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• Job 7Bible

  Job 7 continues Job's reply to Eliphaz. Job laments the brevity of human life and the suffering that persists night after night, then appeals directly to God, asking, "Why hast thou set me as a mark against thee?"

• Job 11Bible

  Job 11 contains the first speech of Zophar the Naamathite, one of Job's three friends. Zophar rebukes Job for claiming to be righteous, appeals to the unsearchable wisdom of God, and urges Job to forsake his sin and return to God.

• Job 18Bible

  Job 18 contains the second speech of Bildad the Shuhite. Bildad rebukes Job's protests and describes at length how the light of the wicked is put out, how the wicked man is caught in a snare, and how he is left with neither descendants nor a name.

• BarachelPeople

  Barachel is a Buzite mentioned only by name in the Book of Job. He is the father of Elihu, who comes forward to speak after the debate between Job and his three friends.

• UzBible

  Uz is the land where Job lived, a place name first mentioned in Job 1:1. It is thought to have lain east of the Jordan River or in the region of Edom and northern Arabia, but its exact location is unknown.

• ElihuPeople

  Elihu is a young man in Job 32–37 who steps forward after the debate between Job and his three friends has ended and delivers a lengthy discourse. He is introduced as the son of Barachel the Buzite.

• Eliphaz (the Temanite)People

  Eliphaz the Temanite appears in the Book of Job as one of the three friends who came to comfort Job after disaster struck him, and he was always the first of them to speak. He interpreted Job's suffering as the result of sin and was rebuked by God.

• Job 15Bible

  Job 15 contains Eliphaz's second speech. He rebukes Job's words as empty, declares that no human being can be clean before God, and then describes at length the miserable end that awaits the wicked.

• Job 33Bible

  Job 33 is the chapter in which Elihu first addresses Job by name and rebuts him directly. He argues that God awakens people through dreams and sickness in order to deliver them from death.

• Job 36Bible

  Job 36 opens Elihu's final speech (chapters 36–37). Elihu declares that God instructs people through suffering and that His greatness is beyond human understanding, and he extols God's power by pointing to natural phenomena such as rain and lightning.

• Joshua 11Bible

  Joshua 11 recounts Israel's defeat of the northern Canaanite coalition led by Jabin king of Hazor at the waters of Merom and the burning of Hazor, and it summarizes Joshua's entire conquest of Canaan.

• ProverbsBible

  Proverbs is an Old Testament book of wisdom literature whose 31 chapters contain short instructions and maxims gathered chiefly under the name of Solomon. It presents the fear of God as the beginning of wisdom.

• EstherBible

  Esther is a book of the Old Testament. In ten chapters it tells the story of Esther, a Jewish queen at the Persian court who averted the threatened annihilation of her people.

• EcclesiastesBible

  Ecclesiastes is a book of Old Testament wisdom literature. It reflects on the transience, or "vanity," of all things in the world and concludes that fearing God is the whole duty of man.

• PsalmsBible

  The Book of Psalms is a collection of 150 prayers and songs of praise in the Old Testament. Used in the worship of ancient Israel, it remains one of the most widely used books of the Bible in the worship and personal devotional life of the church today.

• The Fear of the LordBible

  The fear of the Lord is a central Old Testament expression for an attitude of reverence and awe toward God. It is presented especially in the wisdom literature, including Proverbs, Psalms, and Job, as the foundation of wisdom and knowledge.

• Ezekiel 14Bible

  Ezekiel 14 rebukes the elders of Israel who come to inquire of the prophet while harboring idols in their hearts. It pronounces judgment on Jerusalem, declaring that even if righteous men such as Noah, Daniel, and Job were present, their righteousness could deliver only their own lives.

• AbaddonBible

  Abaddon is a Hebrew word meaning "destruction" or "place of destruction." In the Old Testament it appears alongside Sheol as a designation for the realm of the dead, and in Revelation 9:11 it is the name of the angel of the bottomless pit.

• Fear of the LordBible

  The fear of the Lord is a biblical expression for an attitude of fearing, revering, and obeying God. Old Testament wisdom literature calls it the beginning of wisdom and knowledge.

• Job 13:15Bible Verses

  In this verse Job declares that, even at the risk of death, he will defend his ways before God. Because of a variant reading in the Hebrew text, translations divide between "I have no hope" and "I will trust in him," and the verse is frequently discussed.