The Education of Job by David Baird BIBLIOGRAPHY..................................................................................................................................................2 Christadelphian Studies ................................................................................................................................2 Commentaries ..............................................................................................................................................2 Bible Versions Cited and other Abbreviations used .......................................................................................2 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................................................3 The Title of the Book.....................................................................................................................................3 When did Job live? ........................................................................................................................................3 Suggestions for students of the Book of Job .................................................................................................4 ANALYSIS OF JOB ..............................................................................................................................................6 CHAPTERS 1, 2 - THE TESTING OF JOB ................................................................................................................16 Digression - Where is Uz? ........................................................................................................................... 29 Digression - Job's Satan, the sons of God and the LORD .............................................................................. 30 CHAPTER 3 - JOB'S OPENING LAMENTATIONS .......................................................................................................33 THE FIRST CYCLE OF SPEECHES - 4:1-14:22 ........................................................................................................38 CHAPTERS 4, 5 - THE FIRST CYCLE OF SPEECHES - ELIPHAZ ..................................................................................38 Digression - Eliphaz and 1Corinthians 3:19 ................................................................................................ 47 CHAPTERS 6, 7 - THE FIRST CYCLE OF SPEECHES - JOB ........................................................................................48 CHAPTER 8 - THE FIRST CYCLE OF SPEECHES - BILDAD .........................................................................................55 CHAPTERS 9, 10 - THE FIRST CYCLE OF SPEECHES - JOB .......................................................................................59 CHAPTER 11 - THE FIRST CYCLE OF SPEECHES - ZOPHAR ......................................................................................67 CHAPTERS 12, 13, 14 - THE FIRST CYCLE OF SPEECHES - JOB ...............................................................................72 CHAPTER 15 - THE SECOND CYCLE OF SPEECHES - ELIPHAZ ..................................................................................85 CHAPTERS 16, 17 - THE SECOND CYCLE OF SPEECHES - JOB .................................................................................90 CHAPTER 18 - THE SECOND CYCLE OF SPEECHES - BILDAD ...................................................................................95 CHAPTER 19 - THE SECOND CYCLE OF SPEECHES - JOB .........................................................................................98 Digression - The Redeemer (Heb. "Ga'al") ............................................................................................... 102 CHAPTER 20 - THE SECOND CYCLE OF SPEECHES - ZOPHAR ..................................................................................103 CHAPTER 21 - THE SECOND CYCLE OF SPEECHES - JOB .........................................................................................106 THE THIRD CYCLE OF SPEECHES .........................................................................................................................111 CHAPTER 22 - THE THIRD CYCLE OF SPEECHES - ELIPHAZ .....................................................................................112 CHAPTERS 23, 24 - THE THIRD CYCLE OF SPEECHES - JOB ....................................................................................114 CHAPTER 25 - THE THIRD CYCLE OF SPEECHES - BILDAD ......................................................................................120 JOB'S MONOLOGUES..........................................................................................................................................121 CHAPTER 26 - THE THIRD CYCLE OF SPEECHES - JOB ............................................................................................122 CHAPTERS 27, 28 - THE THIRD CYCLE OF SPEECHES - JOB ....................................................................................125 CHAPTERS 29, 30, 31 - THE THIRD CYCLE OF SPEECHES - JOB ...............................................................................131 ELIHU'S MONOLOGUES - INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................142 Digression - Elihu: Mixed Emotions .......................................................................................................... 143 CHAPTER 32 - ELIHU'S MONOLOGUES - ELIHU IS INTRODUCED ..............................................................................144 CHAPTER 33 - ELIHU'S MONOLOGUES - ELIHU'S FIRST SPEECH ..............................................................................147 CHAPTER 34 - ELIHU'S MONOLOGUES - ELIHU'S SECOND SPEECH - GOD DOES NOT PERVERT JUSTICE ......................152 CHAPTER 35 - ELIHU'S MONOLOGUES - ELIHU'S THIRD SPEECH - RIGHTEOUSNESS DOES PROFIT .............................159 CHAPTERS 36, 37 - ELIHU'S FOURTH SPEECH .......................................................................................................161 YAHWEH EDUCATES JOB - CHAPTERS 38:1-42:6 ...................................................................................................170 CHAPTERS 38-40:2 - YAHWEH EDUCATES JOB - YAHWEH'S FIRST SPEECH ..............................................................171 CHAPTER 40:3-5 -YAHWEH EDUCATES JOB - JOB'S REPLY......................................................................................184 CHAPTERS 40:6-41:34 - YAHWEH EDUCATES JOB - YAHWEH'S SECOND SPEECH ......................................................185 CHAPTER 42:1-6 - YAHWEH EDUCATES JOB - JOB'S REPLY.....................................................................................195 CHAPTER 42:7-17 - THE RESTORATION OF JOB ....................................................................................................196 www.findthelight.org 1 BIBLIOGRAPHY 1.1 Christadelphian Studies R.T. Lovelock Job, The Christadelphian, 1957 H.P. Mansfield Unpublished Bible margin notes K. Papowski Hast Thou Considered My Servant Job, K. Papowski, 1992 L.G. Sargent Ecclesiastes and Other Studies, The Christadelphian, 1965 E.M. Spongberg The Book of Job, Christadelphian Scripture Study Service, 1965 D. Styles The Book of Job: Outlines and Notes, Christadelphian Study Notes C. Tennant The Book of Job, The Christadelphian, 1991 C.C. Walker Job, The Christadelphian, (Second Edition) 1955 1.2 Commentaries F.I. Andersen Job, in The Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries, Inter-Varsity Press, 1976 F. Delitzsch Job, in Commentary on the Old Testament (Keil and Delitzsch), (trans. F. Bolton), William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1976 E.C.S. Gibson The Book of Job, Klock and Klock Christian Publishers, 1978 G.C. Morgan The Answers of Jesus to Job, Baker Book House, 1973 V.E. Reichert Job, in Soncino Books of the Bible, The Soncino Press, 1974 1.3 Bible Versions Cited and other Abbreviations used AV The Authorised (King James) Version BDB Brown-Driver-Briggs-Gesenius Hebrew and English Lexicon, Associated Publishers and Authors Inc., 1978 Bullinger E.W. Bullinger, Figures of Speech Used in the Bible, Baker Book House, 1981 CompB The Companion Bible, Samuel Bagster and Sons, 1974 Ges H.F.W. Gesenius, Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures, (trans. S.P. Tregelles), Baker Book House, 1979 Girdlestone R.B. Girdlestone, Synonyms of the Old Testament, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, (Second Edition), 1970 Green J. Green, The Interlinear Hebrew/Greek/English Bible, (Second Edition), 1986 IDB The Interpreter's Dictionary of the Bible, Abingdon Press, 1962 www.findthelight.org JB The Jerusalem Bible LXX see Septuagint Moffat J. Moffat, The Moffat Translation of the Bible, (Final Edition) NEB The New English Bible NIV The New International Version NKJV The New King James Version Roth J.B. Rotherham, The Emphasized Bible RSV The Revised Standard Version RV The Revised Version Septuagint The Septuagint Version (Greek-English) of the Old Testament, (trans. L.L. Brenton) Soncino The Soncino Bible Strong J. Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible TWOT Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament, Moody Press, 1980 YLit R. Young, Young's Literal Translation of the Bible Young R. Young, Analytical Concordance to the Holy Bible 2 INTRODUCTION 2.1 The Title of the Book The name of both the Book and its main character is "Job." This word is based on the