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Part I. (SRB)
A. PROLOGUE OR HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION IN PROSE:
- Interesting Notes ou the Book of Job.
- (Job 1:1-2:13, NASV)
(1) The Character of Job.
- (The Meaning of The Word "Job")
- The Great Controversy
- PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS
- Job 1:1
(2) The Family and Prosperity of Job.
a. Job's Substance.
- Job 1:2-4 (KJB)
b. Care of has family.
- And His Household.
- Job 1:4, 5.
(3) The Piety of Job
- Job 1:5 (KJB)
B. SATAN, APPEARING BEFORE GOD, FALSELY ACCUSES JOB.
- Job 1:6-12.
(4) Satan's Theory:
a. Job Was Good Because He Was Prosperous.
b. Satan Going "to and fro"
- Job 1:6-12
c. Satan accuses him to God as a
selfish person, who served God
only for the hope of secular
rewards, verses 6-11.
(5) In The Sieve of Satan:
a. Mystery of God's Permissive Will.
b. (See "Satan," Genesis 3:1;
Revelation 20:10.)
- Job 1:13-22 (KJB)
c. Satan is permitted to strip him of
all his children and property
- , Job 1:12-19.
C. JOB, IN AFFLICTION, BLESSES GOD, &c.
- Job 1:13-22.
- Job's remarkable resignation and patience
- , Job 1:12-22.
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D. SATAN FURTHER TEMPTS JOB.
- Job 2:1-8.
(16) Again In Satan's Sieve:
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a. The sons of God once more present themselves
before him; and Satan comes also, accusing
Job as a person whose steadfastness would be
soon shaken, provided his body were to be
subjected to sore afflictions,
- Job 2:1-5.
b. Family, Property and Health Taken From Him.
- Job 2:1-8
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c. Satan receives permission to afflict Job, and
smites him with sore boils,
- Job 2:6-8.
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Part II. (SRB)
a. Job And His Wife.
- Job 2:9-10.
E. JOB REPROVES HIS WIFE.
- Job 2:9-13.
b. His wife reviles him,
- Job 2:9.
c. His pious reproof,
- Job 2:10.
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Part III. (SRB)
- Job And His Three Friends:
- Scene Is An Ash Heap
Outside an Oriental Village.
(1) The Friends Arrive.
- Job 2:11-13.
- His three friends come to visit and mourn
with him,
- Job 2:11-13.
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F. JOB CURSES THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH
AND WISHES FOR DEATH.
- Job 3:1-19.
a. Job curses the day of his birth, and
regrets that he ever saw the light,
- Job 3:1-12.
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b. He describes the empire of death and its inhabitants,
- Job 3:13-19.
c. Regrets that he is appointed to live in the
midst of sorrows, for the calamities which
he feared had overtaken him,
- Job 3:20-26.
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(2) Again In Job's First Discourse.
- He Tells His Misery and Dispair..
- Job 3:1-26 (KJB)
G. HE COMPLAINS OF LIFE BECAUSE OF HIS ANGUISH.
- Job 3:20-26.
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H. (3) FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ..
- Job 4:1-21 (KJB)
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a. Eliphaz answers; and accuses Job of impatience,
and of despondence in the time of adversity,
- Job 4:1-6;
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b. Asserts that no innocent man
ever perished, and that the wicked are afflicted
for their sins,
- Job 4:7-11;
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c. Relates a vision that he had,
- Job 4:12-16,
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d. What was said to Job on the occasion,
- Job 4:17-21.
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(The First Discourse of Eliphaz, continued.)
- Job 5:1-27 (KJB)
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I. ELIPHAZ' CONCLUSION FROM THE VISION.
- Job 5:1-27.
a. Eliphaz proceeds to show that the
wicked are always punished by the
justice of God, though they may
appear to flourish for a ,
- Job 5:1-8;
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b. Extols the providence of God, by
which the counsels of the wicked
are brought to naught, and the poor
fed and supported,
- Job 5:9-16;
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c. Shows the blessedness of being
corrected by God, in the excellent
fruits that result from it; and exhorts
Job to patience and submission, with the
promise of all secular prosperity, and a
happy death in a mature and comfortable
old age,
- Job 5:17-27.
