Job 1 Then Job replied: 2 ‘How long will you torment me and crush me with words? 3 Ten times now you have reproached me; shamelessly you attack me. 4…

Zophar 1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied: 2 ‘My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer because I am greatly disturbed. 3 I hear a rebuke that dishonours me, and my…

Job 1 Then Job replied: 2 ‘Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you give me. 3 Bear with me while I speak, and after I have…

Eliphaz 1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: 2 ‘Can a man be of benefit to God? Can even a wise person benefit him? 3 What pleasure would it give the…

Job 1 Then Job replied: 2 ‘Even today my complaint is bitter; his handis heavy in spite ofmy groaning. 3 If only I knew where to find him; if only…

1 ‘Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days? 2 There are those who move boundary stones;…

Bildad 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2 ‘Dominion and awe belong to God; he establishes order in the heights of heaven. 3 Can his forces be numbered? On whom…

Job 1 Then Job replied: 2 ‘How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the arm that is feeble! 3 What advice you have offered to one without…

Job’s final word to his friends 1 And Job continued his discourse: 2 ‘As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life…

Interlude: where wisdom is found 1 There is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined. 2 Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted…