Job had heard God’s speech. So Job realised his error. He was not an evil man. But he had spoken unwise words about God. Sometimes Job complained about God’s behaviour. And sometimes Job accused God. Job was humble. He asked God to forgive him.... [ 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 42 THE END OF JOB’S TROUBLES JOB IS HUMBLE V1 Then Job answered God. Job said, V2 ‘I know that you can do anything. Your plan... [ Continue Reading ]
Job was a servant of God, even before Job began to suffer. Then, Job trusted God because other people had told him about God. When God spoke, Job had a new experience. Job learned many things from God’s speech. And now Job trusted God even more. Job had become an even better servant of God. We kno... [ Continue Reading ]
These verses may seem strange to some people. Such people do not know why God was angry with Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar. Job’s friends were sometimes wrong, but sometimes Job was wrong too. So, you might think that they all deserved the same punishment. The explanation is that Job was a servant of... [ Continue Reading ]
Job’s friends obeyed God. And God forgave them. Note that God was not angry with Elihu. Elihu said the right things about God. GOD MAKES JOB SUCCESSFUL AGAIN V10 After Job prayed for his friends, God made Job successful again. God gave Job double what Job had before his troubles. V11 And many pe... [ Continue Reading ]
Originally, Job thought that he would be wealthy for his whole life (Job 29:18-20). Then Job thought that he would die because of his illness (Job 7:21). In the end, Job was wealthy again. Our lives often change like this. We should learn to be content whatever happens (Philippians 4:11-12). Whet... [ Continue Reading ]
These people avoided Job when he was suffering (Job 19:13-19). But, at the end of Job’s troubles, God allowed these people to help Job. They comforted him. And they sympathised with him. It seems that they did not know the reason for Job’s troubles. They still thought that God caused Job’s troubles.... [ Continue Reading ]
Job had twice the number of animals that he had in Job 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Job had a new family.... [ Continue Reading ]
Job looked after his daughters carefully. At the time of Job, usually only the sons would share the family’s wealth. Job’s gift to his daughters also shows that he was very wealthy. He had enough money to provide for his daughters as well as his sons. JOB’S LONG LIFE V16 Job lived 140 years after... [ Continue Reading ]
Job’s life was much longer than people live today. The people in the Book of Genesis also had very long lives (Genesis chapter 5). After the flood, God said that men would not continue to live for more than 120 years (Genesis 6:3). And Psalms 90:10 says that a normal life is 70 or 80 years. Becaus... [ Continue Reading ]
Job was a great man. He was wealthy. He had a large family. And he lived a long life. He achieved many things in his life. All these things seemed important to Job before his troubles began. But Job learned something new when he suffered his great troubles. He learned that it is more important to b... [ Continue Reading ]