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Job · read by Chuck Smith
557 verses, in order. Only the verses Chuck read aloud are shown.
Job 1
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One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.Read from ESV · Perfect in Beauty
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a messenger came and reported to Job: "While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,Read from ESV · Perfect in Beauty
Job 3
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If only that day had turned to darkness! May God above disregard it; may no light shine upon it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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May darkness and gloom reclaim it, and a cloud settle over it; may the blackness of the day overwhelm it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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May its morning stars grow dark; may it wait in vain for daylight; may it not see the breaking of dawn.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at restRead from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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with kings and counselors of the earth, who built for themselves cities now in ruins,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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There the wicked cease from raging, and there the weary find rest.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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The captives enjoy their ease; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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Why is light given to the miserable, and life to the bitter of soul,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
Job 4
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Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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fear and trembling came over me and made all my bones shudder.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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'Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
Job 5
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I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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However, if I were you, I would appeal to God and lay my cause before Him—Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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the One who does great and unsearchable things, wonders without number.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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He gives rain to the earth and sends water upon the fields.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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He sets the lowly on high, so that mourners are lifted to safety.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth and from the clutches of the powerful.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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For He wounds, but He also binds; He strikes, but His hands also heal.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
Job 6
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For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg ?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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darkened because of the ice and the inflow of melting snow,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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but ceasing in the dry season and vanishing from their channels in the heat.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless'?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
Job 7
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"Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired hand?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle; they come to an end without hope.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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As a cloud vanishes and is gone, so he who goes down to Sheol does not come back up.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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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.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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that You attend to him every morning, and test him every moment?Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You ?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
Job 8
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Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider's web.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, 'I never saw you.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
Job 9
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If one wished to contend with God, he could not answer Him one time out of a thousand.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?Read from ESV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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He is the Maker of the Bear and Orion, of the Pleiades and the constellations of the south.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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It is all the same, and so I say, 'He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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If I were to say, 'I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,'Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
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Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.Read from KJV · He is Faithful and Just To Forgive
Job 10
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Do You have eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees?Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Are Your days like those of a mortal, or Your years like those of a man,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
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before I go—never to return— to a land of darkness and gloom,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 5-10
Job 11
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"Should this stream of words go unanswered and such a speaker be vindicated?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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You have said, 'My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.'Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Their measure is longer than the earth and wider than the sea.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Surely He knows the deceit of men. If He sees iniquity, does He not take note?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
Job 12
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The one at ease scorns misfortune as the fate of those whose feet are slipping.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Which of all these does not know that the hand of the LORD has done this?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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The life of every living thing is in His hand, as well as the breath of all mankind.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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What He tears down cannot be rebuilt; the man He imprisons cannot be released.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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If He holds back the waters, they dry up, and if He releases them, they overwhelm the land.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He loosens the bonds placed by kings and fastens a belt around their waists.Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He deprives the earth's leaders of reason and makes them wander in a trackless wasteland.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
Job 13
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Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf or speak deceitfully for Him?Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Surely He would rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Would His majesty not terrify you? Would the dread of Him not fall upon you?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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So man wastes away like something rotten, like a moth-eaten garment.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
Job 14
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"Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Since his days are determined and the number of his months is with You, and since You have set limits that he cannot exceed,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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look away from him and let him rest, so he can enjoy his day as a hired hand.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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If its roots grow old in the ground and its stump dies in the soil,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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As water disappears from the sea and a river becomes parched and dry,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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so a man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no more, he will not be awakened or roused from sleep.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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You forever overpower him, and he passes on; You change his countenance and send him away.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He feels only the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
Job 15
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"Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or fill his belly with the hot east wind?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Should he argue with useless words or speeches that serve no purpose?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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as you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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What is man, that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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what was declared by wise men and was not concealed from their fathers,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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A wicked man writhes in pain all his days; only a few years are reserved for the ruthless.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Sounds of terror fill his ears; in his prosperity the destroyer attacks him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He will no longer be rich; his wealth will not endure. His possessions will not overspread the land.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Let him not deceive himself with trust in emptiness, for emptiness will be his reward.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not flourish.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
Job 16
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"I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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I have sewn sackcloth over my skin; I have buried my horn in the dust.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry for help never be laid to rest.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is on high.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
