[1]Job's fortunes and sufferings (Job 1:1-2:10)
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| P(1:1-5) | Circumstances of Job |
| | A(1:6-12) | | Dialogue of the LORD and Satan |
| | | B(1:13-19) | | | Misfortune of Job |
| | | | C(1:20-22) | | | | | Job didn't commit a sin | (חטא) |
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| | A'(2:1-6) | | Dialogue of the LORD and Satan |
| | | B'(2:7-9) | | | Misfortune of Job |
| | | | C'(2:10) | | | | | Job didn't commit a sin | (חטא) |
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A: Dialogue of the LORD and Satan. B: Misfortune of Job. C: Job didn't commit a sin. |
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[2]Job's friends (Job 2:11-13)
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| | A(2:11) | | 2:11 They met and journeyed together to give him sympathy and comfort.(2:11) |
| | | B(2:12) | | | 2:12 they began to weep aloud; they tore their cloaks and threw dust upon their heads.(2:12) |
| | A'(2:13) | | 2:13 none of them spoke a word to him; for they saw how great was his suffering.(2:13) |
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A: To give a sympathy / Not to speak. B: Lamentation. |
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[3]Job curses the day he was born (Job 3:1-26)
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| | A(3:1-10) | | | 3:10 it kept not shut the doors of the womb to shield my eyes from trouble! | (עמל) |
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| | | B(3:11-19) | | | 3:11 Why did I not perish at birth, come forth from the womb and expire? (3:11) |
| | A'(3:20-26) | | | 3:20 Why is light given to the toilers | (לעמל) |
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A: Toils. B: Why did I not perish at birth? |
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[4]First dialogue of Eliphaz and Job (Job 4:1-7:21)
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| | A(4:1-6) | | 4:2 how can anyone refrain from speaking? (4:2) |
| | | B(4:7-11) | | | | "4:8 As I see it, those who plow for mischief and sow trouble, reap the same.(4:8)" | (עמל) |
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| | | | C(4:12-21) | | | | | 4:17 Can a man be righteous as against God? (4:17) | (יצדק) |
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| | | | | D(5:1-16) | | | | | 5:1 Call now! Will anyone respond to you? To which of the holy ones will you appeal? (5:1) |
| | | | | | E(5:17-27) | | | | | | | 5:17 Happy is the man whom God reproves! The Almighty's chastening do not reject. (5:17) | (שׁדי) |
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| | | | | | E'(6:1-7) | | | | | | | "6:4 For the arrows of the Almighty pierce me, and my spirit drinks in their poison; (6:4)" | (שׁדי) |
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| | | | | D'(6:8-13) | | | | | 6:8 Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant what I long for: (6:8) |
| | | | C'(6:14-30) | | | | | 6:29 Think it over; I still am right. (6:29) | (צדק) |
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| | | B'(7:1-10) | | | | "7:3 So I have been assigned months of misery, and troubled nights have been told off for me.(7:3)" | (עמל) |
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| | A'(7:11-21) | | 7:11 My own utterance I will not restrain; (7:11) |
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A: To speak. B: Toils. C: Rightness. D: Wishes. E: The Almighty. |
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[5]First dialogue of Bildad and Job (Job 8:1-10:22)
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| | A(8:1-7) | | 8:2 The words from your mouth are like a mighty wind! (8:2) |
| | | B(8:8-10) | | | 8:9 As we are but of yesterday and have no knowledge (8:9) |
| | | | C(8:11-22) | | | | 8:20 Behold, God will not cast away the upright; neither will he take the hand of the wicked. (8:20) |
| | | | | D(9:1-13) | | | | | 9:4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has withstood him and remained unscathed? (9:4) |
| | | | C'(9:14-24) | | | | 9:22 he destroys both the blameless and the wicked (9:22) |
| | | B'(9:25-35) | | | 9:25 My days are swifter than a runner, they flee away; they see no happiness; (9:25) |
| | A'(10:1-22) | | 10:1 I will give myself up to complaint; I will speak from the bitterness of my soul.(10:1) |
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A: Lamentation of Job. B: Transience of life. C: The righteous and the wicked. D: The greatness of the Lord. |
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[6]First dialogue of Zophar and Job (Job 11:1-14:22)
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| | A(11:1-3) | | 11:2 Should not the man of many words be answered, or must the garrulous man necessarily be right? (11:2) |
