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Job 22:5 Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? Job 22:6 For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. Job 22:7 Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. These are...

Job 2:9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Why does Job's wife, who knows him better than anyone other person, ask him why he is maintaining his integrity? Why? Because he is maintaining his integrity, evidenced by her words, in addition to his actions, i.e...

As answered previously, who knows Job better than Eliphaz? Answer —> Job’s wife. She would know better than any other person of Job's character. And what is her testimony after Job's trial begins? She recognizes and states that Job is maintaining his integrity (2:9). This is just conflation...

Job's faith is in God. This should be evident in the recent posts regarding the epistle of James. Can you answer the question posed to you in post #819? It reads: So according to your own independent interpretation, Job is persevering in his pride the whole time he is suffering?

Here is what James writes of Job in James 5:10,11 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord...

Seems you went silent here on the full picture of who James’s brethren are. Yes, they are his brethren in the natural, but they are also his brethren in the spiritual sense in their faith in Christ Jesus as their Lord and Savior. How do we know? James 2:1 My brethren, do not hold your faith in...

To start, let’s look at the standard for measuring faith that both you and Scripture have provided here. One is saying one has faith, the other is demonstrating one has faith by their works. Let’s apply this to Job, as you seem to aptly suggest. The question you posed is “Where are Job’s...

Good advice! Do you follow it? You wrote it “could” depict Job, but that does not mean it does depict Job. Saying it “could” depict Job is the speculation of a man, and is not something the bible says. How could God declare Job blameless and upright you ask? Because God is testifying to...

Do you have any substantive response to James 5:11 and the specific mention of Job and why? Happy to hear if you do. God bless you.

Wow. Read the essay last night. There are a lot of important and interesting things you drew out there. I think there is a lot more to unearth with Elihu, and for me, at least, he was the one who helped me really unlock understanding the book of Job as a whole. Nice work!!!

1. See post #718 https://christianchat.com/threads/the-book-of-job.221503/post-5754971 . Did you read it? James is writing to believers in Christ Jesus who have been scattered. 2. Also, James 2:1, which you also quoted, is plain as day: My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord...

Nice! Well stated. Makes sense. We know from Scripture that satan's modus operandi is to "steal, kill and destroy". It seems satan *would* have done such to Job, however, as satan points out in chapter 1, God has set a "hedge" around Job to protect him from such attacks. It seems that satan is...

First of all, I have been enjoying your responses here, particularly the lengthier ones. I find them quite compelling and edifying. Thank you. The idea regarding Melchizedek and Job is not something I had heard before, so it is very interesting and has given me something to reflect on. I agree...

Happy to change subjects (again) and discuss Elihu. We have already gone back and forth about him, so I don't know if anything will be accomplished aside from rehashing previous points. Still, if there is more to uncover and discern regarding him, that would be good to know. But regarding...

Yes. I should have clarified better, and I used the word “verse” when I should have used “word”. You wrote: The end of this verse says, “…the judge standeth before the door.” That word “judge” is the Greek word “kurios” Strong’s #2692 which means “God, Lord, master." You had suggested this...

Sure, there is tribal affiliation. Of course. But what is the primary thing that bonds James with his brethren the most? James 1:2,3 Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. Right out of the gate in his...

Did you just recently come up with this explanation about what James wrote about Job? Or are these ideas ones you’ve had prior to your these questions to you about it?

James makes absolutely no connection between the rich people he describes and the character of Job. To claim otherwise is just a wild extrapolation. When James *does* mention Job, as well as the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord, it is to encourage his brethren in their faith in Jesus...

Um...the verse in Greek is Strong's #2692 "kurios" which means "God, Lord, master". The only God, Lord and master in the book of Job is Yahweh, the Lord God.

Writing to those who are rich does not automatically mean all of them were rich. How would you even know that every single one of them was rich like Job? He is singling out those who are rich. Why would you think it automatically applied to all of them? Actually, James is referring to Job when...