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Bible Reading for January 16

Job 1
[1] There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was
perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. [2] And there
were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. [3] His substance also was
seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen,
and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was
the greatest of all the men of the east. [4] And his sons went and feasted in
their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to
eat and to drink with them. [5] And it was so, when the days of their feasting
were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the
morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for
Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.
Thus did Job continually.
[6] Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before
the LORD, and Satan came also among them. [7] And the LORD said unto Satan,
Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and
fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
[8] And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that
there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that
feareth God, and escheweth evil?
[9] Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? [10]
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that
he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his
substance is increased in the land. [11] But put forth thine hand now, and
touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
[12] And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power;
only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the
presence of the LORD.
[13] And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and
drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: [14] And there came a messenger
unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
[15] And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain
the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell
thee.
[16] While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of
God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and
consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. [17] While he was yet
speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three
bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the
servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
[18] While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and
thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
[19] And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the
four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead;
and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. [20] Then Job arose, and rent his
mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
[21] And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return
thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of
the LORD.
[22] In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Job 2
[1] Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves
before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the
LORD.
[2] And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered
the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and
down in it.
[3] And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that
there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that
feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity,
although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. [4] And
Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will
he give for his life. [5] But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and
his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.
[6] And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his
life.
[7] So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore
boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. [8] And he took him a potsherd
to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.
[9] Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse
God, and die.
[10] But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh.
What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?
In all this did not Job sin with his lips. [11] Now when Job's three friends
heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own
place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite:
for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to
comfort him. [12] And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him
not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle,
and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. [13] So they sat down with
him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto
him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Job 3
[1] After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. [2] And Job spake, and
said,
[3] Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said,
There is a man child conceived. [4] Let that day be darkness; let not God
regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.
[5] Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it. [6] 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. [7] Lo, let that night be solitary, let no
joyful voice come therein. [8] Let them curse it that curse the day, who are
ready to raise up their mourning.
[9] 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: [10] Because it shut not
up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes.
[11] Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came
out of the belly?
[12] Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? [13]
For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had
I been at rest,
[14] With kings and counsellers of the earth, which built desolate places for
themselves;
[15] Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: [16]
Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw
light.
[17] There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
[18] There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the
oppressor.
[19] The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
[20] Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the
bitter in soul;
[21] Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid
treasures;
[22] Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?
[23] Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
[24] For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like
the waters.
[25] For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was
afraid of is come unto me.
[26] I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble
came.

Job 4
[1] Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, [2] If we assay to commune
with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
[3] Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak
hands.
[4] Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened
the feeble knees.
[5] But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou
art troubled.
[6] Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy
ways?
[7] Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the
righteous cut off?
[8] Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the
same.
[9] By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they
consumed.
[10] The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth
of the young lions, are broken. [11] The old lion perisheth for lack of prey,
and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.
[12] Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little
thereof.
[13] In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
[14] Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. [15]
Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: [16] It
stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine
eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, [17] Shall mortal man be
more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
[18] Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with
folly:
[19] How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in
the dust, which are crushed before the moth? [20] They are destroyed from
morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.
[21] Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without
wisdom.

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