Through My Bible Yr 1 – August 12
Bible reading based on Job 36-37 (NIV84) 1Elihu continued: 2 “Bear with me a little longer and I will show you 3 I get my knowledge from afar; 4 Be assured that my words are not false;
5 “God is mighty, but does not despise men; 6 He does not keep the wicked alive 7 He does not take his eyes off the righteous; 8 But if men are bound in chains, 9 he tells them what they have done—
10 He makes them listen to correction 11 If they obey and serve him, 12 But if they do not listen, 13 “The godless in heart harbor resentment; 14 They die in their youth, 15 But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; 16 “He is wooing you from the jaws of distress 17 But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; 18 Be careful that no one entices you by riches; 19 Would your wealth 20 Do not long for the night, 21 Beware of turning to evil, 22 “God is exalted in his power. 23 Who has prescribed his ways for him, 24 Remember to extol his work, 25 All mankind has seen it; 26 How great is God—beyond our understanding! 27 “He draws up the drops of water, 28 the clouds pour down their moisture 29 Who can understand how he spreads out the clouds, 30 See how he scatters his lightning about him, 31 This is the way he governs [d] the nations 32 He fills his hands with lightning 33 His thunder announces the coming storm; 1 “At this my heart pounds 2 Listen! Listen to the roar of his voice, 3 He unleashes his lightning beneath the whole heaven 4 After that comes the sound of his roar; 5 God’s voice thunders in marvelous ways; 6 He says to the snow, ‘Fall on the earth,’ 7 So that all men he has made may know his work, 8 The animals take cover; 9 The tempest comes out from its chamber, 10 The breath of God produces ice, 11 He loads the clouds with moisture; 12 At his direction they swirl around 13 He brings the clouds to punish men, 14 “Listen to this, Job; 15 Do you know how God controls the clouds 16 Do you know how the clouds hang poised, 17 You who swelter in your clothes 18 can you join him in spreading out the skies, 19 “Tell us what we should say to him; 20 Should he be told that I want to speak? 21 Now no one can look at the sun, 22 Out of the north he comes in golden splendor; 23 The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; 24 Therefore, men revere him, Through My Bible – August 12
See series: Through My BibleJob 36
that there is more to be said in God’s behalf.
I will ascribe justice to my Maker.
one perfect in knowledge is with you.
he is mighty, and firm in his purpose.
but gives the afflicted their rights.
he enthrones them with kings
and exalts them forever.
held fast by cords of affliction,
that they have sinned arrogantly.
and commands them to repent of their evil.
they will spend the rest of their days in prosperity
and their years in contentment.
they will perish by the sword [a]
and die without knowledge.
even when he fetters them, they do not cry for help.
among male prostitutes of the shrines.
he speaks to them in their affliction.
to a spacious place free from restriction,
to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
judgment and justice have taken hold of you.
do not let a large bribe turn you aside.
or even all your mighty efforts
sustain you so you would not be in distress?
to drag people away from their homes. [b]
which you seem to prefer to affliction.
Who is a teacher like him?
or said to him, ‘You have done wrong’?
which men have praised in song.
men gaze on it from afar.
The number of his years is past finding out.
which distill as rain to the streams [c];
and abundant showers fall on mankind.
how he thunders from his pavilion?
bathing the depths of the sea.
and provides food in abundance.
and commands it to strike its mark.
even the cattle make known its approach. [e]Job 37
and leaps from its place.
to the rumbling that comes from his mouth.
and sends it to the ends of the earth.
he thunders with his majestic voice.
When his voice resounds,
he holds nothing back.
he does great things beyond our understanding.
and to the rain shower, ‘Be a mighty downpour.’
he stops every man from his labor. [f]
they remain in their dens.
the cold from the driving winds.
and the broad waters become frozen.
he scatters his lightning through them.
over the face of the whole earth
to do whatever he commands them.
or to water his earth [g]and show his love.
stop and consider God’s wonders.
and makes his lightning flash?
those wonders of him who is perfect in knowledge?
when the land lies hushed under the south wind,
hard as a mirror of cast bronze?
we cannot draw up our case because of our darkness.
Would any man ask to be swallowed up?
bright as it is in the skies
after the wind has swept them clean.
God comes in awesome majesty.
in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
for does he not have regard for all the wise in heart? [h] ”
Footnotes:
Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.
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