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

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.

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

Then I said,“ It’s all over! I am doomed, for I am a sinful man. I have filthy lips, and I live among a people with filthy lips. Yet I have seen the King, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.”

By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made. For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.”

Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven.Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man.

For then the dust will return to the earth, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.

how much less will he trust people made of clay! They are made of dust, crushed as easily as a moth.

One day Jesus told his disciples a story to show that they should always pray and never give up.

And yet, O Lord, you are our Father. We are the clay, and you are the potter. We all are formed by your hand.

Then the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man became a living person.

When Simon Peter realized what had happened, he fell to his knees before Jesus and said,“ Oh, Lord, please leave me— I’m such a sinful man.”

He has thrown me into the mud. I’m nothing more than dust and ashes.

“ Please don’t be angry, my Lord,” Abraham pleaded.“ Let me speak— suppose only thirty righteous people are found?” And the Lord replied,“ I will not destroy it if I find thirty.”Then Abraham said,“ Since I have dared to speak to the Lord, let me continue— suppose there are only twenty?” And the Lord replied,“ Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”Finally, Abraham said,“ Lord, please don’t be angry with me if I speak one more time. Suppose only ten are found there?” And the Lord replied,“ Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten.”

what are mere mortals that you should think about them, human beings that you should care for them?

For we know that when this earthly tent we live in is taken down( that is, when we die and leave this earthly body), we will have a house in heaven, an eternal body made for us by God himself and not by human hands.We grow weary in our present bodies, and we long to put on our heavenly bodies like new clothing.

I prayed,“ O my God, I am utterly ashamed; I blush to lift up my face to you. For our sins are piled higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached to the heavens.

O Lord, what are human beings that you should notice them, mere mortals that you should think about them?

I take back everything I said, and I sit in dust and ashes to show my repentance.”After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite:“ I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.So take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer on your behalf. I will not treat you as you deserve, for you have not spoken accurately about me, as my servant Job has.”