Bible study Does only the evil suffer?
Ever wondered if there is only no rest for the wicked? In this Article I delve into the answer and it's probably not how you think.
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This chapter consists of mainly the following men having a disagreement against Job:
Bildad the Shuhite
Eliphaz the Temanit
Zophar the Naamathite
Elihu
In the end, despite the troubles Job faced with the permission Satan had been given, Job didn't curse God to his face. God proved Satan wrong. In Job 1:11, Satan says "But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
To God's face, Job says:
This also goes to show, that not only evil people suffer, so do innocent people. God punished Eliph, Bilda and Zopha, for thinking that was how God works. God doesn't just let the evil suffer, but also the innocent, however, there is always a devine reason that we may not understand.
God is the only one who knows for sure why we go through bad times, or even a bad life all together. But never think that God doesn't love you. The Lord loves everyone, even the sinners. Trust that what you're going through is meant for a higher purpose. Trust that the Lord knows best. If you feel ready, ask the Lord into your heart, it is never too late.
Thank you so much for reading this Article. Be sure to visit this blog soon, for more reads you may find interesting!
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This chapter consists of mainly the following men having a disagreement against Job:
Bildad the Shuhite
Eliphaz the Temanit
Zophar the Naamathite
Elihu
God speaks to Satan
Job 1:6One day the angels came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
Job 1:8
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”
Job 1:9
“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied.
Job 1:10 - Job 1:11
"Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
Job 1:12
The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
⏩'Job speaks
Job 3:26"I have no peace, no quietness; I have no rest, but only turmoil.”
Job 7:4"When I lie down to sleep, the hours drag; I toss all night and long for dawn."
Job 7:15"so that I prefer strangling and death, rather than this body of mine."
Job 7:21"For I will soon lie down in the dust; you will search for me, but I will be no more.”
Bildad replies
Job 8:3
"Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?"
Job replies
Job 10"I say to God: Do not declare me guilty, but tell me what charges you have against me. Does it please you to oppress me, to spurn the work of your hands,"
Job 10:2-3“I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint"
Job 10:18“Why then did you bring me out of the womb? I wish I had died before any eye saw me."
⏩'Zophar replies
Job 11:20"But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp.”
Job replies
Job 13:3"But I desire to speak to the Almighty and to argue my case with God."
Eliphaz replies
Job 15:20"All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless man through all the years stored up for him."
Job replies
Job 16:7
"Surely, God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household."
Job 17:7
"My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow."
Bildad replies
Job 18:5“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning."
Job 18:21"Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”
Job replies
Job 19:6
"then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around me."
⏩'Zophar replies
Job 20:5
"that the mirth of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment."
Job replies
Job 21:7"Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?"
Job 21:9"Their homes are safe and free from fear; the rod of God is not on them."
Eliphaz replies
Job 22:3-4
"What pleasure would it give the Almighty if you were righteous? What would he gain if your ways were blameless? Is it for your piety that he rebukes you and brings charges against you?"
Bildad replies
Job 25:4
"How then can a mortal be righteous before God? How can one born of woman be pure?"
⏩'Job replies
Job 27:5"I will never admit you are in the right; till I die, I will not deny my integrity."
Job 29:4-5"Oh, for the days when I was in my prime, when God’s intimate friendship blessed my house, when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me,"
Job 29:11"Whoever heard me spoke well of me, and those who saw me commended me,"
Job 30“But now they mock me, men younger than I, whose fathers I would have disdained to put with my sheep dogs."
Job 30:10"They detest me and keep their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face."
Job 30:12-13"On my right the tribe attacks; they lay snares for my feet, they build their siege ramps against me. They break up my road; they succeed in destroying me."
Job 30:20“I cry out to you, God, but you do not answer; I stand up, but you merely look at me."
Job 30:28"I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the assembly and cry for help."
Job 30:30"My skin grows black and peels; my body burns with fever."
Job 31:6
"let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless—"
⏩'Elihu replies
Job 34:11“He repays everyone for what they have done; he brings on them what their conduct deserves."
Job 36:4"Be assured that my words are not false; one who has perfect knowledge is with you."
Job 36:17"But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have taken hold of you."
God answers
Job 38:18"Have you comprehended the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know all this."
Job 40:2“Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him!”
Job 41:33"Nothing on earth is its equal— a creature without fear."
Job replies
Job 42:3"You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know."
Job 42:6"Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
God answers
Job 42:3After the LORD had said these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “I am angry with you and your two friends, because you have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has."
Job 42:8"So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You have not spoken the truth about me, as my servant Job has.”
⏩'How the argument was resolved
Job 42:9So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite did what the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job’s prayer.
Job 42:10After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his fortunes and gave him twice as much as he had before.
Job 42:11All his brothers and sisters and everyone who had known him before came and ate with him in his house. They comforted and consoled him over all the trouble the LORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
Job 42:12The LORD blessed the latter part of Job’s life more than the former part. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand donkeys.
Job 42:13And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
Job 42:15Nowhere in all the land were there found women as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance along with their brothers.
Job 42:16After this, Job lived a hundred and forty years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.
In conclusion
In the end, despite the troubles Job faced with the permission Satan had been given, Job didn't curse God to his face. God proved Satan wrong. In Job 1:11, Satan says "But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”
To God's face, Job says:
Job 42:3"You asked, ‘Who is this that obscures my plans without knowledge?’ Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know."
Job 42:6
"Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes.”
Satan was wrong.
This also goes to show, that not only evil people suffer, so do innocent people. God punished Eliph, Bilda and Zopha, for thinking that was how God works. God doesn't just let the evil suffer, but also the innocent, however, there is always a devine reason that we may not understand.
God is the only one who knows for sure why we go through bad times, or even a bad life all together. But never think that God doesn't love you. The Lord loves everyone, even the sinners. Trust that what you're going through is meant for a higher purpose. Trust that the Lord knows best. If you feel ready, ask the Lord into your heart, it is never too late.
Thank you so much for reading this Article. Be sure to visit this blog soon, for more reads you may find interesting!
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