Daily Devotional

Job answers Bildad with a questionverses 1-3

Then Job answered and said

            I know it is so of a truth – BUT how should man be just with God?

IF he will contend with HIM

      he cannot answer HIM one of a thousand

Job describes the omnipotence of the LORDverses 4-10

HE is wise in heart – … Read More

Bildad the Shuhite enters the conversationverse 1

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite

and said

Bildad accuses Jobverses 2-7

How long will you speak these things?

How long shall the words of your mouth

be like a strong wind?

Does God pervert judgment?

or does the Almighty pervert justice?

IF your children had sinned against HIM

and HE have … Read More

Job tells Eliphaz life is a full of vanityverses 1-5

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth?

Are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

            as a servant earnestly desires the shadow

as an hireling looks for the reward of his work

      so am I made to possess months of vanity

                  and wearisome … Read More

Job responds to Eliphazverse 1

               But Job answered   and said 

Job describes his griefverses 2-7

Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed

and my calamity laid in the balances together

      for now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea

                  THEREFORE my words are swallowed up

For the ARROWS of the Almighty are within me

the … Read More

Eliphaz comments that man is born to troubleverses 1-7

Call now – IF there be any that will answer you

and to which of the saints will you turn?

For wrath kills the foolish man – and envy slays the silly one

I have seen the foolish taking root

BUT suddenly I cursed his habitation

his children are far … Read More

Eliphaz asks Job permission to speakverses 1-2

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered

and said

IF we assay to commune with you

will you be grieved?

BUT who can withhold himself from speaking?

Eliphaz reminds Job of pastverses 3-6

BEHOLD – you have instructed many

you have strengthened the weak hands

your words have upheld him that was falling… Read More

Job cursed the day of his birthverse 1

After this opened Job his mouth and cursed his day

Job counted the day of his birth as darknessverses 2-10

And Job spoke

and said

Let the day perish wherein I was born

            and the night in which it was said

There is a man child conceived

Let that day … Read More

Angels appear before the LORDverses 1-2

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves

before the LORD – and Satan came also among them to present

himself before the LORD

And the LORD said to Satan

From whence come you?

And Satan answered the LORD

and said

From going to and fro in … Read More

There are 329 questions asked in the book of Job, yet there are not many answers.

            Old Testament Words for Today by Warren W. Wiersbe (p. 54)

Job – greatest man of the Eastverses 1-3

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job

and that man was PERFECT and UPRIGHT

and one that FEARED … Read More