Job is deep

[Twistie]

1Then Job answered and said,
2How long will ye vex my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
3These ten times have ye reproached me:
Ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
4And be it indeed that I have erred,
Mine error remaineth with myself.
5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me,
And plead against me my reproach:
6Know now that God hath overthrown me,
And hath compassed me with his net.
7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:
I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass,
And he hath set darkness in my paths.
9He hath stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone:
And mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
11He hath also kindled his wrath against me,
And he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
12His troops come together,
And raise up their way against me,
And encamp round about my tabernacle.
13He hath put my brethren far from me,
And mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15They that dwell in mine house,
And my maids, count me for a stranger:
I am an alien in their sight.
16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer;
I intreated him with my mouth.
17My breath is strange to my wife,
Though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
18Yea, young children despised me;
I arose, and they spake against me.
19All my inward friends abhorred me:
And they whom I loved are turned against me.
20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh,
And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends;
For the hand of God hath touched me.
22Why do ye persecute me as God,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
23Oh that my words were now written!
Oh that they were printed in a book!
24That they were graven with an iron pen and lead
In the rock for ever!
25For I know that my redeemer liveth,
And that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26And though after my skin worms destroy this body,
Yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27Whom I shall see for myself,
And mine eyes shall behold, and not another;
Though my reins be consumed within me.
28But ye should say, Why persecute we him,
Seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
29Be ye afraid of the sword:
For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword,
That ye may know there is a judgment.

Love me sum Job

Twistie

 

[Andyindauk]

Hi Twistie,

There's so much in this book about God and human nature. In Job 22:4-10 his so called mates really turn on him making all sorts of crazy, groundless and awful accusations, stripping the naked, being a loan shark and impervious to the destitute, and that being the cause of poor Job's comeuppance, all of which was total testicles. I've noticed and experienced brothers and sisters rise up in judgement and point the finger at those who've gone through difficult times in life concluding, you've brought it upon yourself. In the words of Thumper's dad (Bamby) "If you can't think of anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." We need to encourage, pray for, and most importantly, practically support each other as best we can.

Have a lovely day

 

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1Then Job answered and said,
2How long will ye vex my soul,
And break me in pieces with words?
3These ten times have ye reproached me:
Ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.
4And be it indeed that I have erred,
Mine error remaineth with myself.
5If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me,
And plead against me my reproach:
6Know now that God hath overthrown me,
And hath compassed me with his net.
7Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard:
I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.
8He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass,
And he hath set darkness in my paths.
9He hath stripped me of my glory,
And taken the crown from my head.
10He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone:
And mine hope hath he removed like a tree.
11He hath also kindled his wrath against me,
And he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies.
12His troops come together,
And raise up their way against me,
And encamp round about my tabernacle.
13He hath put my brethren far from me,
And mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me.
14My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.
15They that dwell in mine house,
And my maids, count me for a stranger:
I am an alien in their sight.
16I called my servant, and he gave me no answer;
I intreated him with my mouth.
17My breath is strange to my wife,
Though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body.
18Yea, young children despised me;
I arose, and they spake against me.
19All my inward friends abhorred me:
And they whom I loved are turned against me.
20My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh,
And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.
21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends;
For the hand of God hath touched me.
22Why do ye persecute me as God,
And are not satisfied with my flesh?
23Oh that my words were now written!
Oh that they were printed in a book!
24That they were graven with an iron pen and lead
In the rock for ever!
25For I know that my redeemer liveth,
And that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:
26And though after my skin worms destroy this body,
Yet in my flesh shall I see God:
27Whom I shall see for myself,
And mine eyes shall behold, and not another;
Though my reins be consumed within me.
28But ye should say, Why persecute we him,
Seeing the root of the matter is found in me?
29Be ye afraid of the sword:
For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword,
That ye may know there is a judgment.

Love me sum Job

Twistie

Hi @Twistie,

Dear Job! How hard it must have been for him. He knew that he had done nothing to deserve their accusations: He had not sinned against God. To be wrongly accused is so hard to cope with, isn't it? Yet he had his own grief to contend with, as well as physical pain and discomfort, too, so that his body, mind and heart were not able to find any comfort.. No wonder God was not pleased with these friends, who used their own understanding, and stood in judgment against their friend: In doing so they did not say that which was right concerning God.

'Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite,
. "My wrath is kindled against thee,
.... and against thy two friends;
...... for ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right,
........ as My servant Job hath.
Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams,
.. and go to My servant Job,
.... and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering;
...... and My servant Job shall pray for you;
........ for him will I accept,
.......... that I deal not with you after your folly;
............ for ye have not spoken of Me the thing that is right,
.............. as My servant Job hath."
(Job 42:7b-8)

'So Eliphaz the Temanite
.. and Bildad the Shuhite
.... and Zophar the Naamathite went,
...... and did according as Jehovah commanded them:
........ and Jehovah accepted Job.
.......... And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job,
............ when he prayed for his friends:
.............. and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.
Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters,
.. and all they that had been of his acquaintance before,
.... and did eat bread with him in his house:
...... and they bemoaned him, and comforted him
........ concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him:
.......... every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.
So Jehovah blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning:
.. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels,
.... and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.
...... He had also seven sons and three daughters.
........ And he called the name of the first, Jemimah:
.......... and the name of the second, Keziah;
............ and the name of the third, Keren-happuch.
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job:
and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
And after this Job lived a hundred and forty years,
and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
So Job died, being old and full of days.'
(Job 42:9-17)

* The wonderful thing is that Job believed in the resurrection from the dead, and he knew that he would see the children that he had lost in resurrection life: for he had ensured that their sins were covered before the Lord (Job 1:5). This is the wonderful hope that we, as believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, have don't we? For our lives do not consist of this life only, but of the one yet to come, in resurrection life, in a new heaven and a new earth, in which dwells righteousness, and where sin and suffering will be no more.

Praise God!

Thank you
In Christ Jesus
Chris