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(4) Job's Answer to Eliphaz:
- A Touching Appeal For Pity.
- Job 6:1-30 (KJB)
J. REPLY OF JOB TO ELIPHAZ.
- Job 6:1-30.
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a. Job answers, and vindicates himself; and shows
that the great affliction which he suffered was
the cause of his complaining, by which life was
rendered burdensome to him,
- Job 6:1-13.
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b. He complains that, whereas he expected consolation
from his friends, he had received nothing but the
bitterest reproaches, on the assumed ground that
he must be a wicked man, else God would not so
grievously afflict him,
- Job 6:14-20.
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c. He shows them that they knew nothing of his case,
and that they had no compassion,
- Job 6:21-23.
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d. And then entreats them, if they can, to show him
in what he has offended, as he is ready to
acknowledge and correct every trespass,
- Job 6:24-30.
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(Job's Answer to Eliphaz, continued.)
- Job 7:1-21 (KJB)
K. JOB EXCUSES HIS DESIRE FOR DEATH.
- Job 7:1-21.
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a. Job continues to deplore his helpless and
afflicted state,
- Job 7:1-6.
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b. He expostulates with God concerning his
afflictions,
- Job 7:7-12;
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c. He describes the disturbed state of his
mind by visions in the night season;
abhors life,
- Job 7:13-16;
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d. And, showing that he is unworthy of the
notice of God, begs pardon and respite,
- Job 7:17-21.
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(5) First Discourse of Bildad:
- He Thinks Job Is A Hypocrite.
- Job 8:1-22 (KJB)
L. FIRST SERIES
-FIRST SPEECH OF BILDAD,
-MORE SEVERE AND COARSE THAN THAT OF ELIPHAZ.
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1. THE ADDRESS OF BILDAD.
- Job 8:1-22.
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a. Bildad answers, and reproves Job for his
justifying himself,
- Job 8:1, 2.
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b. Shows that God is just, and never punishes
but for iniquity; and intimates that it was
on account of their sins that his children
were cut off,
- Job 8:3, 4.
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c. States that, if Job would humble himself to
the Almighty, provided he were innocent,
his captivity would soon be turned, and his
latter end be abundantly prosperous,
- Job 8:5-7.
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d. Appeals to the ancients for the truth of what
he says; and draws examples from the vegetable
world, to show how soon the wicked may be cut
off, and the hope of the hypocrite perish,
- Job 8:8-19.
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e. Asserts that God never did cast of a perfect
man nor help the wicked; and that, if Job be
innocent, his end shall be crowned with
prosperity,
- Job 8:20-22.
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(6) Job Answers Bildad: [SRB]
- He Is A Sinner, and Knows Not How To Be Justified
-- But Not a Hypocrite.
- Job 9:1-36 (KJB)
FIRST SERIES. [JFB] REPLY OF JOB TO BILDAD
- Job 9:1-35.
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a. Job acknowledges God's justice and man's
sinfulness,
- Job 9:1-3.
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b. Celebrates his almighty power as manifested in the
earth and in the heavens,
- Job 9:4-10.
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c. Maintains that God afflicts the innocent as well as
the wicked, without any respect to their works:
and hath delivered the earth into the hands of
the wicked,
- Job 9:11-24.
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d. Complains of his lot, and maintains his innocence,
- Job 9:25-35.
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(Job's Answers to Bildad, continued. SRB)
- Job 10:1-22 (KJB)
JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD CONTINUED. [JFB]
Job 10:1-22.
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a. Job is weary of life, and expostulates with God,
- Job 10:1-6.
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b. He appeals to God for his innocence; and pleads
on the weakness of his frame, and the manner
of his formation,
- Job 10:7-13.
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c. Complains of his sufferings, and prays for respite,
- Job 10:14-20.
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d. Describes the state of the dead,
- Job 10:21, 22.
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FIRST SERIES. [JFB]
FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR.
Job 11:1-20.
(7) Zophar's First Discourse: [SRB]
- He Thinks Job Both Hypocrite and Liar.