Job 17
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"My spirit is broken; my days are extinguished; the grave awaits me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Yet a righteous one holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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My days have passed; my plans are broken off— even the desires of my heart.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
Job 18
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The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
Job 19
4
Even if I have truly gone astray, my error concerns me alone.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and use my disgrace against me,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Though I cry out, 'Violence!' I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He has stripped me of my honor and removed the crown from my head.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
12
His troops advance together; they construct a ramp against me and encamp around my tent.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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My guests and maidservants count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Even little boys scorn me; when I appear, they deride me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Why do you persecute me as God does? Will you never get enough of my flesh?Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book,Read from KJV · Is There Life After Death
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But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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If you say, 'Let us persecute him, since the root of the matter lies with him,'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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then you should fear the sword yourselves, because wrath brings punishment by the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
Job 20
2
"So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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I have heard a rebuke that insults me, and my understanding prompts a reply.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
8
He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
9
The eye that saw him will see him no more, and his place will no longer behold him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
10
His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
11
The youthful vigor that fills his bones will lie down with him in the dust.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
12
Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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though he cannot bear to let it go and keeps it in his mouth,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He swallows wealth but vomits it out; God will force it from his stomach.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He will suck the poison of cobras; the fangs of a viper will kill him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Because his appetite is never satisfied, he cannot escape with his treasure.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Nothing is left for him to consume; thus his prosperity will not endure.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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When he has filled his stomach, God will vent His fury upon him, raining it down on him as he eats.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Though he flees from an iron weapon, a bronze-tipped arrow will pierce him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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It is drawn out of his back, the gleaming point from his liver. Terrors come over him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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The heavens will expose his iniquity, and the earth will rise up against him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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The possessions of his house will be removed, flowing away on the day of God's wrath.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
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This is the wicked man's portion from God, the inheritance God has appointed him."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 11-20
Job 21
2
"Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation to me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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When I remember, terror takes hold, and my body trembles in horror.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is upon them.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
10
Their bulls breed without fail; their cows bear calves and do not miscarry.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about,Read from NKJV · How the Wicked Seem to Prosper
13
They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Still, their prosperity is not in their own hands, so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.Read from KJV · How the Wicked Seem to Prosper
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How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a storm?Read from KJV · How the Wicked Seem to Prosper
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Let his eyes see his own destruction; let him drink for himself the wrath of the Almighty.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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For what does he care about his household after him, when the number of his months has run out?Read from KJV · How the Wicked Seem to Prosper
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Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?Read from KJV · How the Wicked Seem to Prosper
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One man dies full of vigor, completely secure and at ease.Read from NASB1995 · How the Wicked Seem to Prosper
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His body is well nourished, and his bones are rich with marrow.Read from KJV · How the Wicked Seem to Prosper
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But together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover them both.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Behold, I know your thoughts full well, the schemes by which you would wrong me.Read from KJV · How the Wicked Seem to Prosper
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For you say, 'Where now is the nobleman's house, and where are the tents in which the wicked dwell?'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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He is carried to the grave, and watch is kept over his tomb.Read from KJV · How the Wicked Seem to Prosper
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The clods of the valley are sweet to him; everyone follows behind him, and those before him are without number.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
Job 22
2
"Can a man be of use to God? Can even a wise man benefit Him?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Does it delight the Almighty that you are righteous? Does He profit if your ways are blameless?Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
7
You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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You sent widows away empty-handed, and the strength of the fatherless was crushed.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
12
Is not God as high as the heavens? Look at the highest stars, how lofty they are!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They were snatched away before their time, and their foundations were swept away by a flood.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They said to God, 'Depart from us. What can the Almighty do to us?'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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But it was He who filled their houses with good things; so I stay far from the counsel of the wicked.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
19
The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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'Surely our foes are destroyed, and fire has consumed their excess.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Receive instruction from His mouth, and lay up His words in your heart.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
Job 23
10
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
11
My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
12
I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my daily bread.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
14
For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Yet I am not silenced by the darkness, by the thick darkness that covers my face.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
Job 24
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"Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
3
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow's ox in pledge.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
10
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.Read from KJV · God Does See the Wicked
12
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.Read from KJV · God Does See the Wicked
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Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.Read from KJV · God Does See the Wicked
15
The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, 'No eye will see me,' he covers his face.Read from NASB1995 · God Does See the Wicked
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For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.Read from KJV · God Does See the Wicked
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He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.Read from KJV · God Does See the Wicked
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If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?"Read from KJV · God Does See the Wicked
Job 25
2
"Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven.Read from KJV · God Does See the Wicked
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Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His light not rise?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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how much less man, who is but a maggot, and the son of man, who is but a worm!"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
Job 26
4
To whom have you uttered these words? And whose spirit spoke through you?Read from KJV · God Does See the Wicked
5
The dead tremble— those beneath the waters and those who dwell in them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Sheol is naked before God, and Abaddon has no covering.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
7
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.Read from KJV · God Does See the Wicked
11
The foundations of heaven quake, astounded at His rebuke.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
12
By His power He stirred the sea; by His understanding He shattered Rahab.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
Job 27
3
