Old Testament Commentary - Job
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1 ~ Blessed Job put to Satan's testing. | 2 ~ Satan allowed to afflict physically. | 3 ~ Job curses day of his birth. |
4 ~ Eliphaz repoves / gives no comfort. | 5 ~ Eliphaz counsels: seek correction. | 6 ~ Job submits his petition to God. |
7 ~ Man appointed-What is man to God? | 8 ~ Bildad-Does God pervert judgment? | 9 ~ Job knows God's justice/greatness. |
10 ~ Job, weary of life, expostulates. | 11 ~ Zophar & Naamathite reprove Job. | 12 ~ Job: My inferior reproof is unjust. |
13 ~ Job confident & trusts in God. | 14 ~ Life, death and resurrection sure. | 15 ~ Wicked don't believe resurrection. |
16 ~ Bewail wicked/testifies of heaven. | 17 ~ Death, the grave and body to dust. | 18 ~ Bildad-damned state of the wicked. |
19 ~ Know Redeemer lives/resurrection. | 20 ~ Zophar-triumph of wicked short. | 21 ~ Wicked may prosper-wrath awaits. |
22 ~Eliphaz accuses Job of sins. | 23 ~Job asserts his own righteousness. | 24 ~Wicked often go unpunished here. |
25 ~Bildad classifies man as worm. | 26 ~Job reproves un-empathetic Bildad. | 27 ~Unpunished wicked suffer in death. |
28 ~It is wisdom to fear God. | 29 ~Job was blessed for righteousness. | 30 ~Base men's children mock Job. |
31 ~Judgement will prove integrity. | 32 ~Elihu speaks against Job in anger. | 33 ~Elihu says Job strives against God. |
34 ~Elihu: Job in company of iniquity. | 35 ~Man should trust in the Lord. | 36 ~Elihu says he speaks for God. |
37 ~Lord controls laws of nature. | 38 ~Sons of God shouted for joy. | 39 ~Does man know the laws of nature? |
40 ~The Lord challenges-Job replies. | 41 ~All under heaven is the Lord's. | 42 ~ Job repents, sees God, is rewarded. |
Commentary |
rev. 15 June 2015