| | | B(11:4-6) | | | 11:4 My teaching is pure, and I am clean in your sight (11:4) |
| | | | C(11:7-11) | | | | 11:9 It is longer than the earth in measure, and broader than the sea. (11:9) |
| | | | | D(11:12-20) | | | | | 11:12 Will empty man then gain understanding, and the wild jackass be made docile? (11:12) |
| | | | | D'(12:1-6) | | | | | 12:2 No doubt you are the intelligent folk, and with you wisdom shall die! (12:2) |
| | | | C'(12:7-25) | | | | 12:8 Or the reptiles on earth to instruct you, and the fish of the sea to inform you. (12:8) |
| | | B'(13:1-28) | | | 13:23 What are my faults and my sins? My misdeeds and my sins make known to me! (13:23) |
| | A'(14:1-22) | | 14:3 Upon such a one will you cast your eyes so as to bring him into judgment before you,(14:3) |
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A: Judgement. B: Insists of Job. C: Creatures. D: Life and death. |
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[7]Second dialogue of Eliphaz and Job (Job 15:1-17:16)
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| | A(15:1-6) | | | "15:2 Should a wise man answer with airy opinions, or puff himself up with wind? (15:2)" | (החכם) |
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| | | B(15:7-13) | | | 15:7 Are you indeed the first-born of mankind, or were you brought forth before the hills? (15:7) |
| | | | C(15:14-16) | | | | | 15:15 the heavens are not clean in his sight | (ושׁמים) |
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| | | | | D(15:17-35) | | | | | | 15:35 They conceive malice and bring forth emptiness; they give birth to failure.(15:35) | (עמל) |
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| | | | | D'(16:1-17) | | | | | | 16:2 Wearisome comforters are you all! (16:2) | (עמל) |
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| | | | C'(16:18-22) | | | | | 16:19 my witness is in heaven | (בשׁמים) |
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| | | B'(17:1-7) | | | 17:1 My spirit is broken, my lamp of life extinguished; my burial is at hand. (17:1) |
| | A'(17:8-16) | | | 17:10 I shall not find a wise man among you! (17:10) | (חכם) |
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A: Wisdom. B: Life and death. C: Heaven. D: Toils. |
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[8]Second dialogue of Bildad and Job (Job 18:1-19:29)
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| | A(18:1-4) | | | 18:2 When will you put an end to words? (18:2) | (למלין) |
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| | | B(18:5-21) | | | | "18:18 He is driven from light into darkness, and banished out of the world. (18:18)" | (חשׁך) |
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| | A(19:1-5) | | | "19:2 How long will you vex my soul, grind me down with words? (19:2)" | (במלים) |
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| | | B'(19:6-29) | | | | 19:8 He has barred my way and I cannot pass; he has veiled my path in darkness; (19:8) | (חשׁך) |
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A: Words. B: Darkness. |
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[9]Second dialogue of Zophar and Job (Job 20:1-21:34)
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| | A(20:1-3) | | 20:3 A rebuke which puts me to shame I hear, (20:3) |
| | | B(20:4-9) | | | 20:5 That the triumph of the wicked is short and the joy of the impious but for a moment? (20:5) |
| | | | C(21:10-19) | | | | 20:10 his hands shall yield up his riches |
| | | | | D(20:20-23) | | | | | 20:20 Though he has known no quiet in his greed, his treasures shall not save him |
| | | | | | E(20:24-29) | | | | | | 20:28 The flood shall sweep away his house with the waters that run off in the day of God's anger. (20:28) |
| | A'(21:1-6) | | 21:2 At least listen to my words, and let that be the consolation you offer. (21:2) |
| | | B'(21:7-15) | | | 21:7 Why do the wicked survive, grow old, become mighty in power? (21:7) |
| | | | C'(21:16-21) | | | | 21:16 Surely they have won their own prosperity |
| | | | | D'(21:22-26) | | | | | 21:24 thighs padded with fat and the marrow in the bones good and moist |
| | | | | | E'(21:27-34) | | | | | | 21:30 Nay, the evil man is spared calamity when it comes; (21:30) |
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A: Words of Job. B: Life of the wicked. C: Properties. D: Desires. E: The day of God's anger. |
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[10]Third dialogue of Eliphaz and Job (Job 22:1-24:25)
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| | A(22:1-4) | | 22:4 Is it because of your piety that he reproves you-- that he enters with you into judgment? (22:4) |
| | | B(22:5-9) | | | 22:9 You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the resources of orphans you have destroyed. (22:9) |
