Today’s Reading :  Job 36 – 39  and  2Thessalonians 3  (KJV)

 

 

Job 36

Job 36:1  Elihu also proceeded, and said,

Job 36:2  Suffer me a little, and I will show thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

Job 36:3  I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Job 36:4  For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.

Job 36:5  Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom.

Job 36:6  He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

Job 36:7  He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them forever, and they are exalted.

Job 36:8  And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction;

Job 36:9  Then he showeth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded.

Job 36:10  He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

Job 36:11  If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Job 36:12  But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge.

Job 36:13  But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them.

Job 36:14  They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean.

Job 36:15  He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

Job 36:16  Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

Job 36:17  But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee.

Job 36:18  Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee.

Job 36:19  Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength.

Job 36:20  Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Job 36:21  Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

Job 36:22  Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him?

Job 36:23  Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity?

Job 36:24  Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold.

Job 36:25  Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off.

Job 36:26  Behold, God is great, and we know him not neither can the number of his years be searched out.

Job 36:27  For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof:

Job 36:28  Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly.

Job 36:29  Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?

Job 36:30  Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea.

Job 36:31  For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance.

Job 36:32  With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh between.

Job 36:33  The noise thereof showeth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour.

 

 

Job 37

Job 37:1  At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place.

Job 37:2  Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth.

Job 37:3  He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth.

Job 37:4  After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

Job 37:5  God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

Job 37:6  For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength.

Job 37:7  He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work.

Job 37:8  Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

Job 37:9  Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north.

Job 37:10  By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened.

Job 37:11  Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud:

Job 37:12  And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth.

Job 37:13  He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

Job 37:14  Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

Job 37:15  Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine?

Job 37:16  Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge?

Job 37:17  How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

Job 37:18  Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass?

Job 37:19  Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.

Job 37:20  Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

Job 37:21  And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them.

Job 37:22  Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty.

Job 37:23  Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict.

Job 37:24  Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart.

 

 

Job 38

Job 38:1  Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Job 38:2  Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?

Job 38:3  Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me.

Job 38:4  Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.

Job 38:5  Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it?

Job 38:6  Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

Job 38:7  When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Job 38:8  Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?

Job 38:9  When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it,

Job 38:10  And broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

Job 38:11  And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Job 38:12  Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place;

Job 38:13  That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it?

Job 38:14  It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.

Job 38:15  And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken.

Job 38:16  Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Job 38:17  Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death?

Job 38:18  Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all.

Job 38:19  Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof,

Job 38:20  That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof?

Job 38:21  Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great?

Job 38:22  Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

Job 38:23  Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?

Job 38:24  By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

Job 38:25  Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Job 38:26  To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man;

Job 38:27  To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

Job 38:28  Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?

Job 38:29  Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath engendered it?

Job 38:30  The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

Job 38:31  Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Job 38:32  Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?

Job 38:33  Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Job 38:34  Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Job 38:35  Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?

Job 38:36  Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart?

Job 38:37  Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Job 38:38  When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

Job 38:39  Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions,

Job 38:40  When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Job 38:41  Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat.

 

Job 39

Job 39:1  Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Job 39:2  Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Job 39:3  They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.

Job 39:4  Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

Job 39:5  Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Job 39:6  Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

Job 39:7  He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

Job 39:8  The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

Job 39:9  Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

Job 39:10  Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Job 39:11  Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Job 39:12  Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Job 39:13  Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

Job 39:14  Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,

Job 39:15  And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.

Job 39:16  She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

Job 39:17  Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Job 39:18  What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

Job 39:19  Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

Job 39:20  Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

Job 39:21  He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

Job 39:22  He mocketh at fear, and is not frightened; neither turneth he back from the sword.

Job 39:23  The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

Job 39:24  He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

Job 39:25  He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Job 39:26  Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?

Job 39:27  Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

Job 39:28  She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place.

Job 39:29  From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

Job 39:30  Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.

 

 

2Thessalonians 3

2Th 3:1  Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

2Th 3:2  And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.

2Th 3:3  But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil.

2Th 3:4  And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.

2Th 3:5  And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

2Th 3:6  Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

2Th 3:7  For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

2Th 3:8  Neither did we eat any man's bread for naught; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:

2Th 3:9  Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us.

2Th 3:10  For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

2Th 3:11  For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

2Th 3:12  Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

2Th 3:13  But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing.

2Th 3:14  And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.

2Th 3:15  Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.

2Th 3:16  Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.

2Th 3:17  The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.

2Th 3:18  The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.