Job 20:8 Like a dream, flying away, not to be found,    Fleeing like a vision of the night.   My notes question whether this verse is a slam on the vision one of the companions spoke about earlier in the sequence. Hard to think they were negative towards each other and not just Job,… Continue reading Study of Job 20:8 – #466 Wrap your Head Around

Job 20:7 At the height of his triumph, he will perish forever,    Those who have seen him will ask “Where is he?”.   I have struggled with how to end sentences with quotes that end at the end of the sentence. My learning left me with the impression that the punctuation at the end… Continue reading Study of Job 20:7 – #465 Glory

Job 20:6 Though his stature ascends to the heavens,    Though his head attains the clouds,   Pride must be the theme of the day. My devotional covered being prideful when someone wants what you have. This verse begins a discussion of pride being puffed up from accomplishment. My own desire to not have my… Continue reading Study of Job 20:6 – #464 Three Things

Job 20:5 That the triumphing of the wicked is brief,    The happiness of the impious lasts only an instant?   Almost every day, I am tempted to begin this with “I”. My goal is to balance that this effort is all about me and the desire for it to help others as well. We… Continue reading Study of Job 20:5 – #463 Choke it Down?

Job 20:4 This you know, that from our start,    Ever since we were set upon the earth,   One of the topics in the title for my blog is fast cars. I have two pretty fast cars, but it has never been about how fast they were or comparing them to other cars or… Continue reading Study of Job 20:4 – #462 Provided

Job 20:3 When I hear censure which insults me,    My spirit of understanding impels me to reply.   Once again, I feel Zophar is being led by his sin nature. We all do that sometimes. We respond without taking the pause to ask God for guidance, and we get it wrong. Maturity is learning… Continue reading Study of Job 20:3 – #461 Hit me with Your Best Shot?

Job 20:1-2 Then Zophar the Naamathite answered saying, In truth, my thoughts compel me to answer,    Because of the feelings within me.   Somewhere along the way I resigned myself to the poet using a typical refrain to start each speech. My problem is I neglected to follow it when I got to each… Continue reading Study of Job 20:1+2 – #460 Motive

Job 19:29 Be afraid of the sword,    For your iniquity of outrage is worthy of punishment by the sword,       Then you will know there is judgement.   This morning at Bible study, we got into it over the difference between a translation and a paraphrase and the meaning of the term unbelief in… Continue reading Study of Job 19:29 – #459 Unbelief

Job 19:28  When you say, ‘Look how he is persecuted,    The root of the matter must be found in him.”   One of the many topics discussed over the weekend was a reportedly popular idea called Nialism. I made up the spelling as I do not know the word. It basically means a bunch… Continue reading Study of Job 19:28 – #458 Love not Persecution

Job 19:27 I, myself, behold him with my own eyes    I see Him, not another       My heart within me is consumed with longing   I read in Ephesians this morning, and although it is not a new day, I am choosing to be like Paul and not look behind me, but to look… Continue reading Study of Job 19:27 – #457 Prune