Is there any injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?Job 6:30+Proper DiscernmentJob’s friends tried to help by offering advice as to how he could remedy his situation.  ...  Read More

“But now, be pleased to look at me, for I will not lie to your face. Please turn; let no injustice be done. Turn now; my vindication is at stake.Job 6:28-29+My VindicationJob once again turns to his f...  Read More

Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind? You would even cast lots over the fatherless, and bargain over your friend.Job 6:26-27+Words in the WindWords are ...  Read More

“Teach me, and I will be silent; make me understand how I have gone astray. How forceful are upright words! But what does reproof from you reprove?Job 6:24-25+Teach Me“You can’t teach an old dog new t...  Read More

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