June 26

Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 38 to 40.

Job Chapter 38

1 Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:

2 “Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

3 Dress for action like a man;

    I will question you, and you make it known to me.

June 25

Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 34 to 37.

Job Chapter 34

1 Then Elihu answered and said:

2 “Hear my words, you wise men,

    and give ear to me, you who know;

3 for the ear tests words

    as the palate tastes food.

June 24

Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 31 to 33.

Job Chapter 31

1 “I have made a covenant with my eyes;

    how then could I gaze at a virgin?

2 What would be my portion from God above

    and my heritage from the Almighty on high?

June 23

Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 27 to 30.

Job Chapter 27

1 And Job again took up his discourse, and said:

2 “As God lives, who has taken away my right,

    and the Almighty, who has made my soul bitter,

3 as long as my breath is in me,

    and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

4 my lips will not speak falsehood,

    and my tongue will not utter deceit.

June 22

Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 22 to 26.

Job Chapter 22

1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

2 “Can a man be profitable to God?

    Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

June 21

Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 18 to 21.

Job Chapter 18

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

2 “How long will you hunt for words?

    Consider, and then we will speak.

3 Why are we counted as cattle?

June 20

Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 14 to 17.

Job Chapter 14

1 “Man who is born of a woman

    is few of days and full of trouble.

2 He comes out like a flower and withers;

    he flees like a shadow and continues not.

June 19

Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 10 to 13.

Job Chapter 10

1 “I loathe my life;

I will give free utterance to my complaint;

    I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

2 I will say to God, Do not condemn me;

    let me know why you contend against me.

June 18

Today’s Reading is from Job Chapters 6 to 9.

Job Chapter 6

1 Then Job answered and said:

2 “Oh that my vexation were weighed,

    and all my calamity laid in the balances!

3 For then it would be heavier than the sand of the sea;

    therefore my words have been rash.