Job 18 – Bildad Speaks a Second Time Audio for Job 18: Job 18-21 – I Know My Redeemer Lives A. Bildad’s objection. 1. (1-3) Bildad rebukes Job for his words and low opinion of his friends. Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: “How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding,…

Job 17 – Job Confronts both God and His Friends Audio for Job 17: Job 15-17 – Job and His Miserable Comforters A. Job directs a complaint both towards earth and towards heaven. 1. (1-2) Job’s broken spirit. “My spirit is broken, My days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.Are not mockers with…

Job 16 – Job Answers Eliphaz Audio for Job 16: Job 15-17 – Job and His Miserable Comforters A. Job laments his miserable comforters. 1. (1-5) Job reproaches his pitiless friends. Then Job answered and said:“I have heard many such things;Miserable comforters are you all!Shall words of wind have an end?Or what provokes you that…

Job 15 – Eliphaz Speaks in the Second Round of Speeches Audio for Job 15: Job 15-17 – Job and His Miserable Comforters A. Eliphaz criticizes Job a second time. 1. (1-6) The answer and accusation of Eliphaz. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:“Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge,And fill himself with…

Job 14 – Job Considers the Grave and the Afterlife Audio for Job 14: Job 11-14 – Job and His Contradictions A. Frail man and a mighty God. 1. (1-2) Job muses on the frailty of man. “Man who is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble. He comes forth like…

Job 13 – Job Challenges His Critics Audio for Job 13: Job 11-14 – Job and His Contradictions A. Job’s challenge to his critics. 1. (1-12) Job’s strong rebuke to his friends. “Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it. What you know, I also know; I am not…

Job 12 – Job’s Sarcastic Reply Audio for Job 12: Job 11-14 – Job and His Contradictions A. Job complains about his friends. 1. (1-3) Job sarcastically answers Zophar and his other friends. Then Job answered and said:“No doubt you are the people,And wisdom will die with you!But I have understanding as well as you;I…

Job 11 – The First Speech of Zophar Audio for Job 11: Job 11-14 – Job and His Contradictions A. Zophar criticizes Job for his complaining. 1. (1-6) Zophar tells Job that he actually deserves far worse from God. Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:“Should not the multitude of words be answered?And should a…

Job 10 – What Job Would Say to God Audio for Job 10: Job 8-10 – Longing for a Mediator A. What Job would say to God if he could. 1. (1-7) Job would ask God, “Why are You doing this?” “My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I…

Job 9 – Job’s Reply to Bildad Audio for Job 9: Job 8-10 – Longing for a Mediator A. Job’s frustration with the power and majesty of God. 1. (1-13) Job praises the wisdom and strength of God, though it means that God is beyond his ability to know. Then Job answered and said:“Truly I…

Job 8 – The First Speech of Bildad Audio for Job 8: Job 8-10 – Longing for a Mediator A. Bildad rebukes Job. 1. (1-7) If Job was righteous, God would bless and defend him. Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:“How long will you speak these things,And the words of your mouth be like…

Job 7 – In Response to Eliphaz, Job Cries Out to God Audio for Job 7: Job 4-7 – The Analysis Begins A. The comfortless suffering of Job. 1. (1-5) The hard service of Job’s suffering. “Is there not a time of hard service for man on earth?Are not his days also like the days…