The book of Job is the story of a "righteous sufferer" (Job 1-2; 42) framing a set of dialogues (Job 3-41) in which Job's plight is debated.
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Interpretations of Elihu in Job
In the book of Job, it becomes clear that the first three of Job's friends - Eliphaz, Blidad, and Zophar - speak wrongly. Not only do they incur the indignation of Job and his other friend Elihu, but God himself rebukes them, saying to Eliphaz, "I…
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Did God win or lose the argument in the book of Job?
I am a bit puzzled by the outcome in this book. It looks like Satan was right - Job DID lose his faithfulness toward God after Satan took away from Job all what God had given him except for his life (he "cursed" the day he was born (Job 3:3-4)).…
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What did Job believe?
Job 9:2 says:
In truth I know that this is so; But how can a man be in the right before God?
Is this a rhetorical question, or he is sincerely wondering how to be justified before God? Depending on who you ask, Job may have been pre-Abraham or…
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How long did Job's tribulation last?
Can someone tell me how long it was between when Job first started experiencing bad things until God turned things around for the better for Job?
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In Job 41:5 is it cynical of God to mention the young women in his house if they are already dead?
For me the Book of Job is one of the most controversial books in the Bible yet. In chapters 38-41 we see the Lord's unnecessary boasting in front of his slave. Job 41:5 is an example of a cynicism:
Can you make a pet of it like a bird
or put it…
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When Job curses the day he was born in Chapter 3, does he curse God?
In chapter 2 Job refuses to curse God but states:
"Shall we accept good from God and not trouble"
and then in chapter 3v3-4 it says that Job cursed the day he was born:
'May the day of my birth perish, and the night that said, "A boy is…
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In Job 42 why was Elihu not equally rebuked?
In the final chapters of Job, what happened to Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the clan of Ram? In Job 42:7 God rebuked job’s friends and ordered them to offer burnt offering to Job for misrepresenting him. Why was Elihu excluded? Was Elihu…
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Job 38, was God being sarcastic?
I have a question. In Job 38:21, was God being sarcastic, or did he literally mean that Job was born before the World began?
Surely you know, for you were already born!
You have lived so many years!
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What belief does Job refer to in Job 19:25?
Oh that my words were written!
Oh that they were inscribed in a book!
Oh that with an iron pen and lead
they were engraved in the rock forever!
For I know that my Redeemer lives,
and at the last he will stand upon the earth.
And after…
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How do we reconcile Job 21:16 in ESV & NKJV
Job 21:16[ESV] Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
Job 21:16[NKJV] Indeed their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me.
How to reconcile? The ESV seems to be…
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Was Elihu not a friend of Job?
Elihu seems to be a surprise character in the book of Job. He is not introduced in the prologue:
Job 2:11
When Job's three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon…
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Why does Job in 9:20 persists to plead his case later on?
Job desires to present his case before God in many chapters, one being 13:3. However, in 9:20 he recognizes that if he did this, he would condemn himself and God would prove him wrong.
Even if I were innocent, my mouth would condemn me; if I were
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Why did testing come to Job? (Job 23:10) ERV
Why did testing come to Job? (Job 23:10)
ERV (Easy-to-Read Version)
"But God knows me. He is TESTING [caps, mine] me and will see that I am as pure as gold" (Job 23:10).
I.e., why do the righteous suffer? (especially Job)
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Did Elihu reveal the purpose of Job's affliction in Job 36:21?
Elihu spoke in Job 36:21 (NIV):
Beware of turning to evil, which you seem to prefer to affliction.
Christian Standard Bible
Be careful that you do not turn to iniquity, for that is why you have been tested by affliction.
Which version is more…
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I have found a ransom Job 33:24
Job 33:24 (NASB)
24 And he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Free him from going down to
the pit, I have found a ransom’;
What was the ransom that prevented Job from dying?
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