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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 8, 8 January 2026   
      
   1) Job 24, Job 25, JOb 26, Job 27   
      
   Job 24   
      
   1 (Ac 1:7) "Since times of judgment are not kept by the Almighty,   
   why do they who know Him not see His days?   
   2(Dt 19:14; 27:17) Some remove the landmarks;   
   they violently take away flocks and feed on them.   
   3 (Dt 24:6) They drive away the donkey of the orphan;   
   they take the widow's ox for a pledge.   
   4 (Pr 28:28; Job 24:14) They turn away the needy;   
   the poor of the earth are forced to hide.   
   5 (Job 39:5-7; Ps 104:23) Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,   
   they go out to their work, rising early for a prey.   
   The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.   
   6 They gather their fodder in the field,   
   and they glean in the vineyard of the wicked.   
   7 (Ex 22:26-27; Job 22:6) They cause the naked to lodge without clothing,   
   and they have no covering in the cold.   
   8 (La 4:5) They are wet with the showers of the mountains   
   and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.   
   9 They snatch the fatherless from the breast   
   and take a pledge from the poor.   
   10 They cause him to go naked without clothing,   
   and they take away the sheaf from the hungry.   
   11 They press out oil within their walls   
   and tread their winepresses, yet suffer thirst.   
   12 Men groan from outside the city,   
   and the soul of the wounded cries out;   
   yet God does not charge them with wrong.   
   13 (Jn 3:19-2)0 "They are those who rebel against the light;   
   they do not know its ways   
   nor abide in its paths.   
   14 The murderer, rising with the light, kills the poor and needy,   
   and in the night he is like a thief.   
   15 (Ps 10:11) Also the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,   
   saying, 'No eye will see me';   
   and he disguises his face.   
   16 (Jn 3:20) In the dark they break into houses,   
   which they had marked for themselves in the daytime;   
   they do not know the light.   
   17 (Job 3:5) For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death;   
   if someone recognizes them,   
   they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.   
   18 "He is swift as the waters.   
   Their portion is cursed in the earth.   
   They do not turn toward the way of the vineyards.   
   19 (Job 21:13) Drought and heat consume the snow waters;   
   so the grave consumes those who have sinned.   
   20 (Pr 10:7; Da 4:14) The womb will forget him;   
   the worm will feed sweetly on him;   
   he will be remembered no more,   
   and wickedness will be broken like a tree.   
   21 He preys on the barren who do not bear,   
   and does no good for the widow.   
   22 But God draws the mighty away with His power;   
   He rises up, and no man is sure of life.   
   23 (Pr 15:3) He gives them security, and they rely on it;   
   yet His eyes are on their ways.   
   24 (Ps 37:10) They are exalted for a little while but are gone and brought low;   
   they are taken out of the way like all others   
   and cut off as the tops of the grain.   
   25 (Job 9:24) "If it is not so, who will prove me a liar   
   and make my speech worth nothing?"   
      
   Job 24   
   1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty,   
   Do they that know him not see his days?   
   2 Some remove the landmarks;   
   They violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.   
   3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless,   
   They take the widow's ox for a pledge.   
   4 They turn the needy out of the way:   
   The poor of the earth hide themselves together.   
   5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert,   
   Go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey:   
   The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.   
   6 They reap every one his corn in the field:   
   And they gather the vintage of the wicked.   
   7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing,   
   That they have no covering in the cold.   
   8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains,   
   And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.   
   9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast,   
   And take a pledge of the poor.   
   10 They cause him to go naked without clothing,   
   And they take away the sheaf from the hungry;   
   11 Which make oil within their walls,   
   And tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.   
   12 Men groan from out of the city,   
   And the soul of the wounded crieth out:   
   Yet God layeth not folly to them.   
   13 They are of those that rebel against the light;   
   They know not the ways thereof,   
   Nor abide in the paths thereof.   
   14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy,   
   And in the night is as a thief.   
   15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight,   
   Saying, No eye shall see me:   
   And disguiseth his face.   
   16 In the dark they dig through houses,   
   Which they had marked for themselves in the daytime:   
   They know not the light.   
   17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death:   
   If one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.   
   18 He is swift as the waters;   
   Their portion is cursed in the earth:   
   He beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.   
   19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters:   
   So doth the grave those which have sinned.   
   20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him;   
   He shall be no more remembered;   
   And wickedness shall be broken as a tree.   
   21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not:   
   And doeth not good to the widow.   
   22 He draweth also the mighty with his power:   
   He riseth up, and no man is sure of life.   
   23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth;   
   Yet his eyes are upon their ways.   
   24 They are exalted for a little while, but are gone   
   And brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other,   
   And cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.   
   25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar,   
   And make my speech nothing worth?   
      
   (The Lord knows everything)   
      
   Job 25   
   Bildad Speaks: Man Cannot Be Righteous   
   1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:   
   2 "Dominion and fear are with Him;   
   He makes peace in His high places.   
   3 (Jas 1:17; Mt 5:45) Is there any number to His armies?   
   And upon whom does His light not rise?   
   4 (Job 9:2; 4:17-19) How then can man be righteous with God?   
   Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?   
   5 Behold, even the moon does not shine,   
   and the stars are not pure in His sight;   
   6 (Ps 22:6; Isa 41:14) how much less man, who is a maggot?   
   And the son of man, who is a worm?"   
      
   Job 25   
   Bildad's Speech   
      
   1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,   
   2 Dominion and fear are with him,   
   He maketh peace in his high places.   
   3 Is there any number of his armies?   
   And upon whom doth not his light arise?   
   4 How then can man be justified with God?   
   Or how can he be clean that is born of a woman?   
   5 Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not;   
   Yea, the stars are not pure in his sight.   
   6 How much less man, that is a worm?   
   And the son of man, which is a worm?   
      
   (Man is sinful, yes, but the Lord makes a way)   
      
   Job 26   
      
   Job Replies: God's Majesty Is Unsearchable   
      
   1 But Job answered:   
   2 "How have you helped him who is without power?   
   How have you saved the arm that has no strength?   
   3 How have you counseled him who has no wisdom?   
   And how have you plentifully declared sound knowledge?   
   4 To whom have you uttered words?   
      
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