Most Popular Bible Verses in Job

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Verse ConceptsSpiritsSatan, Character OfSons Of GodAssociationsAngels As Sons Of GodSatanThe Devilrelaxation

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.

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

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil.

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Verse ConceptsFoundationsOrthodoxy, In OtStrength, DivineMan, Insignificance OfEarth's FoundationWhere Are People?The Earth

“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?
Tell Me, if you have understanding,

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Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofHand Of GodSatan, Work OfTouching To HarmWoundsCursing God

But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face.”

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Verse ConceptsSatan, Work OfBlessed By GodGod's ProtectionFamily FirstProtecting Your Familypossessions

Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

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Verse ConceptsThree ChildrenSeven Children

Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

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Verse ConceptsGod Is Holy

Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

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Verse ConceptsGod Appointed AfflictionsHardship

“For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

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Verse ConceptsAgriculture, TermsMessengerPloughingTilling The SoilAnimals Eating

a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

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Verse ConceptsCreation, Origin OfGrassAnimals EatingDinosaursmuscles

“Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you;
He eats grass like an ox.

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Verse ConceptsRavensGod, The ProviderBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsGod's ProvisionAnimals, God's Care OfGod Feeds All The Earthwandering

“Who prepares for the raven its nourishment
When its young cry to God
And wander about without food?

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Verse ConceptsMantlesClothing, Tearing OfBarbersBaldnessBereavement, Experience OfHairsShavingTearing Of ClothesDressThose Who Tore Clothes

Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped.

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

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”

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Verse ConceptsExamples Of EscapingLossActing Alone

and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

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Verse ConceptsWhile Still Speaking

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

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Verse ConceptsCamelsActing AloneThree GroupsWhile Still SpeakingTaking Animals

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

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Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyPower Of God, DescribedUnintelligiblenesspast

Who does great things, unfathomable,
And wondrous works without number.

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Verse ConceptsDark Days

“May that day be darkness;
Let not God above care for it,
Nor light shine on it.

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Verse ConceptsLightningLossSuffering, Causes OfWeather, God's Sovereignty OverConflagrationsActing AloneBurning PeopleWhile Still Speaking

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

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Verse ConceptsStormsActing AloneFour CornersDestruction Of HousesFour SidesDeath Of Unnamed IndividualsDeathHurricanes

and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

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Verse ConceptsFaintingTrouble, Causes Ofdiscouragement

“But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
It touches you, and you are dismayed.

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Verse ConceptsAnswering GodGod's Desires

“You will call, and I will answer You;
You will long for the work of Your hands.

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Verse ConceptsInsightGod, Invisible

“Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him;
Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him.

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Verse ConceptsColtsWicked Described AsWorldly WisdomWild DonkeysWise ProverbsWisdom

An idiot will become intelligent
When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man.

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Verse ConceptsIndividuals Passing Away

“The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer;
Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be.

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Verse ConceptsSkinTeethDamage To The BodyEscaping Evilmuscles

“My bone clings to my skin and my flesh,
And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.

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Verse ConceptsDamage To The Bodyrisk

“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And put my life in my hands?

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Verse ConceptsBlacknessBlackGod Is JustColors, BlackEclipse

“Let darkness and black gloom claim it;
Let a cloud settle on it;
Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfThose Who Were IgnorantTime PassingWeather In The Last Days

“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

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Verse ConceptsNot Touching

“My soul refuses to touch them;
They are like loathsome food to me.

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Verse ConceptsAnatomyHuman SkinJoining Flesh And Bonesmuscles

Clothe me with skin and flesh,
And knit me together with bones and sinews?

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

How much less one who is detestable and corrupt,
Man, who drinks iniquity like water!

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Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod, Wisdom OfTeaching WisdomTeaching God

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

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Verse ConceptsSurrenderingHeart, And Holy SpiritPrayer, Offered WithPreparationSurrender

If you would direct your heart right
And spread out your hand to Him,

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Verse ConceptsSatan, Character OfFalse Accusations, Examples OfHuman SkinSeeking LifeOld Sayings

Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

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Verse ConceptsExposure Of SinSteps Of The Saints

“For now You number my steps,
You do not observe my sin.

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Verse ConceptsHospitality, A Duty Of God's PeopleRoadsStreetsHospitalityTravellersLoving ForeignersOutside The House

“The alien has not lodged outside,
For I have opened my doors to the traveler.

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Verse ConceptsNot Prospering

“Nothing remains for him to devour,
Therefore his prosperity does not endure.

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Verse ConceptsReturning To GodRevival, PersonalTentsRemoving People From Your LifeGod As A Source Of Delight

“If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored;
If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent,

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“Will they not teach you and tell you,
And bring forth words from their minds?

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Verse ConceptsGod DestroyingImprisonmentsrebuilding

“Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt;
He imprisons a man, and there can be no release.

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Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtKindnessSuicideWatchfulness, DivineGod Giving LifeGod KeepsWisdom

‘You have granted me life and lovingkindness;
And Your care has preserved my spirit.

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Verse ConceptsDesire For Deathcrushes

“Would that God were willing to crush me,
That He would loose His hand and cut me off!

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Verse ConceptsSelf RespectThe Fear Of The Lordpietyreverence

“Is not your fear of God your confidence,
And the integrity of your ways your hope?

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Verse ConceptsSudden DeathDeath Is Universal

“One dies in his full strength,
Being wholly at ease and satisfied;

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

“Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him?
Who could say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

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Verse ConceptsDesire For DeathHear Prayer!

“Oh that my request might come to pass,
And that God would grant my longing!

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Verse ConceptsNo SurvivorsReasons For Barrenness

“He has no offspring or posterity among his people,
Nor any survivor where he sojourned.

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Verse ConceptsBrooks

And place your gold in the dust,
And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks,

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Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

“I will tell you, listen to me;
And what I have seen I will also declare;

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Verse ConceptsFreedom From ViolencePure PeoplePurity

Although there is no violence in my hands,
And my prayer is pure.

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Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofSad Music

“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

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Verse Conceptsevil, origins ofdiseasesFalse AccusationsDamage To The BodyTouching To HarmWoundsCursing God

However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face.”

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Verse ConceptsThe Wicked Will PerishHypocrisydeliverance

“This also will be my salvation,
For a godless man may not come before His presence.

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Verse Conceptsevil, victory overGod, Purpose OfSatan, Kingdom OfSatan, Resistance ToRestraints From KillingThe Devil

So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”

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Verse ConceptsSteadfastnessLifting Headsfearlesssteadfast

“Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect,
And you would be steadfast and not fear.

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Verse ConceptsPeople not returning

“He will not return again to his house,
Nor will his place know him anymore.

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Verse ConceptsTentsForsaking SinSteadfastnessInjustice

If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away,
And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

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Verse ConceptsThose Who Are Liars

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

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Verse ConceptsFolly, Examples OfGod's Attitude To FoolsWisdomFools

“He makes counselors walk barefoot
And makes fools of judges.

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Verse ConceptsHuntingPersecution

“Why do you persecute me as God does,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?

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Verse ConceptsSeaWhalesDeep SeasSea, Metaphorical ReferencesThe OceanThe Searelentless

“Am I the sea, or the sea monster,
That You set a guard over me?

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Verse Conceptsdarkness, naturalGod Is UnchangeableOther Times

“As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.

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Verse ConceptsStrength Of GodDeceiving GodGod Is StrongStrong DelusionWisdomDeception

“With Him are strength and sound wisdom,
The misled and the misleader belong to Him.

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Verse ConceptsHuman Blood Shed

“O earth, do not cover my blood,
And let there be no resting place for my cry.

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

“Remember now, who ever perished being innocent?
Or where were the upright destroyed?

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Verse ConceptsDensDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

When they crouch in their dens
And lie in wait in their lair?

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Verse ConceptsHiding SinsGuilt

“Have I covered my transgressions like Adam,
By hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

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Verse ConceptsSafetyProsperityGod Lifting PeopleNot Mourning

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

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Verse ConceptsCoveringBagsSealsStoringGod Has Forgiven

“My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And You wrap up my iniquity.

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Verse ConceptsDistressFamine ComingFamine Will Come

“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

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Verse ConceptsGod Vindicatesvindication

“Behold now, I have prepared my case;
I know that I will be vindicated.

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Verse ConceptsGod Drying Things UpFloods

“Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up;
And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth.

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Verse ConceptsRadiancyNoonRadiant LivesLight Of God's PeopleSunshine

“Your life would be brighter than noonday;
Darkness would be like the morning.

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Verse ConceptsWestEast And WestPeople Appalledfate

“Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.

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Verse ConceptsKnowing God, Nature OfShadowsThe Shadow Of DeathGod, All knowingGod Revealing MysteriesLight

“He reveals mysteries from the darkness
And brings the deep darkness into light.

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“He makes priests walk barefoot
And overthrows the secure ones.

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Verse ConceptsdiscouragementAfflicted, Duty To ThemNo Fear Of GodDespairdevotion

“For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend;
So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty.

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Verse ConceptsAbrasionMountains RemovedNature DecayingMoving To A New Place

“But the falling mountain crumbles away,
And the rock moves from its place;

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Verse ConceptsGod's IndignationThe Witness Of GodHardship

‘You renew Your witnesses against me
And increase Your anger toward me;
Hardship after hardship is with me.

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Verse ConceptsHope, Of The WickedFalse HopesCharacter Of Wicked

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

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“While it is still green and not cut down,
Yet it withers before any other plant.

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Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfJudgesBe Merciful!

“For though I were right, I could not answer;
I would have to implore the mercy of my judge.

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Verse ConceptsGod Freeing Captives

“He loosens the bond of kings
And binds their loins with a girdle.

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Verse ConceptsLeviathanNames And Titles For SatanCursing Things

“Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan.

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Verse ConceptsHope, In GodHow Faith ComesThe FutureRestGod's ProtectionHope KjvMotivationProtection And SafetyWorrying About The Future

“Then you would trust, because there is hope;
And you would look around and rest securely.

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Verse ConceptsHumbling The Proud

“God will not turn back His anger;
Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab.

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Verse ConceptsGod Stripping People

“He pours contempt on nobles
And loosens the belt of the strong.

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Verse ConceptsTwilightDaybreakDarkness During DaytimeUntil DaybreakDarkening Sun Moon And Stars

“Let the stars of its twilight be darkened;
Let it wait for light but have none,
And let it not see the breaking dawn;

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Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestFavor

“You would lie down and none would disturb you,
And many would entreat your favor.

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Verse ConceptsPeople not returning

Before I go—and I shall not return—
To the land of darkness and deep shadow,

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Verse ConceptsBarrennessShoutingLack Of Rejoicing

“Behold, let that night be barren;
Let no joyful shout enter it.

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Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartBeing BitterResentment, Against GodAnguish, Cause

“Therefore I will not restrain my mouth;
I will speak in the anguish of my spirit,
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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Verse ConceptsBedsHuman ComfortComplaining

“If I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
My couch will ease my complaint,’

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Verse ConceptsAgingDiscernment Of GovernorsReasonDiscernmentThe Elderly

“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment of the elders.

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Verse ConceptsFat PeopleMoist Thingsbreasts

His sides are filled out with fat,
And the marrow of his bones is moist,

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Verse ConceptsHeart, DivineGod's Things Concealed

‘Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart;
I know that this is within You:

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Verse ConceptsStormsWoundscrushesThe Storms Of Life

“For He bruises me with a tempest
And multiplies my wounds without cause.

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Verse ConceptsHouses Under Attackstructure

“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand;
He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.

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Verse ConceptsLife, Brevity OfLeave Us Alone

“Would He not let my few days alone?
Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer

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Verse ConceptsGod, Feminine Descriptions OfStriving With GodRegretting BirthDesire For DeathUnseenGod As A MidwifeNever Giving Up

Why then have You brought me out of the womb?
Would that I had died and no eye had seen me!

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Verse ConceptsOvertaken By DarknessFeeling Lostdrunkards

“They grope in darkness with no light,
And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.

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Verse ConceptsGarden, NaturalHorticultureSpreadingThe SunSunSunshine

“He thrives before the sun,
And his shoots spread out over his garden.

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Verse ConceptsPlantsReedsMarshesPlants Growing Up

“Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh?
Can the rushes grow without water?

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Verse ConceptsSelf CondemnationHuman ImperfectionPlea Of Innocencecondemnation

Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me;
Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.

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Verse ConceptsWanderersFoolishness Of Men

“He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth’s people
And makes them wander in a pathless waste.

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Verse ConceptsPrejudiceGod Answered

“If I called and He answered me,
I could not believe that He was listening to my voice.

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Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

“Listen carefully to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.

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Verse ConceptsAshesAshes Of Humiliation

And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes.

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‘Job ought to be tried to the limit,
Because he answers like wicked men.

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Verse ConceptsAnswering God

“How then can I answer Him,
And choose my words before Him?

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Verse ConceptsNot Knowing God

“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”

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Verse ConceptsStrength Of GodGod Is Strong

“If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong one!
And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

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Verse ConceptsRegretting BirthDesire For DeathDeath Of A MotherNever Giving UpHaving A Baby

Why did I not die at birth,
Come forth from the womb and expire?

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Verse ConceptsHelplessnessPowerlessnessNo Helpdeliverance

“Is it that my help is not within me,
And that deliverance is driven from me?

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Verse ConceptsGuidance, Need For God'sEvil DevicesDeviousnessFrustrationDisappointmentSuccess And Hard Work

“He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd,
So that their hands cannot attain success.

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Verse ConceptsTradeWaterCaravans

“The caravans of Tema looked,
The travelers of Sheba hoped for them.

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Verse ConceptsOffenceSleep, And DeathAcquittalIndividuals Passing AwayGod Not ForgivingLife Cut Short

“Why then do You not pardon my transgression
And take away my iniquity?
For now I will lie down in the dust;
And You will seek me, but I will not be.”

