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Job

Job, a blameless and upright man from Uz, endured severe trials and maintained his faith in God.

The name Job means “he that weeps or cries”

MalePatriarchs eraOld & New Testaments3 books514 verses

Summary

A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Job 1:1; referred to as Job (אִיּוֹב) or Job (Ἰώβ); father of Jemimah, Keziah, Keren-happuch.

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Jemimah Keren-happuch Keziah

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First 200 of 514

Includes 461 verses that refer to Job without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

  1. Job 1:1
    There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
  2. Job 1:5
    And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
  3. Job 1:8
    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
  4. Job 1:9
    Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
  5. Job 1:10Referred to, not named
    Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
  6. Job 1:11Referred to, not named
    But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  7. Job 1:12Referred to, not named
    “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
  8. Job 1:13Referred to, not named
    One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
  9. Job 1:14
    …a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
  10. Job 1:15Referred to, not named
    …the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
  11. Job 1:16Referred to, not named
    While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
  12. Job 1:17Referred to, not named
    While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
  13. Job 1:18Referred to, not named
    While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
  14. Job 1:19Referred to, not named
    …when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
  15. Job 1:20
    Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
  16. Job 1:21Referred to, not named
    …saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
  17. Job 1:22
    In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
  18. Job 2:3
    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
  19. Job 2:5Referred to, not named
    But stretch out Your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
  20. Job 2:6Referred to, not named
    “Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
  21. Job 2:7
    So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
  22. Job 2:8Referred to, not named
    And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
  23. Job 2:9Referred to, not named
    Then Job’s wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”
  24. Job 2:10
    “You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.
  25. Job 2:11
    Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.
  26. Job 2:12Referred to, not named
    When they lifted up their eyes from afar, they could barely recognize Job. They began to weep aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust in the air over his head.
  27. Job 2:13Referred to, not named
    Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
  28. Job 3:1
    After this, Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth.
  29. Job 3:2
    And this is what he said:
  30. Job 3:3Referred to, not named
    “May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, ‘A boy is conceived.’
  31. Job 3:10Referred to, not named
    For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
  32. Job 3:11Referred to, not named
    Why did I not perish at birth; why did I not die as I came from the womb?
  33. Job 3:12Referred to, not named
    Why were there knees to receive me, and breasts that I should be nursed?
  34. Job 3:13Referred to, not named
    For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
  35. Job 3:16Referred to, not named
    Or why was I not hidden like a stillborn child, like an infant who never sees daylight?
  36. Job 3:24Referred to, not named
    I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
  37. Job 3:25Referred to, not named
    For the thing I feared has overtaken me, and what I dreaded has befallen me.
  38. Job 3:26Referred to, not named
    I am not at ease or quiet; I have no rest, for trouble has come.”
  39. Job 4:2Referred to, not named
    “If one ventures a word with you, will you be wearied? Yet who can keep from speaking?
  40. Job 4:3Referred to, not named
    Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.
  41. Job 4:4Referred to, not named
    Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.
  42. Job 4:5Referred to, not named
    But now trouble has come upon you, and you are weary. It strikes you, and you are dismayed.
  43. Job 4:6Referred to, not named
    Is your reverence not your confidence, and the uprightness of your ways your hope?
  44. Job 4:7Referred to, not named
    Consider now, I plead: Who, being innocent, has ever perished? Or where have the upright been destroyed?
  45. Job 5:1Referred to, not named
    “Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
  46. Job 5:17Referred to, not named
    Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
  47. Job 5:19Referred to, not named
    He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
  48. Job 5:20Referred to, not named
    In famine He will redeem you from death, and in battle from the stroke of the sword.
  49. Job 5:21Referred to, not named
    You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, and will not fear havoc when it comes.
  50. Job 5:22Referred to, not named