- Job 11:1-20. (KJB)
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a. Zophar answers Job, and reproves him severely for
his attempts to justify himself; charges him with
secret iniquity, and contends that God inflicts
less punishment on him than his iniquities
deserve, [AC]
- Job 11:1-6.
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b. Shows the knowledge and perfections
of God to be unsearchable, and that none can
resist his power,
- Job 11:7-11.
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c. Warns him against vanity of mind, and exhorts
him to repentance on the ground that his
acceptance with God is still a possible case,
and that his latter days may yet become happy
and prosperous,
- Job 11:12-20.
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FIRST SERIES.
JOB'S REPLY TO ZOPHAR
- Job 12:1-14:22.
(8) Job Answers The Three:
- He Is Familiar With Their Platitudes.
- Job 12:1-25. (KJB)
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a. Job reproves the boasting of his friends, and
shows their uncharitableness towards himself,
- Job 12:1-5;
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b. Job asserts that even the tabernacles of robbers
prosper; and that, notwithstanding, God is the
Governor of the world; a truth which is
proclaimed by all parts of the creation whether
animate or inanimate, and by the revolutions
which take place in states,
- Job 12:6-25.
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JOB'S REPLY TO ZOPHAR CONTINUED. [JFB]
- Job 13:1-28.
(Job's Answer to Bildad, continued.) [SRB]
- Job 13:1-28. (KJB)
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a. Job defends himself against the accusations
of his friends, and accuses them of
endeavouring to pervert truth,
- Job 13:1-8.
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b. Threatens them with God's judgments,
- Job 13:9-12.
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c. Begs some respite, and expresses
strong confidence in God,
- Job 13:13-19.
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d. He pleads with God, and deplores his
severe trials and sufferings,
- Job 13:20-28.
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JOB PASSES FROM HIS OWN TO THE COMMON MISERY OF
MANKIND.
- Job 14:1-22.
(Job's Answer to Bildad, continued.)
- Job 14:1-22. (KJB)
a. The shortness, misery, and sinfulness of man's
life,
- Job 14.
b. The unavoidable necessity of death; and
the hope of a general resurrection,
- Job 14:5-15.
c. Job deplores his own state, and the general
wretchedness of man,
- Job 14:16-22.
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SECOND SERIES.
SECOND SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ. [JFB]
- Job 15:1-35.
(9) The Second Discourse of Eliphaz: [SRB]
- Once Again He Rests Upon His superior
Experience
- (v. 8) and Tradition (v. 10).
- Job 15:1-35. (KJB)
a. Eliphaz charges Job with impiety in
attempting to justify himself,
- Job 15:1-13;
b. asserts the utter corruption and
abominable state of man,
- Job 1514-16;
c. and, from his own knowledge and the
observations of the ancients, shows
the desolation to which the wicked
are exposed, and insinuates that
Job has such calamities to dread,
- Job 15:17-35.
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SECOND SERIES.
- Job 16:1-22. JOB'S REPLY.
(10) Job's Fourth Answer:
- Eliphaz Has but Heaped Up Words.
- Job 16:1-22. (KJB)
a. Job replies to Eliphaz, and through him to all his
friends, who, instead of comforting him, had
added to his misfortunes; and shows that, had
they been in his circumstances, he would have
treated them in a different manner,
- Job 16:1-5.
b. Enters into an affecting detail of his suffering,
- Job 16:6-16.
c. Consoles himself with the consciousness of his own
innocence, of which he takes God to witness, and
patiently expects a termination of all his
sufferings by death.
- Job 16:17-22.
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- Job 17:1-16. JOB'S ANSWER CONTINUED.
(Job's Fourth Answer, continued.)
- Job 17:1-16. (KJB)
a. Job complains of the injustice of his friends, and
compares his present state of want and wo with
his former honour and affluence,
- Job 17:1-6.
b. God's dealings with him will ever astonish upright
men; yet the righteous shall not be discouraged,
but hold on his way,
- Job 17:7-9.
c. Asserts that there is not a wise man among his
friends, and that he has no expectation but of
a speedy death,
- Job 10-16.
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SECOND SERIES.
- Job 18:1-21.
REPLY OF BILDAD.
(11) Bildad's Second Discourse:
- A String Of Oriental Proverbs.
- Job 18:1-21. (AC)
- Ref. Job 18:1-21. (KJB)
a. Bildad, in a speech of passionate invective,
accuses Job of impatience and impiety,
- Job 18:1-4;
b. shows the fearful end of the wicked and their
posterity; and apparently applies the whole to
Job, whom he threatens with the most ruinous
end,
- Job 18:5-21.
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SECOND SERIES.
- Job 19:1-29.
JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD.
(12) Job's Fifth Answer:
- His Sublime Faith (verses 25-27).
a. Job complains of the cruelty of his friends,
- Job 19:1-5.
b. Pathetically laments his sufferings,
- 6-12.
c. Complains of his being forsaken by all his domestics,
friends, relatives, and even his wife,
- Job 19:13-19.
d. Details his sufferings in an affecting manner, calls
upon his friends to pity him, and earnestly
wishes that his speeches may be recorded,
- Job 19:20-24.
e. Expresses his hope in a future resurrection,
- Job 19:25-27.
f. And warns his persecutors to desist, lest they fall
under God's judgments,
- Job 19:28,29.
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SECOND SERIES.
- Job 20:1-29.
REPLY OF ZOPHAR.
(13) Zophar's Second Discourse:
- Tradition And Proverb.
- Job 20:1-29. (KJB)
a. Zophar answers Job, and largely details the
wretchedness of the wicked and the hypocrite;
shows that the rejoicing of such is short and
transitory,
- Job 20:1-9.
b. That he is punished in his family and in his
person,
- Job 20:10-14.
c. That he shall be stripped of his ill-gotten wealth,
and shall be in misery, though in the midst of
affluence,
- Job 20:15-23.
d. He shall at last die a violent death, and his family
and property be finally destroyed,
- Job 20:24-29.
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SECOND SERIES.
- Job 21:1-34.
JOB'S ANSWER.
(14) Job's Sixth Answer:
- The Prosperity of the Wicked Refutes The View
- That He Is Afflicted Because A Secret Sinner.
- Job 21:1-34. (KJB)
- See topic: The Unsaved Knew Hell Awaits.
- Job 21:7-34. (KJB)
a. Job expresses himself as puzzled by the
dispensations of Divine Providence, because of
the unequal distribution of temporal goods; he
shows that wicked men often live long, prosper in
their families, in their flocks, and in all their
substance, and yet live in defiance of God and
sacred things,
- Job 21:1-16.
b. At other times their prosperity is suddenly
blasted, and they and their families come to
ruin,
- Job 21:17-21.
c. God, however, is too wise to err; and he deals out
various lots to all according to his wisdom: some
come sooner, others later, to the grave: the
strong and the weak, the prince and the peasant,
come to a similar end in this life; but the wicked
are reserved for a day of wrath,
- Job 21:22-33.
d. He charges his friends with falsehood in their
pretended attempts to comfort him,
- Job 21:34.
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THIRD SERIES.
- Job 22:1-30.
AS BEFORE, ELIPHAZ BEGINS.
(15) Eliphaz' Third Discourse:
- The Old Theory--Job Has Sinned (verses 7-9.).
- Job 22:1-34. (KJB)
a. Eliphaz reproves Job for his attempts to clear his
character and establish his innocence,
- Job 22:1-4.
b. Charges him with innumerable transgressions; with
oppressions towards his brethren, cruelty to the
poor, hard-heartedness to the needy, and
uncharitableness towards the widow and the
orphan; and says it is on these accounts that snares
and desolations are come upon him,
- Job 22:5-11.
c. Speaks of the majesty and justice of God: how he cut
off the ante-diluvians, the inhabitants of Sodom
and the cities of the plain,
- Job 22:12-20.
d. Exhorts him to repent and acknowledge his sins, and
promises him great riches and prosperity,
- Job 22:21-30.
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THIRD SERIES.
- Job 23:1-17.
JOB'S ANSWER.
(16) Job's Seventh Answer:
- He Longs for God.
