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Job
Job is probably the
oldest book in the Bible. It tells the story of a man who lost everything
including his wealth, family and health. He wrestled with the question,
“why?” In the end, Job acknowledged the sovereignty of God in his life and
received back more than he had before his trials.
Chapter 1
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1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose
name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one
that feared God, and eschewed evil.
2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three
thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five
hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this
man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his
day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to
drink with them.
5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone
about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in
the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the
number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have
sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job
continually.
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present
themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan
answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the
earth, and from walking up and down in it.
8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my
servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a
perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and
escheweth evil?
9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God
for nought?
10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house,
and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed
the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the
land.
11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath,
and he will curse thee to thy face.
12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is
in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So
Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were
eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen
were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea,
they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I
only am escaped alone to tell thee.
16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and
said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned
up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only
am escaped alone to tell thee.
17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and
said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the
camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the
servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped
alone to tell thee.
18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and
said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine
in their eldest brother's house:
19 And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness,
and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the
young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to
tell thee.
20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head,
and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked
shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken
away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. |
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What was said about Job’s character? (1)
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How many sons and daughters did Job have at the beginning? (2)
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How many sheep, camels, oxen and asses did Job have at the beginning?
(3)
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How did Job’s wealth compare to others? (3)
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What did Job do continually? (4-5)
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What did God say about Job? (8)
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According to Satan, why did Job serve God? (9-11)
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What four things did God allow Satan to do in his first assault against
Job? (12-19)
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What did Job do when all this happened? (20)
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What did Job say when all this happened? (21-22)
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Chapter 2
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2:1 Again there was a day when the sons of
God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came
also among them to present himself before the LORD.
2 And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And
Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in
the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my
servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a
perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and
escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity,
although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without
cause.
4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea,
all that a man hath will he give for his life.
5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his
flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand;
but save his life.
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote
Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he
sat down among the ashes.
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine
integrity? curse God, and die.
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish
women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of
God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job
sin with his lips.
11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that
was come upon him, they came every one from his own place;
Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the
Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come
to mourn with him and to comfort him.
12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him
not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every
one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward
heaven.
13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and
seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw
that his grief was very great. |
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What did Satan say that Job would do if his bone and flesh were touched?
(1-5)
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How did Satan smite Job? (6-8)
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How did Job’s wife question him? (9)
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How did Job reply to his wife? (10)
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Who were Job’s three friends? (11)
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What did Job’s three friends do? (12-13)
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Chapter 3
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3:1 After this opened Job his mouth, and
cursed his day.
2 And Job spake, and said,
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in
which it was said, There is a man child conceived.
4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above,
neither let the light shine upon it.
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud
dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.
6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be
joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the
number of the months.
7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come
therein.
8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise
up their mourning.
9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look
for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of
the day:
10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor
hid sorrow from mine eyes.
11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the
ghost when I came out of the belly?
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I
should suck?
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should
have slept: then had I been at rest,
14 With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built
desolate places for themselves;
15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with
silver:
16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants
which never saw light.
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary
be at rest.
18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice
of the oppressor.
19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from
his master.
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life
unto the bitter in soul;
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it
more than for hid treasures;
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find
the grave?
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God
hath hedged in?
24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are
poured out like the waters.
25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and
that which I was afraid of is come unto me.
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I
quiet; yet trouble came. |
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What did Job say about the day he was born? (1-10)
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What did Job wish had happened at his birth? (11-23)
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What did Job say had come upon him? (24-26)
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Chapter 4
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4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and
said,
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but
who can withhold himself from speaking?
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast
strengthened the weak hands.
4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast
strengthened the feeble knees.
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth
thee, and thou art troubled.
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the
uprightness of thy ways?
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or
where were the righteous cut off?
8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow
wickedness, reap the same.
9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his
nostrils are they consumed.
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion,
and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout
lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear
received a little thereof.
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep
falleth on men,
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones
to shake.
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh
stood up:
16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof:
an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard
a voice, saying,
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more
pure than his maker?
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he
charged with folly:
19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose
foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for
ever without any regarding it.
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they
die, even without wisdom. |
- What did Eliphaz imply was the reason for Job’s condition? (7-8)
- What else did Eliphaz hint was the reason for Job’s condition? (17-19)
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Chapter 5
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5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer
thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?