    You will laugh at destruction and famine, and need not fear the beasts of the earth.
  51. Job 5:23Referred to, not named
    For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
  52. Job 5:24Referred to, not named
    You will know that your tent is secure, and find nothing amiss when inspecting your home.
  53. Job 5:25Referred to, not named
    You will know that your offspring will be many, your descendants like the grass of the earth.
  54. Job 5:26Referred to, not named
    You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
  55. Job 5:27Referred to, not named
    Indeed, we have investigated, and it is true! So hear it and know for yourself.”
  56. Job 6:1
    Then Job replied:
  57. Job 6:2Referred to, not named
    “If only my grief could be weighed and placed with my calamity on the scales.
  58. Job 6:3Referred to, not named
    For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas—no wonder my words have been rash.
  59. Job 6:4Referred to, not named
    For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
  60. Job 6:7Referred to, not named
    My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
  61. Job 6:8Referred to, not named
    If only my request were granted and God would fulfill my hope:
  62. Job 6:9Referred to, not named
    …that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
  63. Job 6:10Referred to, not named
    It still brings me comfort, and joy through unrelenting pain, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
  64. Job 6:11Referred to, not named
    What strength do I have, that I should still hope? What is my future, that I should be patient?
  65. Job 6:12Referred to, not named
    Is my strength like that of stone, or my flesh made of bronze?
  66. Job 6:13Referred to, not named
    Is there any help within me now that success is driven from me?
  67. Job 6:15Referred to, not named
    But my brothers are as faithless as wadis, as seasonal streams that overflow,
  68. Job 6:22Referred to, not named
    Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
  69. Job 6:23Referred to, not named
    …deliver me from the hand of the enemy; redeem me from the grasp of the ruthless’?
  70. Job 6:24Referred to, not named
    Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.
  71. Job 6:28Referred to, not named
    But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
  72. Job 6:29Referred to, not named
    Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
  73. Job 6:30Referred to, not named
    Is there iniquity on my tongue? Can my mouth not discern malice?
  74. Job 7:3Referred to, not named
    So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
  75. Job 7:4Referred to, not named
    When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.
  76. Job 7:5Referred to, not named
    My flesh is clothed with worms and encrusted with dirt; my skin is cracked and festering.
  77. Job 7:6Referred to, not named
    My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
  78. Job 7:7Referred to, not named
    Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  79. Job 7:8Referred to, not named
    The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
  80. Job 7:11Referred to, not named
    Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
  81. Job 7:12Referred to, not named
    Am I the sea, or the monster of the deep, that You must keep me under guard?
  82. Job 7:13Referred to, not named
    When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,
  83. Job 7:14Referred to, not named
    …then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,
  84. Job 7:15Referred to, not named
    …so that I would prefer strangling and death over my life in this body.
  85. Job 7:16Referred to, not named
    I loathe my life! I would not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.
  86. Job 7:19Referred to, not named
    Will You never look away from me, or leave me alone to swallow my spittle?
  87. Job 7:20Referred to, not named
    If I have sinned, what have I done to You, O watcher of mankind? Why have You made me Your target, so that I am a burden to You?
  88. Job 7:21Referred to, not named
    Why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For soon I will lie down in the dust; You will seek me, but I will be no more.”
  89. Job 8:2Referred to, not named
    “How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.
  90. Job 8:4Referred to, not named
    When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
  91. Job 8:5Referred to, not named
    But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
  92. Job 8:6Referred to, not named
    …if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
  93. Job 8:7Referred to, not named
    Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.
  94. Job 8:8Referred to, not named
    Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.
  95. Job 8:9Referred to, not named
    For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.
  96. Job 8:10Referred to, not named
    Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
  97. Job 8:21Referred to, not named
    He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.
  98. Job 8:22Referred to, not named
    Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
  99. Job 9:1
    Then Job answered:
  100. Job 9:2Referred to, not named
    “Yes, I know that it is so, but how can a mortal be righteous before God?
  101. Job 9:11Referred to, not named
    Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; were He to move, I would not recognize Him.
  102. Job 9:14Referred to, not named
