Job

Job 11

Read Job 11 Zophar 11 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: 2 “Are all these words to go unanswered?     Is this talker to be vindicated? 3 Will your idle talk reduce others to silence?     Will no one rebuke you when you mock? 4 You say to God, ‘My beliefs are flawless     and I am pure in your sight.’ 5 Oh, how I wish that …

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Job 10

Read Job 10 10 “I loathe my very life;     therefore I will give free rein to my complaint     and speak out in the bitterness of my soul. 2 I say to God: Do not declare me guilty,     but tell me what charges you have against me. 3 Does it please you to oppress me,     to spurn the work of your …

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Job 9

Read Job 9 Job 9 Then Job replied: 2 “Indeed, I know that this is true.    But how can mere mortals prove their innocence before God?3 Though they wished to dispute with him,    they could not answer him one time out of a thousand.4 His wisdom is profound, his power is vast.    Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?5 He moves mountains without their knowing …

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Job 8

Read Job 8 Bildad 8 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2 “How long will you say such things?     Your words are a blustering wind. 3 Does God pervert justice?     Does the Almighty pervert what is right? 4 When your children sinned against him,     he gave them over to the penalty of their sin. 5 But if you will seek God earnestly …

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Rest Day

Rest Day Today is a Rest Day. There is no new Bible reading to do. Today, the goal is simple: rest in the presence of God. Maybe you need to use today to get caught up on the reading plan if you’re behind, maybe you want to journal what you’re learning so you don’t forget …

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Job 7

Read Job 7 7 “Do not mortals have hard service on earth?     Are not their days like those of hired laborers? 2 Like a slave longing for the evening shadows,     or a hired laborer waiting to be paid, 3 so I have been allotted months of futility,     and nights of misery have been assigned to me. 4 When I lie …

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Job 6

Read Job 6 Job 6 Then Job replied: 2 “If only my anguish could be weighed     and all my misery be placed on the scales! 3 It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas—     no wonder my words have been impetuous. 4 The arrows of the Almighty are in me,     my spirit drinks in their poison;     God’s terrors are marshaled against me. 5 Does …

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Job 5

Read Job 5 5 “Call if you will, but who will answer you?     To which of the holy ones will you turn? 2 Resentment kills a fool,     and envy slays the simple. 3 I myself have seen a fool taking root,     but suddenly his house was cursed. 4 His children are far from safety,     crushed in court without a defender. 5 The hungry consume his harvest, …

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Job 4

Read Job 4 Eliphaz 4 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: 2 “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?     But who can keep from speaking? 3 Think how you have instructed many,     how you have strengthened feeble hands. 4 Your words have supported those who stumbled;     you have strengthened faltering knees. 5 But now trouble comes to you, …

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Job 3

Read Job 3 Job Speaks 3 After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 He said: 3 “May the day of my birth perish,    and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’4 That day—may it turn to darkness;    may God above not care about it;    may no light shine on it.5 May gloom and utter darkness claim it …

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