Job 1 Then Job replied: 2 “Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me. 3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have…

Eliphaz 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: 2 “Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person benefit him? 3 What pleasure would it give the…

Job 1 Then Job replied: 2 “Even today my complaint is bitter; his handis heavy in spite ofmy groaning. 3 If only I knew where to find him; if only…

1 “Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days? 2 There are those who move boundary stones;…

Bildad 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2 “Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven. 3 Can his forces be numbered? On whom…

Job 1 Then Job replied: 2 “How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble! 3 What advice you have offered to one without…

Job’s Final Word to His Friends 1 And Job continued his discourse: 2 “As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life…

Interlude: Where Wisdom Is Found 1 There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined. 2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted…

Job’s Final Defense 1 Job continued his discourse: 2 “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, 3 when his lamp shone…

1 “But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs. 2 Of what use was the strength of…