34:31-33 - (Still Elihu)Suppose someone says to God, 'I am guilty but will offend no more. Teach me what I cannot see; if I have done wrong, I will not do so agian.' Should God then reward you on your terms, when you refuse to repent? You must decide, not I; so tell me what you know.
34:35-37 - 'Job speaks without knowledge; his words lack insight.' Oh that Job might be tested to the utmost for answering like a wicked man! To his sin he adds rebellion; scornfully he claps his hands among us and multiplies his words against God."
35:2 - Do you think this is just? You say, 'I am in the right, not God.'
35:13-15 - Indeed, God does not listen to their (the wicked) empty pleas; the Almighty pays no attention to it. How much less, then, will he listen when you say that you do not see him, that your case is before him and you must wait for him, and further, that his anger never punishes and he does not take the least notice of wickedness?
36:5 - God is mighty, but despises no one; he is mighty and firm in his purpose.
36:15 & 16 - But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction. He is wooing you from the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.
36:18 & 19 - Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?
37:5-7 - God's voice thunders in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth,' and to the rain shower, 'Be a mighty downpour.' So that everyone he has made may know his work, he stops all people from their labor. (Interesting with all the snow days we've had this year)
37:23 - The Almighty is beyond our reach and exalted in power; in his justice and great righteousness, he does not oppress.
Here it comes!
38:1-3 - Then the Lord spoke to Job out of the storm. He said: "Who is this that obscures my plans with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall answer me.
38:12 & 13 - Have you ever given orders to the morning, or shown the dawn its place, that it might take the earth by the edges and shake the wicked out of it?
40:8-14 - Would you discredit my justice? Would you condemn me to justify yourself? Do you have an arm like God's, and can your voice thunder like his? Then adorn yourself with glory and splendor, and clothe yourself in honor and majesty. Unleash the fury of your wrath, look at all who are proud and bring them low, look at all who are proud and humble them, crush the wicked where they stand. Bury them all in the dust together; shroud their faces in the grave. Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you.
He then goes on to talk about how he created the Leviathan and how scary and immense and strong it is:
41:10 & 11 - No one is fierce enough to rouse it (the leviathan). Who then is able to stand against me? Who has a claim against me that I must pay? Everything under heaven belongs to me."
42:1-6 - Then Job replied to the Lord: "I know that you can do all things; no purpose of your can be thwarted. You asked, 'Who is this that obscures my plans without without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know. You said, 'Listen now, and I will speak; I will question you, and you shall answer me.' My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes."
42:7 - After the Lord had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has. (He ordered them to take 7 bulls and 7 rams to Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for themselves and then Job would pray for them)
42:10 - After Job had prayed for his friends, the Lord restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
42:12-17 - The Lord blessed the latter part of Job's life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys. And he also had seven sons and three daughters. The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah and the third Keren-Happuch. Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers (unheard of in that time I'm sure). After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourteenth generation. And so Job died, and old man and full of years.
Pretty amazing book of the Bible!
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