The Restoration of Job and His Friends

January 29, 2024Posted inJob
The last eleven verses of Job describe God’s work of restoring first Job’s friends (vv. 7–9) and then Job (vv. 10–17). But these two restorations are different. The restoration of the three friends is to the favor of God through the forgiveness of their sins. The restoration of Job is to the prosperity he had…

Job 40:6 to 42:6 – Behemoth and Leviathan

January 22, 2024Posted inJob
God’s speech to Job in Job 38–41 has two main parts. After the first part (chapters 38–39), God challenged Job:”Shall the one who contends with the Almighty correct Him? He who rebukes God, let him answer it” (Job 40:2). Job responded by confessing his insignificance and promising to say no more (40:3–5). But God was…

God to Job: Who is This?

January 15, 2024Posted inJob
The Lord’s answer to Job takes up four chapters and has two parts. In chapters 38:1–40:5 God speaks and Job responds (40:3–5), and in chapters 40:6–42:6 the Lord speaks again and again Job responds. Throughout both parts of the speech the Lord continues the theme begun by Elihu, especially in chapter 37:14–24. There Elihu asks…

Job 36 and 37: With God Might is Right

January 8, 2024Posted inJob
The last part of Elihu’s long speech, chapters 36 and 37 in Job, has four parts. In 36:1–23 Elihu addresses Job and further defends the righteousness of God. In fact, this is really the theme of all of Elihu’s argument. In 36:24–37:1 (I think we have another bad chapter break here), Elihu exhorts Job to…

Job 34 and 35: Elihu’s Accusations Against Job

January 2, 2024Posted inJob
Chapter 34 Chapter 34 is the second part of Elihu’s long (chapters 32-37) speech. In it he speaks first to wise men (vv. 1–15), then to Job (vv. 16–33, the second person pronouns are singular), and then again, it seems, to wise men (34–37). The wise men he talks to may be Job’s friends. If…