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Today's Bible Reading :: Job 5 - 7 (ESV)

Job 5Listen to the passage

Job 6Listen to the passage

Job 7Listen to the passage

Job 5

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:1 - “Call now; is there anyone who will answer you?
To which of the holy ones will you turn?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:2 - Surely vexation kills the fool,
and jealousy slays the simple.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:3 - I have seen the fool taking root,
but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:4 - His children are far from safety;
they are crushed in the gate,
and there is no one to deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 - The hungry eat his harvest,
and he takes it even out of thorns,[fn]
and the thirsty pant[fn] after his[fn] wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:6 - For affliction does not come from the dust,
nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:7 - but man is born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:8 - “As for me, I would seek God,
and to God would I commit my cause,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:9 - who does great things and unsearchable,
marvelous things without number:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:10 - he gives rain on the earth
and sends waters on the fields;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:11 - he sets on high those who are lowly,
and those who mourn are lifted to safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:12 - He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
so that their hands achieve no success.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - He catches the wise in their own craftiness,
and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:14 - They meet with darkness in the daytime
and grope at noonday as in the night.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:15 - But he saves the needy from the sword of their mouth
and from the hand of the mighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:16 - So the poor have hope,
and injustice shuts her mouth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:17 - “Behold, blessed is the one whom God reproves;
therefore despise not the discipline of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:18 - For he wounds, but he binds up;
he shatters, but his hands heal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:19 - He will deliver you from six troubles;
in seven no evil[fn] shall touch you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20 - In famine he will redeem you from death,
and in war from the power of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:21 - You shall be hidden from the lash of the tongue,
and shall not fear destruction when it comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:22 - At destruction and famine you shall laugh,
and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:23 - For you shall be in league with the stones of the field,
and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:24 - You shall know that your tent is at peace,
and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:25 - You shall know also that your offspring shall be many,
and your descendants as the grass of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:26 - You shall come to your grave in ripe old age,
like a sheaf gathered up in its season.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:27 - Behold, this we have searched out; it is true.
Hear, and know it for your good.”[fn]
ESV Footnotes
The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
Aquila, Symmachus, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew could be read as and the snare pants
Hebrew their
Or disaster
Hebrew for yourself

Job 6

Job Replies: My Complaint Is Just

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:1 - Then Job answered and said:

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:2 - “Oh that my vexation were weighed,
and all my calamity laid in the balances!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:3 - For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;
therefore my words have been rash.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:4 - For the arrows of the Almighty are in me;
my spirit drinks their poison;
the terrors of God are arrayed against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:5 - Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass,
or the ox low over his fodder?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:6 - Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt,
or is there any taste in the juice of the mallow?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - My appetite refuses to touch them;
they are as food that is loathsome to me.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:8 - “Oh that I might have my request,
and that God would fulfill my hope,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:9 - that it would please God to crush me,
that he would let loose his hand and cut me off!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:10 - This would be my comfort;
I would even exult[fn] in pain unsparing,
for I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:11 - What is my strength, that I should wait?
And what is my end, that I should be patient?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:12 - Is my strength the strength of stones, or is my flesh bronze?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:13 - Have I any help in me,
when resource is driven from me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:14 - “He who withholds[fn] kindness from a friend
forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:15 - My brothers are treacherous as a torrent-bed,
as torrential streams that pass away,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:16 - which are dark with ice,
and where the snow hides itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:17 - When they melt, they disappear;
when it is hot, they vanish from their place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:18 - The caravans turn aside from their course;
they go up into the waste and perish.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:19 - The caravans of Tema look,
the travelers of Sheba hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:20 - They are ashamed because they were confident;
they come there and are disappointed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:21 - For you have now become nothing;
you see my calamity and are afraid.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:22 - Have I said, ‘Make me a gift’?
Or, ‘From your wealth offer a bribe for me’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:23 - Or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand’?
Or, ‘Redeem me from the hand of the ruthless’?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:24 - “Teach me, and I will be silent;
make me understand how I have gone astray.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:25 - How forceful are upright words!
But what does reproof from you reprove?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:26 - Do you think that you can reprove words,
when the speech of a despairing man is wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:27 - You would even cast lots over the fatherless,
and bargain over your friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:28 - “But now, be pleased to look at me,
for I will not lie to your face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:29 - Please turn; let no injustice be done.
Turn now; my vindication is at stake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:30 - Is there any injustice on my tongue?
Cannot my palate discern the cause of calamity?
ESV Footnotes
The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain
Syriac, Vulgate (compare Targum); the meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

Job 7

Job Continues: My Life Has No Hope

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:1 - “Has not man a hard service on earth,
and are not his days like the days of a hired hand?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:2 - Like a slave who longs for the shadow,
and like a hired hand who looks for his wages,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:3 - so I am allotted months of emptiness,
and nights of misery are apportioned to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:4 - When I lie down I say, ‘When shall I arise?’
But the night is long,
and I toss and turn till the dawn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:5 - My flesh is clothed with worms and dirt;
my skin hardens, then breaks out afresh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle
and come to their end without hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:7 - “Remember that my life is a breath;
my eye will never again see good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:8 - The eye of him who sees me will behold me no more;
while your eyes are on me, I shall be gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:9 - As the cloud fades and vanishes,
so he who goes down to Sheol does not come up;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:10 - he returns no more to his house,
nor does his place know him anymore.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:11 - “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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:12 - Am I the sea, or a sea monster,
that you set a guard over me?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:13 - When I say, ‘My bed will comfort me,
my couch will ease my complaint,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:14 - then you scare me with dreams
and terrify me with visions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:15 - so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than my bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:16 - I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Leave me alone, for my days are a breath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:17 - What is man, that you make so much of him,
and that you set your heart on him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:18 - visit him every morning
and test him every moment?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:19 - How long will you not look away from me,
nor leave me alone till I swallow my spit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:20 - If I sin, what do I do to you, you watcher of mankind?
Why have you made me your mark?
Why have I become a burden to you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:21 - Why do you not pardon my transgression
and take away my iniquity?
For now I shall lie in the earth;
you will seek me, but I shall not be.”
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