Category Archives: Job

“And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends” -Job 42:10 The Lord turned the captivity of Job.” So, then, our longest sorrows have a close, and there is a bottom to the profoundest depths … Continue reading →

“Then Job answered the Lord and said, Behold, I am vile.”-Job 40:3-4. Surely, if any man had a right to say, I am not vile, it was Job; for, according to the testimony of God himself, he was “a perfect … Continue reading →

“Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; to cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; to satisfy … Continue reading →

“But none saith, Where is God my Maker, who giveth songs in the night; who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?”-Job 35:10. 11. Elihu perceived the great ones … Continue reading →

“No one says, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night.” [Job 35:10] Elihu was a wise man, very wise, though not as wise as Jehovah, who finds order in confusion; therefore Elihu, being very puzzled at … Continue reading →

“Should it be according to thy mind; he will recompense it whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.”—Job 34:33. Dear friends, it is never wise to dispute with God. Let a man … Continue reading →

“Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: that which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.”—Job. 34:31, 32. Even … Continue reading →

“Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.”—Job 33:24. Let never be forgotten that, in all that God does, he acts from good reasons. You observe that … Continue reading →

“For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth … Continue reading →

“Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?”—Job 30:25. In endeavoring to justify the ways of God, Job’s three friends came to the harsh conclusion that he would not have … Continue reading →

“For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.”–Job 30:23 Job suffered from a terrible sickness, which filled him with pain both day and night. It is supposed that, in addition … Continue reading →

“Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me when his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; as I was in the days of my … Continue reading →

“Oh that I were as in months past.”—Job 29:2. For the most part the gracious Shepherd leads his people beside the still waters, and makes them to lie down in green pastures; but at times they wander through a wilderness, … Continue reading →

“Will he always call upon God?”—Job 27:10. When Job resumes his address in this chapter, he appeals to God in a very solemn matter as to the truth of all that he had spoken. No less vehemently does he assert … Continue reading →

“The Almighty hath vexed my soul.” — Job 27:2. The word “who” was put into this verse by the translators, but it is not wanted; it is better as I have read it to you, “The Almighty hath vexed my … Continue reading →

“But he is in one minds, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.—Job 23:13. It is very advantageous to the Christian mind frequently to consider the deep and unsearchable attributes of God. The … Continue reading →

“My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.” –Job 23:11, … Continue reading →

“But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.”—Job 23:10. On several Sabbath mornings of late I have earnestly handled spiritual subjects which I trust may have been for the … Continue reading →