2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the
silly one.
3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed
his habitation.
4 His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in
the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out
of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
6 Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither
doth trouble spring out of the ground;
7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.
8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause:
9 Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things
without number:
10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the
fields:
11 To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn
may be exalted to safety.
12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their
hands cannot perform their enterprise.
13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel
of the froward is carried headlong.
14 They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the
noonday as in the night.
15 But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth,
and from the hand of the mighty.
16 So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.
17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore
despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty:
18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his
hands make whole.
19 He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there
shall no evil touch thee.
20 In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from
the power of the sword.
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither
shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
22 At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt
thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.
23 For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field:
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
24 And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace;
and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.
25 Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and
thine offspring as the grass of the earth.
26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock
of corn cometh in in his season.
27 Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know
thou it for thy good. |
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What did Eliphaz suggest that Job do? (1,8)
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What did he say man was born unto? (7)
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What did he imply that Job’s troubles were? (17-18)
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How long did he think Job would live? (26)
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Chapter 6
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6:1 But Job answered and said,
2 Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity
laid in the balances together!
3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea:
therefore my words are swallowed up.
4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison
whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set
themselves in array against me.
5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox
over his fodder?
6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is
there any taste in the white of an egg?
7 The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful
meat.
8 Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me
the thing that I long for!
9 Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would
let loose his hand, and cut me off!
10 Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself
in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the
words of the Holy One.
11 What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine
end, that I should prolong my life?
12 Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of
brass?
13 Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?
14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his
friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.
15 My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the
stream of brooks they pass away;
16 Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the
snow is hid:
17 What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they
are consumed out of their place.
18 The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to
nothing, and perish.
19 The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited
for them.
20 They were confounded because they had hoped; they came
thither, and were ashamed.
21 For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are
afraid.
22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your
substance?
23 Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from
the hand of the mighty?
24 Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to
understand wherein I have erred.
25 How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing
reprove?
26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one
that is desperate, which are as wind?
27 Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your
friend.
28 Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident
unto you if I lie.
29 Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return
again, my righteousness is in it.
30 Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern
perverse things? |
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What did Job wish God would do to him? (8-10)
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What did Job wish to understand? (24)
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What did Job think his friends were doing to him? (27)
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Chapter 7
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7:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon
earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?
2 As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an
hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome
nights are appointed to me.
4 When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be
gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of
the day.
5 My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is
broken, and become loathsome.
6 My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.
7 O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see
good.
8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine
eyes are upon me, and I am not.
9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that
goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
10 He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his
place know him any more.
11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the
anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my
soul.
12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
13 When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my
complaint;
14 Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through
visions:
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than
my life.
16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my
days are vanity.
17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou
shouldest set thine heart upon him?
18 And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try
him every moment?
19 How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone
till I swallow down my spittle?
20 I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver
of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I
am a burden to myself?
21 And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take
away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and
thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. |
- What did Job say when he laid down at night? (4)
- What was the condition of Job’s flesh? (5)
- For what did Job ask pardon? (20-21)
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Chapter 8
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8:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall
the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert
justice?
4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast
them away for their transgression;
5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy
supplication to the Almighty;
6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for
thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should
greatly increase.
8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare
thyself to the search of their fathers:
9(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our
days upon earth are a shadow:)
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words
out of their heart?
11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow
without water?
12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it
withereth before any other herb.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the
hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a
spider's web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he
shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth
in his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place
of stones.
18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him,
saying, I have not seen thee.
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth
shall others grow.
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will
he help the evil doers:
21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with
rejoicing.
22 They that hate
thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of
the wicked shall come to nought. |
- To
what did Bildad compare Job’s words? (1-2)
- What
did he imply that Job’s children had done? (3-4)
- What
did Bildad imply about Job? (6,13,20)
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Chapter 9
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9:1 Then Job answered and said,
2 I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with
God?
3 If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a
thousand.
4 He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath
hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
5 Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which
overturneth them in his anger.
6 Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars
thereof tremble.
7 Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up
the stars.
8 Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the
waves of the sea.
9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers
of the south.
10 Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders
without number.
11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also,
but I perceive him not.
12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say
unto him, What doest thou?