    How then can I answer Him or choose my arguments against Him?
  103. Job 9:15Referred to, not named
    For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
  104. Job 9:16Referred to, not named
    If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
  105. Job 9:17Referred to, not named
    For He would crush me with a tempest and multiply my wounds without cause.
  106. Job 9:18Referred to, not named
    He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
  107. Job 9:20Referred to, not named
    Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
  108. Job 9:21Referred to, not named
    Though I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life.
  109. Job 9:22Referred to, not named
    It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
  110. Job 9:25Referred to, not named
    My days are swifter than a runner; they flee without seeing good.
  111. Job 9:27Referred to, not named
    If I were to say, ‘I will forget my complaint and change my expression and smile,’
  112. Job 9:28Referred to, not named
    I would still dread all my sufferings; I know that You will not acquit me.
  113. Job 9:29Referred to, not named
    Since I am already found guilty, why should I labor in vain?
  114. Job 9:30Referred to, not named
    If I should wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye,
  115. Job 9:31Referred to, not named
    …then You would plunge me into the pit, and even my own clothes would despise me.
  116. Job 9:32Referred to, not named
    For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
  117. Job 9:33Referred to, not named
    Nor is there a mediator between us, to lay his hand upon us both.
  118. Job 9:34Referred to, not named
    Let Him remove His rod from me, so that His terror will no longer frighten me.
  119. Job 9:35Referred to, not named
    Then I would speak without fear of Him. But as it is, I am on my own.
  120. Job 10:1Referred to, not named
    “I loathe my own life; I will express my complaint and speak in the bitterness of my soul.
  121. Job 10:2Referred to, not named
    I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.
  122. Job 10:6Referred to, not named
    …that You should seek my iniquity and search out my sin—
  123. Job 10:7Referred to, not named
    …though You know that I am not guilty, and there is no deliverance from Your hand?
  124. Job 10:8Referred to, not named
    Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
  125. Job 10:9Referred to, not named
    Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
  126. Job 10:10Referred to, not named
    Did You not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese?
  127. Job 10:11Referred to, not named
    You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
  128. Job 10:12Referred to, not named
    You have granted me life and loving devotion, and Your care has preserved my spirit.
  129. Job 10:13Referred to, not named
    Yet You concealed these things in Your heart, and I know that this was in Your mind:
  130. Job 10:14Referred to, not named
    If I sinned, You would take note, and would not acquit me of my iniquity.
  131. Job 10:15Referred to, not named
    If I am guilty, woe to me! And even if I am righteous, I cannot lift my head. I am full of shame and aware of my affliction.
  132. Job 10:16Referred to, not named
    Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
  133. Job 10:17Referred to, not named
    You produce new witnesses against me and multiply Your anger toward me. Hardships assault me in wave after wave.
  134. Job 10:18Referred to, not named
    Why then did You bring me from the womb? Oh, that I had died, and no eye had seen me!
  135. Job 10:19Referred to, not named
    If only I had never come to be, but had been carried from the womb to the grave.
  136. Job 10:20Referred to, not named
    Are my days not few? Withdraw from me, that I may have a little comfort,
  137. Job 10:21Referred to, not named
    …before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
  138. Job 11:3Referred to, not named
    Should your babbling put others to silence? Will you scoff without rebuke?
  139. Job 11:4Referred to, not named
    You have said, ‘My doctrine is sound, and I am pure in Your sight.’
  140. Job 11:5Referred to, not named
    But if only God would speak and open His lips against you,
  141. Job 11:6Referred to, not named
    …and disclose to you the secrets of wisdom, for true wisdom has two sides. Know then that God exacts from you less than your iniquity deserves.
  142. Job 11:7Referred to, not named
    Can you fathom the deep things of God or discover the limits of the Almighty?
  143. Job 11:8Referred to, not named
    They are higher than the heavens—what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?
  144. Job 11:13Referred to, not named
    As for you, if you direct your heart and lift up your hands to Him,
  145. Job 11:14Referred to, not named
    …if you put away the iniquity in your hand, and allow no injustice to dwell in your tents,
  146. Job 11:15Referred to, not named
    …then indeed you will lift up your face without blemish; you will stand firm and unafraid.
  147. Job 11:16Referred to, not named
    For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
  148. Job 11:18Referred to, not named
    You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
  149. Job 11:19Referred to, not named
    You will lie down without fear, and many will court your favor.
  150. Job 12:1
    Then Job answered:
  151. Job 12:3Referred to, not named
    But I also have a mind; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these?
