Job 1:15

1:15 and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!”

Job 4:16

4:16 It stands still,

but I cannot recognize its appearance;

an image is before my eyes,

and I hear a murmuring voice:

Job 9:32

9:32 For he is not a human being like I am,

that I might answer him,

that we might come together in judgment.

Job 12:3-4

12:3 I also have understanding as well as you;

I am not inferior to you.

Who does not know such things as these?

12:4 I am a laughingstock to my friends,

I, who called on God and whom he answered –

a righteous and blameless man

is a laughingstock!

Job 16:6

Abandonment by God and Man

16:6 “But if I speak, my pain is not relieved,

and if I refrain from speaking

– how much of it goes away?

Job 23:9

23:9 In the north when he is at work,

I do not see him;

when he turns to the south,

I see no trace of him.

Job 23:12

23:12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;

I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion.

Job 27:6

27:6 I will maintain my righteousness

and never let it go;

my conscience will not reproach me

for as long as I live.

Job 27:11

27:11 I will teach you about the power of God;

What is on the Almighty’s mind I will not conceal.

Job 29:2

29:2 “O that I could be as I was

in the months now gone,

in the days when God watched over me,

Job 30:1

Job’s Present Misery

30:1 “But now they mock me, those who are younger than I,

whose fathers I disdained too much

to put with my sheep dogs.

Job 31:18

31:18 but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father,

and from my mother’s womb

I guided the widow!

Job 31:34-35

31:34 because I was terrified of the great multitude,

and the contempt of families terrified me,

so that I remained silent

and would not go outdoors –

Job’s Appeal

31:35 “If only I had someone to hear me!

Here is my signature –

let the Almighty answer me!

If only I had an indictment

that my accuser had written.

Job 32:11

32:11 Look, I waited for you to speak;

I listened closely to your wise thoughts,while you were searching for words.

Job 32:22

32:22 for I do not know how to give honorary titles,

if I did, my Creator would quickly do away with me.

Job 36:2

36:2 “Be patient with me a little longer

and I will instruct you,

for I still have words to speak on God’s behalf.