Old Testament Commentary - Job

by Don R. Hender


 Job: Job is a study in the false alligation that all men who are afflicted are being punished for their sinful & inferior status,
         which further implies, also incorrectly, that the unafflicted are righteous and superior.


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.

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rev. 15 June 2015