Mark A. Copeland
c. Job understands that the wicked are reserved for the day of doom and wrath (i.e., the
day of Judgment)
d. So his friends' words have proved to be empty and without comfort

REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR THIS SECTION

1) How does Eliphaz view Job's attempts to justify himself? (15:2-3)
- Empty knowledge, unprofitable talk

2) In rebuking Job, what does Eliphaz ask of him? (15:9)
- What do you know that we do not know?

3) In responding to Job's claim of innocence, how does Eliphaz describe man? (15:16)
- Abominable and filthy, who drinks iniquity like water (possibly directed at Job)

4) In his description of how the wicked suffer, what point is Eliphaz making? (15:17-35)
- That suffering comes to wicked; i.e., if you are suffering, you must be wicked

5) As Job responds to Eliphaz, how does he describe his three friends? (16:2)
- Miserable comforters

6) What does Job say he would do if they were in his place? (16:4-5)
- Strengthen them with his mouth, relieve their grief with comforting words

7) How does Job feel God has treated him? (16:7-14)
- Worn him out, shriveled him up, tears him in His wrath, gnashes him with His teeth
- Delivered him up to the ungodly, shattered and shaken him to pieces

8) For what does Job cry out? (16:21)
- That one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor

9) What does Job say God has made him? (17:6)
- A byword of the people, one in whose face men spit

10) While Job has not lost his faith, what has he lost? (17:11,15)
- Any purpose or hope pertaining to this life


11) When Bildad responds, how does he feel Job has regarded them? (18:3)
- As beasts and stupid in his sight

12) In his second speech, what does Bildad provide? (18:5-21)
- A lengthy description of the suffering of the wicked, similar to what Eliphaz has done

13) In response to Bildad's second speech, what does Job ask him? (19:2)
- How long will you torment my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

14) As Job resumes his complaint to God, what does he say God has done? (19:7-11)

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