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Job 19:1-12

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

19:7 To cry, tsaaq, violence is implicitly a cry to God for help from violence. The weak party cries to God for relief from suffering (Ex. 8:12; 14:10; 22:23, 27; Deut. 22:24, 27). But I get no answer- Often God’s servants uttered similar cries, and God heard them (Ps. 34:17). But in Job 35:12 Elihu is going to use both the verb cry and answer to say that sometimes God does not answer because of the pride of evil men. It is sometimes true that God does not answer one’s cries because of our attitude or behavior. For example, the one who refuses to hear the cry of the poor will also call himself

Job 18 Part 2

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

What is the truth and error of Bildad’s words? Bildad says several things about the fate of the wicked that are elsewhere said in the Old Testament about the end of the wicked. 18:5 The light of the wicked goes out. This is stated in Proverbs 13:9; 20:20; 24:20. 18:7 The schemes of the wicked bring him down. This is stated frequently in Scripture in Psalm 7:15-16 and Prov. 26:27. 18:11, 14 Terrors frighten the wicked man. Ps. 73:19 tells us that the wicked are swept away by sudden terrors. 18:13 pictures the skin of the wicked devoured by disease. In Zech. 14:12 the LORD will strike those who

Job 18 Part 1

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

Job 18:1-4 Bildad asks why Job regards him and his friends as ignorant 18:5-21 Bildad's description of the wicked man Ways Bildad's description of the wicked agrees with Eliphaz’ description of the wicked 18:5-6, 18 Darkness is the ultimate dwelling of the wicked 15:22-23, 30 18:16 A plant that is destroyed 15:30b, 32-33 18:15 Fire plays a part in his destruction 15:30, 34 18:7 His success will not last 15:27-31 18:11, 14 Anguish terrifies the wicked 15:21, 24 18:6, 14-15 The tent of the wicked is destroyed 15:34 18:21 The wicked does not know God 15:4, 13, 25-26 Ways Bildad’s words are especi

Job 17

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

What does Job 17 say? About the friends- 17:2, 4, 5, 10, 12 God Himself- 17:3, 6 About Job and his hopeless situation- 17:1, 7, 11, 13-16 Jesus and Job 17 17:2 Jesus was surrounded by mockers- Servants of God often found themselves as surrounded by hostile mockers (Ps. 119:51; Jer.20:7) and Jesus is the ultimate illustration of this (Ps. 22:7, 12; Matt. 27:29, 41). He was surrounded by them even in his death 17:6 Job is a byword as the innocent sufferer of Psalm 69:11-12. Psalm 69 is often quoted in the NT and applied to Jesus. (Ps. 69:4/ Jn. 15:25; Ps. 69:9a/ Jn. 2:17; Ps. 69:9b/Rom. 15:3; 69

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Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

16:18 O earth, do not cover my blood- The earth is sometimes called to witness men’s sins (Deut. 30:15-20; Isa. 1:2; Micah 6:1-2) but here Job calls upon it to testify of His innocence. Job’s longs for the earth not to cover his blood. The phrase cover his blood also appears in Gen. 37:26; Isa. 26:21. In Gen. 4:10 the voice of Abel’s blood cried out from the ground. Blood represented life itself (Lev. 17:11), and it is precious. Even an animal’s blood was to be covered with the ground (Lev. 17:13; Ezek. 24:7-8). Because life and blood were so precious, taking life demanded one’s life be taken

Job 16:1-14

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

16:7-14 God is ferociously and relentlessly attacking Job. God is the subject of almost all the verbs in this unit. The name El, God, is used in vs. 11. Most of the verbs are 3rd masculine singular with the subject being He (vs.7a, 8b, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14). Verse 10 is the exception to this because it used 3rd person plural verbs translated they. Eliphaz stated that Job is attacking God in 15:25-26, but Job insists that it is God who is attacking him in these verses. 16:7 You have laid waste all my company- The word company is the same word used in 15:34. Eliphaz pictured the company of the godl

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Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

We seek to establish in the podcast on vs. 20-35 that many of the things said about the wicked by Eliphaz are pictured as judgments upon the wicked throughout the Bible. If that is so, what is wrong with Eliphaz speech? He is not wrong about the punishment of the wicked, but he wrong in classing Job among the guilty. Second, Eliphaz is not wrong about the judgment of the wicked, but do all these judgments work out in this life? Luke 16:19-31 gives us additional light from the New Testament. Lazarus laid at the rich man's gate, begging for things to eat, and having his sores licked by dogs fits

Job 15:1-16

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

15:2 Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge- The words that Job uses are not typical of a wise man. Eliphaz will hit Job with a barrage of questions. And fill himself with the east wind? The east wind comes off the desert and produces great discomfort (Jonah 4:8), destruction of crops (Gen. 41:6, 23, 27; Ezek. 17:10; 19:12), the tearing apart of ships (Ps. 48:7; Ezek. 27:26), brings locusts (Ex. 10:13), and is a picture of judgment (Job 27:21; Jer. 18:17; Hos. 13:15). Bildad in 8:2 and Zophar in 11:2 speak in a similar way to what Eliphaz says here. Job did describe his words this way i

