Job 33-34 Elihu Rebukes Job 33 “But now, hear my speech, O Job,    and listen to all my words.2 Behold, I open my mouth;    the tongue in my mouth speaks.3 My words declare the uprightness of my heart,    and what my lips know they speak sincerely.4 The Spirit of God has made me,    and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.5 Answer me, if you can;    set your words in order …

Job 31-32 Job’s Final Appeal 31 “I have made a covenant with my eyes;    how then could I gaze at a virgin?2 What would be my portion from God above    and my heritage from the Almighty on high?3 Is not calamity for the unrighteous,    and disaster for the workers of iniquity?4 Does not he see my ways    and number all my steps? 5 “If I have walked with falsehood    and my foot has hastened …

Job 29-30 Job’s Summary Defense 29 And Job again took up his discourse, and said: 2 “Oh, that I were as in the months of old,    as in the days when God watched over me,3 when his lamp shone upon my head,    and by his light, I walked through darkness,4 as I was in my prime,    when the friendship of God was upon my tent,5 when the Almighty was yet with …

Job 27-28 Job Continues: I Will Maintain My Integrity 27 And Job again took up his discourse, and said: 2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right,    and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,3 as long as my breath is in me,    and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,4 my lips will not speak falsehood,    and my tongue will not utter deceit.5 Far be it from me to …

Job 24-26 24 “Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty,    and why do those who know him never see his days?2 Some move landmarks;    they seize flocks and pasture them.3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;    they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.4 They thrust the poor off the road;    the poor of the earth all hide themselves.5 Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert    the poor[a] go out to their toil, seeking …

Job 22-23 Eliphaz Speaks: Job’s Wickedness Is Great 22 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2 “Can a man be profitable to God?    Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,    or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless?4 Is it for your fear of him that he reproves …

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 …