Job 21
Job asked the question why do the wicked prosper and reject God. why do both good and bad die? He answers that their judgement is reserved for the "day of doom" the "day of wrath" verse. 30
he again rebukes his 'friends":
[SUP]34 [/SUP]How then can you comfort me with empty words,
Since falsehood remains in your answers?”
can you spot the falsehoods in their answers?
Job 22
Eliphaz accuses Job of taking bribes, taking clothes from the naked, not giving the thirsty to drink, not feeding the hungry, not comforting widows, and not strengthening orphans and that is why there are snares all around him.
Job 23
Job says he delighted in God's commandments more than food itself.
Job 24
admits that there are wicked men who do such things, but says God treats both the wicked and the righteous the same: they both die.
Job 25
bildad says men are worms/ maggots and can not be pure before God
Job 26
Job questions from what spirit Bildad speaks, how his words would comfort or strengthen or bring wisdom to one who is without. Then he goes on to declare God's majesty and awesome power.
Job 27
Job declares the following:
[SUP]2 [/SUP]“
As God lives,
who has taken away my justice,
And the Almighty,
who has made my soul bitter,
[SUP]3 [/SUP]As long as my breath
is in me,
And the breath of God in my nostrils,
[SUP]4 [/SUP]My lips will not speak wickedness,
Nor my tongue utter deceit.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Far be it from me
That I should say you are right;
Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go;
My heart shall not reproach
me as long as I live.
Job 28
Job asks them where wisdom can be found and answers:
[SUP]27 [/SUP]Then He saw wisdom[SUP][b][/SUP] and declared it;
He prepared it, indeed, He searched it out.
[SUP]28 [/SUP]And to man He said,
‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,And to depart from evil is understanding.’”
Job 29
Job remembers when he was respected and how he helped the widows and did what God instructed him to do. He remembers when his children were still alive.
I love these verses:
[SUP]14 [/SUP]I put on righteousness, and it clothed me;
My justice was like a robe and a turban.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]I was eyes to the blind,
And I was feet to the lame.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]I was a father to the poor,
And I searched out the case that I did not know.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]I broke the fangs of the wicked,
And plucked the victim from his teeth.
Job 31
Job tells how he is mocked by those he helped and the sad state he finds himself in.
Job 31
Job lists the sins he could have committed to warrant such a punishment, but it is implied that he did NOT do such things.
Job 32
and this is when my favorite character enters the story. Elihu gets angry at Job for justifying himself and not God and angry at his friends for condemning Job but not having any response to his words.
[SUP]9 [/SUP]Great men[SUP]
[c][/SUP]
are not always wise,
Nor do the aged always understand justice.
Job 33
Elihu says that JOB is NOT righteous
then goes on to show how humanity is saved. it is because GOD talks to them in their sleep and instructs them to their folly.
[SUP]13 [/SUP]Why do you contend with Him?
For He does not give an accounting of any of His words.
[SUP]14 [/SUP]For God may speak in one way, or in another,
Yet man does not perceive it.
[SUP]15 [/SUP]In a dream, in a vision of the night,
When deep sleep falls upon men,
While slumbering on their beds,
[SUP]16 [/SUP]Then He opens the ears of men,
And seals their instruction.
[SUP]17 [/SUP]In order to turn man from his deed,
And conceal pride from man,
[SUP]18 [/SUP]He keeps back his soul from the Pit,
And his life from perishing by the sword.
then Elihu gives a wonderful prophecy concerning Jesus.
[SUP]23 [/SUP]“If there is a messenger for him,
A mediator, one among a thousand,
To show man His uprightness,
[SUP]24 [/SUP]Then He is gracious to him, and says,
‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit;
I have found a ransom’;
you will know that they have been saved by Jesus because they will declare:
[SUP]27 [/SUP]Then he looks at men and says,
‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
And it did not profit me.’
Job 34
Elihu shows the sin in Job's words:
. [SUP]5 [/SUP]“For Job has said, ‘I am righteous,
But God has taken away my justice;
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Should I lie concerning my right?
My wound
is incurable,
though I am without transgression.’
[SUP]7 [/SUP]What man
is like Job,
Who drinks scorn like water,
[SUP]8 [/SUP]Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity,
And walks with wicked men?
[SUP]9 [/SUP]For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing
That he should delight in God.’
[SUP]10 [/SUP]“Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding:
Far be it from God
to do wickedness,
And
from the Almighty to
commit iniquity.
[SUP]11 [/SUP]For He repays man
according to his work,
And makes man to find a reward according to
his way.
[SUP]12 [/SUP]Surely God will never do wickedly,
Nor will the Almighty pervert justice.
and shows how he should have answered instead:
[SUP]31 [/SUP]“For has
anyone said to God,
‘I have borne
chastening;
I will offend no more;
[SUP]32 [/SUP]Teach me
what I do not see;
If I have done iniquity, I will do no more’?
[SUP]33 [/SUP]Should He repay
it according to your
terms,
Just because you disavow it?
Job 35
reminds Job of his place and how nothing he does truly affects God who is so much higher than we. its like Paul telling the Athenians about the Unknown God and how He is not worshipped in temples made by the hands of men because HE is the Creator of all and gave life to all.
[SUP]16 [/SUP]Therefore Job opens his mouth in vain;
He multiplies words without knowledge.”
Job 36
Elihu proclaims God's justice and points to an eternal spiritual kingdom
[SUP]7 [/SUP]He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous;
But
they are on the throne with kings,
For He has seated them forever,
And they are exalted.
Job 37
continues to proclaim God's majesty
Job 38
God answers Job out of a whirlwind
did you notice God used the phrase "words with out knowledge" ?
Job 39 is still God speaking
Job 40 has Job answering
[h=3][/h][SUP]3 [/SUP]Then Job answered the Lord and said:
[SUP]4 [/SUP]“Behold, I am vile;
What shall I answer You?
I lay my hand over my mouth.
[SUP]5 [/SUP]Once I have spoken, but I will not answer;
Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.”
Job 42 has Job's repentance
[h=3]Job 42[/h]New King James Version (NKJV)
[h=3]Job’s Repentance and Restoration[/h]42 Then Job answered the Lord and said:
[SUP]2 [/SUP]“I know that You can do everything,
And that no purpose
of Yours can be withheld from You.
[SUP]3 [/SUP]
You asked, ‘Who
is this who hides counsel without knowledge?’
Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.
[SUP]4 [/SUP]Listen, please, and let me speak;
You said, ‘I will question you, and you shall answer Me.’
[SUP]5 [/SUP]“I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear,
But now my eye sees You.
[SUP]6 [/SUP]Therefore
I abhor myself,And repent in dust and ashes.”
I found it interesting that Job's daughters were named but not his sons:
[SUP]13 [/SUP]He also had seven sons and three daughters. [SUP]14 [/SUP]And he called the name of the first Jemimah, the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-Happuch. [SUP]15 [/SUP]In all the land were found no women
so beautiful as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them an inheritance among their brothers.
ok that was very long but would anyone like to break it into pieces and discuss it?
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