What did jobs three friends have wrong, and what did they have. Elsewhere again, eliphaz, bildad and zophar will say many things that are. So eliphaz, bildad, and zophar were not able to sustain their theory in the face of. In his first reply to job s complaints, he argues that those who are truly good are never entirely forsaken by providence, but that punishment may justly be inflicted for secret sins. Job s three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar by zac poonen when job s three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar heard of his adversity, they came to visit him, saying they wanted to comfort him job 2. In the last study we saw job pleading for some compassion and kindness from his friends. Like the other two comforters, bildad and eliphaz, zophar emphasizes an old hebrew conceptsuffering is the inevitable lot of the evil man. Here the poetic portion of the book ends, and yahweh, in prose, chastises eliphaz, bildad and zophar for not speaking the truth about him, as job did. After eliphaz and bildad, zophar spoke third in offering advice to job. Macleish began the work in 1953 as a oneact production but within three years had expanded it to a full threeact manuscript.
As he continues, eliphaz paints a portrait of a god who tends his creation 5. Job is suffering, therefore job is being punished for wrong doing. Now when jobs three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place. Choose from 500 different sets of job 1 bible flashcards on quizlet. The book of job is a great encouragement to us because he faced what we face today. So eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went, and did according as the lord commanded them. Eliphaz, bildad, and zophar did what the lord had told them to do, and the lord answered job s prayer. Job s buddies eliphaz, zophar, and bildad come to visit and chill with him while he rolls around in ash and sackcloth. Hes blameless and upright, and he has kids, a wife, land, and a bunch of sheep. It goes like a play and deals with an old question puzzling everyone, the problem of human suffering. Describe zophar and tell what he thought about job 6. God is just, and job must have done something to offend him. The ghosts and their neighbors in the underworld shake with fear.
First cycle of speeches 414 objectives in studying this section 1 to examine the counsel of job s friends, what their observations were, and upon what they based their conclusions regarding job s suffering 2 to consider job s response to his friends, how he took their advice, and how he continued to. Bildad also refers to eliphazs revelation in chapter 25, although he presents the concept as his own. Like the others, bildad and zophar, eliphaz assumes that all suffering is punishment for wrong doing. Jobs friend eliphaz started the first set of speeches by telling job that he needs only to admit his sin, god would release him from his. What did job s three friends have wrong, and what did they. This long central portion of job is made up of three cycles of speeches, in which eliphaz, bildad and zophar speak, each receiving a response from job. In verse 6, he states, know then that god exacts of you less than your guilt deserves esv. Since job s response to each friend is always longer than the corresponding speech, the short speech by bildad chap. The peripatetic preacher the tragic loss of job 6 john.
God, job, bildad, elihu, satan, eliphaz, and zophar. But they didnt actually comfort him at all, when we see the way they spoke to him later on. What did job s three friends have wrong, and what did they have right. At the end of job 2, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar enter stage left. Jobs three friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, have historically been known for offering lengthy speeches that resulted in their being condemned by god job 42. Eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to. Zophar rebukes job by affirming that god should show him true wisdom and by affirming that if he would turn to god, he would be. The book of job consists of a prose prologue and epilogue narrative framing poetic dialogues and monologues. Eliphaz shows that he is probably the wisest of jobs friends by the delicateness with which he begins his speech to job eliphaz is very differential to job. E liphaz and the night spirit we now want to take a look at a special segment of the eliphaz speech, chapter 4, verses 1220, in which he describes his visit from a night spirit.
He explains that he has kept silent because of his youth, but now feels compelled to speak. If gods power is absolute, and gods law is that the righteous are rewarded and the wicked are punished, then jobs predicament is his own fault. However, all three wrongly assumed that jobs suffering was the result of some hidden sin. World english bible and they go eliphaz the temanite, and bildad the shuhite, zophar the naamathite and do as jehovah hath spoken unto them. You have given such wonderful advice to this foolish man. Eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite are often. The book of job and the paradox of suffering my jewish learning. In the case of zophar chapter 11, this exuberant conclusion might seem to be at variance with 11. Better things wey dey inside bible talk wetin go make people strong for mind, mek dem fit do more mek we dey live like christian new way to take start to dey preach april 11 17 show more. Eliphaz refers to his revelation again for emphasis in job 15.
