Category: Job

1 And the Lord said to Job: 2 “Shall a faultfinder contend with the Almighty? He who argues with God, let him answer it.” 3 Then Job answered the Lord: 4 “Behold, I am of small account; what shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. 5 I have spoken once, and…

1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered: 2 Should a multitude of words go unanswered, and a man full of talk be judged right? 3 Should your babble silence men, and when you mock, shall no one shame you? 4 For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in God’s eyes.’ 5 But…

1 “Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook or press down his tongue with a cord? 2 Can you put a rope in his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? 3 Will he make many pleas to you? Will he speak to you soft words? 4 Will he make many pleas to…

1 Then Job answered and said: 2 “No doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. 3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? 4 “I am a laughingstock to my friends; I, who called to God…

15 Though he slay me, I will hope in him; yet I will argue my ways to his face. Setting the Scene for Job 13:15 In Job chapter 13, we find Job, a righteous man who is facing immense suffering and loss. Job’s friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, have come to comfort him during this…

21 “Agree with God, and be at peace; thereby good will come to you. Setting the Scene for Job 22:21 The scene in Job 22:21 takes place in the midst of Job’s suffering and turmoil. Job, a righteous man who has faced unimaginable loss and affliction, is surrounded by his three friends: Eliphaz, Bildad, and…

1 Then Job answered: 2 “How long will you torment me and break me in pieces with words? 3 These ten times you have cast reproach upon me; are you not ashamed to wrong me? 4 Even if I have truly erred, my error remains with myself. 5 If indeed you magnify yourselves against me…

7 He stretches out the north over the void and hangs the earth on nothing. Setting the Scene for Job 26:7 In Job chapter 26, we find Job, a righteous man who is facing immense suffering and loss, sitting among the ashes, scraping his sores with broken pottery. His friends, Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, have…

1 “But now, hear my speech, O Job, and listen to all my words.” 2 Behold, now I open my mouth; the tongue in my mouth speaks. 3 My words declare the uprightness of my heart, and what my lips know they speak sincerely. 4 The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath…

1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I gaze at a virgin?” 2 What would be the portion of God from above and the heritage of the Almighty from on high? 3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous, and disaster for the workers of iniquity? 4 Does not he see…