13 If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do
stoop under him.
14 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words
to reason with him?
15 Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but
I would make supplication to my judge.
16 If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not
believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
17 For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my
wounds without cause.
18 He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me
with bitterness.
19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of
judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?
20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I
say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
21 Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I
would despise my life.
22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the
perfect and the wicked.
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of
the innocent.
24 The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth
the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?
25 Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they
see no good.
26 They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that
hasteth to the prey.
27 If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my
heaviness, and comfort myself:
28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not
hold me innocent.
29 If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?
30 If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never
so clean;
31 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes
shall abhor me.
32 For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and
we should come together in judgment.
33 Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his
hand upon us both.
34 Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear
terrify me:
35 Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with
me. |
- What
did Job recognize that God had created? (5-10)
- What
did Job recognize if he tried to justify himself? (20)
- How
did Job consider his days? (25-26)
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Chapter 10
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10:1 My soul is weary of my life; I will leave
my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my
soul.
2 I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore
thou contendest with me.
3 Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou
shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the
counsel of the wicked?
4 Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?
5 Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's
days,
6 That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after
my sin?
7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that
can deliver out of thine hand.
8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round
about; yet thou dost destroy me.
9 Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the
clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
10 Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like
cheese?
11 Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced
me with bones and sinews.
12 Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation
hath preserved my spirit.
13 And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that
this is with thee.
14 If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me
from mine iniquity.
15 If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet
will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore
see thou mine affliction;
16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and
again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.
17 Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest
thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.
18 Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb?
Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me!
19 I should have been as though I had not been; I should have
been carried from the womb to the grave.
20 Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I
may take comfort a little,
21 Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of
darkness and the shadow of death;
22 A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow
of death, without any order, and where the light is as
darkness. |
- Of
what was Job’s soul weary? (1)
- How
did Job feel he had been poured out? (10)
- Of
what did Job realize he was full? (15)
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11:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and
said,
2 Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a
man full of talk be justified?
3 Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou
mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?
4 For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in
thine eyes.
5 But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;
6 And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they
are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth
of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.
7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out
the Almighty unto perfection?
8 It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than
hell; what canst thou know?
9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader
than the sea.
10 If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who
can hinder him?
11 For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he
not then consider it?
12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild
ass's colt.
13 If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands
toward him;
14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not
wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
15 For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea,
thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:
16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as
waters that pass away:
17 And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt
shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.
18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou
shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.
19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid;
yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
20 But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not
escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. |
- Of
what did Zophar accuse Job? (1-4)
- What
did he suggest that Job do? (13-14)
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Chapter 12
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12:1 And Job answered and said,
2 No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with
you.
3 But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior
to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God,
and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to
scorn.
5 He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised
in the thought of him that is at ease.
6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke
God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
7 But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the
fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:
8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the
fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
9 Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath
wrought this?
10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the
breath of all mankind.
11 Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days
understanding.
13 With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and
understanding.
14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he
shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
15 Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he
sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
16 With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the
deceiver are his.
17 He leadeth counsellers away spoiled, and maketh the judges
fools.
18 He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with
a girdle.
19 He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the
mighty.
20 He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away
the understanding of the aged.
21 He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the
strength of the mighty.
22 He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth
out to light the shadow of death.
23 He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he
enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.
24 He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the
earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there
is no way.
25 They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to
stagger like a drunken man. |
- How
did Job consider his understanding compared to his friend? (3)
- Who
could teach them? (7-8)
- In
whose hand is the soul and breath of every man? (9-10)
- With
whom is wisdom? (12-13,16)
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Chapter 13
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13:1 Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear
hath heard and understood it.
2 What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior
unto you.
3 Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason
with God.
4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no
value.
5 O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be
your wisdom.
6 Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my
lips.
7 Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for
him?
8 Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
9 Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man
mocketh another, do ye so mock him?
10 He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept
persons.
11 Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread
fall upon you?
12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to
bodies of clay.
13 Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let
come on me what will.
14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life
in mine hand?
15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will
maintain mine own ways before him.
16 He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not
come before him.
17 Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your
ears.
18 Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be
justified.
19 Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my
tongue, I shall give up the ghost.
20 Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself
from thee.
21 Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make
me afraid.
22 Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and
answer thou me.
