Job Regrets the Man-God Connection Job wants a mediator. Can’t someone just judge who’s right—him or God? Because really, if God is omniscient and omnipotent, then what he did was really, really mean. He laments
Enter Bildad, Stage Left Bildad (friend #2) tells Job to repent. Why? He thinks it could have been his kids who sinned and brought this misery upon Job. Think Barty Crouch, Jr. Then he gets
The Pained Spirit Job decides he won’t take this lying down. This is his “why me?” moment. He asks God why he specifically has become God’s target. He’s in such pain that even death would
Job Hits Back Job isn’t buying it. He’s in pain, he’s covered with sores and ashes, and he wants some answers. His complaint is valid, he says. Job gets that his friends are confused. After
Eliphaz Decides God’s Punishment is Good for Job Eliphaz is still chatting away. Now he says that God doles out both good and bad, and that the righteous have nothing to fear from him. Finally
Eliphaz Calls Angels “Bad Flyers” Breaking the silence, Eliphaz throws his two cents in. He says that Job must have done something wrong to merit this punishment. Innocents, he says, are never punished. And hey,
Job Calls His Birthday a “Crummy Holiday” Suddenly, the text moves from prose to poetry. Job cries out that he is in pain, and rues the day he was born—poetically, of course. Jesus looked at
No, Not More… God gets back to bragging about Job, and Satan, once again, doesn’t buy it. This time, God gives Satan permission to hurt Job physically, something he wouldn’t let him do last time.
Family, Divine Dealings, & Death We are introduced to Job right off the bat. He’s pretty much the coolest guy alive and life is good. Job has a big family, lots of property, 7,000 sheep
Double Check the Annals This super-short chapter ends the book, stating that King Ahasuerus continued to have great power, exacting tribute money from many different lands. If anyone wants to know more about the story
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