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Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

14:13 Is Sheol far enough away from God to be used as a hiding place ( Ps. 139:8; Amos 9:2)? The question must be asked, Is there any time or space to hide from the wrath of the eternal, omnipresent God? Jesus is the safe hiding spot from the wrath of God (Ro. 3:21-26; I Thess. 1:10). 14:13 The thief on the cross begged Jesus to remember him in Luke 23:42-43. 14:14 If he had hope of resurrection, in spite of his hardships, an assurance of life after death would fill him with hope. Hope of a resurrection can sustain us through the trials of life. 14:14 We shall all be changed - I Cor. 15:51. Be

Job 14:1-12

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

Job 14:1-12 Job has been confident that he would win in a court case before God but now his mood changes and he is overwhelmed by the brevity of life. Job moves from a description of his personal situation to the people in general. 14:1 Man, who is born of woman- The word man, adam, begins the verse and therefore is stressed. The phrase born of woman is only in Job in the OT. The expression includes everyone emphasizes the cycle of birth and the fragility of life and is used in Job 15:14; 25:4. It is used in the NT of John the Baptist in Matt. 11:11; Luke 7:28. Sirach 10:18 is short lived and

Job 13

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

The different textual views on Job 13:15 The textual difficulties and translation of this verse is the most disputed in the book. 13:15 Though he slay me, yet I will trust in Him- KJV Though He slay me, I will hope in Him- NASB God might kill me, but I have no other hope- NLT What does the Hebrew text say? In the main Hebrew text, the Codex Leningradensis, there is a negative lo, no before the verb hope. Some Hebrew manuscripts have lu, to Him, instead of no. Does the hen at the beginning of the verse mean behold or does it mean if in this context? Does the final verb mean trust (AV), wait (RV

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Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

12:13-25 God reverses people’s fortunes (I Sam.2:1-10; Ps. 113:5-8) and does so in the life and death of Jesus ( Luke 1:46-56). Job has stressed the sovereignty of God in bringing disaster upon the greatest of men. But the sovereign one stepped into history in the person of Jesus and man have insulted, rejected, and murdered the King and the LORD. 12:13 All these terms for wisdom, strength, counsel, and power are used of the ideal Messianic ruler from the stem of Jesse in Isa. 11:2. Isaiah 11:1-5 paints a beautiful picture of the ruler from David’s line who was to come. 12:14 The word for rebu

Job 12:1-12

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

12:4 I am a joke to my friends- The LXX omits lines a and b of verse 4. His friends should have provided support, but he is a laughingstock to them. This same word sechoq can mean laughter (8:21) or laughingstock in Jer. 20:7; Lam. 1:7; 3:14; Ps. 31:11-12; 35:15; 41:9; 69:10-12. While generally it is the wicked who mock the righteous, Ps. 52:5-7 is an occasion for the righteous mocking the wicked. The word friends had been used in the book in the description of these three men coming to Job in 2:11 and in a description of how they disappointed Job (6:14 27). Usually, in the Psalms the mistreat

Job 11

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

11:7 Can you discover the depths of God? These questions of Zophar expect a negative reply. The same Hebrew word is behind the word discover in both parts of the sentence. The NASB preserves that idea by translating this with the same English word. It is often translated find and is used in Job 28:12 when the question where is wisdom found used. The word depths is from a Hebrew word (cheqer) used 12 times in the OT, 7 of those cases from the book of Job (5:9; 8:8; 9:10; 34:24; 36:26; 38:16). The word is particularly significant in Job 5:9 and 9:10 for both Eliphaz and Job acknowledged that God

Job 10:8-22

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

10:8 Your hands fashioned me and made me altogether,- Job 31:15; Ps. 119:73 The word hands is the same word used in vs. 7. The God whose hands formed Job is the same God from whose hands there is no deliverance. The verb fashioned is used of the making of an idol in Hos. 8:4. Jer. 44:19. God’s hands fashioned us and in rebellion man’s hands fashion gods (idols). And would You destroy me?- The word destroy is used of Jonah being swallowed by the great fish in Jonah 1:17. More importantly to this study is that this is the word the LORD used in 2:3. Little does Job know that God Himself has used

Job 10:1-7

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

Job 10 10:1 I loathe my own life- This uses a different Hebrew word for loathes than is used in 9:21. 10:2 I will say to God, ‘Do not condemn me;- He is addressing God. With all he has said about the impossibility of receiving a fair trial before God, He is still the One to whom Job turns. Let me know why You contend with me- Contend is a form of the Hebrew rib, a word often used in a legal context (Job 9:3; 13:8, 19; 33:13; 40:2). It seems that a plaintiff was obligated to make known the charges against the defendant and Job has not been given that right. Job is genuinely confused and disorie

