July 13, 2025, Job 26:1-14 Job Replies: God's Majesty Is Unsearchable 26  Then Job answered and said: 2  “How you have helped him who has no power!      How you have saved the arm that has no strength! 3  How you have counseled him who has no wisdom,      and plentifully declared sound knowledge! 4  With whose help have you uttered words,      and whose breath has come out from you? 5  The dead tremble      under the waters and their inhabitants. 6  Sheol is naked before God,      and Abaddon has no covering. 7  He stretches out the north over the void      and hangs the earth on nothing. 8  He binds up the waters in his thick clouds,      and the cloud is not split open under them. 9  He covers the face of the full moon   ...

July 12, 2025, Job 25:1-6 Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous 25  Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: 2  “Dominion and fear are with God;      he makes peace in his high heaven. 3  Is there any number to his armies?      Upon whom does his light not arise? 4  How then can man be in the right before God?      How can he who is born of woman be pure? 5  Behold, even the moon is not bright,      and the stars are not pure in his eyes; 6  how much less man, who is a maggot,      and the son of man, who is a worm!” Bildad is sure seeing the worst of mankind as he shares his thoughts in these verses.   I have to give him some grace, though because He didn’t know what Jesus, the Messiah would bring to this world.   Once Jesus died for all these things Bildad is talking about, we can reali...

July 11, 2025, Job 24:1-25 (continuation of Job’s reply) “Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty,      and why do those who know him never see his days? 2  Some move landmarks;      they seize flocks and pasture them. 3  They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;      they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4  They thrust the poor off the road;      the poor of the earth all hide themselves. 5  Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert      the poor go out to their toil, seeking game;      the wasteland yields food for their children. 6  They gather their fodder in the field,      and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man. 7  They lie all night naked, without clothing,      and have no covering in the cold. 8...

July 10, 2025, Job 23:1-17 Job Replies: Where Is God? 23  Then Job answered and said: 2  “Today also my complaint is bitter;      my hand is heavy on account of my groaning. 3  Oh, that I knew where I might find him,      that I might come even to his seat! 4  I would lay my case before him      and fill my mouth with arguments. 5  I would know what he would answer me      and understand what he would say to me. 6  Would he contend with me in the greatness of his power?      No; he would pay attention to me. 7  There an upright man could argue with him,      and I would be acquitted forever by my judge. 8  “Behold, I go forward, but he is not there,      and backward, but I do not perceive him; 9  on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold ...

July 9, 2025, Job 22:1-30 Eliphaz Speaks: Job's Wickedness Is Great 22  Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2  “Can a man be profitable to God?      Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself. 3  Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if you are in the right,      or is it gain to him if you make your ways blameless? 4  Is it for your fear of him that he reproves you      and enters into judgment with you? 5  Is not your evil abundant?      There is no end to your iniquities. 6  For you have exacted pledges of your brothers for nothing      and stripped the naked of their clothing. 7  You have given no water to the weary to drink,      and you have withheld bread from the hungry. 8  The man with power possessed the land,      and the favored man lived...

July 8, 2025, Job 21:1-34 Job Replies: The Wicked Do Prosper 21  Then Job answered and said: 2  “Keep listening to my words,      and let this be your comfort. 3  Bear with me, and I will speak,      and after I have spoken, mock on. 4  As for me, is my complaint against man?      Why should I not be impatient? 5  Look at me and be appalled,      and lay your hand over your mouth. 6  When I remember, I am dismayed,      and shuddering seizes my flesh. 7  Why do the wicked live,      reach old age, and grow mighty in power? 8  Their offspring are established in their presence,      and their descendants before their eyes. 9  Their houses are safe from fear,      and no rod of God is upon them. 10  Their bull breeds without fail; ...

July 7, 2025, Job 20:1-29 Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer 20  Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said: 2  “Therefore my thoughts answer me,      because of my haste within me. 3  I hear censure that insults me,      and out of my understanding a spirit answers me. 4  Do you not know this from of old,      since man was placed on earth, 5  that the exulting of the wicked is short,      and the joy of the godless but for a moment? 6  Though his height mount up to the heavens,      and his head reach to the clouds, 7  he will perish forever like his own dung;      those who have seen him will say, ‘Where is he?’ 8  He will fly away like a dream and not be found;      he will be chased away like a vision of the night. 9  The eye that saw him will see h...