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¶ Job: Chapter 13

¶ Lo, mine eye hath seen all this,
¶ Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
¶ What ye know, the same do I know also:
¶ I am not inferior unto you.
¶ Surely I would speak to the Almighty,
¶ And I desire to reason with God.
¶ But ye are forgers of lies;
¶ Ye are all physicians of no value.
¶ Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace!
¶ And it would be your wisdom.
¶ Hear now my reasoning,
¶ And hearken to the pleadings of my lips.
¶ Will ye speak unrighteously for God,
¶ And talk deceitfully for him?
¶ Will ye show partiality to him?
¶ Will ye contend for God?
¶ Is it good that he should search you out?
¶ Or as one deceiveth a man, will ye deceive him?
¶ He will surely reprove you,
¶ If ye do secretly show partiality.
¶ Shall not his majesty make you afraid,
¶ And his dread fall upon you?
¶ Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes,
¶ Your defences are defences of clay.
¶ Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak;
¶ And let come on me what will.
¶ Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth,
¶ And put my life in my hand?
¶ Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope:
¶ Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
¶ This also shall be my salvation,
¶ That a godless man shall not come before him.
¶ Hear diligently my speech,
¶ And let my declaration be in your ears.
¶ Behold now, I have set my cause in order;
¶ I know that I am righteous.
¶ Who is he that will contend with me?
¶ For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
¶ Only do not two things unto me;
¶ Then will I not hide myself from thy face:
¶ Withdraw thy hand far from me;
¶ And let not thy terror make me afraid.
¶ Then call thou, and I will answer;
¶ Or let me speak, and answer thou me.
¶ How many are mine iniquities and sins?
¶ Make me to know my transgression and my sin.
¶ Wherefore hidest thou thy face,
¶ And holdest me for thine enemy?
¶ Wilt thou harass a driven leaf?
¶ And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?
¶ For thou writest bitter things against me,
¶ And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:
¶ Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks,
¶ And markest all my paths;
¶ Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:
¶ Though I am like a rotten thing that consumeth,
¶ Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

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Questions:

1.      Job’s patience with his friends was growing a little ______.

2.      Many of the things they accused Job of he had __________ __________.

3.      What did Job tell his friends in verse 2?

4.      Who did Job desire to reason with?

5.      Is it a sin to reason with God?

6.      What did Job call his friends in verse 4?

7.      His friends had pretended to come to ________ him.

8.      What should they have done, instead of what they did?

9.      Who was verse 6 addressed to really?

10.  Who was asking the questions in verse 7?

11.  What were Job’s friends automatically assuming in verse 8?

12.  Job asked his friends of their own _________.

13.  Did they have a right to mock Job?

14.  Why had they become Job’s friends in the first place?

15.  Who is “his excellency”, in verse 11, speaking of?

16.  What does the reference to ashes, in verse 12, mean?

17.  Why did Job tell his friends to hold their peace?

18.  What was Job saying in verse 14?

19.  Job was placing his trust in ________.

20.  What was Job absolutely sure that God would do for him?

21.  Who was Job speaking to in verse 17?

22.  Who justifies us?

23.  What does “justification” mean?

24.  Job would take full ________________ for what he said to God.

25.  Who did Job think God might have to listen to him, rather than God, Himself?

26.  What two things did Job ask God for immediately?

27.  Why did he want those two things?

28.  What was verse 23 saying?

29.  What did a withered leaf and dry stubble have to do with Job?

30.  In verse 28, Job was speaking of what?

¶ Job: Chapter 12

¶ Then Job answered and said,
¶ No doubt but ye are the people,
¶ And wisdom shall die with you.
¶ But I have understanding as well as you;
¶ I am not inferior to you:
¶ Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
¶ I am as one that is a laughing-stock to his neighbor,
¶ I who called upon God, and he answered:
¶ The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.
¶ In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune;
¶ It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.
¶ The tents of robbers prosper,
¶ And they that provoke God are secure;
¶ Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
¶ But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee;
¶ And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:
¶ Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee;
¶ And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.
¶ Who knoweth not in all these,
¶ That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,
¶ In whose hand is the soul of every living thing,
¶ And the breath of all mankind?
¶ Doth not the ear try words,
¶ Even as the palate tasteth its food?
¶ With aged men is wisdom,
¶ And in length of days understanding.
¶ With God is wisdom and might;
¶ He hath counsel and understanding.
¶ Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again;
¶ He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
¶ Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up;
¶ Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.
¶ With him is strength and wisdom;
¶ The deceived and the deceiver are his.
¶ He leadeth counsellors away stripped,
¶ And judges maketh he fools.
¶ He looseth the bond of kings,
¶ And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
¶ He leadeth priests away stripped,
¶ And overthroweth the mighty.
¶ He removeth the speech of the trusty,
¶ And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
¶ He poureth contempt upon princes,
¶ And looseth the belt of the strong.
¶ He uncovereth deep things out of darkness,
¶ And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
¶ He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them:
¶ He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
¶ He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth,
¶ And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
¶ They grope in the dark without light;
¶ And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

