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1:1-5 |
The integrity of Job |
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1:6-12 |
The enmity of the adversary |
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1:13-19 |
The first disasters |
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1:20-22 |
The effect on Job |
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2:1-6 |
The persistence of the adversary |
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2:7-8 |
Job's illness |
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2:9-10 |
Job's second reaction |
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2:11-13 |
The friends come and sympathise with him |
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3:1-2 |
Job breaks the silence |
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3:3-10 |
Birth lamented |
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3:11-19 |
Infancy lamented |
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3:20-26 |
Manhood lamented |
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4:1-7 |
Eliphaz commends then criticises Job |
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4:8-11 |
His theory of observation |
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4:12-21 |
He claims divine revelation |
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5:1-7 |
The wicked suffer due to personal folly |
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5:8-16 |
Suffering is divine punishment: repent |
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5:17-27 |
God delivers the righteous |
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6:1-7 |
Job justifies his grief and impatience |
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6:8-13 |
He repeats his desire for death |
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6:14-23 |
He reproaches his friends for their failure to help
him |
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6:24-30 |
Job rejects the conclusions of their arguments |
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7:1-10 |
Job ponders his hopeless, helpless condition |
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7:11-21 |
Job's intemperate appeal to God |
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8:1-7 |
The doctrine of retribution - God does discriminate |
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8:8-10 |
Go to the ancients - they have the answers |
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8:11-19 |
Three examples - the ancients speak through nature |
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8:20-22 |
Conclusion and application to Job |
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9:1-4 |
God is just - who can defy Him |
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9:5-10 |
God is omnipotent |
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9:11-13 |
God's ways are inscrutable |
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9:14-21 |
Man cannot stand up to God |
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9:22-24 |
Suffering is not always evidence of sin |
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9:25-31 |
The hopelessness of Job's case |
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9:32-35 |
Job's desire for an umpire |
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10:1-7 |
"Why are You doing this to me?" |
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10:8-12 |
God's former care of Job |
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10:13-17 |
Job's confusion |
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10:18-22 |
Job's cries of despair |
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11:1-4 |
Job rebuked as verbose and boastful |
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11:5-6 |
God knows your sinfulness |
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11:7-12 |
God is beyond human comprehension |
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11:13-19 |
Repent and be blessed |
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11:20 |
No hope for the wicked |
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12:1-5 |
My knowledge is not inferior to yours |
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12:6 |
The wicked do prosper |
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12:7-10 |
Let Creation teach you the wisdom and power of God |
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12:11-25 |
Job describes God's absolute power |
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13:1-12 |
Job reproves his friends as utter failures |
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13:13-19 |
Job turns to God as his friends cannot help |
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13:20-28 |
Job pleads with God |
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14:1-12 |
Man's lot is hopeless, whereas a tree has hope |
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14:13-15 |
Is there life after death? |
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14:16-22 |
Job's present state - perplexed and distressed |
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15:1-6 |
Eliphaz rejects Job's claim to wisdom |
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15:7-10 |
He declares Job's experience to be inferior |
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15:11-13 |
He rebukes Job for his ingratitude |
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15:14-16 |
He refutes the innocence of man |
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15:17-19 |
Listen to me and the words of the ancients |
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15:20-24 |
The life of the wicked |
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15:25-28 |
The foolishness of the wicked |
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15:29-35 |
God's judgements against the wicked |
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16:1-5 |
Job reproves his comforters |
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16:6-17 |
Despondency - God's treatment of Job |
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16:18-21 |
Job's confidence |
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16:22-17:2 |
Despondency - Humiliating death awaits |
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17:3-9 |
Appeal to God as man does not care |
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17:10-16 |
Despondency - His friend's insensitivity as death
approaches |
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18:1-4 |
Job indignantly reproved for his words |
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18:5-6 |
The light of the wicked extinguished |
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18:7-16 |
His fate is exact retribution for his folly |
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18:17-21 |
The complete extinction of the wicked |
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19:1-7 |
Job reacts to his friend's cruelty |
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19:8-12 |
God is the Author of Job's troubles |
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19:13-19 |
Job is utterly isolated |
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19:20-22 |
A plea for pity |
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19:23-27 |
Job's confidence in his eventual vindication |
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19:28-29 |
Job warns his friends |
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20:1-5 |
I am insulted and exasperated |
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20:6-11 |
The prosperity of the wicked is short-lived |
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20:12-19 |
Sin and its retribution |
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20:20-22 |
The wicked cannot escape from his inevitable
punishment |
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20:23-28 |
God's vengeance on the sinner |
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20:29 |
Zophar's conclusion - his philosophy summarised |
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21:1-6 |
Job appeals for a fair hearing |
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21:7-13 |
The prosperity of the wicked |
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21:14-16 |
The impiety of the wicked |
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21:17-18 |
The apparent immunity of the wicked |
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21:19-21 |
Why should their children suffer? |
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21:22-26 |
Some suffer, others do not |
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21:27-28 |
I know what you think of me |
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21:29-33 |
Broaden your experience and get the facts |
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21:34 |
Job's conclusion |
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22:1-5 |
God is judging Job's wickedness |
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22:6-11 |
A description of Job's wickedness |
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22:12-20 |
Warning against arrogance before God |
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22:21-30 |
Final appeal - make your peace with God |
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23:1-7 |
