July 23, 2025, Job 36:1-33 Elihu Extols God's Greatness 36  And Elihu continued, and said: 2  “Bear with me a little, and I will show you,      for I have yet something to say on God's behalf. 3  I will get my knowledge from afar      and ascribe righteousness to my Maker. 4  For truly my words are not false;      one who is perfect in knowledge is with you. 5  “Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any;      he is mighty in strength of understanding. 6  He does not keep the wicked alive,      but gives the afflicted their right. 7  He does not withdraw his eyes from the righteous,      but with kings on the throne      he sets them forever, and they are exalted. 8  And if they are bound in chains      and cau...

July 22, 2025, Job 35:1-16 Elihu Condemns Job 35  And Elihu answered and said: 2  “Do you think this to be just?      Do you say, ‘It is my right before God,’ 3  that you ask, ‘What advantage have I?      How am I better off than if I had sinned?’ 4  I will answer you      and your friends with you. 5  Look at the heavens, and see;      and behold the clouds, which are higher than you. 6  If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against him?      And if your transgressions are multiplied, what do you do to him? 7  If you are righteous, what do you give to him?      Or what does he receive from your hand? 8  Your wickedness concerns a man like yourself,      and your righteousness a son of man. 9  “Because of the multitude of oppressions people cry ...

July 21, 2025, Job 34:1-37 Elihu Asserts God's Justice 34  Then Elihu answered and said: 2  “Hear my words, you wise men,      and give ear to me, you who know; 3  for the ear tests words      as the palate tastes food. 4  Let us choose what is right;      let us know among ourselves what is good. 5  For Job has said, ‘I am in the right,      and God has taken away my right; 6  in spite of my right I am counted a liar;      my wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’ 7  What man is like Job,      who drinks up scoffing like water, 8  who travels in company with evildoers      and walks with wicked men? 9  For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing      that he should take delight in God.’ 10  “Therefore,...

July 20, 2025, Job 33:1-33 Elihu Rebukes Job 33  “But now, hear my speech, O Job,      and listen to all my words. 2  Behold, I open my mouth;      the tongue in my mouth speaks. 3  My words declare the uprightness of my heart,      and what my lips know they speak sincerely. 4  The Spirit of God has made me,      and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. 5  Answer me, if you can;      set your words in order before me; take your stand. 6  Behold, I am toward God as you are;      I too was pinched off from a piece of clay. 7  Behold, no fear of me need terrify you;      my pressure will not be heavy upon you. 8  “Surely you have spoken in my ears,      and I have heard the sound of your words. 9  You say, ‘I am pure, without t...

July 19, 2025, Job 32:1-22 Elihu Rebukes Job's Three Friends 32  So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.  2  Then Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, burned with anger. He burned with anger at Job because he justified himself rather than God.  3  He burned with anger also at Job's tto maintain his three friends because they had found no answer, although they had declared Job to be in the wrong.  4  Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were older than he.  5  And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, he burned with anger. 6  And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said: “I am young in years,      and you are aged; therefore I was timid and afraid      to declare my opinion to you. 7  I said, ‘Let days speak,    ...

July 18, 2025, Job 31:1-40 Job's Final Appeal 31  “I have made a covenant with my eyes;      how then could I gaze at a virgin? 2  What would be my portion from God above      and my heritage from the Almighty on high? 3  Is not calamity for the unrighteous,      and disaster for the workers of iniquity? 4  Does not he see my ways      and number all my steps? 5  “If I have walked with falsehood      and my foot has hastened to deceit; 6  (Let me be weighed in a just balance,      and let God know my integrity!) 7  if my step has turned aside from the way      and my heart has gone after my eyes,      and if any spot has stuck to my hands, 8  then let me sow, and another eat,      and let what grows for me...