| | | | C(22:10-18) | | | | | "22:11 Or darkness, in which you cannot see; a deluge of waters covers you. (22:11)" | (חשׁך) |
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| | | | | D(22:19-30) | | | | | | "22:22 Receive instruction from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. (22:22)" | (מפיו) |
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| | | | | D'(23:1-14) | | | | | | 23:12 From the commands of his lips I have not departed; the words of his mouth I have treasured in my heart | (פיו) |
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| | | | C'(23:15-17) | | | | | "23:17 Yes, would that I had vanished in darkness, and that thick gloom were before me to conceal me.(23:17)" | (חשׁך) |
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| | | B'(24:1-17) | | | 24:3 The asses of orphans they drive away; they take the widow's ox for a pledge. (24:3) |
| | A'(24:18-25) | | 24:19 Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned (24:19) |
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A: Judgement. B: Widows and orphans. C: Darkness. D: Teachings. |
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[11]Third dialogue of Bildad and Job (Job 25:1-26:14)
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| | A(25:1-3) | | 25:2 Dominion and awesomeness are his who brings about harmony in his heavens. (25:2) |
| | | B(25:4-6) | | | 25:4 How can a man be just in God's sight, or how can any woman's child be innocent? (25:4) |
| | | B'(26:1-4) | | | 26:2 What help you give to the powerless, what strength to the feeble arm! (26:2) |
| | A'(26:5-14) | | 26:5 The shades beneath writhe in terror, the waters, and their inhabitants.(26:5) |
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A: Power of God. B: Rightness of the human. |
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[12]Words of Job (Job 27:1-23)
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| | A(27:1-6) | | 27:4 My lips shall not speak falsehood, nor my tongue utter deceit! (27:4) |
| | | B(27:7-10) | | | 27:7 Let my enemy be as the wicked and my adversary as the unjust! (27:7) |
| | A'(27:11-12) | | 27:11 I will teach you the manner of God's dealings, and the way of the Almighty I will not conceal. (27:11) |
| | | B'(27:13-23) | | | 27:13 This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the inheritance an oppressor receives from the Almighty:(27:13) |
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A: Words of Job. B: Judgement against the wicked. |
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[13]Where wisdom is found (Job 28:1-28)
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| | A(28:1-11) | | 28:3 He has set a boundary for the darkness; to the farthest confines he penetrates. (28:3) |
| | | B(28:12-14) | | | | "28:12 But whence can wisdom be obtained, and where is the place of understanding? (28:12)" | (והחכמהמאין) |
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| | A(28:15-19) | | 28:15 Solid gold cannot purchase it, nor can its price be paid with silver. (28:15) |
| | | B'(28:20-28) | | | | "28:20 Whence, then, comes wisdom, and where is the place of understanding? (28:20)" | (והחכמהמאין) |
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A: Jems. B: Whence comes wisdom? |
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A: Past actions of Job. B: Current sufferings of Job. |
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[15]Elifu rebukes Job and Job's friend (Job 32:1-33:33)
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| P(32:1-5) | 32:2 But the anger of Elihu |
| | A(32:6-10) | | | "32:8 But it is a spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding. (32:8)" | (רוח) |
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| | | B(32:11-16) | | | 32:11 Behold, I have waited for your discourses, and have given ear to your arguments. (32:11) |
| | | | C(32:17-22) | | | | 32:17 I too will speak my part; I also will show my knowledge! (32:17) |
| | A'(33:1-7) | | | "33:4 For the spirit of God has made me, the breath of the Almighty keeps me alive. (33:4)" | (רוח) |
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| | | B'(33:8-30) | | | 33:8 But you have said in my hearing, as I listened to the sound of your words: (33:8) |
| | | | C'(33:31-33) | | | | 33:31 Be attentive, O Job; listen to me! Be silent and I will speak. (33:31) |
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A: The spirit of God. B: Listening to Job. C: Listening to Elihu. |
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[16]Elifu proclaims God's justice (Job 34:1-37)
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| | A(34:1-4) | | | "34:2 Hear, O wise men, my discourse, and you that have knowledge, hear me! (34:2)" | (חכמים) |
