Today’s passage: Job 7
Helpful thoughts:
- Job continues his response to Eliphaz in chapter 7.
- In verses 1-10, Job is speaking to Eliphaz. In 12-21, he is speaking to God. Verse 11 serves as the transition.
- Job is not asking for God’s attention. He sees God’s attention as bringing him despair. He wants God to leave him alone!
Questions to consider:
- How would you summarize Job’s appeal to Eliphaz in verses 1-10? His appeal to God in verses 12-21?
- How does the heart behind what Job says in verse 17 differ from what we see in the context of Psalm 8:4? What is Job actually asking God to do? Is he right to say this? Why or why not?
- Though Job does not believe his suffering is a result of any particular sin, what does he acknowledge in verse 21? What is true of Job and true of all other people outside of Jesus Christ (Romans 3:23)? What did God actually do to pardon our transgression and take away our iniquity (Isaiah 53:5)?