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Texts -- Job 7:1-5 (NET)

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The Brevity of Life
7:1 “Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man ? 7:2 Like a servant longing for the evening shadow , and like a hired man looking for his wages , 7:3 thus I have been made to inherit months of futility , and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me. 7:4 If I lie down , I say , ‘When will I arise ?’, and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns . 7:5 My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs ; my skin is broken and festering .

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  • It is also difficult to determine how much time the events narrated in the book cover.The first chapter tells about Job's life before his trial, and the last chapter reveals what happened after it until Job's death. The chapt...
  • What this book is all about has been the subject of considerable debate. Many people think God gave it to us to provide His answer to the age-old problem of suffering. In particular, many believe it is in the Bible to help us...
  • I. Prologue chs. 1-2A. Job's character 1:1-5B. Job's calamities 1:6-2:101. The first test 1:6-222. The second test 2:1-10C. Job's comforters 2:11-13II. The dialogue concerning the basis of the divine-human relationship 3:1-42...
  • The writer composed the prologue and epilogue of this book in prose narrative and the main body (3:1-42:6) in poetry. The prologue and epilogue form a frame around the main emphasis of the revelation, the poetic section, and ...
  • Satan again claimed that Job served God only because God had made it advantageous for Job to do so. Job still had his own life. Satan insinuated that Job had been willing to part with his own children and his animals (wealth)...
  • The two soliloquies of Job (chs. 3 and 29-31) enclose three cycles of dialogue between Job and his three friends. Each cycle consists of speeches by Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar in that order interspersed with Job's reply to e...
  • Elihu began by voicing his respect for Job's three friends (vv. 6-10). They were older than he, and for this reason he said he had refrained from speaking until now. However he had become convinced that advancing age does not...
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