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| | | B(34:5-9) | | | 34:5 For Job has said, "I am innocent, but God has taken what is my due. (34:5) |
| | | | C(34:10-15) | | | | 34:11 Rather, he requites men for their conduct, and brings home to a man his way of life. (34:11) |
| | | | C'(34:16-30) | | | | 34:28 But caused the cries of the poor to reach him, so that he heard the plea of the afflicted. (34:28) |
| | | B'(34:31-33) | | | 34:31 When anyone says to God, "I was misguided; I will offend no more.(34:31) |
| | A'(34:34-37) | | | "34:34 Men of understanding will say to me, every wise man who hears my views:(34:34)" | (חכם) |
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A: Wise man. B: Words towards God. C: Judgement of God. |
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[17]Elifu condemns self-righteousness (Job 35:1-16)
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| | A(35:1-3) | | | 35:3 What does it profit me; what advantage have I more than if I had sinned? | (מחטאתי) |
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| | | B(35:4-5) | | | | 35:5 Look up to the skies and behold; regard the heavens high above you.(35:5) | (שׁמים) |
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| | A(35:6-8) | | | "35:6 If you sin, what injury do you do to God? Even if your offenses are many, how do you hurt him? (35:6)" | (חטאת) |
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| | | B'(35:9-16) | | | | "35:11 Taught us rather than the beasts of the earth, and made us wise rather than the birds of the heavens? (35:11)" | (השׁמים) |
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A: Sins. B: Heaven. |
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[18]Elifu proclaims God's majesty (Job 36:1-37:24)
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| | A(36:1-21) | | | 36:4 the one perfect in knowledge I set before you | (תמיםדעות) |
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| | | B(36:22-33) | | | 36:29 Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? (36:29) |
| | | B'(37:1-13) | | | 37:4 Again his voice roars-- the majestic sound of his thunder |
| | A'(37:14-24) | | | "37:16 Do you know how the clouds are banked, the wondrous work of him who is perfect in knowledge? " | (תמיםדעים) |
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A: The one perfect in knowledge. B: Works of the creation. |
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List of the questions about the creatures |
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The words of the LORD |
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Words of Job |
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[23]Words of Job (Job 42:1-6)
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| | A(42:1-2) | | 42:2 I know that you are all-powerful |
| | | B(42:3a) | | | The words of the LORD |
| | | | C(42:3b) | | | | 42:3 I cannot understand |
| | | B'(42:4-5) | | | The words of the LORD |
| | A'(42:6) | | 42:6 I retract what I have said, and repent in dust and ashes |
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A: Repentance. B: The words of the LORD. C: To understand that Job cannot understand. |
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[24]Job's friends are humiliated (Job 42:7-10)
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| | A(42:7) | | | "42:7 you have not spoken rightly concerning me, as has my servant Job. (42:7)" | (דברתםאלינכונה) |
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| | | B(42:8a) | | | 42:8 Now, therefore, take seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up a holocaust for yourselves; (42:8) |
| | A'(42:8b) | | | "42:8 For you have not spoken rightly concerning me, as has my servant Job. (42:8)" | (דברתםאלינכונה) |
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| | | B'(42:9-10) | | | 42:9 Then Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did as the LORD had commanded them. (42:9) |
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A: Not to speak rightly. B: Offerings. |
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[25]Job's fortunes (Job 42:11-17)
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| | A(42:11-12) | | 42:12 For he had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses. (42:12) |
| | | B(42:13-15a) | | | 42:13 And he had seven sons and three daughters, (42:13) |
| | A'(42:15b) | | 42:15 their father gave them an inheritance among their brethren. (42:15) |
| | | B'(42:16-17) | | | 42:16 After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; and he saw his children, his grandchildren, and even his great-grandchildren. (42:16) |
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A: Properties. B: Descendants. |
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