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Verse ConceptsGod, Holiness OfJoy, Of IsraelGod Is HolyPhysical PainDenying GodGod SpeakingPleasurablenessjoyfuldenialjoyfulness

“But it is still my consolation,
And I rejoice in unsparing pain,
That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Verse ConceptsBirth ControlWomb

Because it did not shut the opening of my mother’s womb,
Or hide trouble from my eyes.

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Verse ConceptsNot Knowing People

“If he is removed from his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’

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Verse ConceptsLifting HeadsSin Clings To The Sinner

‘If I am wicked, woe to me!
And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head.
I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery.

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Verse ConceptsThose Who DestroyFear Is Due

Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

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Verse ConceptsThe Honourable Will Be HonouredThose Who Were Ignorant

“His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it;
Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it.

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Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersKneesbreasts

“Why did the knees receive me,
And why the breasts, that I should suck?

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Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfPlea Of Innocence

“I am guiltless;
I do not take notice of myself;
I despise my life.

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Verse ConceptsOppression, God's Attitude ToBoxingGod Saving From EnemiesGod Helps The Poor

“But He saves from the sword of their mouth,
And the poor from the hand of the mighty.

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Verse ConceptsDust, Figurative UseRobesSprinklingTearing Of ClothesWeepingSeeing At A DistanceDust On The HeadNot Recognising PeopleThose Who Tore Clothes

When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky.

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Verse ConceptsGod As A Source Of Delight

“For then you will delight in the Almighty
And lift up your face to God.

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Verse ConceptsengravingToolsWritingIron Objects

“That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!

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Verse ConceptsCraftinessIntelligenceUnreliabilityWisdom, Source Of HumanWorldly WisdomFalse Wisdom

“He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

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Verse ConceptsLife, HumanPhysical LifeLife, Brevity OfFast RunnersNothing GoodLife Cut Short

“Now my days are swifter than a runner;
They flee away, they see no good.

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Verse ConceptsHourNoonDarkness Of EvilSpiritual Darkness

“By day they meet with darkness,
And grope at noon as in the night.

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Verse ConceptsAbortiondoubt, results ofMiscarriagesNever Being BornMiscarriages And Stillborn

“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,
As infants that never saw light.

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Verse ConceptsGod In Relation To Man

“O that a man might plead with God
As a man with his neighbor!

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Verse ConceptsHope, Results Of Its AbsencePessimismWeariness Of LifeFrustrationWisdomBeing Patientpatientsstrengh

“What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should endure?

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Verse ConceptsBurning PeopleThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures,
And unfanned fire will devour him;
It will consume the survivor in his tent.

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Verse ConceptsSleeping Peacefully

“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept then, I would have been at rest,

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Verse ConceptsHopelessnessBirds, Types Of BirdsSeeking FoodThe Outer DarknessFamine ComingOuter DarknessFamine Will Comeautonomy

“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that a day of darkness is at hand.

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Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodAnger Of God, Consequencesbreathingbreath

“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.

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Verse ConceptsRest, EternalRestlessnessDeath Of The Saints, Results InNo TroubleResttired

“There the wicked cease from raging,
And there the weary are at rest.

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Verse ConceptsTelling What People Said

What wise men have told,
And have not concealed from their fathers,

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Verse ConceptsGod Is UnchangeableArchaeologyKings And PrideResolving Conflictimpossible

With kings and with counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;

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Verse ConceptsDreams, Examples OfThose Frightened Of God

Then You frighten me with dreams
And terrify me by visions;

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Verse ConceptsGriefWeeksSeven DaysSitting In FellowshipIndividuals Being SilentLosing Friendsgrieving

Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

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Verse ConceptsSelf ExaminationOffenceExamining YourselfWhat Sin?

How many are my iniquities and sins?
Make known to me my rebellion and my sin.

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Verse ConceptsHope, In GodMutenessPoverty, Remedies ForInjustice

“So the helpless has hope,
And unrighteousness must shut its mouth.

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Verse ConceptsSatan, Character OfWanderersWhere From?wandering

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

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Verse ConceptsComplaintsHealthBeing BitterResentment, Against GodSelf PitySuicideWeariness Of LifeLife DespisedDeath DesiredComplainingBitternesstiredventing

I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

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Verse ConceptsThe Judgement Is Called

“For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity;
They will be led forth at the day of fury.

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Verse ConceptsIrony

“Truly then you are the people,
And with you wisdom will die!

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Verse ConceptsGod, Activity OfGod's Activity In The NationsEzekiel Invasion

“He makes the nations great, then destroys them;
He enlarges the nations, then leads them away.

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Verse ConceptsGod's HandGod's Hands In OppositionThose Frightened Of God

Remove Your hand from me,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.

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Verse ConceptsAbortionConceptionRegretting BirthOther Times

Let the day perish on which I was to be born,
And the night which said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

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Verse ConceptsLight, SpiritualWearinessWeariness Of Life

“Why is light given to him who suffers,
And life to the bitter of soul,

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“Who will confront him with his actions,
And who will repay him for what he has done?

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Verse ConceptsThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

The land of utter gloom as darkness itself,
Of deep shadow without order,
And which shines as the darkness.”

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Verse ConceptsHiding From God

“Only two things do not do to me,
Then I will not hide from Your face:

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Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman Desiresmyself

Whom I myself shall behold,
And whom my eyes will see and not another.
My heart faints within me!

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Verse Conceptsghosts

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

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Verse ConceptsBodySelfishnessActing AloneMourning In Regret

“But his body pains him,
And he mourns only for himself.”

189

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

190
Verse ConceptsPurity

“He will deliver one who is not innocent,
And he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands.”

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Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedFear Will ComeOvercoming AdversityBeing Overwhelmedpressure

“Distress and anguish terrify him,
They overpower him like a king ready for the attack,

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Verse ConceptsLife, HumanLonelinessVanityLeave Us AloneMan A Mere BreathNot For EverLife Despised

“I waste away; I will not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

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Verse ConceptsFear, Of DeathChokingCreatures ChokedFear Of DeathSuicidal Thoughts

So that my soul would choose suffocation,
Death rather than my pains.

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Verse ConceptsMan, Insignificance OfGod Testing PeopleWhat Value Is Man?mindfulnessattention

What is man that You magnify him,
And that You are concerned about him,

195

“Then call, and I will answer;
Or let me speak, then reply to me.

197

Then Job responded,

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Verse ConceptsGod On HighSpiritual Depths

“They are high as the heavens, what can you do?
Deeper than Sheol, what can you know?

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Verse ConceptsRoots

“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’

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Verse ConceptsBronzeMineralsPeople As RocksThings Like BronzeSteel

“Is my strength the strength of stones,
Or is my flesh bronze?

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Verse ConceptsAvoiding Foreigners

To whom alone the land was given,
And no alien passed among them.

202
Verse ConceptsWisdom, Human NatureGod Gives WisdomWisdomLight

And show you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.

203
Verse ConceptsHumourRidicule, Objects OfAnswered PromisesThe Righteous PerishingGod Answered Prayerjoking

“I am a joke to my friends,
The one who called on God and He answered him;
The just and blameless man is a joke.

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Verse ConceptsLaughterFear, Of NaturalWild Beasts SubduedHelp In ShortageFreed From FearOvercoming Adversity

“You will laugh at violence and famine,
And you will not be afraid of wild beasts.

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Verse ConceptsMediatorGod Not Answering

“Call now, is there anyone who will answer you?
And to which of the holy ones will you turn?

206
Verse ConceptsAngerGrudgesJealousyResentment, Against GodResentmentFruits Of SinShovels

“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple.

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Verse ConceptsFruits Of SinLimitations Of YouthJudgements Writtenaccusations

“For You write bitter things against me
And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

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Verse ConceptsInsectsWasteMothsPeople RottingPossessions DecayingFood Decayingworms

While I am decaying like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

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Verse ConceptsFloggingFearlessnessScourgingFreedom From ViolenceThe TongueProtection And SafetyProtection From Danger

“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.

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“While he is carried to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.

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Verse ConceptsRainPeople EatingGod Will Be Angryventing

“When he fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will rain it on him while he is eating.

212
Verse ConceptsAppealing To GodThe Witness Of God

“Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven,
And my advocate is on high.

213
Verse ConceptsDestruction Of Houses

“He has lived in desolate cities,
In houses no one would inhabit,
Which are destined to become ruins.

214
Verse ConceptsOlives

“He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine,
And will cast off his flower like the olive tree.

215
Verse ConceptsCruelty, examples of

“Shall your boasts silence men?
And shall you scoff and none rebuke?

216
Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionWhat God DoesWisdom

“Who among all these does not know
That the hand of the Lord has done this,

217
Verse ConceptsWorldly WisdomVain TalkToo Many Words

“Shall a multitude of words go unanswered,
And a talkative man be acquitted?

218
Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringDisputesWhy Does God Do This?condemnation

“I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;
Let me know why You contend with me.

219
Verse Conceptsaccounting

“I would declare to Him the number of my steps;
Like a prince I would approach Him.

220
Verse ConceptsGod Seeing All PeopleTargetsWe Have Sinned

Have I sinned? What have I done to You,
O watcher of men?
Why have You set me as Your target,
So that I am a burden to myself?

221
Verse ConceptsRest, PhysicalIndividuals TremblingRest

“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,
And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.”

222

And Job said,

223
Verse ConceptsGreat And SmallDeath Is UniversalPeople Freeing Slaves

“The small and the great are there,
And the slave is free from his master.

224
Verse Conceptsreinforcement

“He rushes headlong at Him
With his massive shield.

225
Verse ConceptsChaffFoliageharassment

“Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble?
Or will You pursue the dry chaff?

226
Verse ConceptsGold

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

227
Verse ConceptsTeethBreaking Teeth

“The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion,
And the teeth of the young lions are broken.

228
Verse ConceptsNo Trouble

“The prisoners are at ease together;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.

229
Verse ConceptsSound DoctrinePlea Of Innocence

“For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure,
And I am innocent in your eyes.’

230
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingUseless People

“For He knows false men,
And He sees iniquity without investigating.

231
Verse ConceptsAnimals, Care ForWild Beasts SubduedSleeping Peacefullycovenantprincipalities

“For you will be in league with the stones of the field,
And the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

232
Verse ConceptsBlame

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

233
Verse ConceptsTongueTesting Other ThingsTests

“Does not the ear test words,
As the palate tastes its food?

234
Verse ConceptsGrave, TheUnborn FetusesNever Being Born

‘I should have been as though I had not been,
Carried from womb to tomb.’

235
Verse ConceptsPaths Of BelieversGod Seeing All PeoplePathsfootprints

“You put my feet in the stocks
And watch all my paths;
You set a limit for the soles of my feet,

236

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

237

“My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi,
Like the torrents of wadis which vanish,

238
Verse ConceptsEcological ConcernsComplaining

“If my land cries out against me,
And its furrows weep together;

239
Verse ConceptsComfortless LivesUseless WordsHuman Comfort

“How then will you vainly comfort me,
For your answers remain full of falsehood?”

240
Verse ConceptsVeilsGod HidingEnemies Of God

“Why do You hide Your face
And consider me Your enemy?

241
Verse ConceptsCreatures From Dust

“Behold, this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.

242
Verse ConceptsNothing MissingNo LossProtecting Your Familynegativity

“You will know that your tent is secure,
For you will visit your abode and fear no loss.

243
Verse ConceptsMilkCheeseDairy

‘Did You not pour me out like milk
And curdle me like cheese;

244

“If He passes by or shuts up,
Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him?

245
Verse ConceptsClayPouringClay, Figurative UseCreatures Returning To DustDeathdust

‘Remember now, that You have made me as clay;
And would You turn me into dust again?

246
Verse ConceptsSecurityTentsApparent InjusticeThe Wicked Prosperthieves

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

247
Verse ConceptsLipsGod Speaking

“But would that God might speak,
And open His lips against you,

248
Verse ConceptsTransient WealthDrawbacks To Riches

“He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure;
And his grain will not bend down to the ground.

249
Verse ConceptsSalivaGod Seeing All PeopleLeave Us Alone

Will You never turn Your gaze away from me,
Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle?

250
Verse ConceptsFat PeopleFat Of People

“For he has covered his face with his fat
And made his thighs heavy with flesh.

251
Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceLaughterLife, HumanLipsShoutingLife Loved

“He will yet fill your mouth with laughter
And your lips with shouting.

252
Verse ConceptsInferioritySelf RespectSelf ExaltationI Am Unimportant

“But I have intelligence as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
And who does not know such things as these?

253
Verse ConceptsDeception In Fallen Human NatureMischief

“They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity,
And their mind prepares deception.”

254
Verse ConceptsChaosPeople Possessing Other Things

“The increase of his house will depart;
His possessions will flow away in the day of His anger.

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

Who long for death, but there is none,
And dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

256
Verse ConceptsBitterness

While another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even tasting anything good.

257
Verse ConceptsHaving No BreathBitternessCompetitionbreathingrelaxation

“He will not allow me to get my breath,
But saturates me with bitterness.

258
Verse ConceptsPeople Being Silent

Because I feared the great multitude,
And the contempt of families terrified me,
And kept silent and did not go out of doors?

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Verse ConceptsAffluencePeace, Human Search ForPeople Stumblingfate

He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.

260
Verse ConceptsDesire For DeathRejoicing In Evil

Who rejoice greatly,
And exult when they find the grave?

261
Verse ConceptsShameTentsClothed With Bad Things

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

263
Verse ConceptsHand Of GodProsperity Of The Wicked

‘Is it right for You indeed to oppress,
To reject the labor of Your hands,
And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked?

264
Verse ConceptsRedemption, In OtHelp In ShortagePrinciples Of WarWarredeemed

“In famine He will redeem you from death,
And in war from the power of the sword.

265
Verse ConceptsNightOvercoming Adversitywaterfalls

“Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night,
When deep sleep falls on men,

266
Verse ConceptsCastawaysEvildoersGod Not ForsakingPlea Of Innocence

“Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He support the evildoers.

267
Verse ConceptsPlea Of Innocence

‘According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty,
Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand.

