• Job 31:1-40 | Job’s Final Defense of His Integrity

    The Verses “I have made a covenant with my eyes;How then could I look at a virgin?And what is the portion of God from above,Or the inheritance of the Almighty from on high?Is it not disaster to the criminal,And misfortune to those who practice injustice?Does He not see my ways,And count all my steps? If…

  • Job 30:1-31 | Job’s Present Suffering Contrasted with His Former Glory

    The Verses “But now those who are younger than I mock me,Whose fathers I refused to put with the dogs of my flock.Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?Vigor had perished from them.From poverty and hunger they are gaunt,They who gnaw at the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,Who…

  • Job 29:1-25 | Job Remembers His Former Blessings

    The Verses “Then Job again took up his discourse and said,‘Oh that I were as in months gone by,As in the days when God watched over me,When His lamp shone over my head,And by His light I walked through darkness;Just as I was in the days of my youth,When the protection of God was over…

  • Job 28:1-28 | The Search for True Wisdom

    The Verses “Certainly there is a mine for silver,And a place for refining gold.Iron is taken from the dust,And copper is smelted from rock.Man puts an end to darkness,And to the farthest limit he searches outThe rock in gloom and deep shadow.He sinks a shaft away from inhabited areas,Forgotten by the foot;They hang and swing,…

  • Job 27:1-23 | Job Reaffirms His Integrity

    The Verses “Then Job again took up his discourse and said,‘As God lives, who has taken away my right,And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,For as long as life is in me,And the breath of God is in my nostrils,My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.Far be it from…

  • Job 26:1-14 | Job’s Rebuttal to Bildad

    The Verses “Then Job responded,‘What a help you are to the weak!You have saved the arm without strength!What advice you have provided to one without wisdom!What helpful insight you have abundantly provided!To whom have you uttered words,And whose spirit was expressed through you? The departed spirits trembleUnder the waters and their inhabitants.Sheol is naked before…

  • Job 25:1-6 | Bildad’s Final Speech

    The Verses “Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,‘Dominion and awe belong to HimWho establishes peace in His heights.Is there any number to His troops?And upon whom does His light not rise? How then can mankind be righteous with God?Or how can anyone who is born of a woman be pure?If even the moon has no brightnessAnd…