Job — Chapters

Job 1 portrays a righteous man who faces severe trials after God permits Satan to test his faith, and Job's steadfastness is highlighted.

In Job 2, Satan challenges God over Job's unwavering faith, and God allows Satan to afflict Job with painful sores, yet preserves his life. Job remains righteous, his wife urges him to curse God, and his friends arrive to mourn and comfort him.

Job laments bitterly, wishing for the destruction of his birth and the silence of death, expressing deep despair over his suffering.

Eliphaz confronts Job, challenging his perception of divine justice and warning that suffering may be a divine response to injustice.

Job 5 offers counsel that embraces divine grace, warning against folly while encouraging trust in God's restorative power.

Job mourns his deep affliction and cries for God’s judgment while seeking understanding and empathy from friends.

Job laments the brevity and bitterness of human life, questioning God's purpose and feeling weighed down by suffering.

Bildad rebukes Job, asserting that God’s justice is perfect and urging him to consider past examples while promising vindication for the righteous.

Job laments his inability to confront God, citing God’s supreme power and his own powerless position, while recognizing that any attempt at reasoning would lead to self-condemnation.

Job mourns his suffering, questioning God's justice while acknowledging divine creation and power.

Zophar warns Job to abandon pride and seek God, emphasizing God's unknowable power and the necessity of repentance for true salvation.

Job reflects on the futility of human wisdom compared to divine insight, illustrating how nature and the cosmos reveal God's sovereignty.

Job demands silence from his friends while affirming his trust in God despite suffering.

Job laments the brevity and misery of human life, questioning the hope of restoration while acknowledging God’s sovereign control.

Eliphaz rebukes Job for speaking vain words and questions his understanding of God, warning him of the dangers of pride and the consequences of wickedness.

Job laments that he feels abandoned by his friends and by God, describing intense suffering and a longing for vindication.

Job laments his impending death and the mockery of those around him, while expressing despair over his lost hope and questioning the presence of righteousness.

Bildad predicts the inevitable ruin of the wicked, warning that their pride and evil will be undone by divine judgment.

Job laments his suffering, isolation, and the perceived injustice of God, yet holds onto hope in a future redeemer.

Zophar castigates the wicked, warning of swift divine judgment and ruin.

Job wrestles with the seeming prosperity of the wicked, questioning divine justice and the value of comfort offered by his friends.

Eliphaz rebukes Job for his apparent wickedness, warns of impending judgment, and invites him to repent and embrace God’s law for blessings.

Job expresses a deep longing to see and speak with God while maintaining confidence that God will judge him justly, even though he cannot perceive Him.

Job laments the rampant injustice inflicted on the poor and fatherless, noting how the wicked prosper at their expense and questioning God's apparent silence amid such suffering.

Bildad the Shuhite condemns human pride and argues that only God has true dominion, using celestial imagery to illustrate humanity’s insignificance.

Job marvels at God's hidden, all‑powerful control over creation.

Job 28 explains that wisdom is far more valuable than precious metals and is hidden from the ordinary, yet it is found through fearing God and turning away from evil.

Job laments his former prosperity and reputation, recalling how he was respected, righteous, and a helper to the poor, contrasting his current suffering.

Job laments his sudden downfall, feeling ridiculed and abandoned by God and people, while his suffering and isolation intensify.

Job declares his innocence and vows personal integrity before God, exposing his own moral vigilance and fear of divine judgment.

Elihu, a younger man, enters after Job’s friends cease speaking, declaring his divine inspiration to defend Job and challenge their silence.

Elihu calls Job to listen, presenting a perspective on divine justice and offering hope that God ultimately brings understanding and redemption.

Elihu admonishes Job and the wise to recognize God’s perfect justice, urging them to accept that righteousness will ultimately prevail.

Elihu rebukes Job for claiming his righteousness surpasses God, reminding him of God's supremacy and urging him to trust divine judgment.

Elihu continues his argument, emphasizing God's justice toward the righteous and His punishment of the wicked, while urging Job to recognize divine wisdom and refrain from prideful judgment.

Job 37 is a poetic portrayal of God’s majestic control over nature, urging Job to recognize His sovereign power.

God confronts Job with a series of rhetorical questions that reveal divine sovereignty and the limits of human understanding.

Job 39 depicts God's sovereignty over the wild, from goats and hinds to the horse, hawk, and eagle, illustrating the power and majesty of creation and the humility of humans before it.

God challenges Job's pride, revealing His sovereign power through the magnificent Behemoth.

God describes Leviathan’s overwhelming power and invulnerability, underscoring His sovereign control over all creation.

Job finally confesses his humility before God, and God restores him to even greater blessings than before, while his friends repent and Job's family flourishes.