Quotes from the Book of Job

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. – Book of Job 1:21

Though He slay me, yet will I trust in Him. – Book of Job 13:15

Man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward. – Book of Job 5:7

The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not share in its joy. – Book of Job 14:10

Does not man have hard service on earth? – Book of Job 7:1

For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow. – Book of Job 8:9

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? – Book of Job 38:4

Who has a claim against me that I must pay? – Book of Job 41:11

I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth. – Book of Job 19:25

Can you catch Leviathan with a hook? – Book of Job 41:1

I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you. – Book of Job 42:5

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? – Book of Job 7:17

How then can man be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure? – Book of Job 25:4

Did I not weep for those in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the poor? – Book of Job 30:25

The fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God.’ – Book of Job 12:4

Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord. – Book of Job 130:1

If only I knew where to find him. – Book of Job 23:3

Quotes from the Book of Job part 2

Let the day perish wherein I was born. – Book of Job 3:3

Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised. – Book of Job 1:21

I have made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I look upon a young woman? – Book of Job 31:1

For he performs what is appointed for me, and many such things are with him. – Book of Job 23:14

How can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure? – Book of Job 25:4

The ear tests words as the tongue taste food. – Book of Job 34:3

God thunders with his voice wondrously, doing great things which we cannot comprehend. – Book of Job 37:5

The Lord blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the first. – Book of Job 42:12

You will be secure, because there is hope; you will look about you and take your rest in safety. – Book of Job 11:18

Who is this that darkens my counsel without knowledge? – Book of Job 38:2

Will you even put me in the wrong? Will you condemn me that you may be in the right? – Book of Job 40:8

He who withholds kindness from a friend forsakes the fear of the Almighty. – Book of Job 6:14

Instead of my food, I pour out my groaning. – Book of Job 3:24

God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit. – Book of Job 17:6

There is no darkness or deep shadow where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. – Book of Job 34:22

The counsel of the wicked is far from me. – Book of Job 21:16

The caravans of Tema look for water, the traveling merchants of Sheba look in hope. – Book of Job 6:19

My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow. – Book of Job 17:7

Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers. – Book of Job 8:20

What is your life? You are but a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. – Book of Job 14:2

The righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger. – Book of Job 17:9

Man, who is born of woman, is short-lived and full of turmoil. – Book of Job 14:1

But as for me, my feet had almost slipped. I had nearly lost my foothold. – Book of Job 73:2

Though I cry, ‘I have been wronged!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice. – Book of Job 19:7

Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you. – Book of Job 15:6

He hurls at him without pity, as he flees before his relentless sword. – Book of Job 27:22

A life without hardship is no life at all. – Book of Job 14:14

My days are swifter than a runner; they fly away without a glimpse of joy. – Book of Job 9:25