JOB 38:1 TO JOB 42:6. THE DIVINE SPEECHES. Here after the Elihu
interpolation Job 32-37, we return to the original poem and the
solution of Job 31, in which Job summed up his second problem, that of
Divine Providence, by challenging God to show the justice of His
treatment of himself. The poet has n... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB 38:39 TO JOB 39:30. THE WONDERS OF THE ANIMATE CREATION. In Job
38:39 f. God first names the lion. Man would rather hunt and destroy
the lion than feed him. But God cares for the lion as well as for man.
So also for the raven (Job 38:41); but perhaps as the raven seems out
of place here among th... [ Continue Reading ]