23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my
transgression and my sin.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine
enemy?
25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou
pursue the dry stubble?
26 For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to
possess the iniquities of my youth.
27 Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest
narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the
heels of my feet.
28 And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is
moth eaten. |
- What
did Job call his friends? (4)
- What
did he tell his friends to do? (13)
- How
did Job declare his trust in God? (15)
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Chapter 14
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14:1 Man that is born of a woman is of few days,
and full of trouble.
2 He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth
also as a shadow, and continueth not.
3 And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest
me into judgment with thee?
4 Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.
5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are
with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass;
6 Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish,
as an hireling, his day.
7 For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will
sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not
cease.
8 Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock
thereof die in the ground;
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth
boughs like a plant.
10 But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the
ghost, and where is he?
11 As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and
drieth up:
12 So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no
more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
13 O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou
wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou
wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!
14 If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my
appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
15 Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a
desire to the work of thine hands.
16 For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over
my sin?
17 My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up
mine iniquity.
18 And surely the mountain falling cometh to nought, and the
rock is removed out of his place.
19 The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things
which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest
the hope of man.
20 Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou
changest his countenance, and sendest him away.
21 His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they
are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.
22 But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within
him shall mourn. |
- Who
is full of trouble?(1-2)
- What
example of hope from nature does Job give? (7-9)
- What
question does Job ask concerning the resurrection? (14)
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Chapter 15
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15:1 Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and
said,
2 Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly
with the east wind?
3 Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches
wherewith he can do no good?
4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before
God.
5 For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the
tongue of the crafty.
6 Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own
lips testify against thee.
7 Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made
before the hills?
8 Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain
wisdom to thyself?
9 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest
thou, which is not in us?
10 With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much
elder than thy father.
11 Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any
secret thing with thee?
12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes
wink at,
13 That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such
words go out of thy mouth?
14 What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born
of a woman, that he should be righteous?
15 Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens
are not clean in his sight.
16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh
iniquity like water?
17 I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I
will declare;
18 Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not
hid it:
19 Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed
among them.
20 The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the
number of years is hidden to the oppressor.
21 A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the
destroyer shall come upon him.
22 He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and
he is waited for of the sword.
23 He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he
knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.
24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall
prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
25 For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and
strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.
26 He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick
bosses of his bucklers:
27 Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh
collops of fat on his flanks.
28 And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no
man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.
29 He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue,
neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the
earth.
30 He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up
his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
31 Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity
shall be his recompence.
32 It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch
shall not be green.
33 He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall
cast off his flower as the olive.
34 For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and
fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery.
35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their
belly prepareth deceit. |
- What
does Eliphaz infer that Job utters? (1-6)
- Who
does he say suffers torment and is filled with terror? (20-26)
- According
to Eliphaz what are some troubles the wicked face? (28-34)
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Chapter 16
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16:1 Then Job answered and said,
2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye
all.
3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that
thou answerest?
4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's
stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head
at you.
5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of
my lips should asswage your grief.
6 Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I
forbear, what am I eased?
7 But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all
my company.
8 And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness
against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to
my face.
9 He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon
me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me.
10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten
me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves
together against me.
11 God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over
into the hands of the wicked.
12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also
taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up
for his mark.
13 His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins
asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the
ground.
14 He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me
like a giant.
15 I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in
the dust.
16 My face is foul with weeping, and my eyelids is the shadow
of death;
17 Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is
pure.
18 O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no
place.
19 Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is
on high.
20 My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto
God.
21 O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man
pleadeth for his neighbour!
22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I
shall not return. |
1.
What did Job say
his friends were? (1-2)
2.
How did Job say he could speak if he were in their place?
(4-5)
3.
What did Job’s eyes pour out to God? (20)
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Chapter 17
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17:1 My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are
ready for me.
2 Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye
continue in their provocation?
3 Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that
will strike hands with me?
4 For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore
shalt thou not exalt them.
5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of
his children shall fail.
6 He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I
was as a tabret.
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members
are as a shadow.
8 Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent
shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.
9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath
clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.
10 But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I
cannot find one wise man among you.
11 My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the
thoughts of my heart.
12 They change the night into day: the light is short because
of darkness.
13 If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in
the darkness.
14 I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm,
Thou are my mother, and my sister.