268
Verse ConceptsSelf Righteousness, And The GospelPeople With General KnowledgeAcquitting The Guilty

“In truth I know that this is so;
But how can a man be in the right before God?

270
Verse ConceptsEggsMonotonyWhiteTastelessnessTastelessSournesslegacy

“Can something tasteless be eaten without salt,
Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

271
Verse ConceptsGod Seeing All The EarthGod In Relation To Man

‘Have You eyes of flesh?
Or do You see as a man sees?

272
Verse ConceptsSighingIndigestion

“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries pour out like water.

273
Verse ConceptsHarvestNot Reaping What You SowOvercoming Obstacles

His harvest the hungry devour
And take it to a place of thorns,
And the schemer is eager for their wealth.

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Verse ConceptsBeverages, FigurativeArrows, Figurative OfPoisonAnxiety, Examples OfThe AlmightySevere AfflictionsGod Appointed AfflictionsTerror Of GodArrows

“For the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
Their poison my spirit drinks;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

275
Verse Conceptseternity, nature ofLifespanGod In Relation To Man

‘Are Your days as the days of a mortal,
Or Your years as man’s years,

276
Verse ConceptsNot Guilty

That You should seek for my guilt
And search after my sin?

277
Verse ConceptsHuntingNo Food

“The lion perishes for lack of prey,
And the whelps of the lioness are scattered.

278
Verse ConceptsAfflictions Of The WickedMiseryPhysical PainPleasurableness

“The wicked man writhes in pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless.

279
Verse ConceptsGenerationsOld Age, Attitudes ToAskingHistory Of NationsInformation AgeFathersDadsThe PastAgepastattention

“Please inquire of past generations,
And consider the things searched out by their fathers.

281
Verse ConceptsGrassLike Grass

“You will know also that your descendants will be many,
And your offspring as the grass of the earth.

282

Then Job answered,

283

Then Job answered,

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Verse ConceptsMan A Mere Breathbreath

“Remember that my life is but breath;
My eye will not again see good.

285
Verse ConceptsExperience, of lifeRootsThe Work Of Fools

“I have seen the foolish taking root,
And I cursed his abode immediately.

286
Verse Conceptsculture

“His roots wrap around a rock pile,
He grasps a house of stones.

288
Verse ConceptsIndividuals TremblingDamage To The BodyThose Frightened Of God

Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And made all my bones shake.

289
Verse ConceptsPrayer, Described AsAnswered Promises

“If you would seek God
And implore the compassion of the Almighty,

291
Verse ConceptsSnowCold Weather

Which are turbid because of ice
And into which the snow melts.

292
Verse ConceptsInvestigating

“Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is.
Hear it, and know for yourself.”

293
Verse ConceptsEarth, Judgment OfPillarsGod Shaking The EarthMetaphorical PillarsTremblingMoving On

Who shakes the earth out of its place,
And its pillars tremble;

294
Verse ConceptsWho Is God?Prosperity Of The Wicked

“The earth is given into the hand of the wicked;
He covers the faces of its judges.
If it is not He, then who is it?

295
Verse Conceptsdefence, humanSafetyGod Is HolyChildren Suffering

“His sons are far from safety,
They are even oppressed in the gate,
And there is no deliverer.

296
Verse ConceptsVanityUnrestUseless EndeavourFrustrationAssignment

So am I allotted months of vanity,
And nights of trouble are appointed me.

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“How long will you say these things,
And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

300
Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeBeing Scaredfriendliness

“Indeed, you have now become such,
You see a terror and are afraid.

301
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfPredestinationIs God Unjust?

“Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

302

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,

303
Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterThings Wearing OutWithout Hope

Water wears away stones,
Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth;
So You destroy man’s hope.

304
Verse ConceptsInsightLack Of InsightFoolish PeopleThose Who Were Ignorantspeakingignorance

‘Job speaks without knowledge,
And his words are without wisdom.

305
Verse ConceptsAvoiding Bribes

“Have I said, ‘Give me something,’
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’

306
Verse ConceptsGod Testing PeopleTeststrying

That You examine him every morning
And try him every moment?

307
Verse ConceptsLonelinessMonotonySleeplessnessWakefulness

“When I lie down I say,
‘When shall I arise?’
But the night continues,
And I am continually tossing until dawn.

308

“You forever overpower him and he departs;
You change his appearance and send him away.

309
Verse ConceptsMountains RemovedTurning Upside DownGod Has AngerMoving OnMoving To A New Place

It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how,
When He overturns them in His anger;

310
Verse ConceptsGrassWild DonkeysNeighing And BrayingWisdomlegacy

“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,
Or does the ox low over his fodder?

311
Verse ConceptsSummerWaters Drying UpHot Weather

“When they become waterless, they are silent,
When it is hot, they vanish from their place.

312

Then the Almighty will be your gold
And choice silver to you.

313
Verse ConceptsMonotonySlaves

“As a slave who pants for the shade,
And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages,

314
Verse ConceptsSin Clings To The Sinner

If your sons sinned against Him,
Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.

315
Verse ConceptsAgony, In HeartBalances, Metaphorical Usebalance

Oh that my grief were actually weighed
And laid in the balances together with my calamity!

316

“My friends are my scoffers;
My eye weeps to God.

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Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyRash PeopleSand And Gravel

“For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas;
Therefore my words have been rash.

320
Verse ConceptsBlameRestorationRestoring ThingsMoving To A New Placeawakening

If you are pure and upright,
Surely now He would rouse Himself for you
And restore your righteous estate.

321
Verse ConceptsClappingApplauseRebellion against Godrebellion

‘For he adds rebellion to his sin;
He claps his hands among us,
And multiplies his words against God.’”

322
Verse ConceptsFutilityEquality Of FateGod KillingGod Kills

“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.’

323
Verse ConceptsPaths Of The WickedCaravans

“The paths of their course wind along,
They go up into nothing and perish.

324
Verse ConceptsArrows, Described AsIronSteel

“He may flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.

325

“Now a word was brought to me stealthily,
And my ear received a whisper of it.

326
Verse ConceptsAcknowledging GodPromised LightGod Giving LightGod Establishes UsCareer SuccessMaking DecisionsDecision Makingmakeup

“You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And light will shine on your ways.

327
Verse ConceptsInnocence, Examples OfDoubting God's JusticeDespair

“If the scourge kills suddenly,
He mocks the despair of the innocent.

328
Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats

“They slip by like reed boats,
Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.

329
Verse ConceptsdistrustAngels opposed to GodImperfection, Influence OfAngels, DescriptionErrorTrusting OthersMaking Mistakes

He puts no trust even in His servants;
And against His angels He charges error.

330
Verse ConceptsOrphansGamblingBarteringTaking AdvantageFriends Failing

“You would even cast lots for the orphans
And barter over your friend.

331
Verse ConceptsStrawWicked Described AsLight As ChaffHurricanes

“Are they as straw before the wind,
And like chaff which the storm carries away?

332
Verse ConceptsGod Is ImmanentPlainnesslegacy

“How painful are honest words!
But what does your argument prove?

333
Verse ConceptsOptimismDisappointment

“They were disappointed for they had trusted,
They came there and were confounded.

334
Verse ConceptsNo One Can Save

Or, ‘Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,’
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants’?

335
Verse ConceptsWindReproving PeopleDespair

“Do you intend to reprove my words,
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind?

337
Verse ConceptsAnswered PromisesMaking VowsGod Answers PrayerGod Answering Prayers

“You will pray to Him, and He will hear you;
And you will pay your vows.

338
Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfLipsWhat Sin?

“Is there injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my palate discern calamities?

339
Verse ConceptsLooking Intently At PeopleLyingBeing Content

“Now please look at me,
And see if I lie to your face.

340
Verse ConceptsA Thousand ThingsAnswering GodOthers Not AnsweringSuing God

“If one wished to dispute with Him,
He could not answer Him once in a thousand times.

341
Verse ConceptsAfflicted SaintsIntegrityTemptation, ResistingAcceptance, Of InstructionResignationTemptressesCounted As FoolsGod Can Harm PeoplePeople Who Did RightOvercoming Hard TimesTragedyHardshipOvercoming Adversity

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

342
Verse ConceptsClean, Spiritual UsePurity, Nature OfSnowCold WeatherPuritycleansing

“If I should wash myself with snow
And cleanse my hands with lye,

343
Verse ConceptsFear Of Other Things

I am afraid of all my pains,
I know that You will not acquit me.

344
Verse ConceptsOvernightNaked In PovertyCold Weather

They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.

347
Verse ConceptsGod Angry With IndividualsFriends

It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.

348
Verse ConceptsPeople Changing Their MindsInjusticevindication

“Desist now, let there be no injustice;
Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it.

349
Verse ConceptsUseless LabourFound Guilty

“I am accounted wicked,
Why then should I toil in vain?

350
Verse ConceptsComplaintsComplaining

“Though I say, ‘I will forget my complaint,
I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,’

352
Verse ConceptsBeing Born In SinPurity, Moral And SpiritualUnclean ThingsPurity

Who can make the clean out of the unclean?
No one!

353
Verse ConceptsSpiritsSons Of GodAssociationsAngels As Sons Of God

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.

354
Verse ConceptsFingersevil, victory overGod, Purpose OfPainSatan, Kingdom OfSatan, Resistance ToSatan, Limitations OfSatan, Power OfLeaving God's PresenceSatanThe DevilThe Presence Of GodTestsexams

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

355
Verse ConceptsCustomBad ParentsParents Prayer For Their ChildrenRising Early, Examples OfFamilies, Examples OfMorning DevotionsBurnt offeringOfferingsSonsWorldly Pleasures, Leads ToParents Duty To ChildrenRising EarlyThose Who Rose EarlyCursing GodMaking People HolyEarly RisingSacrificeKidsRoses

When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

356
Verse ConceptsFoundationsInsectsProperty, HousesMan, Insignificance OfMothsMetaphorical HousesCreatures From Dust

‘How much more those who dwell in houses of clay,
Whose foundation is in the dust,
Who are crushed before the moth!

357
Verse ConceptsSatan, Character OfWanderersWhere From?SatanThe Devil

The Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

358
Verse ConceptsThe Finality Of DeathAre The Dead Raised?Death Is FinalstruggleLife StrugglesLife After DeathStrugglesRenewal

“If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my change comes.

359
Verse ConceptsPeople With General KnowledgeWronging Other PeopleThoughtsimagination

“Behold, I know your thoughts,
And the plans by which you would wrong me.

360
Verse ConceptsFugitivesKilled With The Sword

“He does not believe that he will return from darkness,
And he is destined for the sword.

361
Verse ConceptsHairsThe Hair Of The BodySpirit BeingsHairThe Pastpast

“Then a spirit passed by my face;
The hair of my flesh bristled up.

363
Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeFear And WorryBeing Scaredreality

“For what I fear comes upon me,
And what I dread befalls me.

364
Verse ConceptsDeath

Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces;
Unobserved, they perish forever.

366
Verse ConceptsSproutingAre The Dead Raised?GrowingChange And Growthcutting

“For there is hope for a tree,
When it is cut down, that it will sprout again,
And its shoots will not fail.

367
Verse ConceptsCurses, HumanBlasphemy, Examples OfBlameWivesBad Wives ExamplesHolding FastTemptressesCursing GodWife

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”

368
Verse ConceptsdiseasesInciting To EvilServants Of The LordFear Of God, Examples OfUnique IndividualsIndividuals Fearing Godshunning

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

369
Verse ConceptsAnimalsCaring For AnimalsMammalsRelation Of Animals To ManBirdsPets

“But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you;
And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you.

370
Verse ConceptsTentsFoolishness Of Men

‘Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them?
They die, yet without wisdom.’

371
Verse ConceptsStumblingKind WordsKnees

“Your words have helped the tottering to stand,
And you have strengthened feeble knees.

372
Verse ConceptsGod, Goodness OfGoldOrnamentsRingsSistersSuffering, Encouragements InVisitingComfort, Of FriendsPresentsJewelleryLarge Denominations

Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

373
Verse ConceptsDecayworms

“Even after my skin is destroyed,
Yet from my flesh I shall see God;

374
Verse ConceptsEquality Of FateMaggotsCondition Of The Bodyworms

“Together they lie down in the dust,
And worms cover them.

375
Verse ConceptsAshesGod And The HumbleHumility And Pride

“When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence,
And the humble person He will save.

376
Verse ConceptsConstellationsBeauty, In NatureOrionControlling Sun Moon And StarsmovementDemonic Influence

“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of Orion?

377
Verse ConceptsHuntingGod Feeds All The Earth

“Can you hunt the prey for the lion,
Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

378
Verse ConceptsFaith, Testing OfBodydiseasesBoils Or UlcersHeadsSatan, Kingdom OfSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSuffering, Causes OfSuffering, Nature OfSatan, Work OfLeaving God's PresenceDisease

Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

381
Verse ConceptsVoices

“It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance;
A form was before my eyes;
There was silence, then I heard a voice:

383

Then the Lord said to Job,

384
Verse ConceptsSignatures

“Oh that I had one to hear me!
Behold, here is my signature;
Let the Almighty answer me!
And the indictment which my adversary has written,

385
Verse ConceptsExposure Of SinSin Made KnownThe Universe Affected

“The heavens will reveal his iniquity,
And the earth will rise up against him.

386
Verse ConceptsConfrontationGod, Purpose OfGod Is UnchangeableAuthority, Belonging To GodGod Is OneGod Works His Will

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

387
Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofGoldExcavationMines

“Surely there is a mine for silver
And a place where they refine gold.

390
Verse ConceptsPeople TeachingEncouraging OthersWeakness

“Behold you have admonished many,
And you have strengthened weak hands.

391
Verse ConceptsFeastingBanquets, ActivitiesInvitationsLeisure, And PastimesAmusementsCelebrationcelebrating

His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

392
Verse ConceptsBabies In The WombAbortionSanctity Of LifeWombMan, Creation OfConceptionCreation Of All Mankind

“Did not He who made me in the womb make him,
And the same one fashion us in the womb?

