He is wise in heart and mighty in strength—who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—he who removes mountains, and they know it not, when he overturns them in his anger, who shakes the eart...  Read More

Then Job answered and said: “Truly I know that it is so: But how can a man be in the right before God? If one wished to contend with him, one could not answer him once in a thousand times.Job 9:1-3+Be...  Read More

“Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers. He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting. Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and...  Read More

He is a lush plant before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden. His roots entwine the stone heap; he looks upon a house of stones. If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, s...  Read More

His confidence is severed, and his trust is a spider’s web. He leans against his house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.Job 8:14-15+The Spider’s WebThe spider’s web i...  Read More

Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water? While yet in flower and not cut down, they wither before any other plant. Such are the paths of all who forget God...  Read More

For inquire, please, of bygone ages, and consider what the fathers have searched out. For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are a shadow. Will they not teach you and tell...  Read More

If your children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression. If you will seek God and plead with the Almighty for mercy, if you are pure and upright, surely th...  Read More

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: “How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a great wind? Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?Job 8: 1-3...  Read More

Why do you not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lie in the earth; you will seek me, but I shall not be.”Job 7:21+Pardon MeJob ends his questioning of God by begging H...  Read More

If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind? Why have you made me your mark? Why have I become a burden to you?Job 7:20+The WatcherJob seems to be channeling a dystopic 1984 view of God, wit...  Read More

How long will you not look away from me, nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?Job 7:19+How Long?How long? It’s a question posed to God in the Bible more than once.  Here Job focuses on what he pe...  Read More