Old Testament

Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. < Job 3:2 | > Job 3:4 Reflection Job 3:3 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be […]

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. < Job 3:3 | > Job 3:5 Reflection Job 3:4 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its […]

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. < Job 3:4 | > Job 3:6 Reflection Job 3:5 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may […]

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. < Job 3:5 | > Job 3:7 Reflection Job 3:6 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, […]

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. < Job 3:6 | > Job 3:8 Reflection Job 3:7 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing night, […]

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. < Job 3:7 | > Job 3:9 Reflection Job 3:8 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not […]

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: < Job 3:8 | > Job 3:10 Reflection Job 3:9 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. […]

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. < Job 29:25 | > Job 30:2 Reflection Job 30:1 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and […]

They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. < Job 30:9 | > Job 30:11 Reflection Job 30:10 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not […]

Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. < Job 30:10 | > Job 30:12 Reflection Job 30:11 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. < Job 30:11 | > Job 30:13 Reflection Job 30:12 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may […]

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. < Job 30:12 | > Job 30:14 Reflection Job 30:13 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing […]

They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. < Job 30:13 | > Job 30:15 Reflection Job 30:14 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its […]

Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. < Job 30:14 | > Job 30:16 Reflection Job 30:15 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but […]

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. < Job 30:15 | > Job 30:17 Reflection Job 30:16 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. < Job 30:16 | > Job 30:18 Reflection Job 30:17 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not […]

By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. < Job 30:17 | > Job 30:19 Reflection Job 30:18 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, […]

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. < Job 30:18 | > Job 30:20 Reflection Job 30:19 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? < Job 30:1 | > Job 30:3 Reflection Job 30:2 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not […]

I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. < Job 30:19 | > Job 30:21 Reflection Job 30:20 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. < Job 30:20 | > Job 30:22 Reflection Job 30:21 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. < Job 30:21 | > Job 30:23 Reflection Job 30:22 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. < Job 30:22 | > Job 30:24 Reflection Job 30:23 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. < Job 30:23 | > Job 30:25 Reflection Job 30:24 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are […]

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? < Job 30:24 | > Job 30:26 Reflection Job 30:25 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words […]

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. < Job 30:25 | > Job 30:27 Reflection Job 30:26 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its […]

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. < Job 30:26 | > Job 30:28 Reflection Job 30:27 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing bowels, […]

I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. < Job 30:27 | > Job 30:29 Reflection Job 30:28 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. […]

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. < Job 30:28 | > Job 30:30 Reflection Job 30:29 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are not accidental. By emphasizing brother, dragons, […]

For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. < Job 30:2 | > Job 30:4 Reflection Job 30:3 sits within Job, wisdom literature about suffering, where Scripture often draws attention to faith, lament, divine sovereignty, and endurance. This verse may be brief, but its words are […]