Today’s passage: Job 27
Helpful thoughts:
- Job would rather continue to suffer under the ridicule and false rebuke of his friends than give up his integrity.
- The “you” in verse 5 is plural. Job is speaking now to all three friends.
- Job agrees with his friends that judgment comes on the wicked, but with some differences. I think we can make these observations from Job’s comments:
- The rich may accumulate wealth in this life but he will die just like everyone else. After this he will not take any delight in the Almighty, just as he didn’t during his lifetime.
- Job, however terrible his current condition, still longs for the day when the hardships of life are over and he is in the presence of the Lord.
- It’s possible here that Job is wishing this bitter end of the wicked on his friends (Or at least firing a verbal warning shot), if he in fact is now calling them, “My enemy” in verse 7.
Questions to consider:
- What is the major difference between Job’s view of what comes to the wicked versus what his friends have been arguing so far?
- How would Romans 12:14-21 give Job guidance as he speaks to his friends (And us if we find ourselves under fire)?
- What is it that brings us righteousness and the hope of one day delighting in the presence of the Almighty? (Ephesians 2:4-7)