Don’t Blame Fate When Things Go Wrong 1-7 “Call for help, Job, if you think anyone will answer! To which of the holy angels will you turn? The hot temper…

Job Replies to Eliphaz God Has Dumped the Works on Me 1-7 Job answered: “If my misery could be weighed, if you could pile the whole bitter load on the…

There’s Nothing to My Life 1-6 “Human life is a struggle, isn’t it? It’s a life sentence to hard labor. Like field hands longing for quitting time and working stiffs…

Bildad’s Response Does God Mess Up? 1-7 Bildad from Shuhah was next to speak: “How can you keep on talking like this? You’re talking nonsense, and noisy nonsense at that….

Job Continues How Can Mere Mortals Get Right with God? 1-13 Job continued by saying: “So what’s new? I know all this. The question is, ‘How can mere mortals get…

To Find Some Skeleton in My Closet 1 “I can’t stand my life—I hate it! I’m putting it all out on the table, all the bitterness of my life—I’m holding…

Zophar’s Counsel How Wisdom Looks from the Inside 1-6 Now it was the turn of Zophar from Naamath: “What a flood of words! Shouldn’t we put a stop to it?…

Job Answers Zophar Put Your Ear to the Earth 1-3 Job answered: “I’m sure you speak for all the experts, and when you die there’ll be no one left to…

I’m Taking My Case to God 1-5 “Yes, I’ve seen all this with my own eyes, heard and understood it with my very own ears. Everything you know, I know,…

If We Die, Will We Live Again? 1-17 “We’re all adrift in the same boat: too few days, too many troubles. We spring up like wildflowers in the desert and…