Job 19:13-25 (Neal’s translation) 13 My family bonds He has severed; I’m a stranger to ones who were close. 14 My kin-folk and friends are all gone; I’m forgotten by guests in my home. 15 Even the house-maids don’t know me; In...
Job 1:13-22 13 One day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the eldest brother’s house, 14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were feeding beside them, 15 and the Sabeans fell on them and carried them off,...
Job 1:1-5 1 There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. 2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3 He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five...
Job 42:1-6, 10-17 1Then Job answered the LORD: 2″I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted. 3’Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?’ Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too...
Job 38:1-7, 34-41 1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: 2 ‘Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? 3 Gird up your loins like a man, I will question you, and you shall declare to me. 4 ‘Where were you when I laid the foundation of the...
Job 30:16-31 16 ‘And now my soul is poured out within me; days of affliction have taken hold of me. 17 The night racks my bones, and the pain that gnaws me takes no rest. 18 With violence he seizes my garment; he grasps me by the collar of my tunic. 19 He has cast me...
Job 1:1 – 2:13 Today’s scripture reading is the entire first two chapters of the book of Job. Since it’s a pretty long reading, I’m actually going to break it up and intersperse it with the sermon itself. In my two decades of adult life on this...
