• Job 34:1-37 | Elihu Defends God’s Justice

    The Verses “Then Elihu continued and said,‘Hear my words, you wise men,And listen to me, you who understand.For the ear tests words as the palate tastes food.Let’s choose for ourselves what is right;Let’s understand among ourselves what is good. For Job has said, “I am righteous,But God has taken away my right;Should I lie about my right?My wound is incurable, though I have done nothing wrong.”What man is like Job,Who…

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  • Job 33:1-33 | Elihu Speaks Directly to Job

    The Verses “However, please listen to my words, Job,And pay attention to everything I say.Behold now, I open my mouth,My tongue in my mouth speaks.My words are from the integrity of my heart,And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.The Spirit of God has made me,And the breath of the Almighty gives me life.Refute me if you can;Line up against me, take your stand.Behold, I belong to God, like you;I too have…

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  • Job 32:1-22 | Elihu Enters the Discussion

    The Verses “Then these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned against Job; his anger burned because he justified himself before God.And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, yet they had condemned Job. Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job…

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  • 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 I have walked with deception,And my foot has hurried after deceit,Let Him weigh me with…

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  • 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 pluck saltweed by the bushes,And whose food is the root of the broom tree.They are…

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  • 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 my tent;When the Almighty was still with me,And my children were around me;When my steps…

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  • 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, far from people.From the earth comes food,And underneath, it is turned over like fire.Its rocks…

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