Today I am wondering how Job really "felt" during the long months of his ordeal, his hardship, his virtual season of "persecution" from Satan. And, thankfully, throughout the whole Book the man details (nearly catalogues) his feelings. For … [Continue reading]
UNUSUAL VERSES, THE BOOK OF JOB, TRUTH MISAPPLIED
His name was Eliphaz, one of Job's "friends" or "comforters." They are called by both names. This sounds "good" at first. "Now when Job's three FRIENDS heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz … [Continue reading]
UNUSUAL VERSES, THE BOOK OF JOB, HIS LOWEST MOMENT?
Lowest moment? Yes, in Job chapter 3 the Book's protagonist laments: "After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. And Job spake, and said, Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child … [Continue reading]
UNUSUAL VERSES, THE BOOK OF JOB, AND SATAN SAID …
Yes, Satan actually talks in the Book of Job! In both chapters one and two. And looks like he keeps other people talking for him throughout the rest of the Book, until chapter 38 anyway! And, except for his conversations in the Book of … [Continue reading]
UNUSUAL VERSES, THE BOOK OF JOB, ESCHEWING EVIL
The word is only used 3 times in the Old Testament, in the King James Version anyway. Twice translated "escheweth" and once "eschewed," a verb every time. It's a translation of a Hebrew verb spelled "sur." But that verb appears a lot in the Bible, … [Continue reading]
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