Job
Satan attacks a righteous man called Job. Job goes through so much torment and, together with
Chapter 1
Job is a rich man from UZ with seven sons and three daughters. Satan meets God and asks for[...]
Chapter 2
Satan was not done and struck Job with boils to which his wife advised him to curse God. Job was[...]
Chapter 3
Job cursed the day he was born and wished it could be consumed in darkness, and he’d have died[...]
Chapter 4
Eliphaz thinks that Job could be guilty of some sin since no innocent person suffers like that. He[...]
Chapter 5
Eliphaz advises Job that people bring trouble on themselves and encourages him to turn to God. He[...]
Chapter 6
Job tells his friends that his grief cannot be weighted and laments his weaknesses. His friends are[...]
Chapter 7
Job relates his suffering to that of a futile, discouraging work of a servant with no hope or[...]
Chapter 8
Bildad rebukes Job and says his children must have sinned for all his troubles. Job says that we[...]
Chapter 9
Job grows desperate and says, “How can a man dispute with God? He has vast power but continues to[...]
Chapter 10
Job continues to question God, asking him why he rejects his own creation. “You know I’m not[...]
Chapter 11
Zophar said,” God exacts less from you than your iniquity deserves. Can you search out the deep[...]
Chapter 12
Job dismisses Zophar’s wisdom and claims that all creation knows of God’s power. God[...]
Chapter 13
Job wants to argue his case with God. “Though He slays me, I will still hope in him. God, why do[...]
Chapter 14
Job complains of man’s frailty which he compares to that of a flower. It comes and fades but can[...]
Chapter 15
Eliphaz says that Job is accused by his own words and is arrogant. He says, “Were you born before[...]
Chapter 16
Job told his friends, “You’re miserable comforters! God has torn and shattered me. However, my[...]
Chapter 17
Job continues, “My spirit is broken! He has made me a byword. All of you will not help me. Where[...]
Chapter 18
Bildad is offended by Job’s criticism and tells him that the wicked suffer and their memory[...]
Chapter 19
Job continues to complain, saying, “For how long will you torment me? God sees me as an enemy,[...]
Chapter 20
Zophar said, “The triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and his food will turn sour in his[...]
Chapter 21
Job countered him by saying that the wicked prospers and live to old age.
Chapter 22
Eliphaz told Job, “IS not your wickedness great? You withheld bread and water from the hungry. Is[...]
Chapter 23
Job is ready to present his case to God, but where would he find God? Job asserts his own[...]
Chapter 24
The wicked oppress the poor and perform their actions in darkness, in apparent security.
Chapter 25
Bildad said, “How then can a man be righteous before God? Or how can a man be pure who is born of[...]
Chapter 26
Job describes God’s vast power over all creation. He says how small a whisper we hear of him.
Chapter 27
Despite God making his soul bitter, Job is committed to righteous behavior. He says that the wicked[...]
Chapter 28
The world is a treasure house of riches and value to those willing to work hard and look for them.[...]
Chapter 29
Job remembers his prosperous days when he was surrounded by servants and family. He remembered he[...]
Chapter 30
Now men younger than him mock him. Job suffers both spiritually and physically, and God has[...]
Chapter 31
Job proclaims his innocence and claims he has followed all God’s commandments and has not broken[...]
Chapter 32
Elihu, who had not been previously mentioned, stresses his youth but criticizes Bildad, Zophar, and[...]
Chapter 33
Elihu continues, “You think of yourself without sin. God is not at fault and may have spoken to[...]
Chapter 34
Elihu continues, “It’s unthinkable that God would do wrong. Can someone who hates justice rule?[...]
Chapter 35
Elihu speaks, “Do you think you’re more righteous than God? God is above you more than you can[...]
Chapter 36
Elihu continues, “God rewards the obedient and subjects the disobedient to suffer and perish. God[...]
Chapter 37
Elihu, “God is transcendent, and his voice is like thunder. He controls the ice, rain, and[...]
Chapter 38
God answers Job from a whirlwind and questions: “Where were you when I founded the earth? Who[...]
Chapter 39
God asks more rhetorical questions about mountain goats, wild oxen, ostriches, hawks, horses, and[...]
Chapter 40
Job said he didn’t have any answer. God says: Shall the one who contends with the Almighty[...]
Chapter 41
God: “Can you catch Leviathan with a hook? Everything under the heavens is mine. His breath sets[...]
Chapter 42
Job said, “I repent in ashes.” He confessed his presumption and lack of wisdom. God rebuked[...]
