| Introduction | 1 |
| Prologue | |
| The greatest of all the people of the east (1:1-5) | 5 |
| Does Job fear God for naught? (1:6-12) | 10 |
| Blessed be the name of the Lord (1:13-22) | 14 |
| Curse God, and die (2:1-10) | 19 |
| A Note on Job's Wife | 24 |
| They raised their voices and wept (2:11-13) | 25 |
| Job's Lament | |
| Why did I not die at birth? (3:1-19) | 28 |
| Why is light given to him that is in misery? (3:20-26) | 33 |
| The First Cycle of Speeches | |
| Eliphaz | |
| Who that was innocent ever perished? (4:1-11) | 36 |
| Can mortal man be righteous before God? (4:12-21) | 38 |
| Man is born to trouble (5:1-7) | 43 |
| As for me, I would seek God (5:8-27) | 49 |
| A Note on Suffering as Divine Discipline | 53 |
| Job | |
| The arrows of the Almighty are in me (6:1-13) | 55 |
| My brethren are treacherous as a torrent-bed (6:14-30) | 59 |
| What is man, that thou dost make so much of him? (7:1-21) | 63 |
| Bildad | |
| Inquire, I pray you, of bygone ages (8:1-22) | 69 |
| Job | |
| He who removes mountains, and they know it not (9:1-10) | 74 |
| He destroys both the blameless and the wicked (9:11-24) | 77 |
| There is no umpire between us (9:25-35) | 83 |
| Thy hands fashioned and made me (10:1-22) | 88 |
| Zophar | |
| Can you find out the limit of the Almighty? (11:1-20) | 94 |
| Job | |
| I am a laughingstock to my friends (12:1-6) | 100 |
| Will you plead the case for God? (12:7-13:12) | 103 |
| Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him (AV) (13:13-19) | 108 |
| Wilt thou frighten a driven leaf? (13:20-14:6) | 114 |
| If a man die, shall he live again? (14:7-22) | 119 |
| The Second Cycle of Speeches | |
| Eliphaz | |
| You are doing away with the fear of God (15:1-16) | 124 |
| The wicked man writhes in pain all his days (15:17-35) | 128 |
| Job | |
| He has torn me in his wrath (16:1-17) | 131 |
| Even now, behold my witness is in heaven (16:18-17:16) | 136 |
| Bildad | |
| Shall the earth be forsaken for you? (18:1-21) | 142 |
| Job | |
| Have pity on me, O you my friends (19:1-22) | 144 |
| I know that my Redeemer lives (19:23-29) | 149 |
| I shall see God (19:23-29) (cont'd) | 154 |
| Zophar | |
| The exulting of the wicked is short (20:1-29) | 161 |
| Job | |
| Is my complaint against man? (21:1-34) | 164 |
| How often is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? (21:1-34) (cont'd) | 168 |
| A Third Confrontation Between Eliphaz and Job | |
| Eliphaz | |
| There is no end to your iniquities (22:1-30) | 171 |
| Job | |
| Oh, that I knew where I might find him! (23:1-17) | 176 |
| I am hemmed in by darkness (23:1-17) (cont'd) | 181 |
| A Note on Chapters 24-27: Misplaced or Unfinished Fragments | 186 |
| Interlude | |
| But where shall wisdom be found? (28:1-28) | 195 |
| The fear of the Lord, that is wisdom (28:1-28) (cont'd) | 198 |
| Job's Challenge to God | |
| Oh, that I were as in the months of old! (29:1-30:31) | 201 |
| My lyre is turned to mourning (29:1-30:31) (cont'd) | 206 |
| If my step has turned aside from the way (31:1-40) | 211 |
| Here is my signature! let the Almighty answer me! (31:1-40) (cont'd) | 215 |
| A Note on Chapters 32-37: The Speeches of Elihu | 219 |
| The Lord's Answer from the Whirl Wind and Job's Submission | |
| The Lord | |
| Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? (38:1-3) | 220 |
| Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? (38:4-24) | 224 |
| Who can tilt the waterskins of the heavens? (38:25-38) | 228 |
| Do you give the horse his might? (38:39-39:30) | 231 |
| The Lord and Job | |
| I lay my hand on my mouth (40:1-5) | 236 |
| The Lord | |
| Will you condemn me that you may be justified? (40:6-14) | 242 |
| Behold, Behemoth, which I made as I made you (40:15-41:34) | 246 |
| Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? (40:15-41:34) (cont'd) | 250 |
| Job | |
| But now my eye sees thee; therefore I despise myself (42:1-6) | 256 |
| Epilogue | |
| And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job (42:7-17) | 263 |
Appendix | The Speeches of Elihu | 268 |
| Further Reading | 283 |