Like eliphaz, bildad and zophar conclude their perorations with this assurance, and they add to it at the very end. Famed as the antiheroes of the book of job, eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite deliver some of the longest uninterrupted monologues of the whole bible, speaking expansively on issues pertaining to the character of god, the nature of morality and justice, the essence and attainment of wisdom, the dynamics of. Bildad is the second friend to speak to job, picking up where eliphaz left off. The story of job opens with a scene in heaven where the devil comes to accuse job before god. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant job has. And so, job tells eliphaz and his friends to look right at him and job is confident that if eliphaz, bildad, and zophar take a careful look at him, they will know that job is not lying in verse 28. So eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went, and did what yahweh commanded them, and yahweh accepted job. God allowed satan to take away from job his wealth, his family, and his health.
There is limited information in the book of job about its geographical and historical background. If one wished to dispute with him, he could not answer him once in a thousand times. Job was a wealthy but righteous and godfearing man. The emphasised bible so eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went, and did according to that which yahweh had spoken unto them, and yahweh accepted job. The prose section of job includes the first two chapters, as well as the final portion of the books last chapter. It is unwise to pull an isolated verse from the book of job and use it to.
From this request for the attention and ear of job, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, we can assume that there were sour and disdainful faces on the older. Jobs three friends, eliphaz, bildad and zophar used similar arguments in attempting to answer job. However, eliphaz, along with bildad and zophar, failed in his attempt to comfort his suffering friend. But the writer of the book of job is not satisfied to live that way. Bible studies and highlights in the book of job job chapters 814. The play went through several incarnations before it was finally published. In one of the few narrative and evaluative statements of the book, he declares that elihu burned with anger also at jobs three. Job s three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar were not able to understand these ways of. The book of job the books of reference used for this study of the book of psalms were the bible, king james version, called the companion bible, publisher kregel. Job with zophar, eliphaz, and bildad view 2 asu digital. Such are your prospects, job, the diametrical opposite of those of the wicked 8. What did jobs three friends have wrong, and what did they have right.
God blessed job with twice as much as he had before job 42. Up in the heavens, god brags to the divine assembly about job. Eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him. Book of job bible playsimages production photograph. Strongs exhaustive concordance of the bible, numbered to the hebrew, chaldee, and greek, and. These men ostensibly come to comfort him, but wind up first gently suggesting and eventually forcefully arguing that gods justice or lack thereof is not for mere human beings to question. As the speeches progress, job s friends increasingly berate him for refusing to confess his sins, although they themselves are at a loss as to which sin he has committed. We resume our study of the book of job during the first set of speeches between jobs three friends and job. Bildad, what a great help you are to this tired, weary man.
Speeches of eliphaz, bildad, and zophar job s friends do not waver from their belief that job must have sinned to incite gods punishment. When job s three friends, eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they. What did jobs three friends have wrong, and what did they. With his three friends job discussed the problem why a righteous god allows that a righteous man has to suffer innocently. He appears in the book of job in the hebrew bible eliphaz appears mild and modest. Attach a tilde to the front of a word to omit results containing that word. Eliphaz, bildad, and zophar article about eliphaz, bildad. As a result job s suffering must be the result of sin. The arguments of job, eliphaz, bildad, zophar and elihu reflect our own attempts to understand our trials and tragedies without understanding the whole mind of yahweh. Bildad, along with eliphaz and zophar, visit job after they heard of the calamity that had befallen him. Learn job 1 bible with free interactive flashcards. Eliphaz and the night spirit free online biblical library.
In the land of uz there lived a man whose name was job. In this introductory chapter, elihu lives up to the caricature of the angry young man. At this point, we hope that you have read the whole book 23 times. Verses 10,11 is the conclusion, in the mind of eliphaz. So a young man appears on the scene in chapter 32 named elihu.
To see comments on verses 1 of this chapter read our job 6 commentary article and for explanation of verses 1423 refer to our job 6 meaning article. They will engage in dialogue with him for many chapters. These guys have plenty to say, and job isnt their biggest fan. Eliphaz bildad zophar neviim tovim, blogs by gillian gould. Better things wey dey inside bible job no let imself think about things wey no be true. Like the other two comforters, bildad and eliphaz, zophar emphasizes an old hebrew conceptsuffering is the inevitable lot of the evil m. Describe bildad and tell what he thought about job.
