Monthly Archives: September 2018

This is the end of the conversation, or the monologue of Elihu and it is also the end of anyone speaking besides God, who comes next, and Job, who will come again a bit later.  Elihu finishes this part by … Continue reading →

Once again Elihu speaks in a way that is reminiscent of what we would expect God to say.  And yet it also smacks of what the friends of Job said at one time.  Look at vss.11-12.  We read: “If they … Continue reading →

Elihu continues to castigate Job and asks a rhetorical question that maybe Job could have asked at one time in his life.  What advantage have I?  How am I better off than if I had sinned?  Elihu actually comes up … Continue reading →

The desire of this Elihu, who is not counted as one of Job’s friends by the way, is that Job would be: “tried to the limit, because his answers are those of the wicked.”  There are quite a few accusations … Continue reading →

So after that big wind up Elihu launches but it is not anything like what I expected.  I expected him to really come down hard on Job and to call him out for his unfaithfulness and just get over it … Continue reading →

What the who, Elihu?  It is interesting how the narrator describes how the friends of Job ceased to speak to him because he declared himself righteous in his own eyes.  They knew that there was no wiggle room for Job … Continue reading →

It seems like we come to the end, well, because it states: the words of Job ended.  But not really, we have the words of Job that come later on, but this is definitely the definitive ending to his defense … Continue reading →

I want to cherry pick a few verses which I think might resonate with us today, in this day and time.  Look at vs.22 and I can’t help but think of Hurricane Florence as the author states: “You toss me … Continue reading →

I think there is only one song that would be appropriate for this chapter. Job speaks about the years gone by when he was respected, and really revered, by all those in the city and beyond.  But notice the reason … Continue reading →

At first this seems like random meanderings about the substance and the depths of the earth, but then Job comes out with the reason for this entire chapter.  It takes us all the way to vs.12 when he asks the … Continue reading →