Chapter 1
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| The holiness, riches, and religious care of Job for his children (1:1-5) |
| Satan, appearing before God obtains permission to test Job (1:6-12) |
| Learning of the loss of his property and children, in his mourning Job blesses God (1:13-22) |
Chapter 2
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| Satan, appearing again before God, obtains further permission to test Job (2:1-6) |
| He smites Job with boils (2:7-8) |
| Job reproves his wife, who suggested that he curse God and die (2:9-10) |
| His three friends mourn with him in silence (2:11-13) |
Chapter 3
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| Job curses the day of his birth (3:1-12) |
| The ease of death (3:13-19) |
| He complains of life, because of his anguish (3:20-26) |
Chapter 4
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| Eliphaz believes that only the wicked suffer (4:1-6) |
| He teaches God's judgments to be not upon the righteous, but upon the wicked (4:7-11) |
| His fearful vision, designed to humble the pride of creatures before God (4:12-21) |
Chapter 5
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| Eliphaz calls Job foolish (5:1-7) |
| God is to be appealed to in time of affliction (5:6-16) |
| The happy result of God's correction (5:17-27) |
Chapter 6
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| Job shows that his complaints are not causeless (6:1-7) |
| He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort (6:8-13) |
| He reproves his friends for unkindness (6:14-30) |
Chapter 7
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| Job excuses his desire for death (7:1-11) |
| He complains of his own restlessness (7:12-16) |
| And God's watchfulness (7:17-21) |
Chapter 8
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| Bildad shows God's justice in dealing with men according to their works (8:1-7) |
| He alludes to antiquity for proof of the certain destruction of the hypocrite (8:8-19) |
| He applies God's just dealing to Job (8:20-22) |
Chapter 9
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| Job, acknowledging God's justice (9:1-21) |
| Man's innocence is not to be denied because of afflictions (9:22-35) |
Chapter 10
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| Job questions his oppression (10:1-17) |
| He craves a little ease before death (10:18-22) |
Chapter 11
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| Zophar reproves Job for seeking to justify himself (11:1-4) |
| God's wisdom is unsearchable (11:5-12) |
| The assured blessing of repentance (11:13-20) |
Chapter 12
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| Job tells his friends only God knows(12:1-25) |
Chapter 13
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| Job reproves his friends for partiality (13:1-13) |
| He professes his confidence in God (13:14-19) |
| And pleads for a revealing of his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting him (13:20-28) |
Chapter 14
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| Job beseeches God for favor, by the shortness of life and certainty of death (14:1-6) |
| Is it not possible for man to live after death? (14:7-15) |
| By sin the creature is subject to corruption (14:16-22) |
Chapter 15
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| Eliphaz reproves Job of impiety in answering boldly for himself (15:1-16) |
| He proves by tradition the disturbed mind and body of wicked men (15:17-35) |
Chapter 16
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| Job reproves his friends for lack of mercy (16:1-5) |
| Job laments his situation (16:6-14) |
| He maintains his innocence (16:15-22) |
Chapter 17
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| Job appeals to God (17:1-16) |
Chapter 18
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| Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience (18:1-4) |
| The calamities of the wicked (18:5-21) |
Chapter 19
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| Job, complaining of his friend's cruelty, shows how much misery he has (19:1-20) |
| He craves pity (19:21-24) |
| Job states his faith in the resurrection (19:25-29) |
Chapter 20
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| Zophar shows the state and lot of the wicked (20:1-29) |
Chapter 21
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| Job shows that, even in the judgment of man, he has reason to be grieved (21:1-6) |
| Sometimes the wicked do prosper, though they despise God (21:7-15) |
| Sometimes their destruction is manifest (21:16-21) |
| The happy and unhappy are alike in death (21:22-26) |
| The judgment of the wicked is in another world (21:27-34) |
Chapter 22