Job 9:13-35

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

Jesus’ Fulfillment of Job 9:14-35 Job is not stating a prediction of the Messiah but is expressing a longing, a desire. Job was longing for an umpire who could somehow go between himself and God and lead to Job receiving a fair trial and being pronounced innocent before God. The word for umpire in the NASB was translated mediator in the LXX. In the NT this word is used of the work of Jesus in I Tim. 2:5; Heb. 8:6; 9:15; 12:24. This is particularly tied to what was accomplished by the death of Jesus in several of these passages. Job as an innocent man (9:15, 20-21) longed for a mediator that he

Job 9:1-13

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Job 8

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

What does Bildad say that is right? 1.He says God does not pervert justice. If this were not true, there would be no moral order to the universe. There would be no hope that righteousness would ultimately prevail. Thankfully, God’s throne is built on righteousness and justice (Ps. 33:5; 89:14; 97:2; 99:4). These qualities are what God expects of His rulers (II Sam. 8:18; I Kings 10:9; Jer. 22:15-16) and His people generally ( Isa. 5:7; Amos 5:24). Sin and suffering are connected Biblically. The blessings of the covenant in Lev. 26:6-13; Deut.28:1-14 and the curses of the covenant in Lev. 26:14

Job 7

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

Jesus and Job 7 7:1-2 Jesus confronted with unbelief from the disciples and crowd asked, “How long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you?” Matt. 17:17; Mark 9:19. In a sense Jesus was like a hired man counting his days (Isa. 16:14; 21:16). 7:5 While Job suffered horribly in his flesh, Jesus’ flesh was beaten in scourging and suffered the horrors of crucifixion. 7:9 Jesus did go down into Hades and come up. Hades is the Greek equivalent to the Hebrew word Sheol. Jesus went down to Hades but was not abandoned there (Acts 2:27, 31) and He was brought up (or ascended as Acts 2:34 u

Job 6

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

6:1-13 Job gives a defense of Himself Several writers on Job say that the various speakers say little about the previous speech or speakers. A strong point of Habel’s commentary is that he points out connections between the various speakers. First, there are several vocabulary connections between Eliphaz in Job 4-5 and Job’s speech in Job 6. The word ‘anguish’ in 6:2 is the same word translated ‘anger’ in 5:2. The word ‘hope’ in 6:8 was used by Eliphaz in 4:6; 5:16. The word ‘crush’ in 6:9 was used in 4:19; 5:4. ‘ Fear’ in 6:14, 21 is from the same root at 4:6. The word ‘perish’ in 4:7, 9,11,

Job 5:17-27

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

5:17 Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves- Ps. 94:12; Prov. 3:11-12; 23:12, 23; Heb. 12:5-11; Rev. 3:19. How happy in 5:17 is the word translated blessed in Ps. 1:1. 5:18 For He inflicts pain, and gives relief- Deut. 32:39; I Sam. 2:6; Isa.19:22; 30:26; Hos. 6:1. Job 1:21; 2:10 Each of the speakers understood the sovereignty of God in the affairs of the world. He wounds, and His hands also heal- The friends never resort to Satan as the answer for human suffering. 5:19 From six troubles He will deliver you- The closest way to parallel a number is to give the next highest number. Even

Job 5:1-16

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

5:8-16 The doxology of Eliphaz There are similar doxologies in Job 9:4-12 and 12:13-25. 5:8 But as for me, I would seek God- (Amos 5:4, 6) The Hebrew text actually says but I seek God. Is seeking God in this passage to inquire of the LORD as the word sometimes means in Gen. 25:22; Ex. 18:15; I Kings 14:5; 22:8; II Kings 1:3, 6,16; II Kings 22:18; II Chron. 32:31; Ezek. 14:7; 20:1. 5:9 Who does great and unsearchable things- 9:10; Ps. 136:4. God’s glory is beyond our ability to search or understand (Job 9:10; 11:7; 36:26; Isa. 40:28). Bildad will use the same word for searched in Job 8:8 in whi

Job 4

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

4:1-6 Introduction to Eliphaz’ first speech to Job 4:7-11 Eliphaz: We reap what we sow 4:12-16 Eliphaz’ dream vision 4:17-21 The content of the vision What is wrong with what Eliphaz says? The statements of Job 4:7-8 seem to be the basis of the argument of Eliphaz against Job. The idea that we reap what we sow is a fundamental Biblical truth uttered often in Scripture ( Hos. 8:7; 10:12; Prov. 11:18; 22:8; Gal. 6:7-9). Matt. 26:52 makes the same point as a general principle Why is Eliphaz stating the same truths as Jesus and inspired writers and yet something seems wrong with his comment? How d

Introduction to the Dialogue of Job

Tommy Peeler · Carefully Examining the Text

The Bible is God’s message, God’s word (II Timothy 3:16-17; II Peter 1:20-21). However, in the Bible there are speakers that say things that are incorrect or particularly designed to deceive. For example, the words of the serpent, the devil in Gen. 3:4-5; Matt. 4:1-11. The words of false prophets are recorded in I Kings 22:9-12 or Jer. 28:1-4 and false accusations against John and Jesus are recorded in Matt. 11:18-19 and Luke 7:33-34. When the Bible reports something happening it is true but there are those in its pages who do not speak on God’s behalf. Job is the most difficult book of the Bi