Job

Old Testament · Wisdom · 16 chapter studies + Introduction

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Read Job in canonical sequence.

1. Intro Job - General Introduction Job is not a puzzle book where God explains suffering. 32 min read
2. 1-2 Job 1-2 - The Righteous Sufferer Tested Job 1-2 gives the reader the key to the whole book before Job ever speaks in poetry. 35 min read
3. 3 Job 3 - Job's Lament Job 3 is the first time the righteous sufferer speaks at length after the disasters. 25 min read
4. 4-7 Job 4-7 - First Speeches: Eliphaz and Job Job 4-7 is the first full exchange between Job and one of his friends. 37 min read
5. 8-10 Job 8-10 - Bildad and Job's Answer Job 8-10 is the second exchange in the first cycle of speeches. 35 min read
6. 11-14 Job 11-14 - Zophar, and Job's Hope Beyond Death Job 11-14 completes the first cycle of speeches. 42 min read
7. 15-17 Job 15-17 - Second Cycle Begins Job 15-17 begins the second cycle of speeches. 35 min read
8. 18-19 Job 18-19 - Bildad, and Job's Eternal Deliverer Bildad turns judgment into accusation; Job asks for pity and confesses the eternal Deliverer who will raise his suffering body. 19 min read
9. 20-21 Job 20-21 - Zophar, and the Prosperity of the Wicked Zophar describes the poison of sin; Job tells the truth about prosperous evil and refuses comfort built on denial. 17 min read
10. 22-24 Job 22-24 - Eliphaz Accuses and Job Seeks God Job 22-24 opens the third cycle of speeches with Eliphaz at his harshest. 29 min read
11. 25-28 Job 25-28 - Wisdom Hidden With God Failed comfort gives way to truthful integrity, praise of God’s sovereignty, and wisdom received through reverence and obedience. 28 min read
12. 29-31 Job 29-31 - Job's Final Defense Job remembers honor used for mercy, laments public humiliation, and lays his whole life before God in an oath of integrity. 26 min read
13. 32-34 Job 32-34 - Elihu Begins Elihu enters after Job's final defense, angry at Job and angry at the three friends. 26 min read
14. 35-37 Job 35-37 - Elihu on God's Majesty Elihu's final speeches move the debate from accusation toward awe. 24 min read
15. 38-39 Job 38-39 - The Lord Answers From the Whirlwind The Lord finally answers Job, but He does not answer with the explanation Job expected. 23 min read
16. 40-41 Job 40-41 - Behemoth and Leviathan The Lord's second answer presses Job beyond wonder into humility before powers he cannot master. 26 min read
17. 42 Job 42 - Repentance, Intercession, and Restoration Job 42 is the end of the argument and the beginning of healing. 23 min read