THE BOOK OF JOB
1st test of Job’s integrity: loss of family and wealth
2nd test of Job’s integrity: loss of health
1st CYCLE OF DIALOGUES (3:1-14:22)
Job: Curses the day he was born 3:3,11
Eliphaz: Suffering afflicts the sinful 4:7-8
Job: But my suffering is far out of proportion 6:1-3
Bildad: God is just—your children may have sinned 8:1-4
Job: But God won’t listen 9:14-16
Zophar: God knows your secret guilt 11:4-5
Job: But why won’t God tell me what I’ve done? 13:23
2nd CYCLE OF DIALOGUES (15:1-21:34)
Eliphaz: Tradition teaches that the wicked suffer 15:18-20
Job: But I weep even though I am innocent 16:16-17
Bildad: The wicked suffer 18:5
Job: But there is no justice in my case 19:7
Zophar: The wicked perish 20:4-5
Job: But I see the wicked thriving 21:7
3rd CYCLE OF DIALOGUES (22:1-31:40)
Eliphaz: God reproves you for wickedness not piety, so repent 22:4-5
Job: But why won’t God tell my why this is happening? 23:3-5
Bildad: No one is righteous before God 25:4
Job: But I’m not aware of any wrongdoing 27:5-6
I’ll give an account! 31:35-37
ELIHU SPEAKS (32:1-37:24)
Just as God gives warnings to bring repentance 33:14-18
God also uses pain to bring repentance 33:19
GOD REPLIES FROM THE WHIRLWIND (38:1-42:6)
God: Do you understand how God cares for all living things? 38:1-40:2
Job: I can say no more 40:3-5
God: Can you govern the world? 40:6-41:34
Job: I repent in dust and ashes 42:1-6
EPILOGUE (42:7-17)
Job given family, wealth, and long life