  152. Job 12:4Referred to, not named
    I am a laughingstock to my friends, though I called on God, and He answered. The righteous and upright man is a laughingstock.
  153. Job 13:1Referred to, not named
    “Indeed, my eyes have seen all this; my ears have heard and understood.
  154. Job 13:2Referred to, not named
    What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.
  155. Job 13:3Referred to, not named
    Yet I desire to speak to the Almighty and argue my case before God.
  156. Job 13:6Referred to, not named
    Hear now my argument, and listen to the plea of my lips.
  157. Job 13:13Referred to, not named
    Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
  158. Job 13:14Referred to, not named
    Why do I put myself at risk and take my life in my own hands?
  159. Job 13:15Referred to, not named
    Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. I will still defend my ways to His face.
  160. Job 13:16Referred to, not named
    Moreover, this will be my salvation, for no godless man can appear before Him.
  161. Job 13:17Referred to, not named
    Listen carefully to my words; let my declaration ring in your ears.
  162. Job 13:18Referred to, not named
    See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated.
  163. Job 13:19Referred to, not named
    Can anyone indict me? If so, I will be silent and die.
  164. Job 13:20Referred to, not named
    Only grant these two things to me, so that I need not hide from You:
  165. Job 13:21Referred to, not named
    Withdraw Your hand from me, and do not let Your terror frighten me.
  166. Job 13:22Referred to, not named
    Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
  167. Job 13:23Referred to, not named
    How many are my iniquities and sins? Reveal to me my transgression and sin.
  168. Job 13:24Referred to, not named
    Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?
  169. Job 13:26Referred to, not named
    For You record bitter accusations against me and bequeath to me the iniquities of my youth.
  170. Job 13:27Referred to, not named
    You put my feet in the stocks and stand watch over all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.
  171. Job 14:3Referred to, not named
    Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
  172. Job 14:13Referred to, not named
    If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
  173. Job 14:14Referred to, not named
    When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
  174. Job 14:15Referred to, not named
    You will call, and I will answer; You will desire the work of Your hands.
  175. Job 14:16Referred to, not named
    For then You would count my steps, but would not keep track of my sin.
  176. Job 14:17Referred to, not named
    My transgression would be sealed in a bag, and You would cover over my iniquity.
  177. Job 15:4Referred to, not named
    But you even undermine the fear of God and hinder meditation before Him.
  178. Job 15:5Referred to, not named
    For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
  179. Job 15:6Referred to, not named
    Your own mouth, not mine, condemns you; your own lips testify against you.
  180. Job 15:7Referred to, not named
    Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
  181. Job 15:8Referred to, not named
    Do you listen in on the council of God or limit wisdom to yourself?
  182. Job 15:9Referred to, not named
    What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
  183. Job 15:10Referred to, not named
    Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side—men much older than your father.
  184. Job 15:11Referred to, not named
    Are the consolations of God not enough for you, even words spoken gently to you?
  185. Job 15:12Referred to, not named
    Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
  186. Job 15:13Referred to, not named
    …so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
  187. Job 15:17Referred to, not named
    Listen to me and I will inform you. I will describe what I have seen,
  188. Job 16:1
    Then Job answered:
  189. Job 16:2Referred to, not named
    “I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
  190. Job 16:4Referred to, not named
    I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
  191. Job 16:5Referred to, not named
    But I would encourage you with my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would bring relief.
  192. Job 16:6Referred to, not named
    Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I hold back, how will it go away?
  193. Job 16:7Referred to, not named
    Surely He has now exhausted me; You have devastated all my family.
  194. Job 16:8Referred to, not named
    You have bound me, and it has become a witness; my frailty rises up and testifies against me.
  195. Job 16:9Referred to, not named
    His anger has torn me and opposed me; He gnashes His teeth at me. My adversary pierces me with His eyes.
  196. Job 16:10Referred to, not named
    They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.
  197. Job 16:11Referred to, not named
    God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
  198. Job 16:12Referred to, not named
    I was at ease, but He shattered me; He seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has set me up as His target;
  199. Job 16:13Referred to, not named
    His archers surround me. He pierces my kidneys without mercy and spills my gall on the ground.
  200. Job 16:14Referred to, not named
    He breaks me with wound upon wound; He rushes me like a mighty warrior.