393
Verse ConceptsChaosCreation Of The Physical HeavensCreation Of The SkyEclipsefootprints

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

394
Verse ConceptsdogsMockeryOld Age, Attitudes ToRidicule, Objects OfDisrespect For Old AgeDerisionDisdainFun

“But now those younger than I mock me,
Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock.

395
Verse ConceptsSnowGod's StorehousesWarWeather In The Last Daysweatherspringtime

“Have you entered the storehouses of the snow,
Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

396
Verse ConceptsBad FriendsGood FriendsLove, For One AnotherSympathyVisitingComfort, Of FriendsCondolenceVisiting Of The SickVisitationThree MenMeeting PeopleBest FriendsLosing A FriendLosing FriendsTrue Friends

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

397
Verse ConceptsTongueSharp ToolsBinding As Animals

Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook?
Or press down his tongue with a cord?

398
Verse ConceptsThe Final Judgement

“Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves,
For wrath brings the punishment of the sword,
So that you may know there is judgment.”

399
Verse ConceptsStudyWhere Are Things?Wisdom

“But where can wisdom be found?
And where is the place of understanding?

400
Verse ConceptsThe Finality Of DeathDeath Is Finalawakening

So man lies down and does not rise.
Until the heavens are no longer,
He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep.

402

“If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient?
But who can refrain from speaking?

403
Verse ConceptsProgressSpiritual VitalitySpiritual ProgressPersevering To The EndMoving On

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

404
Verse ConceptsFlowersdrynessLife, HumanPhysical LifeShadowsLife, Brevity OfTime Passing

Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

405
Verse ConceptsLimitednessPunishment, Nature OfHirelingsThe Fact Of ToilstruggleWarLife StrugglesGetting Through Hard Timeshumanity

Is not man forced to labor on earth,
And are not his days like the days of a hired man?

406
Verse ConceptsTentsThe Wicked Will Perish

“For you say, ‘Where is the house of the nobleman,
And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?’

407
Verse ConceptsAdvice, Rejecting God's AdviceThose Who Were Ignorant

“Who is this that darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?

409
Verse ConceptsWombDivine Power Over NatureBeachesShutting DoorsThe OceanThe Sea

“Or who enclosed the sea with doors
When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb;

410

Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

411

Then Job responded,

412
Verse ConceptsArbitration

“There is no umpire between us,
Who may lay his hand upon us both.

414
Verse ConceptsMoonShiningIdolatrous Worship Of The MoonMoving OnSunThe MoonMoving To A New Place

If I have looked at the sun when it shone
Or the moon going in splendor,

415
Verse ConceptsBirth, PhysicalPurity, Moral And SpiritualSelf Righteousness, And The GospelMan's Sinful NatureWoman's PlaceBeing A Woman Of God

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

416
Verse ConceptsdoctorsLying, Examples OfUseless PeopleFake FriendsValue

“But you smear with lies;
You are all worthless physicians.

417
Verse ConceptsInsightMediatorAmbassadors, Figurative UseAngels Looking After People

“If there is an angel as mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To remind a man what is right for him,

418

Then Job answered,

420
Verse ConceptsRescueCalamityComfort In Afflictionproblemstrails

From six troubles He will deliver you,
Even in seven evil will not touch you.

421
Verse ConceptsClaimsRiches, Nature OfAll Things Belong To GodGod's Ownership Of Everything

“Who has given to Me that I should repay him?
Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine.

423
Verse ConceptsNeglecting God's ThingsSpeaking Againspeakingattention

“Indeed God speaks once,
Or twice, yet no one notices it.

424
Verse ConceptsMangersUnicorns

“Will the wild ox consent to serve you,
Or will he spend the night at your manger?

425
Verse ConceptsCondition Of The Spirit

“But man dies and lies prostrate.
Man expires, and where is he?

426
Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of The InnocentHumility, Examples OfCurbing SpeechI Am Unimportant

“Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.

427

Then Job answered,

428
Verse ConceptsGod Destroying

Your hands fashioned and made me altogether,
And would You destroy me?

429
Verse ConceptsUseful People

“Can a vigorous man be of use to God,
Or a wise man be useful to himself?

430
Verse ConceptsClouds, Figurative UseGrave, TheSheolWeather, As God's JudgmentThe Finality Of DeathDisappearanceDeath Is Final

“When a cloud vanishes, it is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.

431
Verse ConceptsMasonsEarth's Foundation

“On what were its bases sunk?
Or who laid its cornerstone,

432
Verse ConceptsGrave, TheSheolDesire For DeathGod Hiding People

“Oh that You would hide me in Sheol,
That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You,
That You would set a limit for me and remember me!

433
Verse ConceptsProvision From Rocks

When my steps were bathed in butter,
And the rock poured out for me streams of oil!

434
Verse ConceptsThistlesThornsLast WordsWeed

Let briars grow instead of wheat,
And stinkweed instead of barley.”
The words of Job are ended.

435
Verse ConceptsWilful IgnoranceUnrighteousnessIgnorance Towards God, Leads ToImpietyLeave Us Alone

“They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.

436
Verse ConceptsAstrologyFate, And FatalismConstellationsNatureSouthBearsOrionSun Moon And Stars Before God

Who makes the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south;

437
Verse ConceptsBooksWritingBooks Of Prophecy

“Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

438
Verse ConceptsEnjoyment, Lack OfBirthdaysRegretting BirthCursing ThingsSwearinglentcurses

Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.

439
Verse ConceptsSheepYokesCamelsOwning LivestockA Thousand AnimalsSix ThousandEleven To Nineteen ThousandFamily ProblemsBlessings From GodEnd Of DaysBlessings And Prosperity

The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.

440
Verse ConceptsMetaphorsSpirit, Nature OfGod Is ImmanentThe Holy Spirit Giving LifeWork Ethicbreathingbreath

“If He should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath,

441
Verse Conceptsdarkness, naturalBoundariesCirclesDivine Power Over NatureCreation Of The SeasLight And DarknessAges Of TimelimitationsFlat Earth

“He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters
At the boundary of light and darkness.

442

Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded,

443
Verse ConceptsAgony, DeathState Of The Dead

“The departed spirits tremble
Under the waters and their inhabitants.

444
Verse ConceptsBronzeMirrorsCreation Of The SkyArrogantly Like God

“Can you, with Him, spread out the skies,
Strong as a molten mirror?

445
Verse ConceptsGod, Perfection OfUnderstandingNot Understanding Other ThingsThose Who Were Ignorant

‘Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.”

446
Verse ConceptsAppealing To GodSuing GodStudyingTrusting God In Difficult Timesproblemsseeking

“But as for me, I would seek God,
And I would place my cause before God;

447

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered,

448
Verse ConceptsTravellers

“Have you not asked wayfaring men,
And do you not recognize their witness?

449

“If I look for Sheol as my home,
I make my bed in the darkness;

450
Verse ConceptsFear Will Come

“It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,
Even the glittering point from his gall.
Terrors come upon him,

451
Verse ConceptsPeople With General Knowledge

Behold, my eye has seen all this,
My ear has heard and understood it.

452
Verse ConceptsCity SquaresSitting In The Gateway

“When I went out to the gate of the city,
When I took my seat in the square,

453
Verse ConceptsSon Of ManMan, Insignificance OfMaggotsMere Menworms

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

454
Verse ConceptsEmployersMasters Duties Towards ServantsSlavesWhat Sin?

“If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves
When they filed a complaint against me,

455
Verse ConceptsMorningDaysHaving A Good DayA New Daycancer

“Have you ever in your life commanded the morning,
And caused the dawn to know its place,

456
Verse ConceptsPride, Examples OfThree MenIndividuals Being Silent

Then these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

458
Verse ConceptsDecaySkinDeath Of A Family Member

His skin is devoured by disease,
The firstborn of death devours his limbs.

460
Verse ConceptsConfrontationAnswering GodGod In Relation To ManOthers Not AnsweringSuing GodMan's Relation To God

“For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him,
That we may go to court together.

462
Verse Conceptsdistrust

“Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones,
And the heavens are not pure in His sight;

463
Verse ConceptsFolly, Effects OfIntercessory PrayerSeven AnimalsSacrificing Cattle Sheep And Goats

Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.”

464

“Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!

465
Verse ConceptsSeaThe AlmightyHumbling The ProudMaking StillThe Sea StilledWork Ethic

“He quieted the sea with His power,
And by His understanding He shattered Rahab.

466
Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersOstriches

“The ostriches’ wings flap joyously
With the pinion and plumage of love,

467

Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,

468
Verse ConceptsemptinessTransient WorldProsperity Of The WickedHypocrisy

That the triumphing of the wicked is short,
And the joy of the godless momentary?

470
Verse ConceptsTeethGnashing Of TeethGod Seeing All PeopleGod Angry With Individuals

“His anger has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with His teeth;
My adversary glares at me.

471
Verse ConceptsFar Be It!Is God Unjust?Pay Attention To People!Work Ethic

“Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding.
Far be it from God to do wickedness,
And from the Almighty to do wrong.

474
Verse ConceptsNight

“In a dream, a vision of the night,
When sound sleep falls on men,
While they slumber in their beds,

475

And Job again took up his discourse and said,

478

“The clods of the valley will gently cover him;
Moreover, all men will follow after him,
While countless ones go before him.

479
Verse ConceptseastWestGod, Invisible

“Behold, I go forward but He is not there,
And backward, but I cannot perceive Him;

480

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

481
Verse ConceptsSeaDeep SeasThe OceanDespairThe Seaexploringventing

“Have you entered into the springs of the sea
Or walked in the recesses of the deep?

482
Verse ConceptsNature

“For He draws up the drops of water,
They distill rain from the mist,

483
Verse ConceptsCarrying Other Loadscrowns

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder,
I would bind it to myself like a crown.

484
Verse ConceptsMere Talk

“How long will you hunt for words?
Show understanding and then we can talk.

485
Verse ConceptsWavesDivine Power Over NatureMighty in its influenceThe Ocean

And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;
And here shall your proud waves stop’?

486
Verse ConceptsDeath Of The WickedSudden DeathThe Wicked ProsperWealth And Prosperity

“They spend their days in prosperity,
And suddenly they go down to Sheol.

487
Verse ConceptsemptinessFalse ConfidenceUseless ThingsTrust, Lack OfTrusting Deceptive ThingsDeceiving OneselfUseless Endeavour

“Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself;
For emptiness will be his reward.

488
Verse ConceptsLiving In The LightThe Wicked Will Perish

“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out,
And the flame of his fire gives no light.

489
Verse ConceptsGod Keeping WatchWatchfulness, DivineThe Pastpreservation

“Oh that I were as in months gone by,
As in the days when God watched over me;

491
Verse ConceptsPillarsRebukeTremblingMetaphorical Pillarsrebuking

“The pillars of heaven tremble
And are amazed at His rebuke.

492
Verse ConceptsJustification, Necessity OfSelf Righteousness, And The GospelPeople In RighteousnessNamed People Angry With Others

But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram burned; against Job his anger burned because he justified himself before God.

493
Verse Conceptsdiscrimination

Then Elihu continued and said,

494
Verse ConceptsSuffering, Of The InnocentGod, All knowingCourt SessionsJudgement DayPurgatory

Why are times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see His days?

495
Verse ConceptsGod Deceiving

“Will you speak what is unjust for God,
And speak what is deceitful for Him?

496
Verse ConceptsGatesCreatures Returning To Dust

Will it go down with me to Sheol?
Shall we together go down into the dust?”

497
Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedHeritageGod Judges The Wickedfate

“This is the wicked man’s portion from God,
Even the heritage decreed to him by God.”

498
Verse ConceptsWild GoatWhen?Deer Etc.Deer

“Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth?
Do you observe the calving of the deer?

499
Verse ConceptsAstrologyConstellationsControlling Sun Moon And Stars

“Can you lead forth a constellation in its season,
And guide the Bear with her satellites?

500
Verse ConceptsFlutesHarpsMusical Instruments, types ofMusicMusic To Celebrate

“They sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.

501
Verse ConceptsBreath Of GodFace Of GoddrynessMouthsPeople WitheredScorchingThe Outer DarknessEscaping EvilOuter Darkness

“He will not escape from darkness;
The flame will wither his shoots,
And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

502
Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see;
And He walks on the vault of heaven.’

503
Verse ConceptsMouthsSin, Love OfSweetnessThe Tonguewickedness

“Though evil is sweet in his mouth
And he hides it under his tongue,

504
Verse ConceptsHead coveringHeadgearClothed With RighteousnessPeople In Righteousness

“I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.

505
Verse ConceptsIndividuals TremblingNervousness

“At this also my heart trembles,
And leaps from its place.

506
Verse Conceptsdarkness, natural

“Where is the way to the dwelling of light?
And darkness, where is its place,

508
Verse ConceptsSecurityFear, Of DeathFear Of DeathDeath

“He is torn from the security of his tent,
And they march him before the king of terrors.

509
Verse ConceptsAstronomyGod On HighThings On High

“Is not God in the height of heaven?
Look also at the distant stars, how high they are!

510
Verse ConceptsStriving With GodSuffering, Of The InnocentDisputescriticismanswers

“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty?
Let him who reproves God answer it.”

511
Verse ConceptsLength Of LifeEvil Ways

“Will you keep to the ancient path
Which wicked men have trod,

512
Verse ConceptsWindGod Dispensing WindAtmospherebalanceweightpressuremeasurement

“When He imparted weight to the wind
And meted out the waters by measure,

513
Verse ConceptsDancingLeisure, And PastimesAmusements Of ChildrenRecreation

“They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.

514
Verse ConceptsReverence, And God's NatureStabilitydominion

Dominion and awe belong to Him
Who establishes peace in His heights.

515
Verse ConceptsMere Talkcriticism

“I too could speak like you,
If I were in your place.
I could compose words against you
And shake my head at you.

518
Verse ConceptsGrave, TheHeatSheolSnowWeather, As God's JudgmentWaters Drying UpSinners Grasped By DeathPurgatory

“Drought and heat consume the snow waters,
So does Sheol those who have sinned.

