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Job 1:1; In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

Job 1:2; He had seven sons and three daughters,

Job 1:3; and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.

Job 1:4; His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

Job 1:5; When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

Job 1:6; One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

Job 1:7; The LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.”

Job 1:8; Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”

Job 1:9; “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied.

Job 1:10; “Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.

Job 1:11; But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

Job 1:12; The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

Job 1:13; One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house,

Job 1:14; a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

Job 1:15; and the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

Job 1:16; While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The fire of God fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

Job 1:17; While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

Job 1:18; While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s house,

Job 1:19; when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

Job 1:20; At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship

Job 1:21; and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.”

Job 1:22; In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

Job 2:1; On another day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before him.

Job 2:2; And the LORD said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.”

Job 2:3; Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

Job 2:4; “Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life.

Job 2:5; But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

Job 2:6; The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”

Job 2:7; So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

Job 2:8; Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

Job 2:9; His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? Curse God and die!&rdquo

Job 2:10; He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

Job 2:11; When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

Job 2:12; When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads.

Job 2:13; Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

Job 4:17; ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can a man be more pure than his Maker?

Job 8:3; Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Job 9:11; When he passes me, I cannot see him; when he goes by, I cannot perceive him.

Job 9:15; Though I were innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my Judge for mercy.

Job 9:28; I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent.

Job 11:4; You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless and I am pure in your sight.’

Job 11:5; Oh, how I wish that God would speak, that he would open his lips against you

Job 11:6; and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know this: God has even forgotten some of your sin.

Job 11:7; Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty?

Job 11:8; They are higher than the heavens what can you do? They are deeper than the depths of the grave what can you know?

Job 11:9; Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.

Job 11:10; If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?

Job 11:11; Surely he recognizes deceitful men; and when he sees evil, does he not take note?

Job 11:12; But a witless man can no more become wise than a wild donkey’s colt can be born a man.

Job 9:12; If he snatches away, who can stop him? Who can say to him, ‘What are you doing?'

Job 12:7 But ask the animals, and they will teach you, or the birds of the air, and they will tell you;

Job 12:8; or speak to the earth, and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea inform you.

Job 12:9; Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?

Job 21:22; Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since he judges even the highest?

Job 23:2; "Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.

Job 23:3; If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his dwelling!

Job 23:4; I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments.

Job 23:5; I would find out what he would answer me, and consider what he would say.

Job 23:6; Would he oppose me with great power? No, he would not press charges against me.

Job 23:7; There an upright man could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.

Job 23:8; But if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find him.

Job 23:9; When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.

Job 23:10; But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come forth as gold.

Job 23:12; I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.

Job 24:12; The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.

Job 28:1; There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.

Job 28:2; Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.

Job 28:3; Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for ore in the blackest darkness.

Job 28:4; Far from where people dwell he cuts a shaft, in places forgotten by the foot of man; far from men he dangles and sways.

Job 28:5; The earth, from which food comes, is transformed below as by fire;

Job 28:6; sapphires come from its rocks, and its dust contains nuggets of gold.

Job 28:7; No bird of prey knows that hidden path, no falcon’s eye has seen it.

Job 28:8; Proud beasts do not set foot on it, and no lion prowls there.

Job 28:9; Man’s hand assaults the flinty rock and lays bare the roots of the mountains.

Job 28:10; He tunnels through the rock; his eyes see all its treasures.

Job 28:11; He searches the sources of the rivers and brings hidden things to light.

Job 28:12; But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?

Job 28:13; Man does not comprehend its worth; it cannot be found in the land of the living.

Job 28:14; The deep says, ‘It is not in me’; the sea says, ‘It is not with me.’

Job 28:15; It cannot be bought with the finest gold, nor can its price be weighed in silver.

Job 28:16; It cannot be bought with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires.

Job 28:17; Neither gold nor crystal can compare with it, nor can it be had for jewels of gold.

Job 28:18; Coral and jasper are not worthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.

Job 28:19; The topaz of Cush cannot compare with it; it cannot be bought with pure gold.

Job 28:20; Where then does wisdom come from? Where does understanding dwell?

Job 28:21; It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing, concealed even from the birds of the air.

Job 28:22; Destruction and Death say, ‘Only a rumor of it has reached our ears.’

Job 28:23; God understands the way to it and he alone knows where it dwells,

Job 28:24; for he views the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

Job 28:25; When he established the force of the wind and measured out the waters,

Job 28:26; when he made a decree for the rain and a path for the thunderstorm,

Job 28:27; then he looked at wisdom and appraised it; he confirmed it and tested it.

