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There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God [with reverence] and abstained from and turned away from evil [because he honored God].

Verse ConceptsReverence, And ObedienceReward, DivineSuffering, Causes OfGodly Fear, Examples OfFear Of God, Examples OfIndividuals Fearing Godshunning

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God].”

Verse ConceptsBehaviourJustice, In Believers' LivesServants Of The LordNames And Titles For SatanAcclaimingUnique IndividualsIndividuals Fearing Godservanthoodshunning

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God]. And still he maintains and holds tightly to his integrity, although you incited Me against him to destroy him without cause.”

Verse ConceptsdiseasesInciting To EvilServants Of The LordFear Of God, Examples OfUnique IndividualsIndividuals Fearing Godshunning


“Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan.

Verse ConceptsLeviathanNames And Titles For SatanCursing Things


With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who built up [now desolate] ruins for themselves;

Verse ConceptsGod Is UnchangeableArchaeologyKings And PrideResolving Conflictimpossible


Or with princes who had gold,
Who filled their houses with silver.

Verse ConceptsGold


“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden and put away, I would not exist,
Like infants who never saw light.

Verse ConceptsAbortiondoubt, results ofMiscarriagesNever Being BornMiscarriages And Stillborn


“Why is the light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter in soul,

Verse ConceptsLight, SpiritualWearinessWeariness Of Life


Who wait for death, but it does not come,
And dig (search) for death more [diligently] than for hidden treasures,

Verse ConceptsDespair, Description OfExcavationDesire For DeathDrawbacks To RichesDeath Of A Family MemberFamily Death


Who rejoice exceedingly,
And rejoice when they find the grave?

Verse ConceptsDesire For DeathRejoicing In Evil


“Why is the light of day given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?

Verse ConceptsBlame


“If we dare to converse with you, will you be impatient [or offended]?
But who can restrain himself from speaking?


“Your words have helped the one who was stumbling to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.

Verse ConceptsStumblingKind WordsKnees


“Remember now, who, being innocent, ever perished?
Or where [and in what circumstances] were those upright and in right standing with God destroyed?

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfSuffering, Of The InnocentNot DyingA Righteous PeoplePlea Of Innocence


‘How much more [will He blame and charge] those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay,
Whose foundations are in the dust,
Who are crushed like a moth.

Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

“Call now —is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones (angels) will you turn?

Verse ConceptsMediatorGod Not Answering


So that He sets on high those who are lowly,
And He lifts to safety those who mourn.

Verse ConceptsSafetyProsperityGod Lifting PeopleNot Mourning


“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not abandon (turn away from) the fear of the Almighty.

Verse ConceptsdiscouragementAfflicted, Duty To ThemNo Fear Of GodDespairdevotion


“Do you intend to reprove my words [with a convincing argument],
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind [and go ignored]?

Verse ConceptsWindReproving PeopleDespair


“As a slave earnestly longs for the shade,
And as a hired man eagerly awaits his wages,

Verse ConceptsMonotonySlaves


“The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more;
Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.

Verse ConceptsIndividuals Passing Away


“As a cloud vanishes and is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) does not come up.

Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseGrave, TheSheolWeather, As God's JudgmentThe Finality Of DeathDisappearanceDeath Is Final


“So are the paths of all who forget God;
And the hope of the godless will perish,

Verse ConceptsHope, Of The WickedFalse HopesCharacter Of Wicked


“Those who hate you will be clothed with shame,
And the tents of the wicked will be no longer.”

Verse ConceptsShameTentsClothed With Bad Things


“God is wise in heart and mighty in strength;
Who has [ever] defied or challenged Him and remained unharmed?

Verse ConceptsGod, Wisdom OfRevelation, Necessity OfPower Of God, DescribedStrength Of GodGod Is StrongWisdomPeace And Strengthprospering


“It is God who removes the mountains, and they do not know it,
When He overturns them in His anger;

Verse ConceptsMountains RemovedTurning Upside DownGod Has AngerMoving OnMoving To A New Place


Who alone stretches out the heavens
And tramples down the waves of the sea;

Verse ConceptsChaosCreation Of The Physical HeavensCreation Of The SkyEclipsefootprints


Who made [the constellations] the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades,
And the [vast starry] spaces of the south;

Verse ConceptsAstrologyFate, And FatalismConstellationsNatureSouthBearsOrionSun Moon And Stars Before God


Who does great things, [beyond understanding,] unfathomable,
Yes, marvelous and wondrous things without number.

Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyPower Of God, DescribedUnintelligiblenesspast


“Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain or turn Him back?
Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

Verse ConceptsChallengesGod, Power OfGod, Purpose OfGod, Sovereignty OfAuthority, Belonging To GodNot Enquiring Of God


For though I were righteous, I could not answer.
I must appeal for mercy to my Opponent and Judge.

Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfJudgesBe Merciful!


“If it is a matter of strength and power, behold, He is mighty!
And if of justice, who can summon and challenge Him?

Verse ConceptsStrength Of GodGod Is Strong


“The earth is given into the hands of the wicked;
He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blind to justice].
If it is not He, then who is it [that is responsible for all this injustice]?

Verse ConceptsWho Is God?Prosperity Of The Wicked


“There is no arbitrator between us,
Who could lay his hand upon us both [would that there were].

Verse ConceptsArbitration


‘Although You know that I am not guilty or wicked,
Yet there is no one who can rescue me from Your hand.

Verse ConceptsPlea Of Innocence


“If God passes by or arrests,
Or calls an assembly [of judgment], who can restrain Him?
[If He is against a man, who can call Him to account for it?]


“But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?

Verse ConceptsInferioritySelf RespectSelf ExaltationI Am Unimportant


“I am a joke to my friends;
I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him—
A just and blameless man is a joke [and laughed to scorn].

Verse ConceptsHumourRidicule, Objects OfAnswered PromisesThe Righteous PerishingGod Answered Prayerjoking


“He who is at ease has contempt for misfortune,
But misfortune is ready [and anxiously waiting] for those whose feet slip.

Verse ConceptsAffluencePeace, Human Search ForPeople Stumblingfate


“The tents of the destroyers prosper;
And those who provoke God are [apparently] secure,
Whom God brings into their power.

Verse ConceptsSecurityTentsApparent InjusticeThe Wicked Prosperthieves


Who among all these does not recognize [in all these things that good and evil are randomly scattered throughout nature and human life]
That the hand of the Lord has done this,

Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionWhat God DoesWisdom


“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.

Verse ConceptsAgingDiscernment Of GovernorsReasonDiscernmentThe Elderly


Who will argue and contend with me?
For then I would be silent and die.

Verse Conceptsghosts


“What is man, that he should be pure and clean,
Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous and just?

Verse ConceptsBirth, PhysicalPurity, Moral And SpiritualSelf Righteousness, And The GospelMan's Sinful NatureWoman's PlaceBeing A Woman Of God


How much less [pure and clean is] the one who is repulsive and corrupt,
Man, who drinks unrighteousness and injustice like water!

Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionLove, Abuse OfMan's Sinful NatureAll Have Sinnedcorruption


To whom alone the land was given,
And no stranger passed among them [corrupting the truth].

Verse ConceptsAvoiding Foreigners


“Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven,
And my Advocate [who vouches and testifies for me] is on high.

Verse ConceptsAppealing To GodThe Witness Of God


“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me]
Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.

Verse ConceptsGod In Relation To Man


“Give me a pledge (guarantee, promise) with Yourself [acknowledge my innocence before my death];
Who is there that will be my guarantor and give security for me?

Verse ConceptsGuaranteeShaking Hands


“He who denounces and informs against his friends for a share of the spoil,
The eyes of his children will also languish and fail.

Verse ConceptsReward, HumanFlatteryGiving Information


“Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his ways,
And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger.

Verse ConceptsProgressSpiritual VitalitySpiritual ProgressPersevering To The EndMoving On


Where now is my hope?
And who regards or considers or is even concerned about my hope?

Verse ConceptsHopelessness


“You who tear yourself apart in anger,
Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,
Or the rock to be moved out of its place?

Verse ConceptsRocksGod Is JustPeople Torn To Pieces


“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked and the ungodly,
And such is the place of him who does not know or recognize or honor God.”

Verse ConceptsNot Knowing God


“Those who live [temporarily] in my house and my maids consider me a stranger;
I am a foreigner in their sight.

Verse ConceptsGuestsReckoned As Foreigners


Whom I, even I, will see for myself,
And my eyes will see Him and not another!
My heart faints within me.

Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman Desiresmyself


Yet he perishes forever like his own refuse;
Those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’

Verse Conceptsdung and manurePeople Passing AwayDefecationpoop


“In the fullness of his excess (great abundance) he will be in trouble;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him [he is miserable on every side].

Verse ConceptsDistressFamine ComingFamine Will Come


Complete darkness (misfortune) is held in reserve for his treasures.
An unfanned fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.

Verse ConceptsBurning PeopleThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness


Who [and what] is the Almighty, that we should serve Him?
And what would we gain if we plead with Him?’

Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessProfitsSkepticismCharacter Of WickedWho Is God?Serving God


“Can anyone teach God knowledge,
Seeing that He judges those on high?

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod, Wisdom OfTeaching WisdomTeaching God


“Have you not asked those who travel this way,
And do you not recognize their witness?

Verse ConceptsTravellers


“But who will confront him with his actions and rebuke him face to face,
And who will repay him for what he has done?


Men who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were poured out like a river?

Verse ConceptsChaosThe DelugeEarly Death


‘Surely our adversaries are cut off and destroyed,
And fire has consumed their abundance.’

Verse ConceptsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of Sin


“He will even rescue the one [for whom you intercede] who is not innocent;
And he will be rescued through the cleanness of your hands.”

Verse ConceptsPurity


“There the righteous and upright could reason with Him;
So I would be acquitted forever by my Judge.

Verse ConceptsrelaxingAcquitting The Just


“But He is unique and unchangeable, and who can turn Him?
And what His soul desires, that He does.

Verse ConceptsConfrontationGod, Purpose OfGod Is UnchangeableAuthority, Belonging To GodGod Is OneGod Works His Will

“Why does the Almighty not set seasons for judgment?
Why do those who know Him not see His days [for punishment of the wicked]?

Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of The InnocentGod, All knowingCourt SessionsJudgement DayPurgatory


“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor stay in its paths.

Verse ConceptsBeing A LightCharacter Of WickedRebellion Against God, Shown InPaths Of The WickedPurgatory


“Drought and heat consume the snow waters;
So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] those who have sinned.

Verse ConceptsGrave, TheHeatSheolSnowWeather, As God's JudgmentWaters Drying UpSinners Grasped By DeathPurgatory


“And if this is not so, who can prove me a liar
And make my speech worthless?”

Verse ConceptsThose Who Are Liars


“Is there any number to His [vast celestial] armies?
And upon whom does His light not rise?

Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsGod, Impartiality OfLight In The Worldphotography


How much less man, that maggot,
And the son of man, that worm!”

Verse ConceptsSon Of ManMan, Insignificance OfMaggotsMere Menworms


“What a help you are to the weak (powerless)!
How you have saved the arm that is without strength!

Verse ConceptsArmsHelp The WeakNo Help


“How you have counseled the one who has no wisdom!
And how abundantly you have provided sound wisdom and helpful insight!

Verse ConceptsInsight


“Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power],
The faintest whisper of His voice!
Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?”

Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfThunderUnderstandingVoicesPower Of God, ExpressedPower Of God, DescribedFaintnessUnder One's BreathEdge Of Other ThingsLimits Of Human MindThunder Showing God's Presence


“As God lives, who has taken away my right and denied me justice,
And the Almighty, who has caused bitterness and grief for my soul,

Verse ConceptsTasteIs God Unjust?Bitterness


“May my enemy be as the wicked,
And he who rises up against me be as the unrighteous (unjust).

Verse ConceptsOvercoming Enemies


“Those who survive him will be buried because of the plague,
And [their] widows will not be able to weep.

Verse ConceptsWidowsActual WidowsNot Mourning


“The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me,
And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

Verse ConceptsWidowsPeople BlessingRejoicing Over Justice


“I chose a way for them and sat as chief,
And dwelt as a king among his soldiers,
As one who comforts mourners.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted, Duty To ThemLearning The Right WayHuman ComfortNature Of Kings

“But now those younger than I mock and laugh at me,
Whose fathers I refused to put with the sheepdogs of my flock.

Verse ConceptsdogsMockeryOld Age, Attitudes ToRidicule, Objects OfDisrespect For Old AgeDerisionDisdainFun


“They are driven from the community;
They shout after them as after a thief.

Verse ConceptsPeople Ostracised


“Did I not weep for one whose life was hard and filled with trouble?
Was not my heart grieved for the needy?

Verse ConceptsSympathyUnhappinessI Mourn CatastropheThose Helping The PoorHard TimesGetting Through Hard TimesPrayer During Hard Times


“Therefore my lyre (harp) is used for [the sound of] mourning,
And my flute for the [sound of the] voices of those who weep.

Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofSad Music


“Did not He who made me in the womb make my servant,
And did not the same One fashion us both in the womb?

Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombAbortionSanctity Of LifeWombMan, Creation OfConceptionCreation Of All Mankind


This also would have been [a heinous] sin calling for judgment,
For I would have denied God above.

Verse ConceptsRiches, Dangers OfDenying God