No one has ever given me anything that I must pay back, because everything under the sky belongs to me.
Death is naked before God; destruction is uncovered before him.
because he looks to the farthest parts of the earth and sees everything under the sky.
So, Job, should God reward you as you want when you refuse to change? You must decide, not I, so tell me what you know.
If you are good, you give nothing to God; he receives nothing from your hand.
“I will speak about Leviathan’s arms and legs, its great strength and well-formed body.
God moves mountains without anyone knowing it and turns them over when he is angry.
Heaven belongs to the Lord, but he gave the earth to people.
You put good things before him and placed a gold crown on his head.
The earth belongs to the Lord, and everything in it— the world and all its people.
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, because the earth and everything in it are mine.
So now if you obey me and keep my agreement, you will be my own possession, chosen from all nations. Even though the whole earth is mine,
“No one has ever given God anything that he must pay back.”
You may eat it, “because the earth belongs to the Lord, and everything in it.”
But if anyone says to you, “That food was offered to idols,” do not eat it. Do not eat it because of that person who told you and because eating it might be thought to be wrong.
The Lord owns the world and everything in it—the heavens, even the highest heavens, are his.
The Ark of the Agreement with the Lord of the whole world will go ahead of you into the Jordan River.