Job 28:28; And he said to man, ‘The fear of the Lord that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.’

Job 31:13; If I have denied justice to my menservants and maidservants when they had a grievance against me,

Job 31:14; what will I do when God confronts me? What will I answer when called to account?

Job 31:15; Did not he who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers?

Job 33:14; For God does speak now one way, now another though man may not perceive it.

Job 33:15; In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men as they slumber in their beds,

Job 33:16; he may speak in their ears and terrify them with warnings,

Job 33:17; to turn man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,

Job 33:18; to preserve his soul from the pit, his life from perishing by the sword.

Job 33:19; Or a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in his bones,

Job 33:20; so that his very being finds food repulsive and his soul loathes the choicest meal.

Job 33:21; His flesh wastes away to nothing, and his bones, once hidden, now stick out.

Job 33:22; His soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the messengers of death.

Job 33:23; Yet if there is an angel on his side as a mediator, one out of a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,

Job 33:24; to be gracious to him and say, 'Spare him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom for him’

Job 33:25; then his flesh is renewed like a child’s; it is restored as in the days of his youth.

Job 33:26; He prays to God and finds favor with him, he sees God’s face and shouts for joy; he is restored by God to his righteous state.

Job 33:27; Then he comes to men and says, ‘I sinned, and perverted what was right, but I did not get what I deserved.

Job 33:28; He redeemed my soul from going down to the pit, and I will live to enjoy the light.’

Job 33:29; God does all these things to a man twice, even three times

Job 33:30; to turn back his soul from the pit, that the light of life may shine on him.

Job 34:8; Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only the sons of men.

Job 34:10; So listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do evil, from the Almighty to do wrong.

Job 34:11; He repays a man for what he has done; he brings upon him what his conduct deserves.

Job 34:12; It is unthinkable that God would do wrong, that the Almighty would pervert justice.

Job 34:17; Can he who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One?

Job 34:19; who shows no partiality to princes and does not favor the rich over the poor, for they are all the work of his hands?

Job 34:23; God has no need to examine men further, that they should come before him for judgment.

Job 34:24; Without inquiry he shatters the mighty and sets up others in their place.

Job 34:33; Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know.

Job 35:6; If you sin, how does that affect him? If your sins are many, what does that do to him?

Job 35:7; If you are righteous, what do you give to him, or what does he receive from your hand?

Job 35:8; Your wickedness affects only a man like yourself, and your righteousness only the sons of men.

Job 35:14; How much less, then, will he listen when you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you must wait for him,

Job 36:1; Elihu continued:

Job 36:2; Bear with me a little longer and I will show you that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.

Job 36:3; I get my knowledge from afar; I will ascribe justice to my Maker.

Job 36:4; Be assured that my words are not false; one perfect in knowledge is with you.

Job 36:5; God is mighty, but does not despise men; he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.

Job 36:6; He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.

Job 36:7; He does not take his eyes off the righteous; he enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.

Job 36:8; But if men are bound in chains, held fast by cords of affliction,

Job 36:9; he tells them what they have done that they have sinned arrogantly.

Job 36:10; He makes them listen to correction and commands them to repent of their evil.

Job 36:11; If they obey and serve him, they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity and their years in contentment.

Job 36:12; But if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword and die without knowledge.

Job 36:13; The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.

Job 36:14; They die in their youth, among male prostitutes of the shrines.

Job 36:15; But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.

Job 36:16; He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

Job 36:17; But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you.

Job 36:18; Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside.

Job 36:19; Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?

Job 36:20; Do not long for the night, to drag people away from their homes.

Job 36:21; Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.

Job 36:22; God is exalted in his power. Who is a teacher like him?

Job 36:23; Who has prescribed his ways for him, or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?

Job 36:24; Remember to extol his work, which men have praised in song.

Job 36:25; All mankind has seen it; men gaze on it from afar.

Job 36:26; How great is God beyond our understanding! The number of his years is past finding out.

Job 36:27; He draws up the drops of water, which distill as rain to the streams;

Job 36:28; the clouds pour down their moisture and abundant showers fall on mankind.

Job 36:29; Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, how he thunders from his pavilion?

Job 36:30; See how he scatters his lightning about him, bathing the depths of the sea.

Job 36:31; This is the way he governs the nations and provides food in abundance.

Job 36:32; He fills his hands with lightning and commands it to strike its mark.

Job 36:33; His thunder announces the coming storm; even the cattle make known its approach.

Job 37:23; The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.

Job 37:24; Therefore, men revere him, for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart?

Job 38:7; while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy

Job 42:2; I know that you can do all things; no plan of yours can be thwarted.


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