- Job 23:1-17. (KJB)
a. Job answers; apologizes for his complaining;
wishes to plead his cause in the presence of his
Maker, from whom he knows he should receive
justice; but regrets that he cannot find him,
- Job 23:1-9.
b. He, however, gives himself and his cause up to God,
with the conviction of his own innocence, and
God's justice and goodness,
- Job 23:10-14.
c. He is, nevertheless, afraid when he considers the
majesty of his Maker,
- Job 23:15-17.
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- Job 24:1-25. [JFB]
(Job's Seventh Answer, continued.)
- Job 24:1-25. (KJB)
a. Job asserts that there are various transgressors
whose wickedness is not visited on them in this
life; and particularizes the adjust and
oppressive,
- Job 24:1-6;
b. those who are cruel to the poor,
- Job 24:7-13;
c. the murderer,
- Job 24:14;
d. the adulterer, 15; thieves and plunderers,
- Job 24:16,17.
e. Nevertheless they have an accursed portion,
and shall die, and their memory perish,
- Job 24:18-20.
f. He speaks of the abuse of power, and of the
punishment of oppressors,
- Job 24:21-24;
g. and asserts that what he has said on these
subjects cannot be contradicted,
- Job 24:25.
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THIRD SERIES.
- Job 25:1-6.
BILDAD'S REPLY.
(17) Bildad's Third Discourse:
- Sententious Sayings.
- Job 25:1-6. (KJB)
a. Bildad, the Shuhite, in an irregular speech, shows
that God's dominion is supreme, his armies
innumerable, and his providence extended over
all,
- Job 25:1-3;
b. That man cannot be justified before God; that
even the heavenly bodies cannot be reputed
pure in his sight; much less man, who is
naturally weak and sinful,
- Job 25:4-6.
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THIRD SERIES.
- Job 26:1-14. JOB'S REPLY.
(18) Job's Eighth Answer:
- Bildad's View Leads To Dispair,
- Job's Faith In God.
- Job 26:1-14. (KJB)
a. Job, perceiving that his friends could no longer
support their arguments on the ground they had
assumed, sharply reproves them for their want
both of wisdom and feeling,
- Job 26:1-4;
b. shows that the power and wisdom of God are manifest
in the works of creation and providence; gives
several proofs; and then adds that these are a small
specimen of his infinite skill and unlimited power,
- Job 26:5-14.
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- Job 27:1-23. [JFB]
(Job's Eighth Answer, continued).
- Job 27:1-23. (KJB)
- Job 27:1-23.
It was now Zophar's turn to peak. But as he and
the other two were silent, virtually admitting
defeat, after a pause Job proceeds . . .
- Ref. Job 27:1.
a. Job strongly asserts his innocence; determines to
maintain it, and to avoid every evil way,
- Job 27:1-7.
b. Shows his abhorrence of the hypocrite by
describing his infamous character, accumulated
miseries, and wretched end,
- Job 27:8-23.
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- Job 28:1-28.
JOB'S SPEECH CONTINUED.
(Job's Eighth Answer, continued).
- Job 28:1-28. (KJB)
a. Job, in showing the vanity of human pursuits in
reference to genuine wisdom, mentions mining for
and refining gold and silver,
- Job 28:1;
b. iron and other minerals,
- Job 28:2;
c. the difficulties of mining,
- Job 28:3,4;
d. produce of grain for bread from the earth,
and stones of fire from under it,
- Job 28:5.
e. He speaks of precious stones and gold dust,
- Job 28:6;
f. of the instinct of fowls and wild beasts in finding
their way,
- Job 28:7, 8;
g. and of the industry and successful attempts of men
in mining and other operations,
- Job 28:9-11:
h. but shows that with all their industry, skill, and
perseverance, they cannot find out true wisdom,
- Job 28:12;
i. of which he gives the most exalted character,
- Job 28:13-22;
j. and shows that God alone, the fountain of wisdom,
knows and can teach it,
- Job 28:24-27;
k. and in what this true wisdom consists,
- Job 28:28.
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- Job 29:1-25. [JFB]
(Job's Eighth Answer, continued.
