So I hate myself. I’m really sorry for what I said about you. That’s why I’m sitting in dust and ashes.”After the Lord finished speaking to Job, he spoke to Eliphaz the Temanite. He said,“ I am angry with you and your two friends. You have not said what is true about me, as my servant Job has.So now get seven bulls and seven rams. Go to my servant Job. Then sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you. And I will accept his prayer. I will not punish you for saying the foolish things you said. You have not said what is true about me, as my servant Job has.”