Speaker: Matthew McClure As readers often observe, the events of Judges follow a pattern generally summarised as:  sin  suffering ...

Reading 1 - Job 42:3 At the end, when confronted with the awesome majesty of God, Job said, "Surely I spoke of things I did not...

Reading 1 - Job 40:4 "I am unworthy -- how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth" (Job 40:4). But it was only when the sinner...

Reading 1 - Job 39; 40 Job 39; 40: These chapters illustrate a great principle of nature: The innocent (that is, the wild goat, kid)...

Reading 1 - Job 38:4-7 "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions?...

Reading 1 - Job 37:6 "He says to the snow, 'Fall on the earth' " (Job 37:6). "The snow falls in beautiful showers almost every year, and...

Reading 1 - Job 35:9,10 "Men cry out under a load of oppression; they plead for relief from the arm of the powerful. But no one says,...

Reading 1 - Job 34:5-9 Elihu is speaking: "Job says, 'I am innocent, but God denies me justice. Although I am right, I am considered a...

Reading 1 - Job 32 "So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite said: 'I am young in years, and you are old; that is why I was fearful, not daring...

Reading 1 - Job 29 "Job 29 is a significant [chapter], because it is here that Job makes his crucial error. In his desperation to prove...

Reading 1 - Job 28:12 "But where can wisdom be found? Where does understanding dwell?" (Job 28:12). "Even nature in her silent...

Reading 1 - Job 25 Job 25: Bildad virtually concedes Job's argument. His few words might be paraphrased: "We do not know what your sin...

Reading 1 - Job 22-31 Job 22-31: The third cycle of speeches: Eliphaz (Job 22); Job's reply (Job 23; 24); Bildad (Job 25); Job's reply...

Reading 1 - Job 21:27-34 Job 21:27-34, summarized: In listening to the crude and insulting words of Zophar, it becomes apparent to Job...

Reading 1 - Job 20 Job 20: "Zophar replies to the second test experienced by the patient Job, claiming that any seeming prosperity is...

Reading 1 - Job 19:25 "I know that my Redeemer lives" (Job 19:25). Yahweh is the redeemer (Heb "goel") of His people: Exo 6:6; Psa 19:14;...

Reading 1 - Job 14:4 "Who can bring what is pure from the impure? No one!" (Job 14:4). "O that a clean might come out of an unclean..."...

Reading 1 - Job 13:15 "Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him" (Job 13:15). "Though He slay me, I will trust Him," Said the sainted...

Reading 1 - Job 12 "Zophar's air of superiority aroused the ire of Job, who answered with heavy sarcasm: 'Thou are the people without...

Reading 1 - Job 11:5 Zophar (who speaks in Job 11; 20) is content with mere assumption, and dogmatism (Job 11:6; 20:4). He also has a too...