Category: JOB

The Bible – Old Testament Job Introduction The Book of Job, named after its protagonist, is an exquisite dramatic poem which treats of the problem of the suffering of the innocent, and of retribution. The contents of the book, together with its artistic structure and elegant style, place it among the literary masterpieces of all…… Continue reading Job – Introduction

The Bible – Old Testament Job Chapter 1 1 In the land of Uz 1 there was a blameless and upright man named Job, who feared God and avoided evil. 2 2 Seven sons and three daughters were born to him; 3 3 and he had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred…… Continue reading Job – Chapter 1

The Bible – Old Testament Job Chapter 2 1 Once again the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, “Whence do you come?” And Satan answered the LORD and said, “From roaming the earth and patrolling it.” 3 And…… Continue reading Job – Chapter 2

The Bible – Old Testament Job Chapter 3 1 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day. 2 Job spoke out and said: 3 Perish the day on which I was born, the night when they said, “The child is a boy!” 4 May that day be darkness: let not God above call…… Continue reading Job – Chapter 3

The Bible – Old Testament Job Chapter 4 1 Then spoke Eliphaz the Temanite, who said: 2 If someone attempts a word with you, will you mind? For how can anyone refrain from speaking? 3 Behold, you have instructed many, and have made firm their feeble hands. 4 Your words have upheld the stumbler; you…… Continue reading Job – Chapter 4

The Bible – Old Testament Job Chapter 5 1 Call now! Will anyone respond to you? To which of the holy ones will you appeal? 2 Nay, impatience kills the fool and indignation slays the simpleton. 3 I have seen a fool spreading his roots, but his household suddenly decayed. 4 1 His children shall be…… Continue reading Job – Chapter 5

The Bible – Old Testament Job Chapter 6 1 Then Job answered and said: 2 Ah, could my anguish but be measured and my calamity laid with it in the scales, 3 They would now outweigh the sands of the sea! Because of this I speak without restraint. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty…… Continue reading Job – Chapter 6

The Bible – Old Testament Job Chapter 7 1 1 Is not man’s life on earth a drudgery? Are not his days those of a hireling? 2 He is a slave who longs for the shade, a hireling who waits for his wages. 3 So I have been assigned months of misery, and troubled nights have…… Continue reading Job – Chapter 7

The Bible – Old Testament Job Chapter 8 1 Bildad the Shuhite spoke out and said: 2 How long will you utter such things? The words from your mouth are like a mighty wind! 3 Does God pervert judgment, and does the Almighty distort justice? 4 If your children have sinned against him and he…… Continue reading Job – Chapter 8