Mark A. Copeland
B. HIS ADVERSITY (1:6-2:13)

C. HIS PERPLEXITY (3)

II. JOB’S DEFENSE (4-37)

A. THE FIRST ROUND (4-14)
1. Eliphaz (4-5) - Job’s reply (6-7)
2. Bildad (8) - Job’s reply (9-10)
3. Zophar (11) - Job’s reply (12-14)

B. THE SECOND ROUND (15-21)
1. Eliphaz (15) - Job’s reply (16-17)
2. Bildad (18) - Job’s reply (19)
3. Zophar (20) - Job’s reply (21)

C. THE THIRD ROUND (22-37)
1. Eliphaz (22) - Job’s reply (23-24)
2. Bildad (25) - Job’s reply (26-31)

D. YOUNG ELIHU SPEAKS (32-37)
1. Contradicting Job’s friends (32)
2. Contradicting Job himself (33)
3. Proclaiming God’s justice, goodness, and majesty (34-37)

III. JOB’S DELIVERANCE (38-42)

A. GOD HUMBLES JOB (38:1-42:6)
1. Through questions too great to answer (38:1-41:34)
2. Job acknowledges his inability to understand (42:1-6)

B. GOD HONORS JOB (42:7-17)
1. God rebukes his critics (42:7-10)
2. God restores his wealth (42:11-17)


REVIEW QUESTIONS FOR THE INTRODUCTION

1) What are Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon, often called?
- Books of Poetry
- Wisdom Literature

2) Who wrote the book, and when?
- We do not know

3) What evidence is there that this book describes an event that actually occurred?
- It both starts and ends like other books of history in the Old Testament
- Job is included with Noah and Daniel, as figures of history, in Eze 14:14

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