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Job

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3m
Genesis 46:1-27
Jacob Goes Down to Egypt

So Israel set out with all that he had, and when he came to Beersheba, he...

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Job 1:1 - 2:13
The Dilemma of Job

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil. He had seven sons and three daughte

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2m
Job 3:1-26
Job’s Opening Lament

After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. And this is...

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2m
Job 6:1-30
My Complaint is Just

Then Job replied: “If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity...

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2m
Job 7:1-21
Life Seems Futile

“Is not man consigned to labor on earth? Are not his days like those of a hired...

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2m
Job 8:1-22
Job Should Repent

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: “How long will you go on saying such things?...

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3m
Job 9:1-35
How Can I Contend with God?

Then Job answered: “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous...

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2m
Job 10:1-22
Job’s Plea to God

“I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness...

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2m
Job 11:1-20
Zophar Rebukes Job

Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: “Should this stream of words go unanswered...

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2m
Job 12:1-25
Job presents His Case

Then Job answered: “Truly then you are the people with whom wisdom itself will...

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2m
Job 13:1-28
Job Prepares His Case

“Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood. What you...

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2m
Job 14:1-22
Job Laments the Finality of Death

“Man, who is born of woman, is short of days and full of trouble. Like a flower,...

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Job 15:1-35
Job Does Not Fear God

Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: “Does a wise man answer with empty counsel or...

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3m
Job 16:1 - 17:16
Job Replies to Eliphaz

Then Job answered: “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all. Is there no end to your long-winded speeches? What provokes you to co

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2m
Job 19:1-29
Job Replies to Bildad

Then Job answered: “How long will you torment me and crush me with your words?...

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Job 21:1-34
Job Replies to Zophar

Then Job answered: “Listen carefully to my words; let this be your consolation...

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2m
Job 23:1-17
Job Longs for God

Then Job answered: “Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite...

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2m
Job 25:1 - 26:14
Bildad’s Third Speech

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: “Dominion and awe belong to God; He establishes harmony in the heights of heaven. Can His troops be numbered? On whom does His

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4m
Job 27:1 - 28:28
Job’s First Monologue

Job continued his discourse: “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of...

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7m
Job 29:1 - 31:40
Job’s Second Monologue

And Job continued his discourse: “How I long for the months gone by, for the...

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2m
Job 32:1-22
Elihu Rebukes Job’s Friends

So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own...

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3m
Job 33:1-33
Elihu Rebukes Job

“But now, O Job, hear my speech, and listen to all my words. Behold, I will open...

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3m
Job 34:1-37
Elihu Confirms God’s Justice

Then Elihu continued: “Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of...

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2m
Job 35:1-16
Elihu Recalls God’s Justice

And Elihu went on to say: “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more...

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2m
Job 37:1-24
Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty

“At this my heart also pounds and leaps from its place. Listen closely to the...

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5m
Job 38:1 - 40:5
The Divine Discourses

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: “Who is this who obscures My counsel by words without knowledge? Now brace yourself like a man; I will

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4m
Job 40:6 - 42:6
The Divine Discourses

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said: “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me. Would you really annul M

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Job 42:7-9
The LORD Rebukes Job’s Friends

After the LORD had spoken these words to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite,...

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1m
Job 42:10-17
The LORD Blesses Job

After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and...

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2m
Ezekiel 14:12-23
Four Dire Judgments

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, “Son of man, if a land sins against...

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James 5:7-20
The Return of the Lord

Life gets tough, but how we respond matters. Here are some timeless tips on keeping your cool, praying with purpose, and looking out for one another when things

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