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Job Chapter 8

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Job

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In chapter 8 God tells Job to think about the work of the earth, the field, the hand, the mouth, the eyes, the heart, the whole body and the soul, reminding him that all is under God’s control. The chapter highlights the idea that human labor is part of a larger divine plan, underscoring the theme of God’s sovereignty over all creation.

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(1) Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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Job 2:11

(2) How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
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Job 11:2Job 11:3Job 16:3Job 18:2Job 19:2Job 19:3Exodus 10:3Exodus 10:7Proverbs 1:22Job 6:9Job 6:26Job 7:11

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Psalms 13:1II Kings 8:12I Kings 19:11Proverbs 6:9Habakkuk 1:2Numbers 14:11

(3) Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
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Job 4:17Job 9:2Job 10:3Job 19:7Job 34:5Job 34:12Job 34:17Job 34:18Job 34:19Job 40:8Genesis 18:25Deuteronomy 32:4

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Habakkuk 1:4Deuteronomy 16:19Deuteronomy 8:3II Samuel 14:13II Samuel 14:14Psalms 80:13

(4) If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
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Job 1:5Job 1:18Job 1:19Job 5:4Job 18:16Job 18:17Job 18:18Job 18:19Genesis 13:13Genesis 19:13Genesis 19:14Genesis 19:15

(5) If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
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Job 5:8Job 11:13Job 22:21Job 22:22Job 22:23Job 22:24Job 22:25Job 22:26Job 22:27Job 22:28Job 22:29Job 22:30

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Job 14:13Zephaniah 2:3

(6) If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
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Job 1:8Job 4:6Job 4:7Job 21:14Job 21:15Job 16:17Psalms 26:5Psalms 26:6Proverbs 15:8Isaiah 1:15I Timothy 2:8I John 3:19

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Judges 5:12Jeremiah 44:25Jeremiah 50:45Romans 9:30Romans 10:3Titus 1:15

(7) Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
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Job 42:12Job 42:13Proverbs 4:18Zechariah 4:10Matthew 13:12Matthew 13:31Matthew 13:32Deuteronomy 8:16Proverbs 19:20Zechariah 14:7II Peter 2:20

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Ruth 3:10Job 42:12Amos 7:1II Peter 2:20Jeremiah 30:11Jeremiah 4:30

(8) For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
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Job 12:12Job 15:10Job 15:18Job 32:6Job 32:7Deuteronomy 4:32Deuteronomy 32:7Psalms 44:1Psalms 78:3Psalms 78:4Isaiah 38:19Romans 15:4

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Ezekiel 16:55

(9) (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
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Job 7:6Genesis 47:9I Chronicles 29:15Psalms 39:5Psalms 90:4Psalms 102:11Psalms 144:4

(10) Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
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Job 12:7Job 12:8Job 32:7Deuteronomy 6:7Deuteronomy 11:19Psalms 145:4Hebrews 11:4Hebrews 12:1Proverbs 16:23Proverbs 18:15Matthew 12:35

(11) Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
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Exodus 2:3Isaiah 19:5Isaiah 19:6Isaiah 19:7

(12) Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
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Psalms 129:6Psalms 129:7Jeremiah 17:6Matthew 13:20James 1:10James 1:11I Peter 1:24

(13) So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
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Deuteronomy 6:12Deuteronomy 8:11Deuteronomy 8:14Deuteronomy 8:19Psalms 9:17Psalms 10:4Psalms 50:22Isaiah 51:13Job 11:20Job 13:16Job 15:34Job 18:14

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Romans 8:24Isaiah 49:15I Corinthians 9:10

(14) Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
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Isaiah 59:5Isaiah 59:6

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I Samuel 12:3Philippians 3:19II Kings 18:22Isaiah 36:7Genesis 32:17Genesis 38:25

(15) He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
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Job 18:14Job 27:18Psalms 52:5Psalms 52:6Psalms 52:7Psalms 112:10Proverbs 10:28Matthew 7:24Matthew 7:25Matthew 7:26Matthew 7:27Luke 6:47

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Zechariah 8:19Numbers 30:4II Thessalonians 2:15Mark 2:18

(16) He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
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Job 21:7Job 21:8Job 21:9Job 21:10Job 21:11Job 21:12Job 21:13Job 21:14Job 21:15Psalms 37:35Psalms 37:36Psalms 73:3

(17) His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
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Job 18:16Job 29:19Isaiah 5:24Isaiah 40:24Jeremiah 12:1Jeremiah 12:2Mark 11:20Jude 1:12

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I Chronicles 29:2Genesis 31:46I Kings 7:10I Kings 5:17Genesis 31:52

(18) If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
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Job 7:10Job 20:9Psalms 37:10Psalms 37:36Psalms 73:18Psalms 73:19Psalms 92:7

(19) Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
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Job 20:5Matthew 13:20Matthew 13:21I Samuel 2:8Psalms 75:7Psalms 113:7Ezekiel 17:24Matthew 3:9

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Isaiah 9:3

(20) Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
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Job 4:7Job 9:22Psalms 37:24Psalms 37:37Psalms 94:14Isaiah 45:1

(21) Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
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Genesis 21:6Psalms 126:2Psalms 126:6Luke 6:21Ezra 3:11Ezra 3:12Ezra 3:13Nehemiah 12:43Psalms 32:11Psalms 98:4Psalms 100:1Isaiah 65:13

(22) They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
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Psalms 35:26Psalms 109:29Psalms 132:18I Peter 5:5Job 8:18Job 7:21

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