Looking for Job

[JLG]

1) Looking for Job

Job 1:20 Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

Job 1:20

Hebrew

Then Job
אִיּוֹב֙ (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

stood up,
וַיָּ֤קָם (way·yā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

tore
וַיִּקְרַ֣ע (way·yiq·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7167: To rend

his robe,
מְעִל֔וֹ (mə·‘i·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4598: A robe

and shaved
וַיָּ֖גָז (way·yā·ḡāz)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1494: To cut off, to shear a, flock, shave the hair, to destroy an enemy

his head.
רֹאשׁ֑וֹ (rō·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

He fell
וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (way·yip·pōl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

to the ground
אַ֖רְצָה (’ar·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and worshiped,
וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ (way·yiš·tā·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate


Job 1:21 saying: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."



Job 1:21



saying:
וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Naked
עָרֹ֨ם (‘ā·rōm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6174: Nude, either partially, totally

I came
יָצָ֜אתִי (yā·ṣā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

from my mother’s
אִמִּ֗י (’im·mî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 517: A mother, )

womb,
מִבֶּ֣טֶן (mib·be·ṭen)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything

and naked
וְעָרֹם֙ (wə·‘ā·rōm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6174: Nude, either partially, totally

I shall return.
אָשׁ֣וּב (’ā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

The LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

gave,
נָתַ֔ן (nā·ṯan)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

and the LORD
וַיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has taken away.
לָקָ֑ח (lā·qāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

Blessed
מְבֹרָֽךְ׃ (mə·ḇō·rāḵ)
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

be
יְהִ֛י (yə·hî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the name
שֵׁ֥ם (šêm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of the LORD.”
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

Job 1:22 In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.



Job 1:22



Hebrew

In all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

this,
זֹ֖את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

Job
אִיּ֑וֹב (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

sin
חָטָ֣א (ḥā·ṭā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

or charge
נָתַ֥ן (nā·ṯan)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

God
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (lê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

with wrongdoing.
תִּפְלָ֖ה (tip̄·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8604: Unsavoriness, unseemliness

- Job’s world has collapsed, everything he knows has gone away from him!

- Think about losing everything the same day!

- How would you react?

- Forget your past, now it’s time to start from nothing!

- And Job accuses no one, on the contrary!

- BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD!

- EVERYBODY HAS HEARD JOB’S WORDS!

 

[1689Dave]

1) Looking for Job

Job 1:20 Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

Job 1:20

Hebrew

Then Job
אִיּוֹב֙ (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

stood up,
וַיָּ֤קָם (way·yā·qām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

tore
וַיִּקְרַ֣ע (way·yiq·ra‘)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7167: To rend

his robe,
מְעִל֔וֹ (mə·‘i·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4598: A robe

and shaved
וַיָּ֖גָז (way·yā·ḡāz)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1494: To cut off, to shear a, flock, shave the hair, to destroy an enemy

his head.
רֹאשׁ֑וֹ (rō·šōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

He fell
וַיִּפֹּ֥ל (way·yip·pōl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5307: To fall, lie

to the ground
אַ֖רְצָה (’ar·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

and worshiped,
וַיִּשְׁתָּֽחוּ׃ (way·yiš·tā·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7812: To depress, prostrate


Job 1:21 saying: "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."



Job 1:21



saying:
וַיֹּאמֶר֩ (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559:To utter, say

“Naked
עָרֹ֨ם (‘ā·rōm)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6174:Nude, either partially, totally

I came
יָצָ֜אתִי (yā·ṣā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3318:To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

from my mother’s
אִמִּ֗י (’im·mî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 517:A mother, )

womb,
מִבֶּ֣טֶן (mib·be·ṭen)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 990:The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything

and naked
וְעָרֹם֙ (wə·‘ā·rōm)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6174:Nude, either partially, totally

I shall return.
אָשׁ֣וּב (’ā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7725:To turn back, in, to retreat, again

The LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068:LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

gave,
נָתַ֔ן (nā·ṯan)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414:To give, put, set

and the LORD
וַיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068:LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

has taken away.
לָקָ֑ח (lā·qāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947:To take

Blessed
מְבֹרָֽךְ׃ (mə·ḇō·rāḵ)
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 1288:To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

be
יְהִ֛י (yə·hî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961:To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the name
שֵׁ֥ם (šêm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034:A name

of the LORD.”
יְהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068:LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

Job 1:22 In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.



