1:20 Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.
2:7 So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.
6:10 Then I would yet have my comfort,
then I would rejoice,
in spite of pitiless pain,
for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.
11:3 Will your idle talk reduce people to silence,
and will no one rebuke you when you mock?
11:8 It is higher than the heavens – what can you do?
It is deeper than Sheol – what can you know?
12:3 I also have understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these?
13:9 Would it turn out well if he would examine you?
Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him?
13:15 Even if he slays me, I will hope in him;
I will surely defend my ways to his face!
14:6 Look away from him and let him desist,
until he fulfills his time like a hired man.
16:12 I was in peace, and he has shattered me.
He has seized me by the neck and crushed me.
He has made me his target;
19:27 whom I will see for myself,
and whom my own eyes will behold,
and not another.
My heart grows faint within me.
19:29 Fear the sword yourselves,
for wrath brings the punishment by the sword,
so that you may know
that there is judgment.”
22:3 Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty
that you should be righteous,
or is it any gain to him
that you make your ways blameless?
24:1 “Why are times not appointed by the Almighty?
Why do those who know him not see his days?
27:6 I will maintain my righteousness
and never let it go;
my conscience will not reproach me
for as long as I live.
31:7 If my footsteps have strayed from the way,
if my heart has gone after my eyes,
or if anything has defiled my hands,
V. The Speeches of Elihu (32:1-37:24)
Elihu’s First Speech32:1 So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
33:27 That person sings to others, saying:
‘I have sinned and falsified what is right,
but I was not punished according to what I deserved.
34:11 For he repays a person for his work,
and according to the conduct of a person,
he causes the consequences to find him.
34:19 who shows no partiality to princes,
and does not take note of the rich more than the poor,
because all of them are the work of his hands?
34:20 In a moment they die, in the middle of the night,
people are shaken and they pass away.
The mighty are removed effortlessly.
36:7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous;
but with kings on the throne
he seats the righteous and exalts them forever.
37:23 As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him!
He is great in power,
but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress.
42:3 you asked,
‘Who is this who darkens counsel
without knowledge?’
But I have declared without understanding
things too wonderful for me to know.
42:10 So the Lord restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all that had belonged to Job.