Mark A. Copeland

B. WHY WAS HE NOT STILLBORN?
1. Then he would have been at rest, free from those who trouble him
2. He would be like those at rest, who were troubled in their lifetime

C. JOB VIEWS DEATH AS AN ESCAPE FROM EARTH'S MISERIES...
1. Job's view of death applies only to those who die in the Lord - cf. Re 14:13
2. For the wicked, death is no rest! - cf. Lk 16:19-31

III. JOB PONDERS THE PROBLEM OF SUFFERING (3:20-26)

A. WHY THE SUFFERING ARE ALLOWED TO LINGER...
1. Why is life given to those who linger in suffering?
2. Even to those who long for death?

B. WHAT JOB FEARED HAS NOW HAPPENED TO HIM...
1. He dreaded the suffering that has come to him
2. And now he is troubled and no longer at ease

REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR THIS SECTION

1) What are the three main points of this section?
- Job's curse (3:1-10)
- Job's questions (3:11-19)
- Job ponders the problem of suffering (3:20-26)

2) As Job begins his soliloquy, what two things does he curse? (1-3)
- The day of his birth and the night of his conception

3) Why did he did he curse the day of his birth? (10)
- Because it did not keep him from experiencing sorrow

4) Why did he wish he had died at birth? (11-15)
- Then he would be at rest, just like those who had been great in their lifetime

5) Why did he wish he had been stillborn? (16-19)
- Then he would be at rest, like those who had been oppressed in their lifetime

6) As Job ponders the problem of suffering, what does he ask? (20-21)
- Why is life given to those who suffer and long for death?

7) What had come upon Job? (25)
- That which he greatly feared and dreaded (i.e., trouble and suffering)

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