After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “My anger burns against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servan...  Read More

‘Hear, and I will speak; I will question you, and you make it known to me.’ I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and as...  Read More

Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.Job 42:3+Things Too WonderfulThe opening verses ...  Read More

Then Job answered the LORD and said: I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. Job 42:1–2+Answering the LordAt the end of the day, we like Job are left unable to...  Read More

Behind him he leaves a shining wake; one would think the deep to be white-haired. On earth there is not his like, a creature without fear. He sees everything that is high; he is king over all the sons...  Read More

His underparts are like sharp potsherds; he spreads himself like a threshing sledge on the mire. He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a pot of ointment.Job 41:30–31+The Boiling Dee...  Read More

The arrow cannot make him flee; for him, sling stones are turned to stubble. Clubs are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rattle of javelins.Job 41:28–29+Slings and Arrows“To be or not to be? Whethe...  Read More

Though the sword reaches him, it does not avail, nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin. He counts iron as straw, and bronze as rotten wood.Job 41:26–27+Swords of StrawWe have frail human bodies whic...  Read More

His heart is hard as a stone, hard as the lower millstone. When he raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; at the crashing they are beside themselves.Job 41:24–25+Heart of StoneWe often describe som...  Read More

In his neck abides strength, and terror dances before him. The folds of his flesh stick together, firmly cast on him and immovable.Job 41:22–23+ImmovableWe often find ourselves in situations in which ...  Read More

Out of his nostrils comes forth smoke, as from a boiling pot and burning rushes. His breath kindles coals, and a flame comes forth from his mouth.Job 41:20–21+Burning CoalsFrom the mouth of the leviat...  Read More

His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the dawn. Out of his mouth go flaming torches; sparks of fire leap forth.Job 41:18–19+Flash Forth LightMany commentators have sugg...  Read More