Job 1:22



Hebrew

In all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

this,
זֹ֖את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

Job
אִיּ֑וֹב (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

sin
חָטָ֣א (ḥā·ṭā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

or charge
נָתַ֥ן (nā·ṯan)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

God
לֵאלֹהִֽים׃ (lê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

with wrongdoing.
תִּפְלָ֖ה (tip̄·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8604: Unsavoriness, unseemliness

- Job’s world has collapsed, everything he knows has gone away from him!

- Think about losing everything the same day!

- How would you react?

- Forget your past, now it’s time to start from nothing!

- And Job accuses no one, on the contrary!

- BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD!

- EVERYBODY HAS HEARD JOB’S WORDS!

What do you think? As I read Job, it appears that the more he proclaimed his innocence, the more he framed God as being unjust. His friends also had a twisted theology assuming Job must have deserved what he got. They were in a "gain is godliness" mode of thinking. In the end, I see Job in a repentant frame of mind as God delivers him from his trials. Any thoughts?

 

[JLG]

What do you think? As I read Job, it appears that the more he proclaimed his innocence, the more he framed God as being unjust. His friends also had a twisted theology assuming Job must have deserved what he got. They were in a "gain is godliness" mode of thinking. In the end, I see Job in a repentant frame of mind as God delivers him from his trials. Any thoughts?

- First, there is something essential to take into account!

- Job has only one reference and it is God!

- Once in his book he says if it is not God, who is it?

- When we take this into account, then all the pieces of the puzzles come together!

- He has a special relationship with God!

- He is completely lost because this relationship is essential to him!

- And he knows he has done nothing wrong!

- Second, his friends are not real friends!

- In the Bible, there are three levels of friends and the first one concerns people you just know!

- In fact, it is another weapon used by the devil to destabilize Job!

 

[JLG]

2) Looking for Job



Job 2: Then God says to Satan:” Where have you come from?” Satan answers God: “From roving about on the earth and from walking about in it.” And God says to Satan: “Have you taken note of my servant Job? THERE IS NO ONE LIKE HIM ON THE EARTH. HE IS AN UPRIGHT MAN OF INTEGRITY, FEARING GOD AND SHUNNING WHAT IS BAD. HE IS STILL HOLDING FIRMLY TO HIS INTEGRITY, EVEN THOUGH YOU TRY TO INCITE ME AGAINST HIM TO DESTROY HIM FOR NO REASON.”



- Here we have the testimony of God about Job!



- IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH OR NOT?

 

[JLG]

3) Looking for Job



Job 2:9 Then Job's wife said to him, "Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!"



Job 2:9



Hebrew

Then [Job's] wife
אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ (’iš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

said
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to him,
לוֹ֙ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

“Do you still
עֹדְךָ֖ (‘ō·ḏə·ḵā)
Adverb | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

retain
מַחֲזִ֣יק (ma·ḥă·zîq)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

your integrity?
בְּתֻמָּתֶ֑ךָ (bə·ṯum·mā·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8538: Innocence

Curse
בָּרֵ֥ךְ (bā·rêḵ)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and die!”
וָמֻֽת׃ (wā·muṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

https://biblehub.com/job/2-10.htm



Job 2:10



Hebrew

“You speak
כְּדַבֵּ֞ר (kə·ḏab·bêr)
Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

as a
אַחַ֤ת (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 259: United, one, first

foolish woman
הַנְּבָלוֹת֙ (han·nə·ḇā·lō·wṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 5036: Foolish, senseless

speaks,”
תְּדַבֵּ֔רִי (tə·ḏab·bê·rî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

he told
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

her.
אֵלֶ֗יהָ (’ê·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“Should we accept
נְקַבֵּל֙ (nə·qab·bêl)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 6901: To receive, take

from
מֵאֵ֣ת (mê·’êṯ)
Preposition-m | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

God
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

only good
הַטּ֗וֹב (haṭ·ṭō·wḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

and not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

adversity?”
הָרָ֖ע (hā·rā‘)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

In all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

this,
זֹ֛את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

Job
אִיּ֖וֹב (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

sin
חָטָ֥א (ḥā·ṭā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

in what he said.
בִּשְׂפָתָֽיו׃ (biś·p̄ā·ṯāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin


- Once again Job has lost everything even his health, the only thing left is his life and he keeps maintaining his integrity and his faithfulness to God, he doesn’t follow his wife as Adam did and Adam was perfect! So think about that too!

