Summary: Eliphaz the Temanite mocks Job by saying, "Is it for your piety he (God) reproves you?" Eliphaz accuses Job of oppressing the poor and says that if Job will confess his wrong then good will Continue Reading

Summary: Job tells his friends to listen diligently to him, then they can continue to mock him, but ends with saying their comfort is nonsense! Continue Reading

Summary: Zophar rebuffs the reproof of Job and paints a picture of Job's destruction as being the result of Job indulging in wickedness, including oppressing the poor. Read from the World English Continue Reading

Summary: Job asks his friends how long they will torment him and to have pity on him. He lists all who have abandoned or abhor him, but then Job speaks of knowing that his Redeemer lives and he sill Continue Reading

Summary: Bildad the Shuhite tries to put Job in his place, claiming again that what is happening to Job is what happens to the wicked and the person who doesn't know God. Read from the World English Continue Reading

Summary: Job calls his friends miserable comforters, saying he does not find a wise man among them. Also, amid his sorrows he states that "he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger." Read Continue Reading

Summary: Eliphaz the Temanite gets testy about Job's answer and tells Job his own lips condemn him. Read from the World English Bible. Continue Reading

Summary: Job mocks his friends' counsel and tells them they would be wiser if they were silent. He does not desire ignorant comfort. He asks rhetorically if they will speak unrighteously for God. Read Continue Reading

Summary: Zophar takes his turn accusing Job. Read from the World English Bible Continue Reading

Summary: Job struggles with knowing that God is just and strong far above man, but still wondering why he is suffering and wishing for relief. Read from the World English Bible. Continue Reading