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Job 2:22 - 31:40

November 05, 2023

Setting Job 2:11-13

What did Job's friends get right?

Job's Friends' Wordview

  • Eliphaz: Job 4:7-8; 22:5
  • Bildad: Job 8:4, 6
  • Zophar: Job 11:12

Their conclusion - God must be , so Job's suffering was a result of his .

  • Retribution Principle Acts 28:4-6

Righteousnes =

Wickedness =

Job's Response

  • Times of - Job 3:1-3, 11, 20-21
  • Times of - Job 9:21-22
  • Times of - Job 16:18-19
  • Times of - Job 28:23-24, 28
  • Times of - Job 31:35

Job's conclusion - God is not because I am innocent and underserving of .

God's Response 1 Peter 3:18