Job 11-13Zophar Urges Job to Repent11 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:2 “Should not the multitude of words be answered?And should [a]a man full of talk be vindicated?3 Should your empty talk make men [b]hold their peace?And when you mock, should no one rebuke you?4 For you have said,‘My doctrine is pure,And I am clean in your eyes.’5 But oh, that God would speak,And open His lips agai...  Read More

Job 8-10Bildad: Job Should Repent8 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:2 “How long will you speak these things,And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?3 Does God subvert judgment?Or does the Almighty pervert justice?4 If your sons have sinned against Him,He has cast them away [a]for their transgression.5 If you would earnestly seek GodAnd make your supplication to the Almighty,6 If...  Read More

Job 5-7Eliphaz: Job Is Chastened by God5 “Call out now;Is there anyone who will answer you?And to which of the holy ones will you turn?2 For wrath kills a foolish man,And envy slays a simple one.3 I have seen the foolish taking root,But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.4 His sons are far from safety,They are crushed in the gate,And there is no deliverer.5 Because the hungry eat up his harvest,...  Read More

Job 3-4Job Deplores His Birth3 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job [a]spoke, and said:3 “May the day perish on which I was born,And the night in which it was said,‘A male child is conceived.’4 May that day be darkness;May God above not seek it,Nor the light shine upon it.5 May darkness and the shadow of death claim it;May a cloud settle on it;May the blacknes...  Read More

Job 1-2Job and His Family in Uz1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and [a]shunned evil. 2 And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this ma...  Read More

Esther 9-10The Jews Destroy Their Tormentors9 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day, the time came for the king’s command and his decree to be executed. On the day that the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, the opposite occurred, in that the Jews themselves overpowered those who hated them. 2 The Jews gathered together in their cities throughout...  Read More