JOB'S HEARTACHES, | JOB'S COUNSELLORS, | GOD'S ANSWER, | JOB'S RESTORATION, |
His character, | Eliphaz, | Nature, | Repentance, |
His suffering, | Elihu, | Justice, | Intercession, |
His response, | Nature, | Restoration, |
Note: There are three series of dialogues between Job and his counsellors as follows:
Eliphaz, 4 | Eliphaz, 15 | Eliphaz, 22 |
Job, 5-7 | Job, 16-17 | Job, 23-24 |
Bildad, 8 | Bildad, 18 | Bildad, 25 |
Job, 9-10 | Job, 19 | Job, 26-31 |
Zophar, 11 | Zophar, 20 | |
Job, 12-14 | Job, 21 |
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