15 And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it?
16 They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest
together is in the dust. |
- What
did Job say awaited him? (1, 13-16)
- Why
were his eyes dim? (7)
- What
did Job say was past? (11-12)
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Chapter 18
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18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and
afterwards we will speak.
3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your
sight?
4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken
for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark
of his fire shall not shine.
6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle
shall be put out with him.
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own
counsel shall cast him down.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh
upon a snare.
9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall
prevail against him.
10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him
in the way.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall
drive him to his feet.
12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall
be ready at his side.
13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the
firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and
it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of
his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his
branch be cut off.
17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall
have no name in the street.
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out
of the world.
19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor
any remaining in his dwellings.
20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as
they that went before were affrighted.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is
the place of him that knoweth not God. |
- Why
did Bildad want Job to stop talking? (1-2)
- What
did Bildad imply that Job was? (5,21)
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Chapter 19
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19:1 Then Job answered and said,
2 How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with
words?
3 These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed
that ye make yourselves strange to me.
4 And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth
with myself.
5 If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead
against me my reproach:
6 Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me
with his net.
7 Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud,
but there is no judgment.
8 He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set
darkness in my paths.
9 He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my
head.
10 He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine
hope hath he removed like a tree.
11 He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth
me unto him as one of his enemies.
12 His troops come together, and raise up their way against
me, and encamp round about my tabernacle.
13 He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance
are verily estranged from me.
14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have
forgotten me.
15 They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a
stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated
him with my mouth.
17 My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the
children's sake of mine own body.
18 Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake
against me.
19 All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved
are turned against me.
20 My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am
escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21 Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for
the hand of God hath touched me.
22 Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with
my flesh?
23 Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were
printed in a book!
24 That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock
for ever!
25 For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand
at the latter day upon the earth:
26 And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my
flesh shall I see God:
27 Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold,
and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
28 But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of
the matter is found in me?
29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the
punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a
judgment. |
- What
did Job’s friends do to him with words? (1-2)
- Who
did Job say had turned against him? (19)
- How
did Job describe his physical condition? (20)
- How
did Job declare his faith in a resurrection? (25-26)
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Chapter 20
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20:1 Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and
said,
2 Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I
make haste.
3 I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my
understanding causeth me to answer.
4 Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon
earth,
5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of
the hypocrite but for a moment?
6 Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head
reach unto the clouds;
7 Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which
have seen him shall say, Where is he?
8 He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea,
he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
9 The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither
shall his place any more behold him.
10 His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands
shall restore their goods.
11 His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie
down with him in the dust.
12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it
under his tongue;
13 Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still
within his mouth:
14 Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of
asps within him.
15 He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up
again: God shall cast them out of his belly.
16 He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall
slay him.
17 He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of
honey and butter.
18 That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not
swallow it down: according to his substance shall the
restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
19 Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor;
because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded
not;
20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall
not save of that which he desired.
21 There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no
man look for his goods.
22 In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits:
every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
23 When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury
of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is
eating.
24 He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel
shall strike him through.
25 It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the
glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him.
26 All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not
blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left
in his tabernacle.
27 The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall
rise up against him.
28 The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall
flow away in the day of his wrath.
29 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the
heritage appointed unto him by God. |
- What
did Zophar infer about Job? (5,29)
- What
did he say would reveal his iniquity? (27)
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Chapter 21
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21:1 But Job answered and said,
2 Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your
consolations.
3 Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken,
mock on.
4 As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why
should not my spirit be troubled?
5 Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your
mouth.
6 Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold
on my flesh.
7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in
power?
8 Their seed is established in their sight with them, and
their offspring before their eyes.
9 Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God
upon them.
10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth,
and casteth not her calf.
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their
children dance.
12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of
the organ.
13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to
the grave.
14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire
not the knowledge of thy ways.
15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what
profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
16 Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the
wicked is far from me.
17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft
cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows
in his anger.
18 They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the
storm carrieth away.
19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth
him, and he shall know it.
20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of
the wrath of the Almighty.
21 For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the
number of his months is cut off in the midst?
22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that
are high.
23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and
quiet.
24 His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened
with marrow.
25 And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never
eateth with pleasure.
26 They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall
cover them.
27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye
wrongfully imagine against me.
28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are
the dwelling places of the wicked?
