TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION _Bildad_ 1-2 Are you finally through with your windy speech? 3 God never twists justice; he never fails to do what is right. 4 Your children must have sinned against God, and so he punished them the way they deserved. 5 But now turn and plead with Almighty God; 6 if you... [ Continue Reading ]
D. THE GREAT ABSENCE: EMPATHY AND SYMPATHYBILDAD Job 8:1-22 1. God is just and has not been unrighteous. (Job 8:1-7) (A rebuke of Job.) TEXT 8:1-7 8 THEN ANSWERED BILDAD THE SHUHITE, AND SAID, 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? And _how long_ SHALL THE WORDS OF THY MONTH BE _like_ A MIGHT... [ Continue Reading ]
2. The wisdom of the ages teaches that it is the godless who perish. (Job 8:8-19) TEXT 8:8-19 8 FOR INQUIRE, I PRAY THEE, OF THE FORMER AGE, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow... [ Continue Reading ]
3. If Job is upright, God will restore him. (Job 8:20-22) TEXT 8:20-22 20 BEHOLD, GOD WILL NOT CAST AWAY A PERFECT MAN, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. 21 He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting. 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the t... [ Continue Reading ]