- He Answers The False Charges of Eliphaz,
- Job 22:6-9.)
- Job 28:1-25. (KJB)
a. Job laments his present condition, and gives an
affecting account of his former prosperity,
having property in abundance, being surrounded by
a numerous family, and enjoying every mark of the
approbation of God,
- Job 29:1-6.
b. Speaks of the respect he had from the young,
- Job 29:7,8;
c. and from the nobles,
- Job 29:9,10.
d. Details his conduct as a magistrate and judge
in supporting the poor, and repressing the
wicked,
- Job 29:11-17;
e. his confidence, general prosperity, and respect,
- Job 29:18-25.
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- Job 30:1-31. [JFB]
(Job's Eighth Answer, continued.)
- Job 30:1-31. (KJB)
a. Job proceeds to lament the change of his former
condition, and the contempt into which his
adversity had brought him,
- Job 30:1-15.
b. Pathetically describes the afflictions of his body and mind,
- Job 30:16-31.
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- Job 31:1-40.
1. Job proceeds to prove that he deserved a
better lot. [JFB]
(Job's Eighth Answer, continued.)
- Job 31:1-40. (KJB)
a. Job makes a solemn protestation of his chastity
and integrity,
- Job 31:1-12;
b. of his humanity,
- Job 31:13-16;
c. of his charity and mercy,
- Job 31:17-23;
d. of his abhorrence of covetousness and idolatry,
- Job 31:24-32;
e. and of his readiness to acknowledge his errors,
- Job 31:33, 34;
f. and wishes for a full investigation of his case, being
confident that this would issue in the full
manifestation of his innocence,
- Job 31:36-40.
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- Job 23:1-7:24. SPEECH OF ELIHU. [JFB]
Part IV. Job and Elihu.
- Job 32:1.
- See Ref. Note Page 589_1.
(1) Elihu's Discourse.
- Job 32:2-22.
- AC: Job 32:1f
a. Elihu comes forward, and empresses his
disapprobation both of Job and his three
friends-with the one for justifying himself; and
with the others for taking up the subject in a wrong
point of view, and not answering satisfactorily-and
makes a becoming apology for himself,
- Job 32:1-22.
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- Job 33:1-33.
ADDRESS TO JOB, AS (Job 32:1-22) TO THE FRIENDS.
(Elihu's Discourse, continued.)
- Job 33:1-33.
Images from a court of justice.
a. Elihu offers himself in God's stead to reason with
Job in meekness and sincerity,
- Job 33:1-7.
b. Charges Job with irreverent expressions,
- Job 33:8-12.
c. Vindicates the providence of God, and shows the
various methods which he uses to bring sinners to
himself:-By dreams and visions,
- Job 33:13-15;
d. by secret inspirations, 16-18; by afflictions,
- Job 33:19-22;
e. by messengers of righteousness,
- Job 33:23;
f. and by the great atonement,
- Job 33:24.
g. How and from what God redeems men, and the blessings
which he communicates,
- Job 33:25-30.
h. Job is exhorted to listen attentively to Elihu's teaching,
- Job 33:31-33.
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Continued. [JFB]
- Job 34:1-37.
(Elihu's Discourse, continued.)
- Job 34:1-37.
a. Elihu begins with an exhortation to Job's friends,
- Job 34:1-4;
b. charges Job with accusing God of acting unrighteously,
which he shows is impossible,
- Job 34:5-12;
c. points out the power and judgments of the Almighty,
- Job 34:13-30;
d. shows how men should address God, and how irreverently
Job has acted,
- Job 34:31-37.
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Job 35:1-16. [JFB] Continued.
(Elihu's Discourse, continued.)
- Job 35:1-33.
a. Elihu accuses Job of impious speeches,
- Job 35:1-4.
b. No man can affect God by his iniquity, nor
profit him by his righteousness,
- Job 35:5-8.
c. Many are afflicted and oppressed, but few cry
to God for help; and, for want of faith, they
continue in affliction,
- Job 35:9-16.
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- Job 36:1-33,. Continued.
(Elihu's Discourse, continued.)
