Category Archives: Job

1-2 Listen to what I am saying; that is all the comfort I ask from you. 3 Give me a chance to speak and then, when I am through, sneer if you like. 4 My quarrel is not with mortals; I have good reason to be impatient. 5 Look at me. Isn’t that enough to […]

The Third Dialogue 1-2 Is there anyone, even the wisest, who could ever be of use to God? 3 Does your doing right benefit God, or does your being good help him at all? 4 It is not because you stand in awe of God that he reprimands you and brings you to trial. 5 […]

1-2 I still rebel and complain against God; I cannot keep from groaning. 3 How I wish I knew where to find him, and knew how to go where he is. 4 I would state my case before him and present all the arguments in my favor. 5 I want to know what he would […]

1 Why doesn’t God set a time for judging, a day of justice for those who serve him? 2 People move property lines to get more land; they steal sheep and put them with their own flocks. 3 They take donkeys that belong to orphans, and keep a widow’s ox till she pays her debts. […]

1-2 God is powerful; all must stand in awe of him; he keeps his heavenly kingdom in peace. 3 Can anyone count the angels who serve him? Is there any place where God’s light does not shine? 4 Can anyone be righteous or pure in God’s sight? 5 In his eyes even the moon is […]

1-2 What a big help you are to me— poor, weak man that I am! 3 You give such good advice and share your knowledge with a fool like me! 4 Who do you think will hear all your words? Who inspired you to speak like this? 5 The spirits of the dead tremble in […]

1-2 I swear by the living Almighty God, who refuses me justice and makes my life bitter— 3 as long as God gives me breath, 4 my lips will never say anything evil, my tongue will never tell a lie. 5 I will never say that you men are right; I will insist on my […]

In Praise of Wisdom 1 There are mines where silver is dug; There are places where gold is refined. 2 We dig iron out of the ground And melt copper out of the stones. 3 Miners explore the deepest darkness. They search the depths of the earth And dig for rocks in the darkness. 4 […]

Job’s Final Statement of His Case 1 Job began speaking again. 2 If only my life could once again be as it was when God watched over me. 3 God was always with me then and gave me light as I walked through the darkness. 4 Those were the days when I was prosperous, and […]

1 But men younger than I am make fun of me now! Their fathers have always been so worthless that I wouldn’t let them help my dogs guard sheep. 2 They were a bunch of worn-out men, too weak to do any work for me. 3 They were so poor and hungry that they would […]