Job 27:1,2
Job had suffered terrible troubles. And Job supposed that God caused these troubles. But Job still trusted God.... [ Continue Reading ]
Job had suffered terrible troubles. And Job supposed that God caused these troubles. But Job still trusted God.... [ 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 27 JOB CONTINUES HIS LAST SPEECH JOB’S PROMISE V1 Job continued his speech. V2 This is my promise: • I promise to God, beca... [ Continue Reading ]
Job’s friends insisted that Job was suffering because of his evil deeds. Job argued that this was not true. Job was a genuine servant of God. Job loved God. And Job refused to do evil deeds.... [ Continue Reading ]
Chapter s 27-31 are like the words of a man in a court. In chapter 27, Job promised to speak the truth. In chapter 29, he described his good behaviour before the troubles began. In chapter 31, he explained that he refused to do evil deeds. In Job 23:1-7, Job explained that he wanted God to be his j... [ Continue Reading ]
Job was sure that he was innocent. He said that he would continue to argue this for the rest of his life. Later, we see that Job’s attitude was wrong. Job should have insisted that God was right. But instead, Job argued that he himself was right (Job 32:2). THE FATE OF WICKED MEN V7 I wish that a... [ Continue Reading ]
In chapter 21, Job argued that God does not seem to punish wicked people. In Job 24:1, Job thought that he was waiting in vain for God to act as judge. But in chapter 27, Job was speaking as if he was already in God’s court. Job knew that God is a fair judge. So Job knew that God would punish wicked... [ Continue Reading ]
Job really loved God. Unlike wicked people, Job received pleasure from God (Job 23:12). Unlike wicked people, Job prayed often (Job 1:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
In verse 12, Job recognised that his friends had already said such things. But their speeches were foolish because they were trying to accuse Job. For example, when Zophar spoke about wicked people (chapter 20), he was really thinking about Job.... [ Continue Reading ]
These words are like Zophar’s words in Job 20:29. And Job’s ideas in verses 14-22 are also similar to Zophar’s ideas in chapter 20. Job argued with his friends. But the friends were right about many things. For example, God will punish wicked people And, everyone should confess their evil deeds to... [ Continue Reading ]
Perhaps Job thought that these children would be as evil as their father. Or perhaps Job thought that the children would suffer because of their father’s evil deeds. The Bible teaches that God will punish each person for that person’s own evil deeds. If the child of an evil person serves God, then G... [ Continue Reading ]
When the wicked man dies, other people will receive his possessions. It is as if God is storing these possessions to give to other people.... [ Continue Reading ]
In other words, the wicked man might seem powerful. But his life is weak. He can die in a moment (Matthew 7:26-27; Luke 12:16-20).... [ Continue Reading ]
In Job 3:16-19, Job thought that death is like sleep. But in Job 26:5, Job had a different idea. He described how people tremble painfully in hell. So perhaps in verses 19-23, Job was also describing hell. When the wicked man wakes in hell, God has taken away that man’s wealth. The home in verse 21... [ Continue Reading ]