29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not
know their tokens,
30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they
shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay
him what he hath done?
32 Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in
the tomb.
33 The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every
man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.
34 How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers
there remaineth falsehood? |
- What
question really troubled Job? (7-15)
- How
is the end of the one who dies in full vigor similar to the one who
dies in bitterness of soul? (22-26)
- What
did Job think of the answers given by his friends? (34)
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Chapter 22
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22:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and
said,
2 Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be
profitable unto himself?
3 Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous?
or is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?
4 Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with
thee into judgment?
5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?
6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought,
and stripped the naked of their clothing.
7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou
hast withholden bread from the hungry.
8 But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the
honourable man dwelt in it.
9 Thou has sent widows away empty, and the arms of the
fatherless have been broken.
10 Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear
troubleth thee;
11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of
waters cover thee.
12 Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height
of the stars, how high they are!
13 And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through
the dark cloud?
14 Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and
he walketh in the circuit of heaven.
15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden?
16 Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was
overflown with a flood:
17 Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the
Almighty do for them?
18 Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the
counsel of the wicked is far from me.
19 The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh
them to scorn.
20 Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of
them the fire consumeth.
21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby
good shall come unto thee.
22 Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up
his words in thine heart.
23 If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up,
thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles.
24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir
as the stones of the brooks.
25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have
plenty of silver.
26 For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and
shalt lift up thy face unto God.
27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear
thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established
unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.
29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is
lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.
30 He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is
delivered by the pureness of thine hands. |
- Of
what does Eliphaz accuse Job? (5-10)
- What
does Eliphaz suggest that Job should do? (21-23)
- What
did Eliphaz think would happen if Job followed his advice? (26-28)
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Chapter 23
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23:1 Then Job answered and said,
2 Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier
than my groaning.
3 Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come
even to his seat!
4 I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with
arguments.
5 I would know the words which he would answer me, and
understand what he would say unto me.
6 Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he
would put strength in me.
7 There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be
delivered for ever from my judge.
8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but
I cannot perceive him:
9 On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold
him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see
him:
10 But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me,
I shall come forth as gold.
11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not
declined.
12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips;
I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary
food.
13 But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his
soul desireth, even that he doeth.
14 For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and
many such things are with him.
15 Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I
am afraid of him.
16 For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth
me:
17 Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath
he covered the darkness from my face. |
- Who
did Job wish to find? (1-9)
- What
did Job realize that God knew about him? (10)
- What
did Job esteem more than food? (12)
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Chapter 24
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24:1 Why, seeing times are not
hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his
days?
2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks,
and feed thereof.
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the
widow's ox for a pledge.
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth
hide themselves together.
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their
work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food
for them and for their children.
6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather
the vintage of the wicked.
7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they
have no covering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace
the rock for want of a shelter.
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge
of the poor.
10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take
away the sheaf from the hungry;
11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their
winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded
crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know
not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and
needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight,
saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked
for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if
one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the
earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave
those which have sinned.
20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on
him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be
broken as a tree.
21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth
not good to the widow.
22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up,
and no man is sure of life.
23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth;
yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and
brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and
cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make
my speech nothing worth? |
- What
are some things done to orphans, widows and the poor? (2-12)
- Why
don’t wrongdoers like daylight? (13-17)
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Chapter 25
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25:1 Then answered Bildad the
Shuhite, and said,
2 Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high
places.
3 Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not
his light arise?
4 How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be
clean that is born of a woman?
5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars
are not pure in his sight.
6 How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which
is a worm? |
1. What chance does Bildad give of a man being
righteous before God? (4-6)
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Chapter 26
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26:1 But Job answered and said,
2 How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest
thou the arm that hath no strength?
3 How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how
hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is?
4 To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from
thee?
5 Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the
inhabitants thereof.
6 Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.
7 He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and
hangeth the earth upon nothing.
8 He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud
is not rent under them.
9 He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his
cloud upon it.
10 He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and
night come to an end.
11 The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his
reproof.
12 He divideth the sea with his power, and by his
understanding he smiteth through the proud.
13 By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath
formed the crooked serpent.
14 Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion
is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can
understand? |
- What
questions did Job ask Bildad showing how little he helped Job? (1-4)
- Upon
what did God suspend the earth? (7)
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Chapter 27
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27:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and
said,
2 As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the
Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;
3 All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is
in my nostrils;
4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter
deceit.
