Job Affirms His Righteousness

      1Then Job continued his discourse and said,

2“As God lives, who has taken away my right,
         And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul,

3For as long as life is in me,
         And the breath of God is in my nostrils,

4My lips certainly will not speak unjustly,
         Nor will my tongue mutter deceit.

5“Far be it from me that I should declare you right;
         Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

6“I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go.
         My heart does not reproach any of my days.

The State of the Godless

7“May my enemy be as the wicked
         And my opponent as the unjust.

8“For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off,
         When God requires his life?

9“Will God hear his cry
         When distress comes upon him?

10“Will he take delight in the Almighty?
         Will he call on God at all times?

11“I will instruct you in the power of God;
         What is with the Almighty I will not conceal.

12“Behold, all of you have seen it;
         Why then do you act foolishly?

13“This is the portion of a wicked man from God,
         And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty.

14“Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword;
         And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread.

15“His survivors will be buried because of the plague,
         And their widows will not be able to weep.

16“Though he piles up silver like dust
         And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay,

17He may prepare it, but the just will wear it
         And the innocent will divide the silver.

18“He has built his house like the spider’s web,
         Or as a hut which the watchman has made.

19“He lies down rich, but never again;
         He opens his eyes, and it is no longer.

20“Terrors overtake him like a flood;
         A tempest steals him away in the night.

21“The east wind carries him away, and he is gone,
         For it whirls him away from his place.

22“For it will hurl at him without sparing;
         He will surely try to flee from its power.

23“Men will clap their hands at him
         And will hiss him from his place.

NASB ©1995

American Standard Version
And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Job also added, taking up his parable, and said:

Darby Bible Translation
And Job continued his parable and said,

English Revised Version
And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Webster's Bible Translation
Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,

World English Bible
Job again took up his parable, and said,

Young's Literal Translation
And Job addeth to lift up his simile, and saith: -- The Touchstone of Godly Sincerity
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 17: 1871

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Saint Thomas Aquinas—Summa Theologica

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St. Eucherius of Lyons—The Formulae of St. Eucherius of Lyons

Wesley in St. Albans Abbey
Monday, July 30.--l preached at Bingham, ten miles from Nottingham. I really admired the exquisite stupidity of the people. They gaped and stared while I was speaking of death and judgment, as if they had never heard of such things before. And they were not helped by two surly, ill-mannered clergymen, who seemed to be just as wise as themselves. The congregation at Houghton in the evening was more noble, behaving with the utmost decency. Tuesday, 31.--At nine I preached in the market place at Loughborough, …
John Wesley—The Journal of John Wesley

The Work of Jesus Christ as an Advocate,
CLEARLY EXPLAINED, AND LARGELY IMPROVED, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL BELIEVERS. 1 John 2:1--"And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." By JOHN BUNYAN, Author of "The Pilgrim's Progress." London: Printed for Dorman Newman, at the King's Arms, in the Poultry, 1689. ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITOR. This is one of the most interesting of Bunyan's treatises, to edit which required the Bible at my right hand, and a law dictionary on my left. It was very frequently republished; …
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The Sinner Arraigned and Convicted.
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Philip Doddridge—The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul

God's Sovereignty and Prayer
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Arthur W. Pink—The Sovereignty of God

Job
The book of Job is one of the great masterpieces of the world's literature, if not indeed the greatest. The author was a man of superb literary genius, and of rich, daring, and original mind. The problem with which he deals is one of inexhaustible interest, and his treatment of it is everywhere characterized by a psychological insight, an intellectual courage, and a fertility and brilliance of resource which are nothing less than astonishing. Opinion has been divided as to how the book should be …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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