Questions:

1. What was the first sarcastic remark that Job had made?
2. Who did he make the statement to?
3. In verse 3, how did he compare himself to them?
4. Job said, he was as one _ of his neighbor.
5. They had accused him of __ God.
6. Job had fallen into _ by none of his own doing.
7. It, sometimes, appears to Godly people, that those who are living as robbers, and thieves are _.
8. What was Job using the beasts and the fowl, in verse 7, to prove?
9. In the _ God created the heavens and the earth.
10. It should not be strange to anyone that the of all the earth would rule over His __.
11. Somewhere, behind all the happenings upon the earth, is the hand of _ __.
12. Even the very breath we breathe is a __ from God.
13. Verse 11 is speaking of what?
14. How have the older people become wise?
15. What does understanding come from?
16. Who is the source of wisdom and strength?
17. _ builds up, and _ tears down.
18. What is a good example of that?
19. What is a good example of God bringing a flood?
20. All mankind is God’s __.
21. Only those who __ are His sons.
22. What must earthly judges keep in mind?
23. What is a modern disease that takes away the understanding of the elderly?
24. When did the king of Babylon fall?
25. When was death defeated for all believers?
26. What was a good example of God increasing the nations?
27. When the leader of the people is filled with confusion, the people wander as without a __.

Job Chapter 11
Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, “Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted? “Shall your boasts silence men? And shall you scoff and none rebuke? “For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.’ “But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you, And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity. “Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty? “They are high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know? “Its measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea. “If He passes by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him? “For He knows false men, And He sees iniquity without investigating. “An idiot will become intelligent When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man. “If you would direct your heart right And spread out your hand to Him, If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents; “Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect, And you would be steadfast and not fear. “For you would forget your trouble, As waters that have passed by, you would remember it. “Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning. “Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely. “You would lie down and none would disturb you, And many would entreat your favor. “But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last.”

Questions:

1.      Zophar had supposedly come to ________ Job.

2.      A multitude of words in Scripture is spoken of as _________.

3.      _________ was the worst of three friends.

4.      Job said that his doctrine was ________.

5.      Job was pure in _______ eyes.

6.      As terrible as the attack of Satan on Job had been, Zophar wanted it to be _________.

7.      Zophar thought that Job would have ___________, if he had any wisdom.

8.      In verse 7, Zophar says that Job would never measure up to what?

9.      Zophar was a _____________, not a comforter.

10.  What did the perfection of the Almighty fill?

11.  Who can hinder God?

12.  We must keep remembering that _______ gave Satan permission to attack Job.

13.  What was Zophar accusing Job of in verse 11?

14.  In verse 12, what was Zophar saying he believes?

15.  Why did he say that Job should put his wickedness far from him?

16.  When did Zophar say that Job could look to heaven for help?

17.  Zophar says that Job would not face the darkness of hell and the grave, if he would do what?

18.  What, that we read in verse 18, really would happen to Job?

19.  Did Zophar want this for Job?

20.  What was verse 19 speaking of?

21.  What would happen to the wicked?

22.  Who did Zophar think this wicked was?

23.  Who was really the wicked one?

24.  Who would have to pray for Zophar to save him?

Job Chapter 10

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man’s days, That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

1. How did Job begin this chapter?
2. What was his worst pain?
3. Job wanted to know what God had __ him for.
4. What did Job really care about, if it was not the loss of his wealth?
5. Who did Job believe was oppressing him?
6. What did Job call himself in verse 3?
7. What is the answer to those questions?
8. What can God see, that man cannot see?
9. God is _.
10. What is the approximate life span of mankind?
11. In verse 7, Job said, “Thou knowest I am not _”.
12. Job was aware that he was no more than __ in the hands of the LORD.
13. The Creator can do with His __ as He wishes.
14. What did Job say that God started with, when he made him?
15. What does “granted”, in verse 12, show?
16. Verse 13 is speaking of the ____ of God.
17. If I sin, then thou __ me.
18. The wages of sin is _.
19. If I be wicked, __ unto me.
20. Job was confused because he knew he was not a _ man.
21. How was he a type of Christ, here?
22. Thou huntest me as a fierce _.
23. It seemed that Job felt that everything was happening to him _ .
24. In verse 21 and 22, what is this place of darkness?

