The Sunday School Lesson Job's Friends' Perspectives by David McGee
Sep 22, 2019
Job's Friends' Perspectives (53:28)
Referenced Scriptures: Job 4:1-21; Job 5:1-27; Job 8:1-22; Job 11:1-20
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The scriptures below are from the WEB Bible.
Job 4:1-21
1) Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered,
2) "If someone ventures to talk with you, will you be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?
3) Behold, you have instructed many, You have strengthened the weak hands.
4) Your words have supported him who was falling, You have made firm the feeble knees.
5) But now it is come to you, and you faint; It touches you, and you are troubled.
6) Isn‘t your piety your confidence, The integrity of your ways your hope?
7) "Remember, now, whoever perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?
8) According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, And sow trouble, Reap the same.
9) By the breath of God they perish, By the blast of his anger are they consumed.
10) The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, The teeth of the young lions, are broken.
11) The old lion perishes for lack of prey, The whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.
12) "Now a thing was secretly brought to me, My ear received a whisper of it.
13) In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men,
14) Fear came on me, and trembling, Which made all my bones shake.
15) Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up.
16) It stood still, but I couldn‘t discern the appearance of it; A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,
17) ‘Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker?
18) Behold, he puts no trust in his servants. He charges his angels with error.
19) How much more, those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!
20) Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.
21) Isn‘t their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.‘
Job 5:1-27
1) "Call now; is there any who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
2) For resentment kills the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple.
3) I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
4) His children are far from safety, They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
5) Whose harvest the hungry eats up, Takes it even out of the thorns; The snare gapes for their substance.
6) For affliction doesn‘t come forth from the dust, Neither does trouble spring out of the ground;
7) But man is born to trouble, As the sparks fly upward.
8) "But as for me, I would seek God, To God would I commit my cause;
9) Who does great things that can‘t be fathomed, Marvelous things without number;
10) Who gives rain on the earth, And sends waters on the fields;
11) So that he sets up on high those who are low, Those who mourn are exalted to safety.
12) He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can‘t perform their enterprise.
13) He takes the wise in their own craftiness; The counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.
14) They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.
15) But he saves from the sword of their mouth, Even the needy from the hand of the mighty.
16) So the poor has hope, And injustice shuts her mouth.
17) "Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.
18) For he wounds, and binds up; He injures, and his hands make whole.
19) He will deliver you in six troubles; Yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you.
20) In famine he will redeem you from death; In war, from the power of the sword.
21) You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, Neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.
22) At destruction and dearth you shall laugh, Neither shall you be afraid of the animals of the earth.
23) For you shall be in league with the stones of the field. The animals of the field shall be at peace with you.
24) You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.
25) You shall know also that your seed shall be great, Your offspring as the grass of the earth.
26) You shall come to your grave in a full age, Like a shock of grain comes in its season.
27) Look this, we have searched it, so it is; Hear it, and know it for your good."
Job 8:1-22
1) Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2) "How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
3) Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
4) If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience;
5) If you want to seek God diligently, Make your supplication to the Almighty.
6) If you were pure and upright, Surely now he would awaken for you, And make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.
7) Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would greatly increase.
8) "Please inquire of past generations, Find out about the learning of their fathers.
9) (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days on earth are a shadow.)
10) Shall they not teach you, tell you, And utter words out of their heart?
11) "Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
12) While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, It withers before any other reed.
13) So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish,
14) Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider‘s web.
15) He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure.
16) He is green before the sun, His shoots go forth over his garden.
17) His roots are wrapped around the rock pile, He sees the place of stones.
18) If he is destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.‘
19) Behold, this is the joy of his way: Out of the earth shall others spring.
20) "Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
21) He will still fill your mouth with laughter, Your lips with shouting.
22) Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more."
Job 11:1-20
1) Then Zophar, the Naamathite, answered,
2) "Shouldn‘t the multitude of words be answered? Should a man full of talk be justified?
3) Should your boastings make men hold their peace? When you mock, shall no man make you ashamed?
4) For you say, ‘My doctrine is pure, I am clean in your eyes.‘
5) But oh that God would speak, And open his lips against you,
6) That he would show you the secrets of wisdom! For true wisdom has two sides. Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.
7) "Can you fathom the mystery of God? Or can you probe the limits of the Almighty?
8) They are high as heaven. What can you do? Deeper than Sheol: what can you know?
9) The measure of it is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.
10) If he passes by, or confines, Or convenes a court, then who can oppose him?
11) For he knows false men. He sees iniquity also, even though he doesn‘t consider it.
12) But vain man can become wise If a man can be born as a wild donkey‘s colt.
13) "If you set your heart aright, Stretch out your hands toward him.
14) If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, Don‘t let unrighteousness dwell in your tents.
15) Surely then shall you lift up your face without spot; Yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear:
16) For you shall forget your misery; You shall remember it as waters that are passed away,
17) Life shall be clearer than the noonday; Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.
18) You shall be secure, because there is hope; Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.
19) Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; Yes, many shall court your favor.
20) But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, They shall have no way to flee; Their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit."
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