Day 149: March 13, 2026 – Job 28-33

No sooner had I said that Job has been accused for very specific, Matthew 25ian, offenses and he had not response to them, which was troubling to me, than he finally responds in a similar specific way. The accusations against him were that he did not do all that which God requires of us first and foremost in regards to our neighbor. No one was accusing him of not loving God but we did hear that he did not love neighbor. He now refutes that, he actually spends two entire chapters speaking of his reputation and his works in regards to those on the margins of society and those who were in need, both the widow and the orphan and the homeless and the thirsty and the hungry and those who did not have counsel in the courts of law.

Job self describes as not only meeting the needs of the poor, but actually having a reputation as the one, the only one really, to whom the needy went to find relief. It was a pretty convincing defense. Now a fourth friend jumps in, a youngster, and he has had enough. He has seen the three friends trying to reason with Job, but Job has been able to successfully show them how they are wrong and how he is innocent. But unfortunately for us, he spends two chapters just building up what he is about to say without saying anything. Just say it!