Job declares this after Eliphaz has accused him of being wicked a second time. Eliphaz believes Job is not as wise as he appears, since he limits his wisdom to himself and does not listen to the wisdom of others. Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar have already accused Job of being wicked in the first cycle of speeches, and now the second cycle in “The Great Debate” has begun. Nevertheless, Job responds to Eliphaz’s accusations by calling his friends “sorry comforters” (Job 16:2) and declaring that his “friends are my scoffers” (Job 16:20). Job continues in his speech testifying that, although he is being accused of being wicked, his “prayer is pure” (Job 16:17), and he has not done any wrong. In chapter 19, Job actually confronts his friends that …show more content…
He questions how long Job will complain and describes the suffering of the wicked to try convince Job to repent and ask the Lord for forgiveness. By now, Job has been accused by all three of his friends at least once and responds to Bildad that he is insulted. Job continues calling out to and questioning the Lord, and he describes all that the Lord has done to him. Nevertheless, Job ends his soliloquy by stating, as the verse says, that his Redeemer lives and that redemption is still coming to this earth. This verse and the verse that follows, saying that “even after my skin is destroyed, yet from my flesh I shall see God,” implies that Job believes he will only see God after he has died and gone to Heaven. This reveals that Job still believes his time for death is soon and that he will not be on this earth much longer. This verse is significant throughout the entirety of Job, because it proves that Job has not and will not lose his faith or stop trusting in the Lord. No matter how many times his friends accuse and insult him, he knows that he is good and righteous in the sight of the Lord and that one day, through the power and grace of God, he will be restored to health and prosperity. Although “those (he) love(s) have turned against (him)” (Job 19:19), Job recognizes that the Lord will never leave or forsake him, even if his friends and family will. Even though Bildad attempts to convince Job …show more content…
They have all accused him of being wicked even though they cannot actually say what he has done wrong, and Zophar gives a lengthy description of the fleeting triumph of the wicked and how God will sweep the wicked into darkness. However, Job responds with a speech proving that sometimes the wicked do live easy, prosperous lives, and some even die peacefully. Job knows that it is not only the wicked who are punished and asks his friends to listen to his plea and then they “may mock” (Job 21:3). This verse is significant because Job openly confronts his “friends” about being “sorry comforters” (Job 16:2) and finally accuses them of something that is actually true—that everything they are saying is full of lies. All of his friends’ efforts are in vain, for nothing they say is true. Instead of encouraging him and speaking the truths of the Lord, they blame and discourage him, assuming that everything that is happening to him is due to his own fault. This verse’s significance also rises from the fact that it reveals that Job only needs and only relies on the Lord. Even though his own friends turn against him and falsely accuse him, Job’s faith is not shaken and he continues to seek the Lord. This fact shows Job to be faithful, perseverant, and dedicated to his Father. Job knows that the wicked, perhaps including his friends, are “reserved for the day of calamity…and…will be led forth at
Before reading The Book of Job, as translated by Stephen Mitchell, I had no prior experience reading this in the bible. After reading this story, the theme of the story stood out to me as a man’s test of faith. Throughout the story, Job is presented with obstacles to his faith in a God figure, by a figure of Satan. Satan proposes to God that Job will lose faith in him if his circumstances are altered in a negative way. The first obstacle Satan presents is taking away the worldly possessions that Jobs loves.
I concurred with Job! I was not denying his existence, but I doubted his absolute justice.” (45) With this statement Eliezer is displaying that he still holds the belief in God, but chooses to keep his silence just as Job did when everything was taken from him. He cannot comprehend how a self-proclaimed God of “justice” can allow for such a monstrosity to occur, but he still believes in God’s existence. Towards the end of Night, Eliezer realizes family members have abandoned each other for a greater chance at survival and mentions “this God in whom I no longer believed.”
As it was quoted Satan was the only one acting on Job, and God waited for Job to behave regardless of Satan 's actions. Consequently, this brings the following point, men reach
To end the story a thunderstorm rolls in and Prometheus is left chained to the rock. The Book of Job is a story about a man who “feared God and turned away from evil” (Job 1:1, ESV). He was a very wealthy man who had ten children, many livestock, and many servants. Satan speaks to God one day and God gives him permission to test Job’s faith. Satan begins by taking away Job’s children, killing his livestock,
He urgently appeals to Job to get right with God so that he will not be blotted out and eternally remembered by others only as a wicked man whom God judged
The Book of Job deals with the bigger issues Christians would face. If one believes in a righteous force that oversees the earth, then why is there an evil force? Job finds out that he is not allowed to ask the universe for justice because he is unaware of how the universe works. Job is a wealthy man who lives with his large family and his voluminous livestock. He tried his best to avoid evil, not just for himself but for everyone in his family.
Job was a man of faith, he repented for little injustices. He was tested to prove his righteousness and succeeded. His children were killed, his cattle was killed, he was painfully diseased and his was wealth diminished. Through all this he remained faithful. His so called friends told him to abandon God as he had him.
Job 5:7 states, “Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward” (NIV). As you read verse 15 God admits that believers will be in harm’s way and/or in trouble. When they are in trouble, God will be with them and rescue them. This psalm can be used when we are in the thick of a situation in which we feel no control or no way out. This psalm offers comfort and is effective when prayed from the heart.
God’s punishments leaves Job with nothing left to his name to the point where he cries out to the heavens, “My closest friends have forgotten me”, (Chapter 19, line 14). In this line, Job is feeling betrayed by his own friends, who blame him for his unfortunate situation. They believe that Job has sinned and should repent so that god will forgive him. Thinking he has done nothing wrong, Job is angered that his friends would accuse him of sinning. His friends abandon him after he refuses to repent, leaving Job to continue his quest for divine justice alone.
She also became a caretaker for her disease-ravaged husband. Although Old Testament scholars don't agree on the nature of Job's illness, clearly his pain was so excruciating that he asked God to take his life (Job 3). It distorted Job's appearance so dramatically that his closest friends could barely recognise him and when they approached, they fell to the ground in pity (Job 2:12). This last temptation brought by Satan was so severe, it nearly broke Job's soul.
When Job finally starts to question God why he has done all of these horrible acts to him God just makes a list of all of the things he has done proving his power and wisdom rather than answering Job, “Does the hawk soar because of your wisdom, And stretch her wings to the south wind? Does the eagle mount up at your bidding, And build her nest on high?” as if to say that that he could never understand the ways of God. This shows that God thinks all humans are fundamentally not as smart as him and thinks that he shouldn’t even try to explain his actions to them though they are clearly understandable by humans because the writer of this text was able to. God does stop Job’s suffering but not for weeks and possibly
As the anguish and pain penetrate his heart, Job said, “For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me, and what I dreaded has
These meetings are vital to the story of Job and both chapters include a discussion between God and the Satan. Likewise, Job remains loyal to God in both chapters, despite all of his
I don’t know about you? But I have always found the biblical story of Job very hard to comprehend? Here is the story of a faithful man who we find there are no records of any great sins committed by him.
The key question in the book of Job asks: "Can a favored, upright individual clutch their confidence in God when things turn out badly?" In discussion with Satan, God contends that such a man can for sure drive forward, and brings up his hireling Job for instance. God then permits Satan to visit frightful trials upon Job to test him.