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Job · read by William MacDonald
120 verses, in order. Only the verses William read aloud are shown.
Job 1
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There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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Job's sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular practice.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 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 KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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"Where have you come from?" said the LORD to Satan. "From roaming through the earth," he replied, "and walking back and forth in it."Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil."Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face."Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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"Very well," said the LORD to Satan. "Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself." Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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One day, while Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,Read from ESV · Lessons From the Life of Job
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a messenger came and reported to Job: "While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: "The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: "The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,Read from NKJV · Lessons From the Life of Job
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when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,Read from NASB1995 · Lessons From the Life of Job
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saying: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."Read from NKJV · Calvary Chapel Modesto, Ca 1 2 of 3
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In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
Job 2
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On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.Read from NKJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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"Where have you come from?" said the LORD to Satan. "From roaming through the earth," he replied, "and walking back and forth in it."Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause."Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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"Skin for skin!" Satan replied. "A man will give up all he owns in exchange for his life.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face."Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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"Very well," said the LORD to Satan. "He is in your hands, but you must spare his life."Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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Then Job's wife said to him, "Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!"Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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"You speak as a foolish woman speaks," he told her. "Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?" In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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Now when Job's three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
Job 3
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"May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, 'A boy is conceived.'Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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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 · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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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 · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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If only darkness had taken that night away! May it not appear among the days of the year; may it never be entered in any of the months.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
Job 4
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As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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Then a spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body bristled.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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'Can a mortal be more righteous than God, or a man more pure than his Maker?Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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how much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who can be crushed like a moth!Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
Job 5
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I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
Job 8
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Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
Job 9
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Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
Job 11
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if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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then indeed you will lift up your face without shame; you will stand firm and unafraid.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
Job 12
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Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are His.Read from KJV · The Attributes of God - Part 6
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True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.Read from KJV · The Attributes of God - Part 6
Job 15
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Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?Read from NKJV · Ministry From Job
Job 16
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Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
Job 19
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But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
Job 22
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The righteous see it and are glad; the innocent mock them:Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
Job 23
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If I go east, He is not there, and if I go west, I cannot find Him.Read from NASB1995 · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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When He is at work in the north, I cannot behold Him; when He turns to the south, I cannot see Him.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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My feet have followed in His tracks; I have kept His way without turning aside.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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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 · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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Therefore I am terrified in His presence; when I consider this, I fear Him.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
Job 25
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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 ESV · Purchased With Blood
Job 26
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He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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By His breath the skies were cleared; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 1
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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 ESV · The Attributes of God - Part 1
Job 33
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I am just like you before God; I was also formed from clay.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,Read from ESV · Studies in Job-03 Job-3
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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 · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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But if not, then listen to me; be quiet, and I will teach you wisdom."Read from ESV · Studies in Job-03 Job-3
Job 36
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Indeed, God is great—beyond our knowledge; the number of His years is unsearchable.Read from KJV · The Attributes of God - Part 1
Job 37
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God thunders wondrously with His voice; He does great things we cannot comprehend.Read from KJV · The Attributes of God - Part 1
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The tempest comes from its chamber, and the cold from the driving north winds.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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Do you understand how the clouds float, those wonders of Him who is perfect in knowledge?Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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You whose clothes get hot when the land lies hushed under the south wind,Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
Job 38
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Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:Read from ESV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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"Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it?Read from ESV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone,Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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while the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?Read from ESV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb,Read from KJV · Studies in Job-02 Job-2
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that it might spread to the ends of the earth and shake the wicked out of it?Read from NASB1995 · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Light is withheld from the wicked, and their upraised arm is broken.Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Have you surveyed the extent of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this.Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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so you can lead it back to its border? Do you know the paths to its home?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Surely you know, for you were already born! And the number of your days is great!Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades or loosen the belt of Orion?Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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Do you know the laws of the heavens? Can you set their dominion over the earth?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Can you command the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?Read from KJV · Studies in Job-01 Job-1
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Who has put wisdom in the heart or given understanding to the mind?Read from ESV · The Omnipresent One
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Can you hunt the prey for a lioness or satisfy the hunger of young lionsRead from ESV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
Job 39
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Can you count the months they are pregnant? Do you know the time they give birth?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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She forgets that a foot may crush them, or a wild animal may trample them.Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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For God has deprived her of wisdom; He has not endowed her with understanding.Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Does the hawk take flight by your understanding and spread his wings toward the south?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Does the eagle soar at your command and make his nest on high?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
Job 40
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"Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Do you have an arm like God's? Can you thunder with a voice like His?Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
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Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.Read from NKJV · Dallas Area Conference 1993-10
Job 42
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Therefore I retract my words, and I repent in dust and ashes."Read from ESV · Studies in Job-03 Job-3