 

[1689Dave]

2) Looking for Job



Job 2: Then God says to Satan:” Where have you come from?” Satan answers God: “From roving about on the earth and from walking about in it.” And God says to Satan: “Have you taken note of my servant Job? THERE IS NO ONE LIKE HIM ON THE EARTH. HE IS AN UPRIGHT MAN OF INTEGRITY, FEARING GOD AND SHUNNING WHAT IS BAD. HE IS STILL HOLDING FIRMLY TO HIS INTEGRITY, EVEN THOUGH YOU TRY TO INCITE ME AGAINST HIM TO DESTROY HIM FOR NO REASON.”



- Here we have the testimony of God about Job!



- IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH OR NOT?

Yet I believe he framed God in his ignorance about the nature of the trial depicting Him as unjust by declaring his righteousness.

 

[JLG]

Yet I believe he framed God in his ignorance about the nature of the trial depicting Him as unjust by declaring his righteousness.

- Yes!
- Let's think about his situation!
- He has a special relationship with God!
- He has been blessed as a consequence!
- And he keeps behaving as usual!
- And suddenly the relationship is cut without any indication!
- Think about being married and suddenly your wife or your husband disappears without saying anything!
- What would you think?
- And not only that but his situation keeps worsening!
- It is definitely unnatural!
- And everyone is against him!
- Or everybody has abandonned him!
- And he used to do his best to help people!
- Thus everything is upside down!
- it is completely crazy!
- And he isn't responsible of anything!

 

[JLG]

3) Looking for Job

Job 2:9 Then Job's wife said to him, "Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!"

Job 2:9

Hebrew

Then [Job's] wife
אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ (’iš·tōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 802: Woman, wife, female

said
וַתֹּ֤אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to him,
לוֹ֙ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

“Do you still
עֹדְךָ֖ (‘ō·ḏə·ḵā)
Adverb | second person masculine singular
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

retain
מַחֲזִ֣יק (ma·ḥă·zîq)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2388: To fasten upon, to seize, be strong, obstinate, to bind, restrain, conquer

your integrity?
בְּתֻמָּתֶ֑ךָ (bə·ṯum·mā·ṯe·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8538: Innocence

Curse
בָּרֵ֥ךְ (bā·rêḵ)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 1288: To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse

God
אֱלֹהִ֖ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

and die!”
וָמֻֽת׃ (wā·muṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 4191: To die, to kill

https://biblehub.com/job/2-10.htm



Job 2:10



Hebrew

“You speak
כְּדַבֵּ֞ר (kə·ḏab·bêr)
Preposition-k | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

as a
אַחַ֤ת (’a·ḥaṯ)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 259: United, one, first

foolish woman
הַנְּבָלוֹת֙ (han·nə·ḇā·lō·wṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 5036: Foolish, senseless

speaks,”
תְּדַבֵּ֔רִי (tə·ḏab·bê·rî)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person feminine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

he told
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

her.
אֵלֶ֗יהָ (’ê·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

“Should we accept
נְקַבֵּל֙ (nə·qab·bêl)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 6901: To receive, take

from
מֵאֵ֣ת (mê·’êṯ)
Preposition-m | Direct object marker
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

God
הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

only good
הַטּ֗וֹב (haṭ·ṭō·wḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

and not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

adversity?”
הָרָ֖ע (hā·rā‘)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

In all
בְּכָל־ (bə·ḵāl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

this,
זֹ֛את (zōṯ)
Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

Job
אִיּ֖וֹב (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

did not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

sin
חָטָ֥א (ḥā·ṭā)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2398: To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn

in what he said.
בִּשְׂפָתָֽיו׃ (biś·p̄ā·ṯāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin


- Once again Job has lost everything even his health, the only thing left is his life and he keeps maintaining his integrity and his faithfulness to God, he doesn’t follow his wife as Adam did and Adam was perfect! So think about that too!