as long as my breath is still within me and the breath of God remains in my nostrils,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will not utter deceit.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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I will never say that you are right; I will maintain my integrity until I die.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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I will cling to my righteousness and never let go. As long as I live, my conscience will not accuse me.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
10
Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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I will instruct you in the power of God. I will not conceal the ways of the Almighty.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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This is the wicked man's portion from God— the heritage the ruthless receive from the Almighty.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
15
His survivors will be buried by the plague, and their widows will not weep for them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up a wardrobe like clay,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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what he lays up, the righteous will wear, and his silver will be divided by the innocent.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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The house he built is like a moth's cocoon, like a hut set up by a watchman.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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He lies down wealthy, but will do so no more; when he opens his eyes, all is gone.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
Job 28
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"Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined.Read from KJV · Fatherly Exhortation Part 2
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Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore.Read from KJV · Fatherly Exhortation Part 2
12
But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell?Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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The ocean depths say, 'It is not in me,' while the sea declares, 'It is not with me.'Read from KJV · Fatherly Exhortation Part 2
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It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire.Read from KJV · Fatherly Exhortation Part 2
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Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Abaddon and Death say, 'We have heard a rumor about it.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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And He said to man, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'"Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
Job 29
3
when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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For those who heard me called me blessed, and those who saw me commended me,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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The dying man blessed me, and I made the widow's heart sing for joy.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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I served as eyes to the blind and as feet to the lame.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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So I thought: 'I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They waited for me as for rain and drank in my words like spring showers.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
Job 30
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"But now they mock me, men younger than I am, whose fathers I would have refused to entrust with my sheep dogs.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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What use to me was the strength of their hands, since their vigor had left them?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They were banished from among men, shouted down like thieves,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They cried out among the shrubs and huddled beneath the nettles.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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A senseless and nameless brood, they were driven off the land.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They tear up my path; they profit from my destruction, with no one to restrain them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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They advance as through a wide breach; through the ruins they keep rolling in.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Terrors are turned loose against me; they drive away my dignity as by the wind, and my prosperity has passed like a cloud.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction grip me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Night pierces my bones, and my gnawing pains never rest.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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With great force He grasps my garment; He seizes me by the collar of my tunic.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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He throws me into the mud, and I have become like dust and ashes.Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
23
Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Yet no one stretches out his hand to a ruined man when he cries for help in his distress.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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I am churning within and cannot rest; days of affliction confront me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
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My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 21-30
Job 31
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"I have made a covenant with my eyes. How then could I gaze with desire at a virgin?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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For what is the allotment of God from above, or the heritage from the Almighty on high?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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If I have walked in falsehood or my foot has rushed to deceit,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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let God weigh me with honest scales, that He may know my integrity.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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then may another eat what I have sown, and may my crops be uprooted.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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If my heart has been enticed by my neighbor's wife, or I have lurked at his door,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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then may my own wife grind grain for another, and may other men sleep with her.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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For that would be a heinous crime, an iniquity to be judged.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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though from my youth I reared him as would a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow—Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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if his heart has not blessed me for warming him with the fleece of my sheep,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless because I saw that I had support in the gate,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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then may my arm fall from my shoulder and be torn from its socket.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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but no stranger had to lodge on the street, for my door has been open to the traveler—Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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because I greatly feared the crowds and the contempt of the clans terrified me, so that I kept silent and would not go outside—Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
Job 32
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I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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I paid you full attention. But no one proved Job wrong; not one of you rebutted his arguments.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Job's friends are dismayed, with no more to say; words have escaped them.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Must I wait, now that they are silent, now that they stand and no longer reply?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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I must speak and find relief; I must open my lips and respond.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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I will be partial to no one, nor will I flatter any man.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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For I do not know how to flatter, or my Maker would remove me in an instant.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
Job 33
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My words are from an upright heart, and my lips speak sincerely what I know.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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'I am pure, without transgression; I am clean, with no iniquity in me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Yet God finds occasions against me; He counts me as His enemy.Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches over all my paths.'Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Behold, you are not right in this matter. I will answer you, for God is greater than man.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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He opens their ears and terrifies them with warningsRead from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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to turn a man from wrongdoing and keep him from pride,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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to preserve his soul from the Pit and his life from perishing by the sword.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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He draws near to the Pit, and his life to the messengers of death.Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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Yet if there is a messenger on his side, one mediator in a thousand, to tell a man what is right for him,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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to be gracious to him and say, 'Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,'Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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then his flesh is refreshed like a child's; he returns to the days of his youth.Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God's face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.'Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
Job 34