“Job Chapter 9”

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. He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? Which removes’ the mountains, and they know not: which overturned them in his anger. Which shakes’ the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. Which commanded the sun, and it rise not; and sealeth up the stars. Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness. If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. If I be wicked, why then labor I in vain? If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

Questions:

1. What must we remember about the problems that came upon Job?
2. Job was feeling that he must have __ God in some way he was unaware of.
3. It would be a _ thing for man to contend with God.
4. No man who hardens his heart against God could ever _.
5. From verse 5 through 13, we must see that God is in _.
6. What is verse 6 speaking of?
7. When did Jesus manifest His control over the water?
8. What constellations that God made are mentioned by name?
9. Which one of them is called the bear?
10. Job never questioned the __ of God.
11. Why could Job not see God?
12. We _ and _ _ question the actions of God.
13. What is the outcome, when someone rebels against Him?
14. Job explains that he would pray and ask God to help him, but he would not __ with God.
15. Job was having great __ in breathing.
16. The only strength that Job had was in the __.
17. In verse 20, Job says his own _ condemns him.
18. He who says he has not sinned is a _.
19. It rains upon the and on the .
20. It appears to Job that the wicked people were in _ __.
21. What is a post?
22. In verse 26, what did Job compare to the swiftness of life?
23. Even if Job stopped complaining out loud, he would still have the complaint in his __.
24. God thinks of murmuring as _.
25. Fear of anything, except God is __.
26. How is the only way that verse 32 could be fulfilled?
27. Who is the daysman?
28. When was his rod taken away from mankind?

1. Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2. How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3. Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4. If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5. If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6. If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7. Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8. For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9. (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
10. Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11. Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12. Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13. So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:
14. Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
15. He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16. He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17. His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18. If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19. Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20. Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
21. Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22. They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.

Bildad was a __.

What did he say that the words of Job’s mouth were like?

How did he speak to Job?

What was the answer to these questions?

Bildad accused Job’s children of what?

What was he calling Job’s children’s death?

What did he accuse Job of in verse 5?

What did he call God in verse 5?

Job had scolded his wife for what?

What had Job done immediately on hearing of his children’s death?

What had Job’s friend made up his mind about?

What are many ministers, today, telling their people brings automatic prosperity?

What was verse 7 saying?

Bildad told Job to inquire of whom?

Our days upon earth are a __.

What was the rush in verse 11?

What was the flag?

Whose hope shall perish?

Why does a spider build a web?

What happened to the house in verse 15?

Where did the water come from, that was feeding the plant in verse 17?

What was Job’s friend saying in verse 19?

What would God do for the perfect man?

• “Job’s Life See’s 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, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:
• So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
• When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossing’s to and fro unto the dawning of the day.
• My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.
• My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and are spent without hope.
• O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
• The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
• As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.
• He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
• Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
• Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?
• When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;
• Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions:
• So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
• I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
• What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?
• And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?
• How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?
• I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?
• And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be Futile. Job chapter 7 end!

The days of man on earth are _.

His days are like the days of a _.

What is a hireling?

What does a hireling look for?

What were the months of vanity speaking of?

Why were the nights wearisome for Job?

In verse 5, we see that his flesh was clothed with _.

His disease had become so terrible, that he hated his _ _.

When Job looked back over his life, it seemed to have passed in a __.

Why was his life compared to the wind?

In verse 8, Job felts as if he was near __.

How is he compared to a cloud?

In verse 10, we see that the house he used to live in, would now be inhabited by the ___.

How had Job found peace in his past life?

Why had Job decided to complain?

Job did not desire to live in this __ state.

Why was strangling mentioned?

What questions did Job ask God in verse 17?

Job felt that he had fallen short of the __ of God.

What was Job asking for in verse 19?

What had God not revealed to Job?

Why did Job not say what his sin was?

Why did Job want God to pardon his transgressions?

If Job had sinned, Job knew God is a __ God.

Job knew God would stop the chastisement sometime, but believe he would be _ by that time.

Have a awesome day full of blessings.