- Job 36:1-33.
a. Elihu vindicates God's justice, and his
providential and gracious dealings with men,
- Job 36:1-9.
b. Promises of God to the obedient, and
threatenings to the disobedient; also
promises to the poor and afflicted,
- Job 36:10-16.
c. Sundry proofs of God's merely, with suitable
exhortations and cautions,
- Job 36:17-33.
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- Job 37:1-24. [JFB] Continued.
(Elihu's Discourse, continued.)
- Job 37:1-24.
a. Elihu continues to set forth the wisdom and
omnipotence of God, as manifested in the thunder
and lightning,
- Job 37:1-5;
b. in the snows and frosts,
- Job 37:6-8;
c. in various meteors; and shows the end for which
they are sent,
- Job 37:9-13.
d. Job is exhorted to consider the wondrous works of
God in the light, in the clouds, in the winds, in
heat and cold, in the formation of the heavens,
and in the changes of the atmosphere,
- Job 37:14-22.
e. The perfections of God, and how he should be
reverenced by his creatures,
- Job 37:23,24.
- Verse 23. Job dared to prescribe to God what
He should do (Job 34:10, 13).
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- Job 38:1-41.
Part V. Jehovah and Job.
- Job 38:1-41.
a. The Lord answers Job out of a whirlwind, and
challenges him to answer,
- Job 38:1-3.
b. He convinces him of ignorance and weakness, by an
enumeration of some of his mighty works;
particularly of the creation of the earth,
- Job 38:4-7.
c. The sea and the deeps,
- Job 38:8-18.
d. The light,
- Job 38:19-21.
e. Snow, hail, thunder, lightning, rain, dew, ice, and
hoar-frost,
- Job 38:22-30.
f. Different constellations, and the ordinances of heaven
influencing the earth,
- Job 38:31-33.
g. Shows his own power and wisdom in the atmosphere,
particularly in the thunder, lightnings, and rain,
- Job 38:34-38.
h. His providence in reference to the brute creation,
- Job 38:39-41.
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- Job 39:1-30. [JFB] Continued.
(Jehovah and Job, continued.)
- Job 39:1-30.
a. Several animals described: the wild goats and
hinds,
- Job 39:1-4.
b. The wild ass,
- Job 39:5-8.
c. The unicorn,
- Job 39:9-12.
d. The peacock and ostrich,
- Job 39:13-18.
e. The war-horse,
- Job 39:19-25.
f. The hawk,
- Job 39:26.
g. And the eagle and her brood,
- Job 39:27-30.
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- Job 40:1-24.
GOD'S SECOND ADDRESS.
He had paused for a reply, but Job was silent. [JFB]
(Jehovah and Job, continued.)
- Job 40:1-24.
a. Job humbles himself before the Lord,
- Job 40:1-5.
b. And God again challenges him by a display of his
power and judgments,
- Job 40:6-14.
c. A description of behemoth,
- Job 40:15-24.
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(Jehovah And Job, continued.)
(Dragon In The Sea)
(Psalm 74:12-14)
Note: Seven Questions.
- Job 41:1-34.
- Job 41:1-34.
a. God's great power in the leviathan, of which
creature he gives a very circumstantial
description,
- Job 41:1-34.
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Part VI. Job's Self-Judgment.
- Job 42:1-6.
- Job 42:1-6.
JOB'S PENITENT REPLY. [JFB]
Part VII. Epilogue:
- Job Vindicated and Honoured.
- Job 42:7-17.
- Job 42:7-17.
EPILOGUE, in prose. [JFB]
Job fully sated and contented with all the happiness that
life could give him. [JFB] Verse 17.
a. Job humbles himself before God,
- Job 42:1-6.
b. God accepts him; censures his three friends; and
commands Job to offer sacrifices for then, that he
might pardon and accept them, as they had not spoken
what was right concerning their Maker,
- Job 42:7-9.
c. The Lord turns Job's captivity; and his friends visit
him, and bring him presents, 10,11. Job's affluence
becomes double to what it was before,
- Job 42:12.
d. His family is also increased,
- Job 42:13-15.
e. Having lived one hundred and forty years after his
calamities, he dies,
- Job 42:16,17.
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