Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’? Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’? Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’? Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?Job 6:22-23+RedemptionWhat does it...  Read More

For you have now become nothing; you see my calamity and are afraid.Job 6:21+To Become NothingSchadenfreude is pleasure or amusement in response to the misfortunes, pain, humiliation, or mistakes of o...  Read More

The caravans turn aside from their course; they go up into the waste and perish. The caravans of Tema look, the travelers of Sheba hope. They are ashamed because they were confident; they come there a...  Read More

My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed, as torrential streams that pass away, which are dark with ice, and where the snow hides itself. When they melt, they disappear; when it is hot, they vanis...  Read More

“He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty.Job 6:14+The Greatest CommandmentWhen Jesus is asked by the Pharisees which is the greatest commandment, He answers by summi...  Read More

What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should be patient? Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze? Have I any help in me, when resource is driven from...  Read More

This would be my comfort; I would even exult in pain unsparing, for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.Job 6:10+My ComfortKnowing the source of pain is helpful.  If you have a backache, it’s ...  Read More

Oh that I might have my request, and that God would fulfill my hope, that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!Job 6:8-9+Fulfill My HopeThere is a line in a...  Read More

Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder? Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt, or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow? My appetite refuses to ...  Read More

For the arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.Job 6:4+Broken ArrowsJob is in distress.  He has not been privy to the conversation b...  Read More

Then Job answered and said: “Oh that my vexation were weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances! For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.Job 6:...  Read More

You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, like a sheaf gathered up in its season. Behold, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good.”Job 5:26-27+Departing WordsEliphaz...  Read More