“Story of Job Responds: Continues”
Job Chapter 6:1-23
Then Job replied: “If only my anguish could be weighed and all my misery be placed on the scales! It would surely outweigh the sand of the seas— no wonder my words have been impetuous. The arrows of the Almighty are in me, my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are marshaled against me. Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder? Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow ? I refuse to touch it; such food makes me ill. “Oh, that I might have my request, that God would grant what I hope for, that God would be willing to crush me, to let loose his hand and cut off my life! Then I would still have this consolation— my joy in unrelenting pain— that I had not denied the words of the Holy One. “What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What prospects, that I should be patient? Do I have the strength of stone? Is my flesh bronze? Do I have any power to help myself, now that success has been driven from me? “Anyone who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. But my brothers are as undependable as intermittent streams, as the streams that overflow when darkened by thawing ice and swollen with melting snow, but that stop flowing in the dry season, and in the heat vanish from their channels. Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go off into the wasteland and perish. The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope. They are distressed, because they had been confident; they arrive there, only to be disappointed. Now you too have proved to be of no help; you see something dreadful and are afraid. Have I ever said, ‘Give something on my behalf, pay a ransom for me from your wealth, deliver me from the hand of the enemy, rescue me from the clutches of the ruthless’?
“Show me how I have erred. ‘Job Chapter 6:24-30
“Teach me, and I will be quiet; show me where I have been wrong. How painful are honest words! But what do your arguments prove? Do you mean to correct what I say, and treat my desperate words as wind? You would even cast lots for the fatherless and barter away your friend. “But now be so kind as to look at me. Would I lie to your face? Relent, do not be unjust; reconsider, for my integrity is at stake. Is there any wickedness on my lips? Can my mouth not discern malice?

“Man is born for trouble”

Chapter 5:1-7
“Call if you will, but who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed. His children are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender. The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth. For hardship does not spring from the soil, nor does trouble sprout from the ground. Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.

“My Cause Before God”

Chapter 5:8-27
“But if I were you, I would appeal to God; I would lay my cause before him. He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted. He provides rain for the earth; he sends water on the countryside. The lowly he sets on high, and those who mourn are lifted to safety. He thwarts the plans of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are swept away. Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night. He saves the needy from the sword in their mouth; he saves them from the clutches of the powerful. So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth. “Blessed is the one whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. For he wounds, but he also binds up; he injures, but his hands also heal. From six calamities he will rescue you; in seven no harm will touch you. In famine he will deliver you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword. You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes. You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the wild animals. For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. You will know that your tent is secure; you will take stock of your property and find nothing missing. You will know that your children will be many, and your descendants like the grass of the earth. You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season. “We have examined this, and it is true. So hear it and apply it to yourself.”

“Job Speaks! Bewall’s his birth”” Chapter 3
After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. He said: “May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said, ‘A boy is conceived!’ That day—may it turn to darkness; may God above not care about it; may no light shine on it. May gloom and utter darkness claim it once more; may a cloud settle over it; may blackness overwhelm it. That night—may thick darkness seize it; may it not be included among the days of the year nor be entered in any of the months. May that night be barren; may no shout of joy be heard in it. May those who curse days curse that day, those who are ready to rouse Leviathan. May its morning stars become dark; may it wait for daylight in vain and not see the first rays of dawn, for it did not shut the doors of the womb on me to hide trouble from my eyes. “Why did I not perish at birth, and die as I came from the womb? Why were there knees to receive me and breasts that I might be nursed? For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest with kings and rulers of the earth, who built for themselves places now lying in ruins, with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. Or why was I not hidden away in the ground like a stillborn child, like an infant who never saw the light of day? There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest. Captives also enjoy their ease; they no longer hear the slave driver’s shout. The small and the great are there, and the slaves are freed from their owners. “Why is light given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul, to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure, who are filled with gladness and rejoice when they reach the grave? Why is life given to a man whose way is hidden, whom God has hedged in? For sighing has become my daily food; my groans pour out like water. What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me. I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil.”
“Jobs Friend Eliphaz” Chapter 4
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied: “If someone ventures a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can keep from speaking? Think how you have instructed many, how you have strengthened feeble hands. Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees. But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed. Should not your piety be your confidence and your blameless ways your hope? “Consider now: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Where were the upright ever destroyed? As I have observed, those who plow evil and those who sow trouble reap it. At the breath of God they perish; at the blast of his anger they are no more. The lions may roar and growl, yet the teeth of the great lions are broken. The lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. “A word was secretly brought to me, my ears caught a whisper of it. Amid disquieting dreams in the night, when deep sleep falls on people, fear and trembling seized me and made all my bones shake. A spirit glided past my face, and the hair on my body stood on end. It stopped, but I could not tell what it was. A form stood before my eyes, and I heard a hushed voice: ‘Can a mortal be more righteous than God? Can even a strong man be more pure than his Maker? If God places no trust in his servants, if he charges his angels with error, how much more those who live in houses of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed more readily than a moth! Between dawn and dusk they are broken to pieces; unnoticed, they perish forever. Are not the cords of their tent pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’