Category: Job

1 “I loathe my life; I will give free utterance to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.” 2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me; let me know why you contend against me. 3 Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands,…

10 But he knows the way that I take; when he has tried me, I shall come out as gold. Setting the Scene for Job 23:10 In Job chapter 23, we find Job, a righteous man who is facing immense suffering and loss. The scene is set in the midst of Job’s trials, where he…

1 Then Job answered and said: 2 I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are you all. 3 Shall windy words have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer? 4 I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake…

1 “Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold that they refine.” 2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the ore. 3 Man puts an end to darkness and searches out to the farthest limit the ore in gloom and deep darkness. 4 He opens…

1 My spirit is broken; my days are extinct; the graveyard is ready for me. 2 Surely there are mockers about me, and my eye dwells on their provocation. 3 “Lay down a pledge for me with yourself; who is there who will put up security for me? 4 For you have closed their hearts…

1 “Man who is born of a woman is few of days and full of trouble. 2 He comes out like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and continues not. 3 And do you open your eyes on such a one and bring me into judgment with you? 4 Who can bring…

4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. Setting the Scene for Job 33:4 In Job chapter 33, we find Elihu, a young man who has been listening to Job and his friends debate about the reasons behind Job’s suffering. Elihu is filled with righteous anger…

10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good from God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips. Setting the Scene for Job 2:10 In Job chapter 2, we find Job, a righteous man who…

1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. 2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His possessions also were 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and…

1 Then Job answered the Lord and said: 2 “I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 3 ‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. 4…