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“For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
John 6:33

Today’s Bible Reading

Bildad rebukes Job, arguing that those who suffer must be guilty of sin against God. Therefore, Bildad calls Job to repentance.

BibleGateway: Job 8 ESV Text: Job 8 Job 8 (Listen) Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent 8:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: 2   “How long will you say these things,    and the words of your mouth be a great wind?3   Does God pervert justice?    Or does the Almighty pervert the right?4   If your children have sinned against him,    he has delivered… 

In a misguided attempt to comfort Job, Eliphaz reminds Job of his faithfulness in the past. He argues that righteous people do not experience suffering. Therefore, Job must have sinned in some way to have merited his present suffering.

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BibleGateway: Job 4 ESV Text: Job 4 Job 4 (Listen) Eliphaz Speaks: The Innocent Prosper 4:1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said: 2   “If one ventures a word with you, will you be impatient?    Yet who can… 

In his misery, Job curses the day of his birth.

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BibleGateway: Job 3 ESV Text: Job 3 Job 3 (Listen) Job Laments His Birth 3:1 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job said: 3   “Let the day perish on…