Job 20-21 Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer 20 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: 2 “Therefore my thoughts answer me,    because of my haste within me.3 I hear censure that insults me,    and out of my understanding a spirit answers me.4 Do you not know this from of old,    since man was placed on earth,5 that the exulting of the wicked is short,    and the joy of the godless …

Job 17-19 Job Continues: Where Then Is My Hope? 17 “My spirit is broken; my days are extinct;    the graveyard is ready for me.2 Surely there are mockers about me,    and my eye dwells on their provocation. 3 “Lay down a pledge for me with you;    who is there who will put up security for me?4 Since you have closed their hearts to understanding,    therefore you will not let them triumph.5 He …

Job 15-16 Eliphaz Accuses: Job Does Not Fear God 15 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2 “Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge,    and fill his belly with the east wind?3 Should he argue in unprofitable talk,    or in words with which he can do no good?4 But you are doing away with the fear of God[a]    and hindering meditation before God.5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth,    and you choose …

Job 13-14 Job Continues: Still I Will Hope in God 13 “Behold, my eye has seen all this,    my ear has heard and understood it.2 What you know, I also know;    I am not inferior to you.3 But I would speak to the Almighty,    and I desire to argue my case with God.4 As for you, you whitewash with lies;    worthless physicians are you all.5 Oh that you would keep silent,    and it …

Job 11-12 Zophar Speaks: You Deserve Worse 11 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: 2 “Should a multitude of words go unanswered,    and a man full of talk be judged right?3 Should your babble silence men,    and when you mock, shall no one shame you?4 For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure,    and I am clean in God’s[a] eyes.’5 But oh, that God would speak    and open his lips to you,6 and that he …

Job 9-10 Job Replies: There Is No Arbiter 9 Then Job answered and said: 2 “Truly I know that it is so:    But how can a man be in the right before God?3 If one wished to contend with him,    one could not answer him once in a thousand times.4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength    —who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—5 he who removes mountains, and …

Job 7-8 Job Continues: My Life Has No Hope 7 “Has not man a hard service on earth,    and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?2 Like a slave who longs for the shadow,    and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,3 so I am allotted months of emptiness,    and nights of misery are apportioned to me.4 When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’    But …

Job 5-6 5 “Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?    To which of the holy ones will you turn?2 Surely vexation kills the fool,    and jealousy slays the simple.3 I have seen the fool taking root,    but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.4 His children are far from safety;    they are crushed in the gate,    and there is no one to deliver them.5 The hungry eat his harvest,    and he takes it even …

Job 2-4 Satan Attacks Job’s Health 2 Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord. 2 And the Lord said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” 3 And …

Job 1 Job’s Character and Wealth 1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. 2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3 He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was …