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| Eliphaz shows that man's goodness does not profit God (22:1-4) |
| He accuses Job of various sins (22:5-20) |
| He exhorts him to repentance, with promises of mercy (22:21-30) |
Chapter 23
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| Job desires to appear before God (23:1-5) |
| In confidence of His mercy (23:6-7) |
| God, who is invisible, observes our ways (23:8-10) |
| Job's innocence (23:11-12) |
| God's decree is changeless (23:13-17) |
Chapter 24
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| God seems indifferent to the wicked (24:1-16) |
| There is a secret judgment for the wicked (24:17-25) |
Chapter 25
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| Bildad shows that man cannot be justified before God (25:1-6) |
Chapter 26
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| Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bildad (26:1-4) |
| Acknowledges the power of God to be infinite and unsearchable (26:5-14) |
Chapter 27
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| Job protests his sincerity (27:1-7) |
| The godless is without hope (27:8-10) |
| The blessings of the wicked are turned into curses (27:11-23) |
Chapter 28
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| There is knowledge of natural things (28:1-11) |
| But wisdom is an excellent gift of God (28:12-28) |
Chapter 29
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| Job grieves for his former prosperity and honor (29:1-25) |
Chapter 30
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| Job's describes his present humiliation (30:1-14) |
| His prosperity is turned into calamity (30:15-31) |
Chapter 31
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| Job solemnly protests his integrity in several duties (31:1-12) |
| Innocent of abusing his power (31:13-23) |
| Innocent of trusting in his wealth (31:24-28) |
| Innocent of not caring for his enemies (31:29-34) |
| Job pleads to meet God and defend himself (31:35-40) |
Chapter 32
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| Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends (32:1-5) |
| Because wisdom comes not from age, he excuses the boldness of his youth (32:6-10) |
| He reproves them for not satisfying Job (32:11-22) |
Chapter 33
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| Elihu offers himself, instead of God, with sincerity and meekness to reason with Job (33:1-7) |
| He excuses God from giving man an account of His ways, because of His greatness (33:8-13) |
| God calls man to repentance by visions (33:14-18) |
| By afflictions (33:19-22) |
| And by His ministry (33:23-30) |
| He calls Job to attention (33:31-33) |
Chapter 34
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| Elihu accuses Job for charging God with injustice (34:1-9) |
| God, the omnipotent, cannot be unjust (34:10-30) |
| Man must humble himself unto God (34:31-33) |
| Elihu reproves Job (34:34-37) |
Chapter 35
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| Comparison is not to be made with God, for our good or evil cannot extend to Him (35:1-8) |
| Many cry in their afflictions, but are not heard for lack of faith (35:9-16) |
Chapter 36
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| Elihu shows how God is just in His ways (36:1-15) |
| Elihu believes that God is disciplining Job (36:16-23) |
| God's works are to be magnified (36:24-33) |
Chapter 37
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| God is to be feared because of His great works (37:1-14) |
| His wisdom is unsearchable in them (37:15-24) |
Chapter 38
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| God challenges Job to answer (38:1-3) |
| God, by His mighty works, convicts Job of ignorance (38:4-30) |
| And of foolishness (38:31-41) |
Chapter 39
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| Of the wild goats and hinds (39:1-4) |
| Of the wild ass and the wild ox (39:5-12) |
| The ostrich (39:13-18) |
| The horse (39:19-25) |
| The hawk and the eagle (39:26-30) |
Chapter 40
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| Job humbles himself to God (40:1-5) |
| God challenges Job to demonstrate his righteousness, power, and wisdom (40:6-14) |
| God compares the power of Job with that of the behemoth (40:15-24) |
Chapter 41
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| God compares the power of Job with that of the leviathan (41:1-34) |
Chapter 42
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| Job submits himself unto God, and confesses lack of understanding (42:1-6) |
| God, preferring Job, makes his friends submit themselves and accepts him (42:7-9) |
| He magnifies and blesses Job (42:10-15) |
| Job's age and death (42:16-17) |
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