Strongs exhaustive concordance of the bible, numbered to the hebrew, chaldee, and greek, and english, coded to the strongs concordance numbers. At one point job, weary of their unhelpful rhetoric, told them, you are miserable comforters, all of you. It is common to view the narrative frame as the original core of the book, enlarged later by the poetic dialogues and discourses, and sections of the book such as the elihu speeches and the wisdom poem of chapter 28 as late insertions, but recent trends have tended to concentrate on the. Jobs three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar by zac poonen when jobs three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar heard of his adversity, they came to visit him, saying they wanted to comfort him job 2. Now when job s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place. Surprise, surprise, zophar follows the same line as his two friends. When bildad first arrives, he cannot believe the horrific nature of job s condition. After job s complaints in job 3, eliphaz is the first of the friends to speak. New american standard version so eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite went and did as the lord told them.
Article from biblical perspectives volume 15, number 28. They thought god was punishing job for any sins and could not see that god uses suffering also to refine and to teach believers. This passage introduces jobs three friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar. The book of job and the paradox of suffering my jewish. However, all three wrongly assumed that job s suffering was the result of some hidden sin. Describe eliphaz and tell what he thought about job. Job s three friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, have historically been known for offering lengthy speeches that resulted in their being condemned by god job 42.
Jan 02, 2020 after eliphaz and bildad, zophar spoke third in offering advice to job. The author of the book of job was a hebrew poet who had an extensive vocabulary. Attach an asterisk to the end of a word as a wildcard. Enjoy this free digital job 6 summary from that seeks to explain job, chapter 6 verses 2430. Choose from 273 different sets of job bible flashcards on quizlet. Eliphaz, bildad, and zophar get no more than three speeches apiece, with. However, it can be helpful to understand general information about the geography and history of the area to give you a context for reading and studying the book of job. Eliphaz, bildad, and zopharpeople wey blame job bible book. Eliphaz, bildad, and zopharfalse accusers book of job.
He denies that any man is innocent and censures job for asserting his freedom from guilt. Job s three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar were not able to understand these ways of god. Therefore i say, listen to me, i also will declare my opinion. If they have the guts not to skip from chapter 2 to chapter 38, their eyes. The play unfolds as each man gives a long speech, and job responds to each with a speech of. Read together, they form a simple, coherent narrative. It takes about 75 minutes to read it through aloud. Lo and behold, satan comes out and challenges god on job s goodness. Book of job is first of the poetic books of the old testament. Giving the strongest of the three initial speeches, zophar declares that job deserved even worse than what he got. Eliphaz starts to talk to job about jobs situation. Each man urged job to repent so that god would have mercy on him. We now want to take a look at a special segment of the eliphaz speech, chapter 4. This was actually stating that eliphaz, bildad, and zophar had run out of things to accuse job.
Why was god angry about what eliphaz, bildad, and zophar said to job. This is repeated three times with one exception zophar does not give a third speech. The force of jobs protest is all the greater because it is set against the conventional pieties of his comforters, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, who respond to each of his laments with blind insistence that, if god punishes job, job must deserve it somehow. Implied that job s sons had sinned and deserved the calamity that struck them and suggested that job himself was godless. His three speeches were shorter and more hurtful than those of eliphaz. Much of the drama in this section comes from the interaction between job and his four supposed friends. Eliphaz, bildad and zophar 1 ancient pagan religions prescribed three treatments for those in jobs condition.
He is called the shuhite, probably as belonging to shuah, a district in arabia, in which shuah, the sixth son of abraham by keturah, settled genesis 25. Job, book of academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Naked i came from my mothers womb, and naked i will depart. The text of job does not establish for certain whether eliphaz, bildad, and zophar were privy to gods dramatic selfrevelation that is recorded in the book s closing chapters 3841, whereby job is brought to silent contrition for his unfettered complaints against the almighty and ultimately to a humble acceptance of gods good. Job is a wholly good man who loses everything his health, his wealth and even his family. Addressing the problem of theodicy the vindication of the justice of god in the light of humanitys suffering it is a rich theological work setting out a variety of perspectives. Lets see how this main point plays out in the debates between job and his three friends. After the lord allowed satan to afflict job, three of his friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, came to comfort him.