If only I could find God |
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23:8-9 |
But I cannot find Him |
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23:10-12 |
If I could, I would gain a favourable outcome |
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23:13-24:1 |
God has a purpose but Job is confounded |
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24:2-4 |
The way of the tyrant |
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24:5-8 |
The plight of the poor |
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24:9-12 |
The exploitation of the poor by the tyrant |
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24:13-17 |
Sinners who work in darkness |
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24:18-20 |
You say, "The wicked are punished" |
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24:21-25 |
Reality disproves your theory |
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25:1-3 |
God's omnipotence |
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25:4-6 |
Man's impotence |
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26:1-4 |
Job's scornful reproof of Bildad |
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26:5-14 |
The incomprehensible majesty and power of God |
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27:1-6 |
I am right, you are wrong |
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27:7-12 |
God's justice will prevail |
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27:13-23 |
What if my oppressors are punished? |
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28:1-6 |
The ingenuity of man |
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28:7-8 |
The superior knowledge of man |
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28:9-11 |
The skilfulness of man |
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28:12-19 |
Wisdom - where is it? It cannot be bought |
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28:20-22 |
Wisdom - where is it? It is hidden |
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28:23-28 |
Wisdom - it is with God |
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29:1-6 |
Job's former prosperity when blessed by God |
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29:7-11 |
The honour that was Job's |
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29:12-17 |
Respected because he helped others |
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29:18-20 |
His anticipated security |
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29:21-25 |
Job - An object of universal respect |
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30:1-8 |
But now - Despised by dogs |
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30:9-15 |
But now - Derided and diminished |
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30:16-19 |
But now - Dying and diseased |
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30:20-23 |
But now - Denied by Deity |
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30:24-31 |
But now - Destitute and dissipated |
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31:1-12 |
Job's personal integrity |
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31:13-23 |
Job's fair dealing with his fellow man |
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31:24-28 |
Job's faithfulness to God |
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31:29-34 |
Job's repudiation of dishonourable thoughts |
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31:35-40 |
Job's final appeal as an honest man |
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32:1-5 |
Elihu is Introduced |
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32:6-10 |
Though young, I will express my opinions |
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32:11-14 |
Job is unanswered |
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32:15-22 |
I have no choice, I must speak |
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33:1-7 |
Why Job should listen to Elihu |
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33:8-13 |
Elihu recounts Job's presumptions |
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33:14-22 |
God speaks to man in many ways |
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33:23-30 |
God does save |
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33:31-33 |
Elihu's challenge to Job |
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34:1-4 |
Elihu's appeal to the wise |
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34:5-9 |
Elihu's rebuke of Job's assertions |
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34:10-12 |
God never does wrong |
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34:13-15 |
God is all-powerful |
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34:16-20 |
God's justice is superior |
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34:21-30 |
God does not answer to anybody |
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34:31-33 |
The correct response to God |
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34:34-37 |
The incorrect response of Job |
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35:1-3 |
Elihu's summary of Job's complaint |
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35:4-8 |
Elihu's answer to Job |
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35:9-13 |
Why God does not always answer prayer |
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35:14-16 |
Elihu's final rebuke of Job |
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36:1-4 |
Elihu introduces his final speech |
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36:5-15 |
"God is mighty" - His justice declares this |
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36:16-21 |
Therefore, He should be feared |
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36:22-25 |
"God is powerful" - Who can accuse Him? |
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36:26-33 |
"God is great" - He is beyond our comprehension |
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37:1-5 |
The thunder of God's voice |
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37:6-13 |
God causes the winter |
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37:14-18 |
"God is wonderful" - Lay this to heart |
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37:19-24 |
"God is awesome majesty" - Elihu's final appeal |
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38:1-3 |
Yahweh's dramatic intervention |
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38:4-7 |
What does Job know of God's power in the Creation? |
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38:8-11 |
Who controls the sea? |
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38:12-15 |
Who commands the dawn? |
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38:16-21 |
Has Job plumbed the mysteries of the earth and
light? |
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38:22-30 |
Can Job account for the weather in all its
variations? |
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38:31-38 |
Can Job control the stars, clouds and lightning? |
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38:39-41 |
Who feeds the lioness, young lions and the raven? |
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39:1-4 |
Does Job understand the breeding of wild animals? |
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39:5-8 |
Who gives the wild ass its freedom? |
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39:9-12 |
Can Job tame the wild ox? |
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39:13-18 |
Why is the ostrich foolish? |
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39:19-25 |
Did Job give the war-horse its courage? |
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39:26-30 |
Is Job responsible for the eagle's attributes? |
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40:1-2 |
Will Job contend with God any longer? |
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40:3-5 |
"I am of small account" |
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40:6-9 |
Introduction and challenge |
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40:10-14 |
Job is invited to rule the world |
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40:15-24 |
Behemoth - who can overpower him? |
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41:1-9 |
Can Job tame leviathan? |
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41:10-11 |
Who then can confront leviathan's maker? |
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41:12-24 |
The power of leviathan |
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41:25-29 |
Man is ineffectual against his ferocity |
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41:30-32 |
He causes turbulence |
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41:33-34 |
He is king of his domain |
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42:1-6 |
"Now mine eye seeth thee" |
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42:7-9 |
Yahweh's verdict |
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42:10-11 |
Job's rehabilitation |
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42:12-15 |
God blesses Job |
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42:16-17 |
After this, "full of days" |
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