519
Verse ConceptsPrayerlessnessProfitsSkepticismCharacter Of WickedWho Is God?Serving God

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
And what would we gain if we entreat Him?’

520
Verse ConceptsNo Fear Of Godpiety

“Indeed, you do away with reverence
And hinder meditation before God.

522
Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsOstricheslonliness

“I have become a brother to jackals
And a companion of ostriches.

523
Verse ConceptsStrength Of AnimalsWork Ethic

“Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?

524
Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyGuaranteeFalse AccusationsPeople Stripping Peoplelent

“For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause,
And stripped men naked.

525
Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfNorthGlory Of GodOut Of The Northweather

“Out of the north comes golden splendor;
Around God is awesome majesty.

526
Verse ConceptsTongueTesting Other ThingsThe TongueTests

“For the ear tests words
As the palate tastes food.

527
Verse ConceptsFalse WisdomListening To God

“Do you hear the secret counsel of God,
And limit wisdom to yourself?

528
Verse ConceptsGod, Human Descriptions Of

Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm and said,

529
Verse ConceptsGod EnquiringAnticipationTeaching GodPreparing For Action

“Now gird up your loins like a man,
And I will ask you, and you instruct Me!

530
Verse ConceptsBeing A LightCharacter Of WickedRebellion Against God, Shown InPaths Of The WickedPurgatory

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

531
Verse ConceptsFavouritismGod, Impartiality OfGod And The PoorPovertyMan, Creation OfPeople Are The SameCreation Of All MankindThe Rich Lording It

Who shows no partiality to princes
Nor regards the rich above the poor,
For they all are the work of His hands?

532
Verse ConceptsBribery, Is SinGodlessnessTentsHypocrisy

“For the company of the godless is barren,
And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt.

533
Verse ConceptsHope, Of The WickedHopelessnessHope, Nature OfUngodlinessFalse HopesWithout HopeDeath Of The WickedHypocrisy

“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
When God requires his life?

534
Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofSensitivityNo Comfort

“I have heard many such things;
Sorry comforters are you all.

536

“Is not your wickedness great,
And your iniquities without end?

537
Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseDivision Of WatersOut Of The NorthGod Sending RainWaters DividingWork Ethiccloudsweight

“He wraps up the waters in His clouds,
And the cloud does not burst under them.

539
Verse ConceptseastStomachsToo Many WordsThe East Wind

“Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge
And fill himself with the east wind?

540
Verse ConceptsGod Appointed AfflictionsTargetsThose At Ease

“I was at ease, but He shattered me,
And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.

541
Verse ConceptsIronMinerals

“Iron is taken from the dust,
And copper is smelted from rock.

542
Verse ConceptsVeilsGod, All knowingGod Seeing All The Earth

“For He looks to the ends of the earth
And sees everything under the heavens.

543
Verse ConceptsBranches, Figurative UsesGreen

“It will be accomplished before his time,
And his palm branch will not be green.

544
Verse ConceptsOrphansPoverty, Attitudes TowardsNot Helping Widows

“You have sent widows away empty,
And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.

545
Verse ConceptsLampsAfflictions Of The WickedProsperity Of The Wicked

“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out,
Or does their calamity fall on them?
Does God apportion destruction in His anger?

546
Verse ConceptsPartiality

“Let me now be partial to no one,
Nor flatter any man.

547
Verse ConceptsTeeth

“He sucks the poison of cobras;
The viper’s tongue slays him.

548
Verse ConceptsMockerymockers

Surely mockers are with me,
And my eye gazes on their provocation.

549
Verse ConceptsHiringHirelingsLeave Them Alone

Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest,
Until he fulfills his day like a hired man.

550
Verse ConceptsStriking People With A StaffThose Frightened Of God

“Let Him remove His rod from me,
And let not dread of Him terrify me.

551
Verse ConceptsBodydiseasesSkinFeverDamage To The BodyHot ThingsBlack PeopleColor

“My skin turns black on me,
And my bones burn with fever.

552
Verse ConceptsAbhorTurning Against MenUnlovingHating IndividualsFriendsBest FriendsFriendship And Love

“All my associates abhor me,
And those I love have turned against me.

553
Verse ConceptsGod Testing PeopleDeceiving GodMan's Relation To God

“Will it be well when He examines you?
Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man?

554
Verse ConceptsSackcloth And AshesHorns Weakened

“I have sewed sackcloth over my skin
And thrust my horn in the dust.

555
Verse ConceptsAge, Glories OfMaturity, PhysicalOld Age, Attitudes ToOld Age, Attainment OfGreyWisdom

“Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us,
Older than your father.

556
Verse ConceptsDisappointmentA Broken Heart

If I have eaten its fruit without money,
Or have caused its owners to lose their lives,

557
Verse ConceptsUnnamed People Angry With OthersAbasement

“Pour out the overflowings of your anger,
And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low.

558
Verse ConceptsReasoned ArgumentSuing God

“But I would speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.

559
Verse ConceptsSelf Righteousness, And The Gospel

“Will you really annul My judgment?
Will you condemn Me that you may be justified?

560
Verse ConceptsInferiorityPeople With General KnowledgeI Am Unimportant

What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

561
Verse ConceptsSanctity Of LifeYouthLimitations Of Youth

So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite spoke out and said,
“I am young in years and you are old;
Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you what I think.

562
Verse ConceptsClean, Spiritual Use

Yet You would plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would abhor me.

563
Verse ConceptsRevelation, Necessity OfTheophanyUnderstandingVoicesAmazement, Of God's ActionsUnintelligibleness

“God thunders with His voice wondrously,
Doing great things which we cannot comprehend.

564

Because he has stretched out his hand against God
And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty.

565
Verse ConceptsSilenceHow Silence Is WiseMan's Wisdom

“O that you would be completely silent,
And that it would become your wisdom!

566
Verse ConceptsControlling Sun Moon And StarsTaking Care Of The Earthdominion

“Do you know the ordinances of the heavens,
Or fix their rule over the earth?

567
Verse ConceptsHope, Nature OfRootsDestruction Of PlantsWithout Hope

“He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone;
And He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

568
Verse ConceptsTasteIs God Unjust?Bitterness

“As God lives, who has taken away my right,
And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,

570
Verse ConceptsChastisementPunishment, By GodSleeplessnessDiscipline From GodPhysical PainPleasurableness

Man is also chastened with pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones;

571
Verse ConceptsFamily And Friends

“He has removed my brothers far from me,
And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me.

572
Verse ConceptsRiverslakes

“As water evaporates from the sea,
And a river becomes parched and dried up,

573
Verse ConceptsAs Long As Life LastsFar Be It!Man Vindicates

“Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

574
Verse ConceptsCoralPearlsPrecious StonesTransparencyBenefits Of Wisdom

“Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned;
And the acquisition of wisdom is above that of pearls.

575
Verse ConceptsUnderstandingWisdom, Human ImportanceWisdom, Source Of HumanThe Mind

“Who has put wisdom in the innermost being
Or given understanding to the mind?

576
Verse ConceptsCedarSinewsmuscles

“He bends his tail like a cedar;
The sinews of his thighs are knit together.

577
Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

“Listen carefully to my speech,
And let this be your way of consolation.

578
Verse ConceptsNatureRainWater ChannelGod Controlling The Rain

“Who has cleft a channel for the flood,
Or a way for the thunderbolt,

579
Verse ConceptsRocksGod Is JustPeople Torn To Pieces

“O you who tear yourself in your anger—
For your sake is the earth to be abandoned,
Or the rock to be moved from its place?

580
Verse ConceptsClothed With Good Thingsdignity

Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity,
And clothe yourself with honor and majesty.

581
Verse ConceptsShutting Doorslimitations

And I placed boundaries on it
And set a bolt and doors,

582
Verse ConceptsDeath For Other ReasonsWork Ethicdust

All flesh would perish together,
And man would return to dust.

584
Verse ConceptsFlintMineralsRootsMountains RemovedTurning Upside Down

“He puts his hand on the flint;
He overturns the mountains at the base.

585
Verse ConceptsWicked Described AsDisappearanceLike A Dreamflying

“He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him;
Even like a vision of the night he is chased away.

586
Verse ConceptsMockery

“Bear with me that I may speak;
Then after I have spoken, you may mock.

587
Verse ConceptsNestsCommands, in OTBirds, Types Of BirdsEaglessoaring

“Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up
And makes his nest on high?

588
Verse ConceptsComplaintsResentment, Against GodGod's HandGod's Hands In Opposition

“Even today my complaint is rebellion;
His hand is heavy despite my groaning.

589

“You also open Your eyes on him
And bring him into judgment with Yourself.

590
Verse ConceptsIn The BeginningWorking For God

“He is the first of the ways of God;
Let his maker bring near his sword.

591
Verse ConceptsGoadsShrewdnessCraftiness

“For your guilt teaches your mouth,
And you choose the language of the crafty.

592
Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

“However now, Job, please hear my speech,
And listen to all my words.

593
Verse ConceptsGatesShadowsGates Of DeathThe Shadow Of DeathThe Fact Of Death

“Have the gates of death been revealed to you,
Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness?

594
Verse ConceptsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityPoverty, Causes OfPeople Abandoning PeopleOppressorsNot Helping The PoorTaking Possessions

“For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor;
He has seized a house which he has not built.

595
Verse ConceptsMessianic BanquetTablesFat Of Animals

“Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress,
Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint;
And that which was set on your table was full of fatness.

596
Verse ConceptsPower, Of God

“Behold, God is exalted in His power;
Who is a teacher like Him?

597

“You say, ‘What does God know?
Can He judge through the thick darkness?

598
Verse ConceptsCurbing Speech

Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come on me what may.

599
Verse ConceptsRootsSaltGod Is HolyTreestoughness

Who pluck mallow by the bushes,
And whose food is the root of the broom shrub.

600
Verse ConceptsAstronomyShiningSun Moon And Stars Before GodThe Moon

“If even the moon has no brightness
And the stars are not pure in His sight,

601
Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanMeditationHuman IntellectAcceptance, Of InstructionGod TeachingWomen WorkingMeditation On God's Word

“Please receive instruction from His mouth
And establish His words in your heart.

603
Verse ConceptsRopesWild DonkeysGod Freeing Captives

“Who sent out the wild donkey free?
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

604
Verse ConceptsLosing Courage

“It is God who has made my heart faint,
And the Almighty who has dismayed me,

605
Verse ConceptsRansomGoing Down To The PitSaved From The Pit

Then let him be gracious to him, and say,
‘Deliver him from going down to the pit,
I have found a ransom’;

606
Verse ConceptsGenerationsOld Age, Attainment OfFour GroupsAge At Death

After this, Job lived 140 years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations.

607
Verse ConceptsHeart, HumanHuman DesiresEnticementAvoid AdulteryThe Love Of Women

“If my heart has been enticed by a woman,
Or I have lurked at my neighbor’s doorway,

608
Verse ConceptsSuperstitionFear Is Dueharassment

“All around terrors frighten him,
And harry him at every step.

609
Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitMaggotscorruptionworms

If I call to the pit, ‘You are my father’;
To the worm, ‘my mother and my sister’;

610
Verse ConceptsHell, As An ExperienceRumoursThe DestroyerThe Fact Of Deathrumors

Abaddon and Death say,
‘With our ears we have heard a report of it.’

611
Verse ConceptsLipscondemnation

“Your own mouth condemns you, and not I;
And your own lips testify against you.

612
Verse ConceptsGod Will Comfort

“Are the consolations of God too small for you,
Even the word spoken gently with you?

613
Verse ConceptsPaying Attention To GodThe Righteous ProsperObedienceServingServing GodEnd Of DaysBlessings And ProsperityObeying Godobeying

“If they hear and serve Him,
They will end their days in prosperity
And their years in pleasures.

614
Verse ConceptsLipsMouthsAfflicted, Duty To ThemMere TalkEncouragementEncouraging Othersencouraginguplifting

“I could strengthen you with my mouth,
And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain.

615
Verse ConceptsArmsHelp The WeakNo Help

“What a help you are to the weak!
How you have saved the arm without strength!

616
Verse ConceptsPeople Beginning

“Do you know this from of old,
From the establishment of man on earth,

617
Verse ConceptsLoyaltySteadfastness, Examples OffootstepsfootprintsExamples Of Following God

“My foot has held fast to His path;
I have kept His way and not turned aside.

618
Verse ConceptsOblivionPunishment, Legal Aspects OfThe Outer DarknessOuter Darkness

He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased from the inhabited world.

619
Verse ConceptsThe Nations Attacked

“His troops come together,
And build up their way against me
And camp around my tent.

620
Verse ConceptsDawnNosesSneezing

“His sneezes flash forth light,
And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning.

621
Verse ConceptsThorns

“Can you put a rope in his nose
Or pierce his jaw with a hook?

622
Verse ConceptsUnprofitable SinsGod Has ForgivenWe Have Sinned

“He will sing to men and say,
‘I have sinned and perverted what is right,
And it is not proper for me.

623
Verse ConceptsKidneys

“His arrows surround me.
Without mercy He splits my kidneys open;
He pours out my gall on the ground.

624
Verse ConceptsGod And The PoorGod Helps The PoorAfflictionsHardshipGetting Through Hard Timesoppression

“He delivers the afflicted in their affliction,
And opens their ear in time of oppression.

625
Verse ConceptsGod TrappingFear Will Come

“Therefore snares surround you,
And sudden dread terrifies you,

626
Verse ConceptsWeakness, Physical

“His vigorous stride is shortened,
And his own scheme brings him down.

627
Verse ConceptsGuaranteeShaking Hands

“Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself;
Who is there that will be my guarantor?

628
Verse ConceptsHelplessnessPeople Being SilentMere Talk

“If I speak, my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?

629
Verse ConceptsCurbing Speechventing

That you should turn your spirit against God
And allow such words to go out of your mouth?

630
Verse ConceptsWhere From?

Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is the place of understanding?

