Job, a just and perfect man, is blessed with great riches—Satan obtains leave from the Lord to tempt and try Job—His property and children are destroyed, and yet he praises and blesses the Lord.

Satan obtains leave from the Lord to afflict Job physically—He is smitten with boils—Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar come to comfort him.

Job curses the day and services of his birth. He asks: Why died I not from the womb.

Eliphaz reproves Job, asking such questions as: Are the righteous cut off? and, Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Eliphaz counsels Job: Man is born unto trouble; Seek unto God; and, Happy is the man whom God correcteth.

Job bemoans his grief—He prays that God will grant his petitions—Those who are afflicted should be pitied—How forcible are right words!

Job asks: Is there an appointed time for man on earth? What is man that thou shouldst magnify him? Why dost thou not pardon my transgression?

Bildad asks: Doth God pervert judgment? He says: Our days upon earth are a shadow; and, God will not cast away a perfect man.

Job acknowledges the justice and greatness of God, and concludes that man cannot contend against him.

Job is weary of life—He expostulates with God about his afflictions—Why hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? he asks.

Zophar asks: Canst thou by searching find out God? He says the hope of the wicked shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

Job says: The souls of all things are in the hands of the Lord; and, With the ancient is wisdom; and, The Lord governs in all things.

Job testifies of his confidence in the Lord, and says: Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him; and, He also shall be my salvation.

Job testifies of the shortness of life, the certainty of death, and the guarantee of a resurrection—He asks: If a man die, shall he live again?—He answers that he will await the Lord’s call to come forth from the grave.

Eliphaz sets forth the disquietude of wicked men—They do not believe they shall return out of darkness and be resurrected.

Job bewails against the wicked who oppose him—Though even his friends scorn him, he testifies that his witness is in heaven and his record is on high.

Job speaks of the sorrow of death and of the grave in that day when the body returns to the dust.

Bildad tells of the damned state of the wicked who know not God.

Job tells of the ills that have befallen him, and then testifies: I know that my Redeemer liveth—He prophesies of his own resurrection and that in his flesh he shall see God.

Zophar shows the state and portion of the wicked—He says: The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.

Job admits that the wicked sometimes prosper in this life—Then he testifies that their judgment shall be hereafter in the day of wrath and destruction.

Eliphaz accuses Job of divers sins and exhorts him to repent.

Job seeks the Lord and asserts his own righteousness—He says: When the Lord has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Murderers, adulterers, those who oppress the poor, and wicked people in general often go unpunished.

Bildad bemoans the lowly state of man and classifies him as a worm.

Job reproves Bildad’s lack of empathy—He extols the power and greatness and strength of the Lord.

Job asserts his righteousness—When the wicked are buried in death, terrors shall take hold on them.

Wealth comes out of the earth—Wisdom cannot be purchased—The fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.

Job recalls his former prosperity and greatness—He was blessed because of his righteousness, his charity, and his good deeds.

Job is derided by the children of vile and base men—In his afflicted state Job cries to the Lord—He says that he wept for those in trouble.

Job invites judgment so that God may know his integrity—If he has done ill, he welcomes the penalties for such.

Elihu, in anger, answers Job and his three friends—He says: There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives understanding; also, Great men are not always wise.

Elihu says: God is greater than man—He speaks to man in dreams and visions—He ransoms those cast into the pit—He delivers their souls and gives them life.

Elihu teaches: God cannot be unjust, nor commit iniquity, nor pervert judgment, nor respect persons—Man should bear chastisement and do iniquity no more.

Elihu contrasts weakness of man and the power of God—Our wickedness hurts other men, and our righteousness helps them—Man should trust in the Lord.

Those who are righteous are prospered—The wicked perish and die without knowledge—Greatness of God extolled.

The Lord controls the laws of nature—God reigns in terrible majesty.

God asks Job where he was when the foundations of the earth were laid, when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy—The phenomena of nature show greatness of God and weakness of man.

Man’s weakness and ignorance compared with God’s mighty works—Does man even know how the laws of nature operate?

The Lord challenges Job, and Job replies humbly—The Lord speaks of his power to Job—He asks: Hast thou an arm like God?—He points to his power in behemoth.

The Lord points to his power in leviathan—All things under the whole heavens are the Lord’s.

Job repents in dust and ashes—He sees the Lord with his eyes—The Lord chastises Job’s friends, accepts him, and blesses him, and makes his latter end greater than his beginning.