Then Job spoke again:"If my misery could be weighed and my troubles be put on the scales,They would outweigh all the sands of the sea. . . For the Almighty has struck me down with His arrows.Their poison infects my spirit.God's terrors are lined up against me. . . Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant my desire.I wish He would crush me. I wish He would reach out His hand and kill ...  Read More

But consider the joy of those corrected by God!Do not despise the discipline of the Almighty when you sin.For though He wounds, He also bandages.He strikes but His hands also heal.From six disasters He will rescue you; even in the seventh, He will keep you from evil. . . You will be safe from slander and have no fear when disaster comes.You will laugh at destruction and famine; wild animals will n...  Read More

If I were you, I would go to God and present my case to Him.He does great things too marvelous to understand.He performs countless miracles.He gives rain for the earth and water for the fields.He gives prosperity to the poor and protects those who suffer.He frustrates the plans of schemers so the work of their hands will not succeed. . . He rescues the poor from the cutting words of the strong, an...  Read More

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied to Job:"Will you be patient and let me say a word?For who could keep from speaking out?"In the past you have encouraged many people;You have strengthened those who were weak.Your words have supported those who were failing; You encouraged those with shaky knees.But now when trouble strikes, you lose heart.You are terrified when it touches you.Doesn't your reverenc...  Read More

At last Job spoke and he cursed the day of his birth.  He said:"Let the day of my birth be erased, and the night I was conceived.Let that day be turned to darkness.Let it be lost even to God on high, and let no light shine on it . . .  Let that night be blotted off the calendar, never again to be counted among the days of the year, never again to appear among the months . . .Curse that day for fai...  Read More

When three of Job's friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. When they saw Job from a distance, they scarcely recognized him.Wailing loudly, they tore their robes and threw dust into the air over their heads to show their grief.Then ...  Read More