631
Verse ConceptsBeing Reproved

“I listened to the reproof which insults me,
And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer.

632
Verse ConceptsDiseases, Kinds OfPeople WitheredThin Bodies

“You have shriveled me up,
It has become a witness;
And my leanness rises up against me,
It testifies to my face.

633
Verse ConceptsWrapping A Baby

When I made a cloud its garment
And thick darkness its swaddling band,

634
Verse ConceptsShadowsWeepingThe Shadow Of DeathTearsRed Faces

“My face is flushed from weeping,
And deep darkness is on my eyelids,

635
Verse ConceptsCheeksRidicule, Objects OfSmitten CheeksSmiting Of The Righteous

“They have gaped at me with their mouth,
They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt;
They have massed themselves against me.

636
Verse ConceptsThe Fate Of The WickedHeritageGod Judges The Wicked

“This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.

638
Verse ConceptsTilling The SoilUnicorns

“Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes,
Or will he harrow the valleys after you?

639
Verse ConceptsAbasement Of The ProudAbasementBeing HumbleHumility And Pridehumblenesshumblecrushes

“Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him,
And tread down the wicked where they stand.

640
Verse ConceptsThe Wicked Will PerishThe End Of The WorldThe Earth

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth,
And the wicked be shaken out of it?

641
Verse ConceptsGod, Power OfGod Is Unchangeable

“And what is the portion of God from above
Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high?

642
Verse ConceptsTirednessWeary Of God

“But now He has exhausted me;
You have laid waste all my company.

644
Verse ConceptsGod As A Warrior

“He breaks through me with breach after breach;
He runs at me like a warrior.

645
Verse ConceptsRevenge, Examples OfDuties To EnemiesPeople Without Mercy

“Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy,
Or exulted when evil befell him?

646
Verse ConceptsLast ThingsUniversality Of DeathMortalitySuicideMeeting PeopleHow Death Is InevitableDeath Is UniversalDeath

“For I know that You will bring me to death
And to the house of meeting for all living.

648
Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionCharacter AssassinationDefamationLosing Honourcrowns

“He has stripped my honor from me
And removed the crown from my head.

649

Then Job continued his discourse and said,

650
Verse ConceptsLivestockCowsPregnancyMiscarriagesAnimals MatingAnimal OffspringMiscarrying Animals

“His ox mates without fail;
His cow calves and does not abort.

651
Verse ConceptsFathers And Daughters

He named the first Jemimah, and the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch.

652
Verse ConceptsSunsetsNot Seeing PeopleUnseendisguisesAdulteryPurgatoryadultry

“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he disguises his face.

653
Verse ConceptsClaySealsHoly Spirit, Types OfClay, UsesSealing Things

“It is changed like clay under the seal;
And they stand forth like a garment.

654
Verse Conceptsanswers

Then Job answered the Lord and said,

655
Verse ConceptsGod, Justice OfSuffering, Of The InnocentIs God Unjust?Work Ethic

“Surely, God will not act wickedly,
And the Almighty will not pervert justice.

656
Verse Conceptsfitness

Then Elihu continued and said,

657

Then Job responded,

658
Verse ConceptsConsistencyGuidance, God's Promises OfGod, Impartiality OfMighty One

“Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any;
He is mighty in strength of understanding.

659
Verse ConceptsBywordMockerySongsjoking

“And now I have become their taunt,
I have even become a byword to them.

660
Verse ConceptsBeastsGod Teaching

Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth
And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?’

661
Verse ConceptsBrimstoneSulphur

There dwells in his tent nothing of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.

662

“Though its roots grow old in the ground
And its stump dies in the dry soil,

663
Verse ConceptsLampsTentsExtinguishing

“The light in his tent is darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.

664
Verse ConceptsDivine BalancesWeighingPlea Of InnocenceWeighing The Immaterialbalanceweight

Let Him weigh me with accurate scales,
And let God know my integrity.

665
Verse ConceptsHumiliation

“If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me
And prove my disgrace to me,

666
Verse ConceptsBeamsBronzeBodies Of AnimalsThings Like Bronze

“His bones are tubes of bronze;
His limbs are like bars of iron.

667
Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodHelpfulnessResponseSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfSuffering, Of The InnocentGod Not AnsweringIs God Unjust?

“Behold, I cry, ‘Violence!’ but I get no answer;
I shout for help, but there is no justice.

668
Verse ConceptsRetributionRepaid For DeedsWork Ethic

“For He pays a man according to his work,
And makes him find it according to his way.

669
Verse ConceptsHarvestThe DestroyerAdultery

“For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon,
And would uproot all my increase.

670
Verse ConceptsGoadsThoughts Of The Righteous

“Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond,
Even because of my inward agitation.

671
Verse ConceptsSouthBirds, Types Of BirdsHawksFacing SouthFalconsflyingsoaring

“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south?

672
Verse ConceptsChaosThe DelugeEarly Death

Who were snatched away before their time,
Whose foundations were washed away by a river?

673
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingExcavationMinesPrecioustechnology

“He hews out channels through the rocks,
And his eye sees anything precious.

674
Verse ConceptsStoringTreasureIndigestionGreed

“Because he knew no quiet within him,
He does not retain anything he desires.

675
Verse ConceptsCurbing Speech

“Look at me, and be astonished,
And put your hand over your mouth.

676
Verse ConceptsGod, Righteousness OfJusticeNot FindingGod Doing RightDoing RightGod Being Outside Of Creation

“The Almighty—we cannot find Him;
He is exalted in power
And He will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness.

677
Verse ConceptsEthiopiaPrecious StonesAfricaBenefits Of WisdomUnique Things

“The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it,
Nor can it be valued in pure gold.

678
Verse ConceptsdewGod Sending Rain

“Has the rain a father?
Or who has begotten the drops of dew?

679
Verse ConceptsOffencePeople Being Hatedreuniting

“My breath is offensive to my wife,
And I am loathsome to my own brothers.

680
Verse ConceptsNets

“For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the webbing.

681
Verse ConceptsNetsGod TrappingIs God Unjust?

Know then that God has wronged me
And has closed His net around me.

682
Verse ConceptsHillsPeople Beginning

“Were you the first man to be born,
Or were you brought forth before the hills?

683
Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of WorshipAcceptance, divineJoy, Of IsraelPleasing GodRejoicingDivine FavourAnswered PromisesGod Answers Prayer

Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him,
That he may see His face with joy,
And He may restore His righteousness to man.

684
Verse ConceptsBenefits Of WisdomBuying God's GiftValueweightsales

Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it,
Nor can silver be weighed as its price.

685
Verse ConceptsMen WorkingWeather In The Last Daysweather

“He seals the hand of every man,
That all men may know His work.

686
Verse ConceptsInsectsMothsSpidersDwellings Of CreaturesOther Dwellings Of Creatures

“He has built his house like the spider’s web,
Or as a hut which the watchman has made.

687
Verse ConceptsCalling upon GodWhen To Pray

“Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?

688
Verse ConceptsSeeking FoodWild Donkeys

“Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness
They go forth seeking food in their activity,
As bread for their children in the desert.

689

“Will you show partiality for Him?
Will you contend for God?

690
Verse ConceptsBywordSaliva

“But He has made me a byword of the people,
And I am one at whom men spit.

691
Verse ConceptsFoolishness Of Men

“For You have kept their heart from understanding,
Therefore You will not exalt them.

692
Verse ConceptsSnakesBitter Food

Yet his food in his stomach is changed
To the venom of cobras within him.

693
Verse Conceptsdung and manurePeople Passing AwayDefecationpoop

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

694
Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodQuerying God's Power

“They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’

695
Verse ConceptsButterMilk And Honey

“He does not look at the streams,
The rivers flowing with honey and curds.

696
Verse ConceptsHeels

“A snare seizes him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.

697
Verse ConceptsFrostCold Weather

“From whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

698

“His strong scales are his pride,
Shut up as with a tight seal.

699
Verse ConceptsLightning

“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

700
Verse ConceptsCursing The Ungodly

No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin
By asking for his life in a curse.

702
Verse ConceptsGod EnquiringTeaching GodPreparing For ActionMasculinity

“Now gird up your loins like a man;
I will ask you, and you instruct Me.

704
Verse ConceptsTen TimesWronging Other People

“These ten times you have insulted me;
You are not ashamed to wrong me.

705
Verse ConceptsFavouritismSecrecy

“He will surely reprove you
If you secretly show partiality.

706
Verse ConceptsPrecious StonesBenefits Of Wisdombalance

“It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir,
In precious onyx, or sapphire.

707
Verse ConceptsRumblingThunder Showing God's Presence

“Listen closely to the thunder of His voice,
And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth.

708
Verse Conceptsbreathingsmokingbreath

“His breath kindles coals,
And a flame goes forth from his mouth.

709
Verse ConceptsCreatures Drinking BloodEating Corpses

“His young ones also suck up blood;
And where the slain are, there is he.”

710
Verse ConceptsKings And Pridearrogance

He looks on everything that is high;
He is king over all the sons of pride.”

711
Verse ConceptsDoubting God's ConcernDoubtGod Not Answering

“I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me;
I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me.

712
Verse ConceptsMurderNightRising EarlySecret SinsNot Helping The Poor

“The murderer arises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.

713
Verse ConceptsPurgatory

“From the city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not pay attention to folly.

714
Verse ConceptsRainThunderGod Sending RainGod Controlling The Rain

When He set a limit for the rain
And a course for the thunderbolt,

715
Verse ConceptsSpirit, Nature Of

“For I am full of words;
The spirit within me constrains me.

716
Verse ConceptsGetting RichFinancesA Fool And His Money Shall PartWealth And Prosperity

“He swallows riches,
But will vomit them up;
God will expel them from his belly.

717
Verse ConceptsPredestination, Of Persons

“For He performs what is appointed for me,
And many such decrees are with Him.

718
Verse ConceptsEvil Desires

Though he desires it and will not let it go,
But holds it in his mouth,

719
Verse ConceptsThe Faculty Of Hearingmovement

Then He opens the ears of men,
And seals their instruction,

720
Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceAstronomyThe Moon

“He obscures the face of the full moon
And spreads His cloud over it.

721
Verse ConceptsMillstonesRocksHardnessOther References To The Heart

“His heart is as hard as a stone,
Even as hard as a lower millstone.

722
Verse ConceptsBewildermentFear And Animals

“When he raises himself up, the mighty fear;
Because of the crashing they are bewildered.

723
Verse ConceptsRighteous, TheGod Seeing The RighteousPeople Of The Kingdom

“He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But with kings on the throne
He has seated them forever, and they are exalted.

724
Verse ConceptsClayAshes

“Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
Your defenses are defenses of clay.

725
Verse ConceptsFace Of GodGod, Revelation OfSilenceGod HidingGod Being SilentWork Ethic

When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him,
That is, in regard to both nation and man?—

726
Verse ConceptsReasoned Argument

“I would present my case before Him
And fill my mouth with arguments.

727
Verse ConceptsReward, HumanFlatteryGiving Information

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

728
Verse ConceptsClimates, TypesWindCold, Literal UseWhirlwindsFrostOut Of The NorthCold WeatherHurricanes

“Out of the south comes the storm,
And out of the north the cold.

729
Verse ConceptsSinful HeartsGrudgesHeart, Fallen And RedeemedResentment, Against GodResentmentNot PrayingHypocrisy

“But the godless in heart lay up anger;
They do not cry for help when He binds them.

730
Verse ConceptsGodly Fear, DescriptionClayClay, Figurative UseLike People By NatureOther People Of God

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too have been formed out of the clay.

731
Verse ConceptsFathers, Sin Of TheParents SinSins Of The FathersPunishment of the The Wicked

“You say, ‘God stores away a man’s iniquity for his sons.’
Let God repay him so that he may know it.

732
Verse ConceptsNestsFalse ConfidenceHomeSandSecurity, FalseResigned To DeathLiving LongSand And Gravel

“Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.

733
Verse ConceptsSharp Toolsvulnerability

“Can you fill his skin with harpoons,
Or his head with fishing spears?

734
Verse ConceptsState Of The Dead

“For what does he care for his household after him,
When the number of his months is cut off?

736
Verse ConceptsBeautifulBad ParentsInheritance, MaterialParents Duty To ChildrenBeauty, In WomenInheritanceWomen's BeautyBeautiful Women

In all the land no women were found so fair as Job’s daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.

737
Verse ConceptsSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfDark DaysPaths Of BelieversFrustrationGod HinderingHardshipPaths

“He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass,
And He has put darkness on my paths.

738
Verse ConceptsGod In Relation To ManMan's Relation To GodGod Being With You

“Behold, let me tell you, you are not right in this,
For God is greater than man.

739
Verse ConceptsGod Handing Over

“God hands me over to ruffians
And tosses me into the hands of the wicked.

740
Verse ConceptsFleecesAnimal Skins

If his loins have not thanked me,
And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep,

741
Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitSaved From The PitRecoveryEnjoying Lifesoulredeemed

‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit,
And my life shall see the light.’

742
Verse ConceptsCommendation

“For when the ear heard, it called me blessed,
And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me,

743
Verse ConceptsMany CombatantsGod, Impartiality OfLight In The Worldphotography

“Is there any number to His troops?
And upon whom does His light not rise?

744
Verse ConceptsYouthFruits Of SinFreshness Of YouthEarly DeathLife Cut Short

“His bones are full of his youthful vigor,
But it lies down with him in the dust.

745
Verse ConceptsToo Many Words

“Is there no limit to windy words?
Or what plagues you that you answer?

746

Then Elihu continued and said,

747
Verse ConceptsBottles, Figurative UseWineWineskins And Vatsventing

“Behold, my belly is like unvented wine,
Like new wineskins it is about to burst.

748
Verse ConceptsBlackShadowsHiding From God

“There is no darkness or deep shadow
Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

749

“But come again all of you now,
For I do not find a wise man among you.

750
Verse ConceptsInsightPeople With General Knowledge

What do you know that we do not know?
What do you understand that we do not?

