Come Follow Me Reading: Job 4-11; 15-18; 20; 25-37; 41

Come Follow Me Reading: Job 4-11; 15-18; 20; 25-37; 41

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/4?lang=eng

Eliphaz reproves Job, asking such questions as, Are the righteous cut off? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/5?lang=eng

Eliphaz counsels Job: Man is born unto trouble, seek unto God, and happy is the man whom God corrects.

Beautiful poetic chapter about the Lord blessing those who are righteous. But sometimes the righteous also suffer.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/6?lang=eng

Job bemoans his grief—He prays that God will grant his petitions—Those who are afflicted should be pitied—How forcible are right words!

We cannot judge other people’s experiences by our own. Each of us will have our own trials and crosses to bear.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/7?lang=eng

Job asks, Is there an appointed time for man on earth? What is man that Thou shouldst magnify him? Why dost Thou not pardon my transgression?

Very sorrowful lament. Job knows that his life is in the Lord’s hands, and he doesn’t understand why he has had so much suffering.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/8?lang=eng

Bildad asks, Doth God pervert judgment?—Bildad says, Our days upon earth are a shadow, and God will not cast away a perfect man.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/9?lang=eng

Job acknowledges the justice and greatness of God and concludes that man cannot contend against Him.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/10?lang=eng

Job is weary of life—He reasons with God about his afflictions—He asks, Why hast Thou brought me forth out of the womb?

Vs. 15 Job desires relief from all his suffering.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/11?lang=eng

Zophar asks, Canst thou by searching find out God?—Zophar says that the hope of the wicked will fade away as though it had died.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/15?lang=eng

Eliphaz sets forth the disquietude of wicked men—They do not believe they will return out of darkness and be resurrected.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/16?lang=eng

Job speaks against the wicked who oppose him—Though even his friends scorn him, he testifies that his witness is in heaven and his record is on high.

Vs 19: Though friends and family judge us wrongfully. God knows our state and our righteousness. Though we pass through trials, He will save us and deliver our souls from hell, to reign with Him in glory.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/17?lang=eng

Job speaks of the sorrow of death and of the grave in that day when the body returns to the dust.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/18?lang=eng

Bildad tells of the damned state of the wicked who know not God.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/20?lang=eng

Zophar shows the condition of the wicked—He says, The triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/25?lang=eng

Bildad bemoans the lowly state of man and classifies him as a worm.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/26?lang=eng

Job reproves Bildad’s lack of empathy—He extols the power, greatness, and strength of the Lord.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/27?lang=eng

Job asserts his righteousness—When the wicked are buried in death, terrors will take hold of them.

Vs 3-6 No matter what trials came to Job, Job had resolved to always follow the Lord and to stay righteous.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/28?lang=eng

Wealth comes out of the earth—Wisdom cannot be purchased—The fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.

Vs 28 Job knew what wisdom is. He gained wisdom in his trials. Some of the best poetry comes when people have pondered the weight of the world.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/29?lang=eng

Job recalls his former prosperity and greatness—He was blessed because of his righteousness, his charity, and his good deeds.

Job’s life was full of good deeds.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/30?lang=eng

Job is derided by the children of vile and base men—In his afflicted state, he cries to the Lord—Job says that he wept for those in trouble.

Vs 25 Job desparately wanted people to mourn with him and comfort him, as he had done for them.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/31?lang=eng

Job invites judgment so that God may know his integrity—If he has done ill, Job welcomes the penalties for so doing.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/32?lang=eng

Elihu, in anger, answers Job and his three friends—Elihu says, There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives understanding—He also says, Great men are not always wise.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/33?lang=eng

Elihu says, God is greater than man, He speaks to man in dreams and visions, He ransoms those cast into the pit, and He delivers their souls and gives them life.

Vs 31-33 Elihu is so certain that he is right, and that he has greater wisdom than job.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/34?lang=eng

Elihu teaches, God cannot be unjust, commit iniquity, pervert judgment, or respect persons—Man should bear chastisement and do iniquity no more.

Vs 34-37 Elihu, things are not always what they seem. There is more wisdom for all of us to learn. Even the righteous perish sometimes. But their end will still be glorious.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/35?lang=eng

Elihu contrasts the weakness of man and the power of God—Our wickedness hurts other men, and our righteousness helps them—Man should trust in the Lord.

Vs 16 Elihu found out that his own words applied to himself. I'm glad the Lord knows our hearts, Job's and Elihu's as well. Elihu definitely meant well.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/36?lang=eng

Elihu says, Those who are righteous are prospered—The wicked perish and die without knowledge—Elihu praises the greatness of God.

So many still think as Elihu did that the righteous are always blessed and the wicked always cursed. That would actually not help us develop our agency to choose righteousness of our own free will and choice. While we can find joy and comfort through the Spirit, we will not otherwise always have immediate reward.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/37?lang=eng

Elihu concludes, saying, The Lord controls the laws of nature—God reigns in terrible majesty.

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/job/41?lang=eng

The Lord points to His power in the leviathan—All things under the whole heaven are the Lord’s.