5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not
remove mine integrity from me.
6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my
heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.
7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up
against me as the unrighteous.
8 For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath
gained, when God taketh away his soul?
9 Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him?
10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always
call upon God?
11 I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the
Almighty will I not conceal.
12 Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye
thus altogether vain?
13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the
heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the
Almighty.
14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his
offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
15 Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his
widows shall not weep.
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment
as the clay;
17 He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the
innocent shall divide the silver.
18 He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the
keeper maketh.
19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered:
he openeth his eyes, and he is not.
20 Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him
away in the night.
21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a
storm hurleth him out of his place.
22 For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain
flee out of his hand.
23 Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out
of his place. |
- What
was Job going to hold fast? (6)
- Who
has little hope? (8-10)
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Chapter 28
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28:1 Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a
place for gold where they fine it.
2 Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of
the stone.
3 He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all
perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death.
4 The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters
forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away
from men.
5 As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is
turned up as it were fire.
6 The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath
dust of gold.
7 There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the
vulture's eye hath not seen:
8 The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion
passed by it.
9 He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the
mountains by the roots.
10 He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth
every precious thing.
11 He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that
is hid bringeth he forth to light.
12 But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of
understanding?
13 Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in
the land of the living.
14 The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is
not with me.
15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be
weighed for the price thereof.
16 It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the
precious onyx, or the sapphire.
17 The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange
of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold.
18 No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the
price of wisdom is above rubies.
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it
be valued with pure gold.
20 Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of
understanding?
21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept
close from the fowls of the air.
22 Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof
with our ears.
23 God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place
thereof.
24 For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under
the whole heaven;
25 To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the
waters by measure.
26 When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the
lightning of the thunder:
27 Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea,
and searched it out.
28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is
wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. |
- What
does God bring to light? (11)
- What
cannot be obtained by gold, silver, or precious jewels? (12-19)
- From
where does wisdom and understanding come? (20-28)
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Chapter 29
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29:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and
said,
2 Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God
preserved me;
3 When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I
walked through darkness;
4 As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was
upon my tabernacle;
5 When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were
about me;
6 When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me
out rivers of oil;
7 When I went out to the gate through the city, when I
prepared my seat in the street!
8 The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged
arose, and stood up.
9 The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their
mouth.
10 The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to
the roof of their mouth.
11 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye
saw me, it gave witness to me:
12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the
fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me:
and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
14 I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was
as a robe and a diadem.
15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame.
16 I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not
I searched out.
17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil
out of his teeth.
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply
my days as the sand.
19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all
night upon my branch.
20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my
hand.
21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my
counsel.
22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped
upon them.
23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened
their mouth wide as for the latter rain.
24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light
of my countenance they cast not down.
25 I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king
in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. |
- What
did Job long for? (1-20)
- How
was Job regarded prior to his affliction? (21-25)
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Chapter 30
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30:1 But now they that are younger than I have me
in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set
with the dogs of my flock.
2 Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in
whom old age was perished?
3 For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the
wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
4 Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for
their meat.
5 They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after
them as after a thief;)
6 To dwell in the clifts of the valleys, in caves of the
earth, and in the rocks.
7 Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were
gathered together.
8 They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they
were viler than the earth.
9 And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword.
10 They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit
in my face.
11 Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have
also let loose the bridle before me.
12 Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet,
and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction.
13 They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have
no helper.
14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the
desolation they rolled themselves upon me.
15 Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the
wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
16 And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of
affliction have taken hold upon me.
17 My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my
sinews take no rest.
18 By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it
bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.
19 He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust
and ashes.
20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and
thou regardest me not.
21 Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou
opposest thyself against me.
22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride
upon it, and dissolvest my substance.
23 For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the
house appointed for all living.
24 Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave,
though they cry in his destruction.
25 Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul
grieved for the poor?
26 When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I
waited for light, there came darkness.
27 My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction
prevented me.
28 I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in
the congregation.
29 I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
30 My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with
heat.
31 My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the
voice of them that weep. |
- Who
mocked Job? (1)
- What
did they not hesitate to do to Job? (10)
- How
did Job feel that God had become to him? (21)
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