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 …

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 …