 

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4) Looking for Job

Job 2: Then we get the three “individuals” who come to Job:

When they see him from a distance, they don’t recognize him.

- Think about that: they can’t even recognize him so imagine his physical condition!

- And I’m not speaking about his mental condition!

 

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5) Looking for Job

Job 3:1-3

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Job 3:1

Hebrew

After
אַחֲרֵי־ (’a·ḥă·rê-)
Preposition
Strong's 310: The hind or following part

this,
כֵ֗ן (ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

Job
אִיּוֹב֙ (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

opened
פָּתַ֤ח (pā·ṯaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

his mouth
פִּ֔יהוּ (pî·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

and cursed
וַיְקַלֵּ֖ל (way·qal·lêl)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

the day of his [birth].
יוֹמֽוֹ׃ (yō·w·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day


Job 3:2 And this is what he said:



Job 3:2



Hebrew

And [this is what]
וַיַּ֥עַן (way·ya·‘an)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

[he]
אִיּ֗וֹב (’î·yō·wḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 347: Job -- a patriarch

said:
וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ (way·yō·mar)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

Job 3:3 "May the day of my birth perish, and the night it was said, 'A boy is conceived.'



Job 3:3



Hebrew

“May the day
י֭וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

of my birth
אִוָּ֣לֶד (’iw·wā·leḏ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3205: To bear young, to beget, medically, to act as midwife, to show lineage

perish,
יֹ֣אבַד (yō·ḇaḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

and the night
וְהַלַּ֥יְלָה (wə·hal·lay·lāh)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

it was said,
אָ֝מַ֗ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘A boy
גָֽבֶר׃ (ḡā·ḇer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1397: A valiant man, warrior, a person simply

is conceived.’
הֹ֣רָה (hō·rāh)
Verb - QalPass - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2030: Pregnant

- So he curses the day of his birth so it means it would be better for him not to be born!

- When you say that it means you are desperate, you have no more hope, you don’t see any option, no survival, the only way to escape is death!

- IS THAT CLEAR ENOUGH?

 

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6) Looking for Job

- Here there are too many verses!

- You can use the link of Biblehub and read a translation or the interlinear moving from verse to verse!

https://biblehub.com/job/3-4.htm

Job 3: 4-26

- Job has lost everything even his health and he is rejected by everybody, three individuals come to him to destroy him mentally! At first, they appear to be willing to help him but they do the contrary!

- His wife tells him to curse God and die but he curses the day he was born: when a situation is unbearable, when you can’t accept it, people want to die!

- Sometimes you can’t find words to express what you feel, Job can and it is to express his bad feelings!

- Job wants to escape the stressful situation!

- But there is no refuge, no help!

- Only death to be undisturbed and sleeping and at rest and no more agitation as Jesus says in the Gospels!

- But Job doesn’t understand why God let people live and suffer!

 

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7) Looking for Job

Job 6:2

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Hebrew

“If only
ל֗וּ (lū)
Preposition
Strong's 3863: If, would that!

my grief
כַּעְשִׂ֑י (ka‘·śî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3708: Vexation, anger

could be weighed
שָׁק֣וֹל (šā·qō·wl)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 8254: To suspend, poise

and
והיתי (wə·hay·yā·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

placed
יִשְׂאוּ־ (yiś·’ū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

with
יָֽחַד׃ (yā·ḥaḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly

my calamity
וְ֝הַוָּתִ֗י (wə·haw·wā·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1962: Calamity

on the scales.
בְּֽמֹאזְנַ֥יִם (bə·mō·zə·na·yim)
Preposition-b | Noun - md
Strong's 3976: A pair of scales

- anguish: severe mental or physical pain or suffering.

- grief: intense sorrow, especially caused by someone's death.

- Job is able to express what he feels with words and especially one which is « anguish or grief »!

- And he clearly connects his mental health with what has just happened in his life !

