Job 19:1-3
The friends upset Job because their speeches were not correct. The friends suggested that Job was a wicked man. But Job was a good, honest man (Job 1:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
The friends upset Job because their speeches were not correct. The friends suggested that Job was a wicked man. But Job was a good, honest man (Job 1:1).... [ Continue Reading ]
JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 19 JOB REPLIES TO BILDAD’S SECOND SPEECH JOB THINKS THAT GOD CAUSED JOB’S TROUBLES V1 Job replied. He said: V2 You continue... [ Continue Reading ]
Job knew his own conscience. The friends did not need to accuse him. And they did not need to speak so many times. They were trying to force Job to agree with them. But Job was suffering. They ought to have shown more sympathy.... [ Continue Reading ]
The friends accused Job so often because they were proud. They wanted to prove that they were right. But Job’s troubles did not prove that they were right.... [ Continue Reading ]
In fact, the devil caused Job’s troubles. But Job did not realise this fact.... [ Continue Reading ]
Job felt as if a robber was attacking him. But when Job called for help, nobody came to assist.... [ Continue Reading ]
If a path is dark, the traveller cannot see the way ahead. If there is a fence, the traveller must stop. Job felt like that traveller. The traveller could not continue his journey. And it seemed that Job’s life could not continue.... [ Continue Reading ]
Before his troubles, Job was a great man (Job 29:7-9). But nobody respected him now.... [ Continue Reading ]
Job continues Bildad’s story about a tree (Job 18:16). If Job was like a tree with dry roots, God caused this situation. Job was not responsible, because Job was innocent.... [ Continue Reading ]
Job was sure that God was attacking him. But we know from Job 2:3 that God was not angry with Job. God was proud of Job. God considered Job to be a loyal servant. NOBODY CARES ABOUT JOB V13 My brothers leave me. My friends leave me. V14 My family leave me. My close friends forget me. V15 My guests... [ Continue Reading ]
Other people are often not loyal when someone suffers. Job’s family left him alone. Job’s servant did not answer Job. Even Job’s wife advised Job to insult God. She thought that it would be better for Job to be dead (Job 2:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
Job loved his three friends. They came a long way to comfort him (Job 2:11). And they sat with him silently for a long time (Job 2:13). But their speeches did not help him. The friends accused Job. And they warned Job. Perhaps Job thought that it was God’s duty to punish him. But Job’s friends did n... [ Continue Reading ]
Bildad said that everyone would forget the wicked man (Job 18:17-19). But Job did not want anyone to forget that he was innocent (Job 16:18). So Job wanted someone to write his words in a book. Then people would remember them always. And, of course, we still have the Book of Job today. It may be the... [ Continue Reading ]
These verses may be the most important verses in the Book of Job. Elsewhere Job explained his troubles, fears and doubts. But in these verses, Job explained the reasons why he still had hope. Elsewhere Job had been doubtful whether he could ever prove himself innocent. He prayed. But he was not sur... [ Continue Reading ]
Bildad argued this in Job 18:7-10. Job warned the friends not to be unfair. God would punish them if their words were evil.... [ Continue Reading ]