Job answers Zophar’s condemnation of him. “Take a look around you! The wicked DO prosper. And those that don’t, they all lay down in death together.” There is truth in what Job says. There ARE wicked people who seem to skate through life, never having received justice for their actions. There are others who are […]
Zophar speaks a second time to Job. He joins his friend Bildad in labeling Job wicked and describes in detail the wicked’s portion. Zophar isn’t as spot on in labeling the miseries that have befallen Job as Bildad was. He stays with more of an overall picture of what becomes of a wicked man. In […]
Job cries; “I am innocent! Even if I weren’t, that is between me and God. But still yet, my Redeemer lives and He will vindicate me against you.” Bildad has just blasted Job. His newest assessment is that Job has always been wicked and has never known God. Those are HARSH words! It not only […]
Bildad offers his worst condemnation, so far, against Job. He labels him as wicked and one “who knows not God” (verse 21b). These men are supposed to be Job’s friends. They know him. They have spent time with him and watched his life. NOW Bildad says he must have always been wicked! For to never […]
Job is at the end of his rope. He is broken in spirit. “Yet the righteous holds to his way” (verse 9a). But he refuses to give in to his friend’s accusations. As tormented as Job is, he STILL maintains his innocence. His friend’s accusations have not made his struggle any easier. He is ready […]