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For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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For Job has declared, 'I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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What man is like Job, who drinks up derision like water?Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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He keeps company with evildoers and walks with wicked men.Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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Therefore listen to me, O men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wrong, and from the Almighty to act unjustly.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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For according to a man's deeds He repays him; according to a man's ways He brings consequences.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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Who gave Him charge over the earth? Who appointed Him over the whole world?Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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If He were to set His heart to it and withdraw His Spirit and breath,Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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If you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,Read from KJV · Elihu and His Claim to Be Speaking for God
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who says to kings, 'You are worthless!' and to nobles, 'You are wicked,'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity can hide.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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But when He remains silent, who can condemn Him? When He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He watches over both man and nation,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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that godless men should not rule or lay snares for the people.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do it again.'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Men of understanding will declare to me, and the wise men who hear me will say:Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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For he adds rebellion to his sin; he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
Job 35
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Men cry out under great oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the mighty.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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But no one asks, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?'Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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There they cry out, but He does not answer, because of the pride of evil men.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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and further, that in His anger He has not punished or taken much notice of folly!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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So Job opens his mouth in vain and multiplies words without knowledge."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
Job 36
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For truly my words are free of falsehood; one perfect in knowledge is with you.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Indeed, God is mighty, but He despises no one; He is mighty in strength of understanding.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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But if they do not obey, then they perish by the sword and die without knowledge.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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The godless in heart harbor resentment; even when He binds them, they do not cry for help.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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They die in their youth, among the male shrine prostitutes.Read from KJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
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Indeed, He drew you from the jaws of distress to a spacious and broad place, to a table full of richness.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Be careful that no one lures you with riches; do not let a large bribe lead you astray.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Do not long for the night, when people vanish from their homes.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Be careful not to turn to iniquity, for this you have preferred to affliction.Read from KJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
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Who has appointed His way for Him, or told Him, 'You have done wrong'?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Remember to magnify His work, which men have praised in song.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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For He draws up drops of water which distill the rain from the mist,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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which the clouds pour out and shower abundantly on mankind.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Furthermore, who can understand how the clouds spread out, how the thunder roars from His pavilion?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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For by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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The thunder declares His presence; even the cattle regard the rising storm.Read from KJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
Job 37
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"At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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Listen closely to the thunder of His voice and the rumbling that comes from His mouth.Read from KJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
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God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.Read from KJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
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For He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the gentle rain, 'Pour out a mighty downpour.'Read from KJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
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They swirl about, whirling at His direction, accomplishing all that He commands over the face of all the earth.Read from KJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
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Whether for punishment or for His land, He accomplishes this in His loving devotion.Read from NKJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
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Listen to this, O Job; stand still and consider the wonders of God.Read from KJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
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Teach us what we should say to Him; we cannot draw up our case when our faces are in darkness.Read from KJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
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Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up ?Read from KJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
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Now no one can gaze at the sun when it is bright in the skies after the wind has swept them clean.Read from KJV · Elihu's Exhortation on God's Dealings With Man
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Out of the north He comes in golden splendor; awesome majesty surrounds Him.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
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The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 31-37
Job 38
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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"Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 1-4
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Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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Have you journeyed to the vents of the sea or walked in the trenches of the deep?Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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which I hold in reserve for times of trouble, for the day of war and battle?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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to bring rain on a barren land, on a desert where no man lives,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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to satisfy the parched wasteland and make it sprout with tender grass?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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From whose womb does the ice emerge? Who gives birth to the frost from heaven,Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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when the waters become hard as stone and the surface of the deep is frozen?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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Who has the wisdom to count the clouds? Or who can tilt the water jars of the heavensRead from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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when the dust hardens into a mass and the clods of earth stick together?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
Job 39
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Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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His young ones feast on blood; and where the slain are, there he is."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
Job 40
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:Read from ESV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like His?Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.Read from NKJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.Read from NASB1995 · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
Job 41
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Will traders barter for him or divide him among the merchants?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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If you lay a hand on him, you will remember the battle and never repeat it!Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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Surely hope of overcoming him is false. Is not the sight of him overwhelming?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
Job 42
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My ears had heard of You, but now my eyes have seen You.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has."Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD had told them; and the LORD accepted Job's request.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42
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No women as beautiful as Job's daughters could be found in all the land, and their father granted them an inheritance among their brothers.Read from KJV · (Through the Bible) Job 38-42