Even now my witness is in heaven, and my advocate is in the heights! My friends scoff at me as I weep before God. I wish that someone might argue for a man with God just as anyone would for a friend (Job 16:19-21 CSB). We cannot approach a Holy...

Listen to me and I will inform you I will describe what I have seen (Job 15:17 CSB).  "Know-it-all Eliphaz" insists that he knows what he is talking about. He continues to tell Job that wicked men suffer; therefore, Job must have done something wrong. Eliphaz was certain of his...

As water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil from the land, so you destroy a man’s hope (Job 14:19 CSB).  In Job 13 we read that Job chose to hope in God no matter the situation, yet in this chapter we see that he is losing hope....

Even if he kills me, I will hope in him. I will still defend my ways before him. (Job 13:15 CSB). How many of us would choose to hope in God even in great pain and affliction? Job’s faith is great in that he still chooses to hope in God...

Wisdom and strength belong to God; counsel and understanding are his (Job 12:13 CSB). Though Job doesn’t know the reason for his suffering, he chooses to focus on what he does know. He knows that wisdom and power belong to God and He understands Job’s situation, even if Job doesn’t....

Know then that God has chosen to overlook some of your iniquity. (Job 11:6b CSB). We see pieces of the truth mixed in Zophar’s harsh speech. Zophar is letting Job know that God graciously is not giving Job all he deserves. According to Zophar, Job’s guilt deserves even more suffering...

I will say to God, “Do not declare me guilty! Let me know why you prosecute me.” (Job 10:2 CSB) We do not have to be as confused as Job was in times of trouble because we can reflect on the insight we receive from God’s Word. Romans 8:1 tells...

There is no mediator between us, to lay his hand on both of us. Let him take his rod away from me so his terror will no longer frighten me. Then I would speak and not fear him. But that is not the case; I am on my own (Job...

He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with a shout of joy (Job 8:21 CSB). Job’s friend, Bildad, speaks up and rebukes Job for complaining to God and tells him that there is hope. Though Bildad incorrectly agrees with Eliphaz that Job must not be blameless,...

What is a mere human, that you think so highly of him and pay so much attention to him? You inspect him every morning, and put him to the test every moment. Will you ever look away from me, or leave me alone long enough to swallow? (Job 7:17-19 CSB) ...