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• Job 32Bible

  Job 32 is the chapter in which the young Elihu first appears, after the debate between Job and his three friends has ended. Elihu is angry with both Job and the three friends, and he declares that, although he is young, he will speak.

• JobPeople

  Job is the central figure of the Book of Job, a righteous man who lived in the land of Uz. Amid suffering that cost him his possessions, his children, and his health, he lamented and protested before God; after encountering God, he was restored. The New Testament cites him as an example of patience.

• Job 1Bible

  The first chapter of the Book of Job introduces Job, a righteous man of the land of Uz. After Satan's challenge, Job loses all his possessions and children in a single day, yet he blesses the LORD and does not sin.

• HokmahBible

  Hokmah is the Hebrew word for "wisdom." In the Old Testament it covers a wide range of meanings, from a craftsman's skill to the wisdom of a life lived in the fear of God. It is a central concept of the wisdom literature, including Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes.

• Job 9Bible

  Job 9 is the first part of Job's reply to Bildad's first speech. Job laments that no one can plead his own righteousness before God's overwhelming power, and he protests that there is no one to judge between them.

• Job 9:32–33Bible Verses

  A passage in which Job laments that there is no "daysman," or arbiter, to decide between God and himself. Christian tradition often reads it as an expression of longing for Christ the Mediator, and the passage also raises questions of translation and textual tradition.

• Job 6Bible

  Job 6 records Job's reply to the first speech of Eliphaz. Job protests that his suffering is heavier than the sand of the sea and rebukes his friends for offering no comfort, comparing them to streams that run dry.

• Job 34Bible

  Job 34 contains Elihu's second speech. Elihu argues that God never acts unjustly and repays people according to their deeds, and he rebukes Job's complaints against God as words spoken without wisdom.

• Job 31Bible

  Job 31 concludes Job's final defense. Job takes up lust, deceit, mistreatment of servants, neglect of the poor, trust in wealth, and idolatry one by one, swearing that if he had done any of them he would deserve punishment. In this way he asserts his innocence and demands an answer from God.

• Job 25Bible

  Job 25 contains the third and final speech of Job's friend Bildad. It exalts God's power and majesty and asserts that no human being can be righteous or pure before God. At six verses, it is the shortest speech in the dialogues of the Book of Job.

• Job 8Bible

  Job 8 contains the first speech of Bildad the Shuhite. Bildad asserts that God does not pervert justice and urges Job to seek God, assuring him that if he is pure and upright, he will be restored.

• Job 40Bible

  Job 40 contains Job's brief reply to God's first speech and the beginning of God's second speech, again delivered out of the whirlwind. God asks Job whether he can govern the world and directs him to consider the great beast Behemoth.

• Job 17Bible

  Job 17 is the second half of Job's reply (chapters 16–17) to Eliphaz's second speech. Job laments that death is near, asks God himself to be his surety, and rebukes his friends for their lack of wisdom. At the end he asks where his hope can be in the face of the grave and Sheol.

• Job 16Bible

  Job 16 is the first part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's second speech. Job calls his friends miserable comforters and laments the suffering he endures at God's hand, yet he confesses that his witness is in heaven.

• Job 24Bible

  Job 24 is the latter part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's third speech. Pointing to a world in which those who oppress the weak and those who sin under cover of darkness go unpunished, Job asks why God does not appoint times for judgment.

• Job 23Bible

  Job 23 is the first part of Job's reply to Eliphaz's third speech. Job longs to come before God and present his case, but he laments that he cannot find God, and he confesses the fear he feels before God's will.

• Job 1:21Bible Verses

  Job 1:21 records the words Job spoke after losing his possessions and his children in a single day: "The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD." It is regarded as a classic confession of faith in the midst of suffering and is frequently read at funeral services. Interpreters differ over whether the cause of suffering may rightly be attributed to God.

• Job 19:25Bible Verses

  Job 19:25 is Job's confession in the midst of his suffering: "For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth." The church has long read this verse as pointing to Christ and the hope of the resurrection, while scholars differ over the identity of the redeemer and what Job expected.

• Job 10:8–12Bible Verses

  Job 10:8–12 is part of Job's prayer of protest, in which he asks God why he would now destroy the one he so carefully made. Because the passage depicts God shaping a person in the womb, it is often cited in discussions of creation, providence, and the life of the unborn.

• Job 14:4Bible Verses

  Job 14:4 is part of Job's appeal to God concerning human frailty, in which he says that a "clean thing" cannot come out of an "unclean." In the Christian tradition, the verse is often cited as a proof text for original sin and the corruption of human nature.