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The whole part is framed by Job's longing for a restored relationship with God (Job 29:2) and the legal challenge to God (Job 31:35–27). [16] Chapter 31 contains Job's final defense before God, in which he pledges the "oath of clearance", a form of self-curse, that is calling down upon oneself the wrath of God, if what the person is swearing ...
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The whole part is framed by Job's longing for a restored relationship with God (Job 29:2) and the legal challenge to God (Job 31:35–27). [11] Chapter 30 describes Job's suffering after his world was turned upside down (in stark contrast with chapter 29 ), from enjoying "the respect of the most respectable" (Job 29:21–25) to undergo "the ...
Job's Summing Up (29:1–31:40) The Dialogue section is composed in the format of poetry with distinctive syntax and grammar. [ 5 ] Comparing the three cycles of debate, the third (and final) round can be seen as 'incomplete', because there is no speech from Zophar and the speech by Bildad is very short (6 verses only), which may indicate as a ...
There is an introduction in the prose form (Job 32:1–5), describing Elihu's identity and circumstances that cause him to speak (starting in Job 32:6). [15] The whole speech section can be formally divided into four monologues, each starting with a similar formula (Job 32:6; 34:1; 35:1; 36:1). [ 15 ]
There have been many commentaries on the biblical Book of Job. Selecta of Job by Origen (d. c. 253) Commenttarium on Iob by Maximinus the Arian (4th century) a commentary by Pseudo-Ignatius (4th century) Exerpta in Job by Athanasius of Alexandria (d. 373) a commentary by Didymus the Blind (d. 398) a commentary by Hesychius of Jerusalem (5th ...
He was the first of Job's friends to attribute Job's calamity to actual wickedness; however, he does so indirectly, by accusing Job's children (who were destroyed in the opening scenes, Job 1:19) [8] of sin to warrant their punishment (Job 8:4). [9] Bildad's brief third speech, just five verses in length, [10] marked the silencing of the ...
Job's Summing Up (29:1–31:40) The Dialogue section is composed in the format of poetry with distinctive syntax and grammar. [ 5 ] Comparing the three cycles of debate, the third (and final) round can be seen as 'incomplete', because there is no speech from Zophar and the speech by Bildad is very short (6 verses only), which may indicate as a ...