- And we must add the words : « fully weighed, put on scales, throughly weighed, laid in the balances” which insist on the intensity of his stress!

 

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8) Looking for Job

Job 6:3

Job 6:3 For then it would outweigh the sand of the seas--no wonder my words have been rash.

Hebrew

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

then
עַתָּ֗ה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

it would outweigh
יִכְבָּ֑ד (yiḵ·bāḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome

the sand
מֵח֣וֹל (mê·ḥō·wl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2344: Sand

of the seas—
יַמִּ֣ים (yam·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3220: A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin

no wonder
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

my words
דְּבָרַ֥י (də·ḇā·ray)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

have been rash.
לָֽעוּ׃ (lā·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3886: To swallow, swallow down

- This is an important verse to understand how Job reacts: Job says he feels really bad, the image he uses is quite clear “it is heavier than the sands of the seas and he compares his words to wild talk or my words have been rash. He is in such a mental condition that his words may go out of control or further than what he wants to say!

 

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9) Looking for Job

Biblehub Job 6:4

Hebrew

For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

the arrows
חִצֵּ֪י (ḥiṣ·ṣê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

of the Almighty
שַׁדַּ֡י (šad·day)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7706: The Almighty

have pierced me;
עִמָּדִ֗י (‘im·mā·ḏî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 5978: Against, by, from, me, mine, of, that I take, unto,

my spirit
רוּחִ֑י (rū·ḥî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit


- Of course, we are not Job, we are not the one about whom God says there is no one like him on earth. We know that Adam had a close relationship with God but he lost it, we know that Job had a close relationship with God, a special one and he kept it. But because of Satan this relationship was momentarily disturbed so Job was not feeling bad only because he lost everything but also because of this disruption which was unbearable for him! Just imagine what was the most important, the most precious for him! Any disruption must have been destructive and maybe if our relationship with God is really strong, we may understand that or maybe not! When it fills your day and your thoughts, how is it possible to do it without? IT IS IMPOSSIBLE! It depends on the quality of our relationship with God!

 

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10) Looking for Job

Job 6: 5,6

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Hebrew

Does a wild donkey
פֶּ֥רֶא (pe·re)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6501: A wild donkey

bray
הֲיִֽנְהַק־ (hă·yin·haq-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5101: To bray, scream

over
עֲלֵי־ (‘ă·lê-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

fresh grass,
דֶ֑שֶׁא (ḏe·še)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1877: A sprout, grass

or
אִ֥ם (’im)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

an ox
שּׁ֝֗וֹר (wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera)

low
יִגְעֶה־ (yiḡ·‘e·hō·šō-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1600: To bellow

over
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

its fodder?
בְּלִילֽוֹ׃ (bə·lî·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1098: Mixed, feed


Hebrew

Is tasteless food
תָּ֭פֵל (tā·p̄êl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 8602: Plaster, slime, frivolity

eaten
הֲיֵאָכֵ֣ל (hă·yê·’ā·ḵêl)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

without
מִבְּלִי־ (mib·bə·lî-)
Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's 1097: Failure, nothing, destruction, without, not yet, because not, as long as

salt,
מֶ֑לַח (me·laḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4417: Powder, salt

or
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

is there
יֶשׁ־ (yeš-)
Adverb
Strong's 3426: Being, substance, existence, is

flavor
טַ֝֗עַם (ṭa·‘am)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2940: A taste, perception, intelligence, a mandate

in the white
בְּרִ֣יר (bə·rîr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7388: To flow (like slime)

of an egg?
חַלָּמֽוּת׃ (ḥal·lā·mūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2495: (a plant), probably a purslane


- Think about a faithful one: how is it possible for him to live only one day away from God? Now think about Job in Job 6 and how he feels!

 

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11) Looking for Job

Job 6:8-10

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- RESPECT! INCREDIBLE WORDS! UNBELIEVABLE!

- How is it possible? Job is in such a bad situation and he asks God for the favor to die: “I WOULD LEAP FOR JOY DESPITE THE UNRELENTING PAIN.”

- Do you notice like me what Job says right now?

“FOR I HAVE NOT DENIED THE SAYINGS OF THE HOLY ONE.”

