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Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 39:5-12 NLT
Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you? Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work? Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver it to your threshing floor? “Who gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes? I have placed it in the wilderness; its home is the wasteland. It hates the noise of the city and has no driver to shout at it. The mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass. “Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall?
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 39:13-22 NLT
“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of the stork. She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed in the dust. She doesn’t worry that a foot might crush them or a wild animal might destroy them. She is harsh toward her young, as if they were not her own. She doesn’t care if they die. For God has deprived her of wisdom. He has given her no understanding. But whenever she jumps up to run, she passes the swiftest horse with its rider. “Have you given the horse its strength or clothed its neck with a flowing mane? Did you give it the ability to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is terrifying! It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength when it charges out to battle. It laughs at fear and is unafraid. It does not run from the sword.
Apr 8
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highlighted Job 39:23-30 NLT
The arrows rattle against it, and the spear and javelin flash. It paws the ground fiercely and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows. It snorts at the sound of the horn. It senses the battle in the distance. It quivers at the captain’s commands and the noise of battle. “Is it your wisdom that makes the hawk soar and spread its wings toward the south? Is it at your command that the eagle rises to the heights to make its nest? It lives on the cliffs, making its home on a distant, rocky crag. From there it hunts its prey, keeping watch with piercing eyes. Its young gulp down blood. Where there’s a carcass, there you’ll find it.”
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 38:41 NLT
Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger?
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 38:35-40 NLT
Can you make lightning appear and cause it to strike as you direct? Who gives intuition to the heart and instinct to the mind? Who is wise enough to count all the clouds? Who can tilt the water jars of heaven when the parched ground is dry and the soil has hardened into clods? “Can you stalk prey for a lioness and satisfy the young lions’ appetites as they lie in their dens or crouch in the thicket?
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 38:22-34 NLT
“Have you visited the storehouses of the snow or seen the storehouses of hail? (I have reserved them as weapons for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war.) Where is the path to the source of light? Where is the home of the east wind? “Who created a channel for the torrents of rain? Who laid out the path for the lightning? Who makes the rain fall on barren land, in a desert where no one lives? Who sends rain to satisfy the parched ground and make the tender grass spring up? “Does the rain have a father? Who gives birth to the dew? Who is the mother of the ice? Who gives birth to the frost from the heavens? For the water turns to ice as hard as rock, and the surface of the water freezes. “Can you direct the movement of the stars— binding the cluster of the Pleiades or loosening the cords of Orion? Can you direct the constellations through the seasons or guide the Bear with her cubs across the heavens? Do you know the laws of the universe? Can you use them to regulate the earth? “Can you shout to the clouds and make it rain?
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 38:1-20 NLT
For I locked it behind barred gates, limiting its shores. I said, ‘This far and no farther will you come. Here your proud waves must stop!’ “Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east? Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night’s wickedness? As the light approaches, the earth takes shape like clay pressed beneath a seal; it is robed in brilliant colors. The light disturbs the wicked and stops the arm that is raised in violence. “Have you explored the springs from which the seas come? Have you explored their depths? Do you know where the gates of death are located? Have you seen the gates of utter gloom? Do you realize the extent of the earth? Tell me about it if you know! “Where does light come from, and where does darkness go? Then the LORD answered Job from the whirlwind: Can you take each to its home? Do you know how to get there? “Who is this that questions my wisdom with such ignorant words? Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. “Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me, if you know so much. Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line? What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone as the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy? “Who kept the sea inside its boundaries as it burst from the womb, and as I clothed it with clouds and wrapped it in thick darkness?
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 38:21 NLT
But of course you know all this! For you were born before it was all created, and you are so very experienced!
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 37:23-24 NLT
We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty; but even though he is just and righteous, he does not destroy us. No wonder people everywhere fear him. All who are wise show him reverence.”
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 37:21 NLT
We cannot look at the sun, for it shines brightly in the sky when the wind clears away the clouds.
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 37:22 NLT
So also, golden splendor comes from the mountain of God. He is clothed in dazzling splendor.
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 37:19-20 NLT
“So teach the rest of us what to say to God. We are too ignorant to make our own arguments. Should God be notified that I want to speak? Can people even speak when they are confused?
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 37:17 NLT
When you are sweltering in your clothes and the south wind dies down and everything is still,
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 37:18 NLT
he makes the skies reflect the heat like a bronze mirror. Can you do that?
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 37:16 NLT
Do you understand how he moves the clouds with wonderful perfection and skill?
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 37:14-15 NLT
“Pay attention to this, Job. Stop and consider the wonderful miracles of God! Do you know how God controls the storm and causes the lightning to flash from his clouds?
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 37:11-13 NLT
He loads the clouds with moisture, and they flash with his lightning. The clouds churn about at his direction. They do whatever he commands throughout the earth. He makes these things happen either to punish people or to show his unfailing love.
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 37:7-9 NLT
Then everyone stops working so they can watch his power. The wild animals take cover and stay inside their dens. The stormy wind comes from its chamber, and the driving winds bring the cold.
Apr 8
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highlighted Job 37:6 NLT
“He directs the snow to fall on the earth and tells the rain to pour down.
Apr 8
Storyteller7777
highlighted Job 37:3 NLT
It rolls across the heavens, and his lightning flashes in every direction.
Apr 8