Job 23 – Job’s Desire to Appear Before God Audio for Job 23: Job 22-24 – I Shall Come Forth as Gold A. Job longs to take his case to God. 1. (1-7) Job’s bitter complaint and his inability to connect with God. Then Job answered and said: “Even today my complaint is bitter; My…

Job 22 – Eliphaz Speaks a Last Time Audio for Job 22: Job 22-24 – I Shall Come Forth as Gold This begins a third (and shortened) round of debate between Job and his three friends Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar. Through these three rounds, “A certain movement can be detected. In the first cycle the…

Job 21 – Job Answers Zophar’s Discourse Audio for Job 21: Job 18-21 – I Know My Redeemer Lives A. The problem of the prosperity of the wicked. 1. (1-3) Job’s opening plea. Then Job answered and said:“Listen carefully to my speech,And let this be your consolation.Bear with me that I may speak,And after I…

Job 20 – Zophar Speaks a Second Time Audio for Job 20: Job 18-21 – I Know My Redeemer Lives A. Zophar answers Job. 1. (1-3) Zophar describes his turmoil. Then Zophar the Naamathite answered and said:“Therefore my anxious thoughts make me answer,Because of the turmoil within me.I have heard the rebuke that reproaches me,And…

Job 19 – Job’s Answer to Bildad: “I Know That My Redeemer Lives” Audio for Job 19: Job 18-21 – I Know My Redeemer Lives A. Job laments his comfortless affliction. 1. (1-6) Job complains that his friends have not understood him at all. Then Job answered and said: “How long will you torment my…

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…