- IS THAT CLEAR AGAIN? FOR ME IT IS!

- Job wants to die, he doesn’t speak about committing suicide, he begs God to make him die like a favor, just to be in peace, in rest. Think about the last line:

FOR I HAVE NOT DENIED THE SAYINGS OF THE HOLY ONE

- Can you hear the chorus:

THERE IS NO ONE LIKE HIM ON EARTH

THERE IS NO ONE LIKE HIM ON EARTH

THERE IS NO ONE LIKE HIM ON EARTH

- Job is true to his faith in God!

 

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12) Looking for Job

Job 6:11

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Hebrew

What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

strength do I have,
כֹּחִ֥י (kō·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

that
כִֽי־ (ḵî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I should still hope?
אֲיַחֵ֑ל (’ă·ya·ḥêl)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3176: To wait, to be patient, hope

What
וּמַה־ (ū·mah-)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is my future,
קִּ֝צִּ֗י (qiṣ·ṣî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7093: An extremity, after

that
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

I
נַפְשִֽׁי׃ (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

should be patient?
אַאֲרִ֥יךְ (’a·’ă·rîḵ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 748: To be, long
- Is that not DESPERATION? When you don’t see any light at the end of the tunnel?

- It seems to be Job is in front of us, we see how he feels at any time right now and then, he is talking to us and telling us his deepest feelings and his pain and suffering and everything which goes through his mind! It is the same for us when we don’t know what comes next, it is as if we were watching us, being our own spectator!

 

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13) Looking for Job

Job 6:12,13

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Hebrew

Is my strength
כֹּ֣חַ (kō·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

like that
כֹּחִ֑י (kō·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

of stone,
אֲבָנִ֣ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 68: A stone

or
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

my flesh
בְּשָׂרִ֥י (bə·śā·rî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

made of bronze?
נָחֽוּשׁ׃ (nā·ḥūš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5153: Coppery, hard

Hebrew

[Is] there any
הַאִ֬ם (ha·’im)
Conjunction
Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

help
עֶזְרָתִ֣י (‘ez·rā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5833: Help, helper, assistance

within me,
בִ֑י (ḇî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

now that success
וְ֝תֻשִׁיָּ֗ה (wə·ṯu·šî·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8454: Support, ability, help, an undertaking, understanding

is driven
נִדְּחָ֥ה (nid·də·ḥāh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5080: To impel, thrust, banish

from me?
מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ (mim·men·nî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of


- There is nothing from Job!

- He thinks he is nobody!

- He thinks he is helpless!

- He thinks he is reduced to nothing!

- Job knows he is but a human being with human weakness!

- And he knows he is left alone with nothing, no hope, no way to escape!

- Is that the end of the way?

- We may think the same in some difficult situations!

 

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14) Looking for Job

Job 6:14

Hebrew

A despairing man
לַמָּ֣ס (lam·mās)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4523: Fainting, disconsolate

[should have] the kindness
חָ֑סֶד (ḥā·seḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty

of his friend,
מֵרֵעֵ֣הוּ (mê·rê·‘ê·hū)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

even if he forsakes
יַעֲזֽוֹב׃ (ya·‘ă·zō·wḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

the fear
וְיִרְאַ֖ת (wə·yir·’aṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3374: Fear, reverence

of the Almighty.
שַׁדַּ֣י (šad·day)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7706: The Almighty

- Job would never do that!

- he is the ESSENCE OF LOYAL LOVE!

- The POSITIVE FEAR OF THE ALMIGHTY RUNS THROUGH HIS BLOOD!

 

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15) Looking for Job

Job 6:15-23

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- SO POWERFUL!

- From where he is, Job finds the strength to speak about his own family and they are not here, they are of no help!

- Of course, we are all different!

- We take different ways!

- It is difficult to build a strong connection between human beings!

- We don’t go at the same speed!

- Do we go faster when we are alone?

- Job is incredible with all the strength he finds from his pain and suffering!

- Do we need to be be in such a mental condition to be able to express our deepest feelings?

- It also tells us how much we have to strive to get closer to God and Jesus if we want them to do the same!

- It’s a two way move!

- We have to work hard to build a special relationship!