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Job: Suffering and Sovereignty
| Job’s heartaches, 1-3 | Job’s counsellors, 4-37 | God’s answer, 38-41 | Job’s restoration, 42 |
| His character, 1:1-12 | Eliphaz, Bildad, Zophar, 4-31 | Nature, 38-39 | Repentance, 42:1-6 |
| His suffering, 1:13-2:8 | Elihu, 32-37 | Justice, 40:1-14 | Intercession, 42:7-10 |
| His response, 2:9-3:26 | Nature, 40:15-41:34 | Restoration, 42:11-17 |
Note: There are three series of dialogues between Job and his counsellors as follows:
| Eliphaz, 4 Job, 5-7 | Eliphaz, 15 Job 16-17 | Eliphaz, 22 Job, 23-24 |
| Bildad, 8 Job, 9-10 | Bildad, 18 Job, 19 | Bildad, 25 Job, 26-31 |
| Zophar, 11 Job, 12-14 | Zophar, 20 Job, 21 | Elihu, 32-37 |
Major characters
- Job (“persecuted”)
- His wife
- Eliphaz (“God is strength”) the Temanite
- Bildad (“son of strife”) the Shuhite
- Zophar (“exultation, chirping”) the Naamathite
- Elihu (“God Jehovah”)
Major themes
- Suffering
- Man
- The character of God
- God’s sovereignty over Satan
- God’s power in creation