751
Verse ConceptsReedsMarshes

“Under the lotus plants he lies down,
In the covert of the reeds and the marsh.

752
Verse ConceptsWidowsPeople BlessingRejoicing Over Justice

“The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me,
And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

753
Verse ConceptsVulturesFalconsUnknown ThingsBirds

“The path no bird of prey knows,
Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.

754
Verse ConceptsDeath Of The WickedSudden Death

“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
For it whirls him away from his place.

755
Verse Conceptsconfessing

“Then I will also confess to you,
That your own right hand can save you.

756
Verse ConceptsOxenCreditAbhorGuaranteeOppression, Nature OfOrphansWidowsCreditorsOwning LivestockNot Helping Widows

“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

757

“The sword that reaches him cannot avail,
Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin.

758
Verse ConceptsThose Not Fearing

Their houses are safe from fear,
And the rod of God is not on them.

759
Verse ConceptsAble To StandFierce Men

“No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him;
Who then is he that can stand before Me?

760
Verse ConceptsNosesShouting

“As often as the trumpet sounds he says, ‘Aha!’
And he scents the battle from afar,
And the thunder of the captains and the war cry.

761

“And if they are bound in fetters,
And are caught in the cords of affliction,

762
Verse ConceptsComplaintsGod Is ImmanentComplaining

“Why do you complain against Him
That He does not give an account of all His doings?

764
Verse ConceptsLightningFlat Earth

“Under the whole heaven He lets it loose,
And His lightning to the ends of the earth.

766

At the scent of water it will flourish
And put forth sprigs like a plant.

767
Verse ConceptsLossWeather, As God's JudgmentNot ProsperingLosing Honour

Terrors are turned against me;
They pursue my honor as the wind,
And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud.

768
Verse ConceptsSympathyUnhappinessI Mourn CatastropheThose Helping The PoorHard TimesGetting Through Hard TimesPrayer During Hard Times

“Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard?
Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

769
Verse ConceptsStomachsStrength Of Animalsmuscles

“Behold now, his strength in his loins
And his power in the muscles of his belly.

770

So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord told them; and the Lord accepted Job.

771
Verse ConceptsdisabilitiesLameness

“I was eyes to the blind
And feet to the lame.

772
Verse ConceptsSuffering, Causes Of

“From want and famine they are gaunt
Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation,

773
Verse ConceptsLampsGod Giving Light

When His lamp shone over my head,
And by His light I walked through darkness;

774
Verse ConceptsChildren, Good Examples OfBest Friendsmanhood

As I was in the prime of my days,
When the friendship of God was over my tent;

775
Verse ConceptsCowsMen Similar To AnimalsCounted As Fools

“Why are we regarded as beasts,
As stupid in your eyes?

776
Verse ConceptsComing Out Of DarknessProvision Of Day And NightGod Turning Bad Things Into Good

“They make night into day, saying,
‘The light is near,’ in the presence of darkness.

777
Verse ConceptsThe Lips Of The RighteousLipsSpeaking Truth

“My words are from the uprightness of my heart,
And my lips speak knowledge sincerely.

778
Verse ConceptsGod Is HolyDistinctives Of RighteousnessNot Pleasing God

“Is there any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous,
Or profit if you make your ways perfect?

779
Verse ConceptsPeople Withered

“His roots are dried below,
And his branch is cut off above.

780
Verse ConceptsReedsSmokeNostrilsWeedsmokingpotSmoke Used Poetically

“Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth
As from a boiling pot and burning rushes.

781
Verse ConceptsNorthSouthTurning To Right And Left

When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him;
He turns on the right, I cannot see Him.

782
Verse ConceptsWaterCaused By GodEverything Happening For A ReasonWeather In The Last Daysweather

“Whether for correction, or for His world,
Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen.

783
Verse ConceptsCrystalsMineralsPrecious StonesTransparencyBenefits Of WisdomUnique Things

Gold or glass cannot equal it,
Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold.

784
Verse ConceptsConfrontationEmployersAnswering God

What then could I do when God arises?
And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him?

785
Verse ConceptsCrushingOilWinepressTreading Grapescrushes

“Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but thirst.

786
Verse ConceptsGuestsReckoned As Foreigners

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

787
Verse ConceptsEggsAnimal OffspringWarmingAnimals Forsaking

For she abandons her eggs to the earth
And warms them in the dust,

788
Verse ConceptsBlack

“Man puts an end to darkness,
And to the farthest limit he searches out
The rock in gloom and deep shadow.

789
Verse ConceptsdrinkingActing For Oneself

“Let his own eyes see his decay,
And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

791
Verse ConceptsDrawbacks To Riches

“He returns what he has attained
And cannot swallow it;
As to the riches of his trading,
He cannot even enjoy them.

792
Verse ConceptsWisdom

God understands its way,
And He knows its place.

793
Verse ConceptsAgingExperimental KnowledgeCharacters Of Old PeopleWisdomAgeThe ElderlyMaturityexperience

“I thought age should speak,
And increased years should teach wisdom.

794
Verse ConceptsOrphansActing AloneDo Not Be SelfishPeople Helping OrphansSharing

Or have eaten my morsel alone,
And the orphan has not shared it

795
Verse ConceptsPitsSaved From The Pit

He keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over into Sheol.

796
Verse ConceptsGreed, Believers' Response Togreatness

“Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing;
And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside.

797
Verse ConceptsComplaintsDanger From MenComplaining

“As for me, is my complaint to man?
And why should I not be impatient?

798
Verse ConceptsWealthClaySilverDressNumerous As Dust

“Though he piles up silver like dust
And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

799
Verse ConceptsBeggarsServants, BadBeggingOthers Not AnsweringExamples Of Bad Servants

“I call to my servant, but he does not answer;
I have to implore him with my mouth.

800
Verse ConceptsJoining Flesh And Bonesmuscles

“The folds of his flesh are joined together,
Firm on him and immovable.

801

“A noose for him is hidden in the ground,
And a trap for him on the path.

802

“Remember that you should exalt His work,
Of which men have sung.

803
Verse ConceptsGleaningVineyard

“They harvest their fodder in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

804
Verse ConceptsSpeaking Again

“Once I have spoken, and I will not answer;
Even twice, and I will add nothing more.”

805
Verse ConceptsOblivionDeath Of The WickedForgetting Peopleremembrance

Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.

806
Verse ConceptsPenitentWill God Pay Attention?

“Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power?
No, surely He would pay attention to me.

807
Verse ConceptsClappingHissing

“Men will clap their hands at him
And will hiss him from his place.

808
Verse ConceptsLiving In The Wilderness

To whom I gave the wilderness for a home
And the salt land for his dwelling place?

809
Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals

“I will not keep silence concerning his limbs,
Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame.

810
Verse ConceptsLightningOut Of The EastDirectionThe East Wind

“Where is the way that the light is divided,
Or the east wind scattered on the earth?

811
Verse ConceptsMaturity, PhysicalLimitations Of YouthPeople Waitingspeaking

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he.

812
Verse ConceptsadvisersMan's Counsel

“Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand;
The counsel of the wicked is far from me.

813

“Out of his mouth go burning torches;
Sparks of fire leap forth.

814
Verse ConceptsTurning RoundguidanceDirectionWisdom And GuidanceWeather In The Last Daysaccomplishmentweather

“It changes direction, turning around by His guidance,
That it may do whatever He commands it
On the face of the inhabited earth.

815
Verse ConceptsFeetLying

“If I have walked with falsehood,
And my foot has hastened after deceit,

816
Verse ConceptsGiving To God

“If you are righteous, what do you give to Him,
Or what does He receive from your hand?

817
Verse ConceptsCountenanceRash People

“Why does your heart carry you away?
And why do your eyes flash,

818
Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural Use

“Though his loftiness reaches the heavens,
And his head touches the clouds,

819
Verse ConceptsBartering

“Will the traders bargain over him?
Will they divide him among the merchants?

820
Verse ConceptsExchanging Of LeadersDeposing

“He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry,
And sets others in their place.

821
Verse ConceptsIf You Turn From God

“If my step has turned from the way,
Or my heart followed my eyes,
Or if any spot has stuck to my hands,

822
Verse ConceptsCynicismWithout Strength

“His strength is famished,
And calamity is ready at his side.

823
Verse ConceptsFear Will ComeLike A Flood

Terrors overtake him like a flood;
A tempest steals him away in the night.

824
Verse Conceptsmeasurement

Who set its measurements? Since you know.
Or who stretched the line on it?

825
Verse ConceptsAir

“One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.

826
Verse ConceptsArmsSuffering, Hardshipoppression

“Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out;
They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty.

827
Verse ConceptsAfflictions As Blessings In DisguiseWork Ethic

“For has anyone said to God,
‘I have borne chastisement;
I will not offend anymore;

828
Verse ConceptsAbhorWorldly AmbitionHumbling The Proud

“They are exalted a little while, then they are gone;
Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

829
Verse ConceptsRiches, Dangers OfSatisfied With RichesWealth And Prosperity

If I have gloated because my wealth was great,
And because my hand had secured so much;

830
Verse ConceptsWaterNo FoodFeeding The Poor

“To the weary you have given no water to drink,
And from the hungry you have withheld bread.

831
Verse ConceptsProstitutionShrinesYouthEarly Death

They die in youth,
And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes.

832
Verse ConceptsBrokennessWombMaggotsForgetting PeopleHarming TreesPurgatoryworms

“A mother will forget him;
The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken like a tree.

833
Verse ConceptsGod As Enemy

“He has also kindled His anger against me
And considered me as His enemy.

834
Verse ConceptsLipsReasoned Argument

“Please hear my argument
And listen to the contentions of my lips.

835

“Surely the mountains bring him food,
And all the beasts of the field play there.

836
Verse ConceptsFriendlessnessSpittingSalivaNo DealingsHating Individuals

“They abhor me and stand aloof from me,
And they do not refrain from spitting at my face.

837
Verse ConceptsEvil KissingKissingreverence

And my heart became secretly enticed,
And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

838
Verse ConceptsNaked In Poverty

“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

839
Verse ConceptsGrave, TheCreatures Returning To DustPeople Hiding Peopledust

Hide them in the dust together;
Bind them in the hidden place.

840
Verse ConceptsTerror Of God

“Will not His majesty terrify you,
And the dread of Him fall on you?

841
Verse ConceptsQuiversJavelins

“The quiver rattles against him,
The flashing spear and javelin.

842
Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals

He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength;
He goes out to meet the weapons.

843
Verse ConceptsBlessings Of The Poor

“His sons favor the poor,
And his hands give back his wealth.

844

“The proud beasts have not trodden it,
Nor has the fierce lion passed over it.

845
Verse ConceptsVisionWithout Hope

Behold, your expectation is false;
Will you be laid low even at the sight of him?

846
Verse ConceptsStrictness

“She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers;
Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned;

847
Verse ConceptsAbhorKindnessAttitudes To BarrennessNot Helping Widows

“He wrongs the barren woman
And does no good for the widow.

848
Verse ConceptsAbhor

So that his life loathes bread,
And his soul favorite food.

849
Verse ConceptsMouthsTeethOther References To Mouths

“Who can open the doors of his face?
Around his teeth there is terror.

850

“If a river rages, he is not alarmed;
He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth.

851
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of StrengthBow And Arrows, Illustrations OfRenewal

‘My glory is ever new with me,
And my bow is renewed in my hand.’

852
Verse ConceptsEyes, Affected ByBodyBereavement, Experience OfShadowsUnhappinessBlindingI Am SadOther Blindinggrieving

“My eye has also grown dim because of grief,
And all my members are as a shadow.

853
Verse ConceptsAdultery

“For that would be a lustful crime;
Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges.

854
Verse ConceptsGoing Down To The PitNearness Of DeathDeath Looms Nearmovement

“Then his soul draws near to the pit,
And his life to those who bring death.

855

“Do you think this is according to justice?
Do you say, ‘My righteousness is more than God’s’?

856
Verse ConceptsNo Fear Of Godpiety

“Is it because of your reverence that He reproves you,
That He enters into judgment against you?

857
Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being Silent

“To me they listened and waited,
And kept silent for my counsel.

858
Verse ConceptsForgetting Things

Because God has made her forget wisdom,
And has not given her a share of understanding.

859
Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseClimates, TypesThings On HighWork Ethicclouds

Look at the heavens and see;
And behold the clouds—they are higher than you.

860
Verse ConceptsAgreementServants Of People

“Will he make a covenant with you?
Will you take him for a servant forever?

861
Verse ConceptsWillows

“The lotus plants cover him with shade;
The willows of the brook surround him.

862

“Will God hear his cry
When distress comes upon him?

863
Verse ConceptsDarkness Of Evil

“For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,
For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.

864
Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals

“In his neck lodges strength,
And dismay leaps before him.

865
Verse ConceptsJoining Flesh And Bones

“They are joined one to another;
They clasp each other and cannot be separated.

866

“The righteous see and are glad,
And the innocent mock them,

867
Verse ConceptsAfflictions, Prayer DuringGod TeachingPositive Thinking

Teach me what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity,
I will not do it again’?

868
Verse ConceptsGrindingGrinding Food

May my wife grind for another,
And let others kneel down over her.

869
Verse ConceptsChildren Blessed

“Their descendants are established with them in their sight,
And their offspring before their eyes,

870
Verse ConceptsArmsDarkness Of Eviluplifting

From the wicked their light is withheld,
And the uplifted arm is broken.

871
Verse ConceptsClean, Spiritual UsePride, Examples OfPlea Of InnocenceGuiltdisobedience

‘I am pure, without transgression;
I am innocent and there is no guilt in me.

872
Verse ConceptsWithout Strength

“Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me?
Vigor had perished from them.

873

“Its rocks are the source of sapphires,
And its dust contains gold.

874

“But He drags off the valiant by His power;
He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

875
Verse ConceptsFlowing WaterPurgatory

“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth.
They do not turn toward the vineyards.

876
Verse ConceptsBodyIndividuals Trembling

“Even when I remember, I am disturbed,
And horror takes hold of my flesh.

