Job is a rich man from UZ with seven sons and three daughters. Satan meets God and asks for[...]
Job is a rich man from UZ with seven sons and three daughters. Satan meets God and asks for permission to test him and make him suffer. A large wind collapses the house destroying Job’s property, livestock, servants, and children. Job tore his garments and worshipped God instead.Read Less
Chapter 2
Satan was not done and struck Job with boils to which his wife advised him to curse God. Job was[...]
Satan was not done and struck Job with boils to which his wife advised him to curse God. Job was persistent and did not sin. Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar came and comforted him.Read Less
Chapter 3
Job cursed the day he was born and wished it could be consumed in darkness, and he’d have died[...]
Job cursed the day he was born and wished it could be consumed in darkness, and he’d have died that day. He’d have died while he was born so that he could lay at rest with the counselors and kings of the earth.Read Less
Chapter 4
Eliphaz thinks that Job could be guilty of some sin since no innocent person suffers like that. He[...]
Eliphaz thinks that Job could be guilty of some sin since no innocent person suffers like that. He claimed to have heard God’s voice saying, “Can a man be more righteous than God?”Read Less
Chapter 5
Eliphaz advises Job that people bring trouble on themselves and encourages him to turn to God. He[...]
Eliphaz advises Job that people bring trouble on themselves and encourages him to turn to God. He listed examples of God’s goodness and willingness to help people. Happy is the man who’s corrected by God for his bruises, but God binds up.Read Less
Chapter 6
Job tells his friends that his grief cannot be weighted and laments his weaknesses. His friends are[...]
Job tells his friends that his grief cannot be weighted and laments his weaknesses. His friends are not helping him, and he challenges them to tell him about his sins.Read Less
Chapter 7
Job relates his suffering to that of a futile, discouraging work of a servant with no hope or[...]
Job relates his suffering to that of a futile, discouraging work of a servant with no hope or reward but only weariness. Job wishes the Lord to leave him alone and that God has made him a target without explanation.Read Less
Chapter 8
Bildad rebukes Job and says his children must have sinned for all his troubles. Job says that we[...]
Bildad rebukes Job and says his children must have sinned for all his troubles. Job says that we were all born yesterday and that man without God withers like a papyrus without marsh. He insists that God will bless the innocent.Read Less
Chapter 9
Job grows desperate and says, “How can a man dispute with God? He has vast power but continues to[...]
Job grows desperate and says, “How can a man dispute with God? He has vast power but continues to destroy the innocent. If only there was a mediator between God and me.”Read Less
Chapter 10
Job continues to question God, asking him why he rejects his own creation. “You know I’m not[...]
Job continues to question God, asking him why he rejects his own creation. “You know I’m not guilty! Why did you let me be born? Leave me alone!” he continues.Read Less
Chapter 11
Zophar said,” God exacts less from you than your iniquity deserves. Can you search out the deep[...]
Zophar said,” God exacts less from you than your iniquity deserves. Can you search out the deep things of God? Repent and turn to God, and the eyes of the wicked shall fail.”Read Less
Chapter 12
Job dismisses Zophar’s wisdom and claims that all creation knows of God’s power. God[...]
Job dismisses Zophar’s wisdom and claims that all creation knows of God’s power. God underthrows the mighty, and his judgment cannot be revoked. Read Less
Chapter 13
Job wants to argue his case with God. “Though He slays me, I will still hope in him. God, why do[...]
Job wants to argue his case with God. “Though He slays me, I will still hope in him. God, why do you hide from me and not reveal my sins?”Read Less
Chapter 14
Job complains of man’s frailty which he compares to that of a flower. It comes and fades but can[...]
Job complains of man’s frailty which he compares to that of a flower. It comes and fades but can a man? Job despairs after considering God’s vast power.Read Less
Chapter 15
Eliphaz says that Job is accused by his own words and is arrogant. He says, “Were you born[...]
Eliphaz says that Job is accused by his own words and is arrogant. He says, “Were you born before the hills? Man is universally sinful, and the wicked man suffers all his days, despite his short life of wealth and luxury.”Read Less
Chapter 16
Job told his friends, “You’re miserable comforters! God has torn and shattered me. However, my[...]
Job told his friends, “You’re miserable comforters! God has torn and shattered me. However, my prayer is pure; even now, my advocate is on a high!”Read Less
Chapter 17
Job continues, “My spirit is broken! He has made me a byword. All of you will not help me. Where[...]
Job continues, “My spirit is broken! He has made me a byword. All of you will not help me. Where is my hope?”Read Less
Chapter 18
Bildad is offended by Job’s criticism and tells him that the wicked suffer and their memory[...]
Bildad is offended by Job’s criticism and tells him that the wicked suffer and their memory perishes from the earth.Read Less
Chapter 19
Job continues to complain, saying, “For how long will you torment me? God sees me as an enemy,[...]
Job continues to complain, saying, “For how long will you torment me? God sees me as an enemy, and my close friends hate me. But I know that my redeemer lives!”Read Less
Chapter 20
Zophar said, “The triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and his food will turn sour in his[...]
Zophar said, “The triumph of the wicked is short-lived, and his food will turn sour in his stomach.”Read Less
Chapter 21
Job countered him by saying that the wicked prospers and live to old age.
Job countered him by saying that the wicked prospers and live to old age.Read Less
Chapter 22
Eliphaz told Job, “IS not your wickedness great? You withheld bread and water from the hungry.[...]
Eliphaz told Job, “IS not your wickedness great? You withheld bread and water from the hungry. Is not God high? Submit to God and be at peace.Read Less
Chapter 23
Job is ready to present his case to God, but where would he find God? Job asserts his own[...]
Job is ready to present his case to God, but where would he find God? Job asserts his own righteousness and says no one can compel God to change his actions.Read Less
