1 Jul 2017Job 20–21 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered: 2 “Therefore my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. 3 I have heard the rebuke that disgraces me, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer. 4 “Do you not know this of old, since man was placed upon earth, 5 that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment?
30 Jun 2017Job 17–19 1 “My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, the grave is ready for me. 2 Are not mockers with me? And does not my eye dwell on their provocation? 3 “Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who will shake hands with me? 4 For You have hidden their heart from understanding. Therefore will You not exalt them. 5 He who speaks flattery to his friends, even
29 Jun 2017Job 14–16 1 “Man who is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. 2 He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees like a shadow and does not continue. 3 Do You open Your eyes on such a one, and bring me into judgment with You? 4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? There is no one. 5 Seeing his days are determined, the
28 Jun 2017Job 11–13 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered: 2 “Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified? 3 Should your empty talk make men hold their peace? And when you mock, will no one shame you? 4 For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure, And I am clean in your eyes.’ 5 But oh, that God would speak and open His lips against you, 6
Job 8–10 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: 2 “How long will you speak these things, and the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? 3 Does God pervert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice? 4 If your children sinned against Him, He cast them away for their transgression. 5 If you yourself would seek God earnestly, and seek favor from the Almighty, 6 if you were pure and upright, surely now
26 Jun 2017Job 5–7 1 “Call out now; is anyone answering you? And to whom among the holy ones will you turn? 2 For anger slays the foolish man, and jealousy kills the gullible. 3 Yes, I saw the foolish taking root, and quickly I cursed his dwelling. 4 May his children be far from safety, and may they be crushed in the gate without a deliverer; 5 whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it
25 Jun 2017Job 3–4 1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth. 2 Job said: 3 “Let the day perish in which I was born and the night in which it was said, ‘A male child is conceived.’ 4 As for that day, let it be darkness; let God above not regard it; and let not light shine upon it. 5 Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it; let