877
Verse ConceptsEmpty By NatureTaking Care Of The Earth

To bring rain on a land without people,
On a desert without a man in it,

878
Verse ConceptsClouds, God's Presence

“Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud;
He disperses the cloud of His lightning.

879
Verse ConceptsMidnightSudden Death

“In a moment they die, and at midnight
People are shaken and pass away,
And the mighty are taken away without a hand.

880

Fools, even those without a name,
They were scourged from the land.

881

“But the earth belongs to the mighty man,
And the honorable man dwells in it.

882
Verse ConceptsAfflicted, Duty To Them

If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing,
Or that the needy had no covering,

883
Verse ConceptsNot Being StillNot Stilldistance

“With shaking and rage he races over the ground,
And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

884
Verse ConceptsThose Frightened Of God

“Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence;
When I consider, I am terrified of Him.

885
Verse ConceptsGod As Enemy

‘Behold, He invents pretexts against me;
He counts me as His enemy.

886
Verse ConceptsWidowsActual WidowsNot Mourning

“His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
And their widows will not be able to weep.

887
Verse ConceptsPets

“Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you bind him for your maidens?

888
Verse ConceptsUnseen

“The eye which saw him sees him no longer,
And his place no longer beholds him.

890
Verse ConceptsVeilsDisclosures

“He dams up the streams from flowing,
And what is hidden he brings out to the light.

891
Verse ConceptsDepression

“And now my soul is poured out within me;
Days of affliction have seized me.

892

“If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him?
And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him?

893
Verse ConceptsHorsesOuter GarmentsScales

“Who can strip off his outer armor?
Who can come within his double mail?

894
Verse ConceptsdistrustThreshing Floor

“Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

895
Verse ConceptsGrowing Up

“Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field;
They leave and do not return to them.

896
Verse ConceptsOvertaken By Darkness

Or darkness, so that you cannot see,
And an abundance of water covers you.

897
Verse ConceptsUseless People

Who says to a king, ‘Worthless one,’
To nobles, ‘Wicked ones’;

898
Verse ConceptsWho Is This?

“To whom have you uttered words?
And whose spirit was expressed through you?

899
Verse ConceptsArrogance, Characterizes The WickedGod Not Answeringarrogance

“There they cry out, but He does not answer
Because of the pride of evil men.

900
Verse ConceptsDrawbacks To Riches

“He lies down rich, but never again;
He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.

901
Verse ConceptsWorldly WisdomFalse WisdomRespecting Your Body

“Therefore men fear Him;
He does not regard any who are wise of heart.”

902
Verse ConceptsGentle WordsSoft Treatment

“Will he make many supplications to you,
Or will he speak to you soft words?

903
Verse ConceptsIgnorant Of FactsValue

Man does not know its value,
Nor is it found in the land of the living.

904
Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

“Hear my words, you wise men,
And listen to me, you who know.

905
Verse ConceptsPeople Appalled

“The upright will be appalled at this,
And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless.

906
Verse ConceptsGiving Good ThingsMan's Counsel

“Yet He filled their houses with good things;
But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

907
Verse ConceptsInfidelity To GodUnique IndividualsScoffers

“What man is like Job,
Who drinks up derision like water,

908
Verse ConceptsThose Frightened Of Godterrorism

“For calamity from God is a terror to me,
And because of His majesty I can do nothing.

909
Verse ConceptsPoor, Oppression OfHiding From PeopleTragedy On The StreetsNot Helping The Poor

“They push the needy aside from the road;
The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.

910
Verse ConceptsEarth, God SustainingFood Defined

“The earth, from it comes food,
And underneath it is turned up as fire.

911
Verse ConceptsNosesCreatures JumpingNeighing And Braying

“Do you make him leap like the locust?
His majestic snorting is terrible.

912
Verse ConceptsTeethDentistryBreaking TeethIndividuals Saving Others

“I broke the jaws of the wicked
And snatched the prey from his teeth.

913
Verse ConceptsFutilityProfitsInfidelity To God

“For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
When he is pleased with God.’

914
Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofStrictness

“You have become cruel to me;
With the might of Your hand You persecute me.

916
Verse ConceptsVain TalkUseless Words

“Should he argue with useless talk,
Or with words which are not profitable?

917
Verse ConceptsThose Not Fearing

“He laughs at fear and is not dismayed;
And he does not turn back from the sword.

918

“Behold, God does all these oftentimes with men,

919
Verse ConceptsGod Is JustIs God Unjust?Work Ethic

“Shall one who hates justice rule?
And will you condemn the righteous mighty One,

920
Verse ConceptsPunishment of the The Wicked

“Is it not calamity to the unjust
And disaster to those who work iniquity?

921
Verse ConceptsBottles, Figurative UseUncountableWater ContainersGod Sending RainSpilling Your Seed On The Ground

“Who can count the clouds by wisdom,
Or tip the water jars of the heavens,

922
Verse ConceptsRainSpringWeather, As God's JudgmentLight Of God's People

“They waited for me as for the rain,
And opened their mouth as for the spring rain.

923
Verse ConceptsGod Feeds All The Earth

“For by these He judges peoples;
He gives food in abundance.

924

“For it will hurl at him without sparing;
He will surely try to flee from its power.

925
Verse ConceptsSaved From The Pit

To bring back his soul from the pit,
That he may be enlightened with the light of life.

926
Verse ConceptsParents SinKilling Sons And Daughters

“Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.

927
Verse ConceptsTrapPiercingsBinding As Animals

“Can anyone capture him when he is on watch,
With barbs can anyone pierce his nose?

928
Verse ConceptsDisappointmentsHope, Nature OfNightPessimismFalse HopesDark DaysOvertaken By DarknessGod Harmed Thempatients

“When I expected good, then evil came;
When I waited for light, then darkness came.

929
Verse ConceptsPunishment, By GodThe Faculty Of Hearing

He opens their ear to instruction,
And commands that they return from evil.

930
Verse ConceptsAnatomyShoulders

Let my shoulder fall from the socket,
And my arm be broken off at the elbow.

931
Verse ConceptsOppression, Nature OfLifting Hands

If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan,
Because I saw I had support in the gate,

932
Verse ConceptsPrayer, Answers ToCries Of Distress To GodGod Helps The PoorOutcryHelping The Poor

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted—

933

“Who gave Him authority over the earth?
And who has laid on Him the whole world?

934
Verse ConceptsBow And Arrows, Symbol Of Strength

“Because He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me,
They have cast off the bridle before me.

935
Verse Conceptssoaring

“On the cliff he dwells and lodges,
Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place.

936
Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingGod's Knowledge Of PeopleSin, Known To GodGod Seeing All People

“He provides them with security, and they are supported;
And His eyes are on their ways.

937
Verse ConceptsHand Of GodAccuracyGod's Handclouds

“He covers His hands with the lightning,
And commands it to strike the mark.

938

“He explores the mountains for his pasture
And searches after every green thing.

939
Verse ConceptsGod's HandTeaching The Way Of God

“I will instruct you in the power of God;
What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

940
Verse ConceptsRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanGod, All knowingPeople With Knowledge

“For truly my words are not false;
One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

941
Verse ConceptsCausing People To Turn

That He may turn man aside from his conduct,
And keep man from pride;

942
Verse ConceptsemptinessUseless WordsMere TalkToo Many Words

So Job opens his mouth emptily;
He multiplies words without knowledge.”

943
Verse ConceptsReasonThree MenOthers Not AnsweringNamed People Angry With OthersFamily And Friends

And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

944
Verse ConceptsFighting EnemiesstruggleStruggles

“Lay your hand on him;
Remember the battle; you will not do it again!

945
Verse ConceptsLaughterSpeed

“When she lifts herself on high,
She laughs at the horse and his rider.

946
Verse ConceptsSkySunSunshineclouds

“Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies;
But the wind has passed and cleared them.

947
Verse ConceptsIs God Unjust?Plea Of Innocence

“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,
But God has taken away my right;

948
Verse ConceptsGod's Things Concealed

“Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all living
And concealed from the birds of the sky.

949
Verse ConceptsTumultGod Is Holy

“He scorns the tumult of the city,
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

950

“Can you lift up your voice to the clouds,
So that an abundance of water will cover you?

951

“I would learn the words which He would answer,
And perceive what He would say to me.

952
Verse ConceptsGood Things From Far Away

“From there he spies out food;
His eyes see it from afar.

953
Verse ConceptsStrength Of Animals

“Will you trust him because his strength is great
And leave your labor to him?

954
Verse ConceptsBlackBeggarsThe SunBeggingBlack PeopleCrying For HelpSunshine

“I go about mourning without comfort;
I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help.

955
Verse ConceptsActing For Oneselfwickednesshurting

“Your wickedness is for a man like yourself,
And your righteousness is for a son of man.

956
Verse ConceptsAfflicted, Duty To ThemLearning The Right WayHuman ComfortNature Of Kings

“I chose a way for them and sat as chief,
And dwelt as a king among the troops,
As one who comforted the mourners.

957
Verse ConceptsGod EnquiringTeaching God

‘Hear, now, and I will speak;
I will ask You, and You instruct me.’

958
Verse ConceptsRight Sides

“On the right hand their brood arises;
They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction.

959
Verse ConceptsNot Seeing GodWaiting For God's Timing

“How much less when you say you do not behold Him,
The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him!

960
Verse ConceptsUnique CreaturesThose Not Fearingfearless

Nothing on earth is like him,
One made without fear.

961
Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being Silent

“The princes stopped talking
And put their hands on their mouths;

962
Verse ConceptsArrows, Figurative OfPlea Of Innocence

Should I lie concerning my right?
My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’

963
Verse ConceptsInsomnia, Causes OfMonotonyPainSleeplessnessWakefulnessDamage To The Bodyhurtingrelentless

“At night it pierces my bones within me,
And my gnawing pains take no rest.

964
Verse ConceptsFeetSwinging

“He sinks a shaft far from habitation,
Forgotten by the foot;
They hang and swing to and fro far from men.

965
Verse ConceptsRepentance, Importance OfDangers Of Ignorance

“But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword
And they will die without knowledge.

966
Verse ConceptsCold WeatherDeep Seaslakes

“Water becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned.

967
Verse ConceptsGod, Majesty OfRumbling

“After it, a voice roars;
He thunders with His majestic voice,
And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard.

968

“For He does not need to consider a man further,
That he should go before God in judgment.

969
Verse ConceptsThose Frightened Of God

“Then I would speak and not fear Him;
But I am not like that in myself.

970
Verse ConceptsTrampling AnimalsForgetting Things

And she forgets that a foot may crush them,
Or that a wild beast may trample them.

971
Verse ConceptsHopelessness

Where now is my hope?
And who regards my hope?

972
Verse ConceptsStormsSoundThunder Showing God's Presence

“Its noise declares His presence;
The cattle also, concerning what is coming up.

973
Verse ConceptsPeople Waiting

“Behold, I waited for your words,
I listened to your reasonings,
While you pondered what to say.

974
Verse ConceptsNettles

“Among the bushes they cry out;
Under the nettles they are gathered together.

975
Verse ConceptsRocksPeople In Caves

So that they dwell in dreadful valleys,
In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

976
Verse ConceptsWasteThin Bodies

“His flesh wastes away from sight,
And his bones which were not seen stick out.

977

“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your words:

978
Verse ConceptsClouds, God's PresenceThunderUnderstanding

“Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds,
The thundering of His pavilion?

979
Verse ConceptsThree MenOthers Not AnsweringNamed People Angry With Others

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men his anger burned.

980
Verse ConceptsStormsGod Dispensing WindThe Storms Of Life

“You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride;
And You dissolve me in a storm.

981
Verse ConceptsCreatures Returning To DustMarshes

“He has cast me into the mire,
And I have become like dust and ashes.

982
Verse ConceptsSmilingserenity

“I smiled on them when they did not believe,
And the light of my face they did not cast down.

983
Verse ConceptsemptinessGod's WillGod Answering Prayers

“Surely God will not listen to an empty cry,
Nor will the Almighty regard it.

984
Verse ConceptsPeople With General Knowledge

“Have you understood the expanse of the earth?
Tell Me, if you know all this.

985
Verse ConceptsChoosing God's Way

“Let us choose for ourselves what is right;
Let us know among ourselves what is good.

986
Verse ConceptsStressBowelsIndigestion

I am seething within and cannot relax;
Days of affliction confront me.

987
Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being SilentPeople Being Silent

“After my words they did not speak again,
And my speech dropped on them.

988
Verse ConceptsrelaxingAcquitting The Just

“There the upright would reason with Him;
And I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

989
Verse ConceptsFacing SouthHot Weather

You whose garments are hot,
When the land is still because of the south wind?

990
Verse ConceptsSecret Sinsthieves

“In the dark they dig into houses,
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.

991
Verse ConceptsBe Patient!Being PatientWaiting For God's Timing

“Wait for me a little, and I will show you
That there is yet more to be said in God’s behalf.

992
Verse ConceptsParticipation, In SinEvildoersCompanionship

Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?

993
Verse ConceptsMaterialism, As An Aspect Of Sin

Saying, ‘Truly our adversaries are cut off,
And their abundance the fire has consumed.’

994
Verse ConceptsProperty, HousesRocksThe HomelessMoist ThingsStones For ProtectionPurgatory

“They are wet with the mountain rains
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.

995
Verse ConceptsIndividuals Being Silent

The voice of the nobles was hushed,
And their tongue stuck to their palate.

996
Verse ConceptsThings Stuck Together

When the dust hardens into a mass
And the clods stick together?

997
Verse ConceptsJustification, Necessity OfGood Things From Far Away

“I will fetch my knowledge from afar,
And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

998
Verse ConceptsOthers Not Answering

“For he has not arranged his words against me,
Nor will I reply to him with your arguments.

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Verse ConceptsHypocrisy

So that godless men would not rule
Nor be snares of the people.

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Verse ConceptsClouds, Natural UseAbundance, Material

Which the clouds pour down,
They drip upon man abundantly.

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