Tuesday in Season after Pentecost

12Verse 12. But where can wisdom be found, and where does understanding dwell? 13Verse 13. No man can know its value, nor is it found in the land of the living. 14Verse 14. The ocean depths say, ‘It is not in me,’ while the sea declares, ‘It is not with me.’ 15Verse 15. It cannot be bought with gold, nor can its price be weighed out in silver. 16Verse 16. It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, in precious onyx or sapphire. 17Verse 17. Neither gold nor crystal can compare to it, nor jewels of fine gold be exchanged for it. 18Verse 18. Coral and quartz are unworthy of mention; the price of wisdom is beyond rubies. 19Verse 19. Topaz from Cush cannot compare to it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. 20Verse 20. From where, then, does wisdom come, and where does understanding dwell? 21Verse 21. It is hidden from the eyes of every living thing and concealed from the birds of the air. 22Verse 22. Abaddon and Death say, ‘We have heard a rumor about it.’ 23Verse 23. But God understands its way, and He knows its place. 24Verse 24. For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. 25Verse 25. When God fixed the weight of the wind and measured out the waters, 26Verse 26. when He set a limit for the rain and a path for the thunderbolt, 27Verse 27. then He looked at wisdom and appraised it; He established it and searched it out. 28Verse 28. And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’” 1Verse 1. And Job continued his discourse: 2Verse 2. “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, 3Verse 3. when His lamp shone above my head, and by His light I walked through the darkness, 4Verse 4. when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent, 5Verse 5. when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me, 6Verse 6. when my steps were bathed in cream and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! 7Verse 7. When I went out to the city gate and took my seat in the public square, 8Verse 8. the young men saw me and withdrew, and the old men rose to their feet. 9Verse 9. The princes refrained from speaking and covered their mouths with their hands. 10Verse 10. The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues stuck to the roofs of their mouths.

10Verse 10. Because of the violence against your brother Jacob, you will be covered with shame and cut off forever. 11Verse 11. On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gate and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were just like one of them. 12Verse 12. But you should not gloat in that day, your brother’s day of misfortune, nor rejoice over the people of Judah in the day of their destruction, nor boast proudly in the day of their distress. 13Verse 13. You should not enter the gate of My people in the day of their disaster, nor gloat over their affliction in the day of their disaster, nor loot their wealth in the day of their disaster. 14Verse 14. Nor should you stand at the crossroads to cut off their fugitives, nor deliver up their survivors in the day of their distress. 15Verse 15. For the Day of the LORD is near for all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you; your recompense will return upon your own head. 16Verse 16. For as you drank on My holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink and gulp it down; they will be as if they had never existed.