Some thoughts on Scripture

Job 18:!8-19--"He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings." There must have been some awful reason why Job lost all of his children. So reasoned Bildad. He infers that Job lost his family,... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 17:8-9--"Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite. Yet the righteous will hold to his way." Job has come to realize that he is alone in his suffering. There is a limitation or tendency in human nature, whereby even the most upright will be... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 16:20-21--"My friends scorn me; My eyes pour out tears to God. Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!" We seek for compassion from God. I think that the internal farm, fuzzy feeling can only go so far. God extends His compassion to us instead largely... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 15:2-3,5--"Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind? Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he can do no good?...." When I read this chapter, with the Eliphaz's harsh words, I am surprised and perturbed by it. Eliphaz has... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 14:4--"Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!" Job makes the above statement in the context of a dialogue wherein he is implicitly asking why God is mindful of the sinful human race. Job acknowledges that humans are unclean, in contrast to God's holiness and purity. His rhetoric... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 13:15--"Though He slay me, yet will I trust Him. Even so, I will defend my own ways before Him." The first part of this verse is often cited, and it is so awe-inpiring to think that someone would endure such unbearable suffering and still trust in God. But it is important also to consider the... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 12:1-2,13--"Then Job answered and said: 'No doubt you are the people, And wisdom will die with you!.... With Him are wisdom and strength, He has counsel and understanding.' " Job infers here that his friends have such an attitude that they have a monopoly on wisdom, while he is a fool for saying... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 11:2-3--[Zophar] "Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be vindicated? Should your empty talk make men hold their peace? And when you mock, should no one rebuke you?" A third "friend"--Zophar--speaks in condemnation of Job. He, like the other two, shows... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 10:1-2, 18b--"My soul loathes my life; I will give free course to my complaint, I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Show me why You contend with me....Oh, that I had perished and no eye had seen me!" Though he suffered as he did, Job never quite... Sign in to see full entry.

Job 9:20--"Though I were righteous, my own mouth would condemn me; Though I were blameless, it would prove me perverse." Job acknowledges that if he was to live his very best, most upright life, he still would fall short of God's standard. Also, he keys in on the tongue a a major stumbling block in... Sign in to see full entry.