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God then appears to Job and his friends out of a whirlwind. God rebukes the three friends and gives them instruction for the remission of sin, followed by Job being restored to an even better condition than his former wealthy state (Job 42:10–17). Job is blessed to have seven sons, and three daughters named Jemimah (which means "dove ...
Bildad asked whether God perverts justice (מִשְׁפָּ֑ט) or righteousness (צֶֽדֶק Job 8:3), so in this chapter Job asks how a person can be righteous (יִצְדָּ֑ק) before God (Job 9:2), which refers back to Eliphaz's question in Job 4:17, but here in the sense of how one can "be in the right" before God, rather than "be ...
Job (9:1–10:22) Being Righteous before God (9:1–4) God's Power and Force (9:5–13) ... Job is convinced that God knows Job is not guilty, that is, a "conviction ...
Job later responds that he desires for 'such a mediator to present his case before God' (Job 9:33; 16:19–21). [ 17 ] Eliphaz suggests to commit one's cause to God who will reward the righteous (5:8–27)
This speech adds little because it seems like a mechanical repetition of what Eliphaz has said in his first two speeches (Job 4:17; 15:14; and concurred by Job in Job 9:2; 14:4) that no one is righteous before God and Job has accepted that he is a sinner, only that Job still questions his sufferings compared to other sinners. [14]
He asks God to test this by removing the prosperity of Job, the most righteous of all God's servants. [63] The book begins with the frame narrative, giving the reader an omniscient "God's eye perspective" which introduces Job as a man of exemplary faith and piety, "blameless and upright", who "fears God" and "shuns evil".
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Job Is Utterly Righteous (1:1–5) ... Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and the Adversary also came among them ...