Questions tagged [job]
The book of Job is the story of a "righteous sufferer" (Job 1-2; 42) framing a set of dialogues (Job 3-41) in which Job's plight is debated.
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Was it only Satan who tormented Job in Job 1:16?
In Job 1:12 God gives Satan permission to torment Job
The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your
power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went
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What is meant by "songs in the night" in Job 35?
We read in Job 35:9-10 (KJV):
By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. But none saith, Where is God my maker, who ...
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How does Job 27:13-23 fit into the overall argument between Job and the friends?
Job and his friends debate whether the wicked (A) prosper unjustly or (B) get their just deserts. Each position has secondary implications for God's justice and wisdom in governing the universe, and ...
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Was Eliphaz in Genesis related to Eliphaz in Job?
Genesis 36:10-11:
These are the names of Esau’s sons: Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Basemath the wife of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and ...
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What do scholars have to say on the root of Verse 20 of Job 19?
We read in Job 19:19-20(NIV):
All my intimate friends detest me;
those I love have turned against me . I am nothing but skin and bones;
I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth.
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Is it possible that Job's wife and children were not actually taken from him, but that it was actually a fabrication to discourage him?
Job 1
18 While he was yet speaking, there came also another [messenger] and said, “Thy
sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest
brother’s house, 19 and behold, there came ...
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Who is the king over all the children of pride? (Job 41:34)
Job 41:34.
He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of
pride.
Who is the king of the children of pride and who is he symbolic of in reality?
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Why does Job compare his day with a weaver's shuttle?
We see Job lamenting his miserable life in Job 7:6:
My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,and they come to an end without hope.
Generally, we feel that the day is longer when we confront ...
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What covenant did God make with leviathan? Job41:4
Job 41:4
Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?
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What does it mean to be just in the Book of Job, and what is the difference between being "perfect and upright"?
Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.
Job 1:8
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Does Satan have access to Heaven?
Does satan have access to visit heaven??
What does Job chapter 1 refer to satan has come to heaven along with the Sons of God?
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Can I translate Job 6:14 as …
I see that there are different translations of this verse. All did not seem to be satisfying. So I was wondering could it be possible to translate it as:
“To the one in despair his friends [withheld] ...
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When Job was blessed by God and received 7 sons and 3 daughters, did his wife have to raise these children from infancy? Or immediately adults?
From Job 42, where God blesses Job with children, does it say if they had to start from infancy or were immediately adults? All I find is the daughters' being fairer than any others in the land.
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In Chapter 38:4-6, of Job, God rebukes him at the outset and speaks of a "foundational" understanding. What could this be referring to?
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth! Tell me if you have an understanding. Who set its measurements, since you know? On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its corner-stone?&...
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How are we to understand the earth does not move?
How are we to understand the creation of the earth / world and does the bible contradict science. A few passages;
Psalm 104:5 - He set the earth on its foundations; it can never be moved. (NIV)
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