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Job 2
[Bible]Job 2 is the chapter in which Job, struck with sore boils over his entire body in a second trial, still does not sin with his lips, and in which his three friends come and sit with him in silence for seven days.
Eliphaz (the Temanite)
[People]Eliphaz the Temanite appears in the Book of Job as one of the three friends who came to comfort Job after disaster struck him, and he was always the first of them to speak. He interpreted Job's suffering as the result of sin and was rebuked by God.
Elihu
[People]Elihu is a young man in Job 32–37 who steps forward after the debate between Job and his three friends has ended and delivers a lengthy discourse. He is introduced as the son of Barachel the Buzite.
Job 22
[Bible]Job 22 contains Eliphaz's third and final speech. He asserts that Job is suffering because he has wronged his poor neighbors, and he urges Job to return to God so that he may be blessed again.
Job 36
[Bible]Job 36 opens Elihu's final speech (chapters 36–37). Elihu declares that God instructs people through suffering and that His greatness is beyond human understanding, and he extols God's power by pointing to natural phenomena such as rain and lightning.
Job 20
[Bible]Job 20 contains the second and final speech of Zophar the Naamathite. He argues that the prosperity of the wicked is brief and that they will surely perish under the wrath of God.
Job 33
[Bible]Job 33 is the chapter in which Elihu first addresses Job by name and rebuts him directly. He argues that God awakens people through dreams and sickness in order to deliver them from death.
Job 39
[Bible]Job 39 is part of God's first speech to Job out of the whirlwind. It presents a series of animals, including the wild goat, the wild donkey, the wild ox, the ostrich, the horse, the hawk, and the eagle, to show that God cares for a natural world that human beings can neither understand nor control.
Job 41
[Bible]Job 41 is the chapter in which God, speaking out of the whirlwind, describes Leviathan, a great sea creature that no human can tame, showing Job the created order and God's sovereignty.
Job 1
[Bible]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.
Job 37
[Bible]Job 37 is the chapter in which Elihu concludes his long speech, pointing to natural phenomena such as thunder, lightning, snow, rain, and clouds as evidence of the unsearchable majesty of God.
Job 32
[Bible]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.
Behemoth
[Bible]Behemoth is the enormous beast that God shows to Job in Job 40. Its name derives from the plural of the Hebrew word for "beast." It is commonly identified as the hippopotamus, although some interpreters regard it as a symbolic being or as a dinosaur.
Hokmah
[Bible]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.
Leviathan
[Bible]Leviathan is a great sea creature mentioned in Job, Psalms, and Isaiah. The name serves as a symbol of a power beyond human control or of the chaos and evil that stand against God.
Poetic Books
[Bible]The Poetic Books are the five books of the Protestant Old Testament written in poetic form: Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Solomon.
Perseverance
[Bible]Perseverance (also patience or endurance) is a biblical concept describing the disposition to keep faith and endure to the end amid suffering and trials. The New Testament frequently stresses it as a virtue of believers, and it is connected with God's own "longsuffering."
Psalm 111:10
[Bible Verses]The final verse of Psalm 111, which declares that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Together with Proverbs 9:10 and Job 28:28, it is frequently cited as a representative expression of biblical wisdom thought.
Papyrus
[Bible]Papyrus is an aquatic plant that grows in the marshes of the Nile Valley, and the name also refers to the ancient writing material made from its stalks. In the Old Testament it appears mainly as a plant, and in the New Testament as "paper." It is also important as the material of early New Testament manuscripts.
Ezekiel 15
[Bible]Ezekiel 15 is a short prophetic parable declaring that, just as a useless vine branch becomes firewood, the inhabitants of Jerusalem will be given over to the fire of judgment.