Tag: Job

Job 12 – 14 Job is tired of hearing the hardly enlightened counsel of his friends. He recognizes who is truly in charge of the life of man. Men have agency but the Lord is able to act in their lives without their invitation.

Job 10 – 11 In his misery Job questions God but I am having a hard time deciding if he ever doubts God in all his trials. He wearies of having been born and recognizes that he has not earned these affliction through sin. Unlike the two previous friends who seem to give advise that…

Job 7 – 9 For a minute it sounded as if the words of Bildad helped Job see the truth that if he were righteous the blessings would finally come. Instead it looks like Job reverted to his grief again at this time. Although he grieves he acknowledges that God is wise and just.

Job 5 – 6 Eliphaz seems to be delivering good counsel here to turn unto the Lord in trouble and not lean on the wisdom of man. On the other hand, in his affliction Job might feel that he is being unjustly accused of forsaking the Lord and earning his trials through fault. These words…

Job 2 – 4 People frequently recite the fact that Job would not curse God. Chapter three makes it clear that he did mourn and it might even be called murmuring—wishing to have died. That may have set the tone for his friends’ counsel.

Job 1 Assuming that Job is a real person rather than a character in an inspirational story, was the story of Satan asking permission to afflict him (challenging the Lord really) a vision explaining the reason behind all that happened against him?