Job

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped. — read the full passage →

Then Job answered Yahweh, — read the full passage →

So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head. — read the full passage →

After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons’ sons, to four generations.

Yahweh turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends. Yahweh gave Job twice as much as he had before. — read the full passage →

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, in the power of the Holy Spirit.

Then Yahweh answered Job out of the whirlwind, — read the full passage →

Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.”

Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.

though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, says the Lord Yahweh.

We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.

It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, 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 renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.

“Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil. — read the full passage →

“Can you draw out Leviathan with a fish hook, or press down his tongue with a cord? — read the full passage →

But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.

Then Job answered, — read the full passage →

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?” In all this Job didn’t sin with his lips.

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, says the Lord Yahweh, they should deliver neither son nor daughter; they should but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

Then Job answered Yahweh, — read the full passage →

“Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it. — read the full passage →

“My soul is weary of my life. I will give free course to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. — read the full passage →

Then Job answered, — read the full passage →

He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”

Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says Yahweh, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.

Moreover Yahweh answered Job, — read the full passage →

Then Job answered, — read the full passage →

“Isn’t a man forced to labor on earth? Aren’t his days like the days of a hired hand? — read the full passage →

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth. — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.

And whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord, and not for men,

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

Commit your deeds to Yahweh, and your plans shall succeed.

Let the favor of the Lord our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.

“Do you know the time when the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch when the doe bears fawns? — read the full passage →

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

“My spirit is consumed. My days are extinct, And the grave is ready for me. — read the full passage →

“Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? — read the full passage →

casting all your worries on him, because he cares for you.

My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

So Job died, being old and full of days.

“Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

“However, Job, please hear my speech, and listen to all my words.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, — read the full passage →

Then Job answered, — read the full passage →

Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered, — read the full passage →

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, — read the full passage →

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, — read the full passage →

Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”

If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.

But seek first God’s Kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

“Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

“I made a covenant with my eyes, how then should I look lustfully at a young woman?

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, — read the full passage →

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, of a son of man with his neighbor!

“Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble. — read the full passage →

Then Job answered, — read the full passage →

But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”

Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.

I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”

If you will ask anything in my name, I will do it.

In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

He who tills his land shall have plenty of bread, but he who chases fantasies is void of understanding.

“I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be restrained.

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, — read the full passage →

For the thing which I fear comes on me, That which I am afraid of comes to me. — read the full passage →

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him. — read the full passage →

Yahweh God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

Yahweh God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old. — read the full passage →

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding.

Trust in Yahweh with all your heart, and don’t lean on your own understanding. — read the full passage →

when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

“But ask the animals, now, and they shall teach you; the birds of the sky, and they shall tell you. — read the full passage →

Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are in the Dispersion: Greetings. — read the full passage →

For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: “If anyone will not work, neither let him eat.”

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — read the full passage →

For everything spoken by God is possible.”

“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.

The proverbs of Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel: — read the full passage →

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, — read the full passage →

Again, on the day when the God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh. — read the full passage →

But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

There they cry, but no one gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

“But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs.

Job again took up his parable, and said,

Then Job answered, — read the full passage →

There is no umpire between us, that might lay his hand on us both.

or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, as infants who never saw light.

“Let the day perish in which I was born, the night which said, ‘There is a boy conceived.’

So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.