However, their application or using of doctrine did not go along with that thinking. The characters in the book of job consist of job, his wife, his three friends bildad, eliphaz, and zophar, a man named elihu, god, and angels one of whom is named satan. Job knew there was no great hidden scandal in his life engendering his trials. Jobs friends came to counsel him eliphaz, bildad, zophar a fourth. When three of job s friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Despite minor differences, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar have one view of the problem of jobs afflictions. He is called the shuhite, probably as belonging to shuah, a district in arabia, in which shuah, the sixth son of abraham by keturah, settled genesis 25.
Like the others, bildad and zophar, eliphaz assumes that all suffering is punishment for wrong doing. Three of job s friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, hear about his misfortune and came from afar to visit. However, eliphaz, along with bildad and zophar, failed in his attempt to comfort his suffering friend. This wisdom is the result of ages of thought and experience compare job 15. Job lived in the land of uz, a region at the south of edom and west of the great arabian desert. Eliphaz, bildad, zophar and e l i h u in our study of this book of job, we will discover the ageold battle between our self and living by our spirit as we depend on the wisdom and power of the holy spirit. The book of job wednesday evening at calvary chapel spring valley, las vegas, nevada with pastor derek neider. Eliphaz the temanite was one of job s three friends who showed up to comfort job but ended up adding to his misery by asserting that job s suffering was a punishment for secret sin. Select the ways in which eliphaz, bildad, and zophar had to make restitution. When eliphaz speaks, and when bildad and zophar echo him, they are under the influence of the one who brought the charges against job s integrity to begin with. Job bible study outlinecontents by chapter and verse. He gave three speeches and spoke longer than the other two men.
Let someone play job, eliphaz, bildad, zophar, and elihu. The book of job the books of reference used for this study of the book of psalms were the bible, king james version, called the companion bible, publisher kregel. In this study of the words of eliphaz, we will discover things he said that we believe reflected his wrong concepts and his erroneous theology of suffering. Job is suffering, therefore job is being punished for wrong doing. At the end of job 2, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar enter stage left. Enjoy this free digital job 6 summary from that seeks to explain job, chapter 6 verses 2430. There is limited information in the book of job about its geographical and historical background. These guys have plenty to say, and job isnt their biggest fan. You have given such wonderful advice to this foolish man. God returns job s health, providing him with twice as much property as before, new children, and an extremely long life. This passage introduces three remarkable friends of job. Study guide for job 2 by david guzik blue letter bible.
Through these three rounds, a certain movement can be detected. Each time i read through the drama of the book of job, some new theme seems to. A phonological existential analysis to the book of job jstor. Be careful of the folly of eliphaz, bildad, zophar jobs friends.
Many scholars tend to view the approach of eliphaz, bildad, and zophar to. Strongs exhaustive concordance of the bible, numbered to the hebrew, chaldee, and greek, and english, coded to the strongs concordance numbers. Elihu was one of jobs friendsnot one of the three who had come to comfort job at the beginning of the book, but one who arrives later and offers the last and longest single speech to job. Explain what job has been through and then talk about his friends and their advice. Friend number four is a young man named barachel, who waits to speak until the other three are done, and that takes thirtyone chapters. In his first reply to job s complaints, he argues that those who are truly good are never entirely forsaken by providence, but that punishment may justly be inflicted for secret sins. Jobs three friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, have historically been known for offering lengthy speeches that resulted in their being condemned by god job 42. Job with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. But the writer of the book of job is not satisfied to live that way.
The difference between job and his three friends knowable word. Otherwise, according to their conception of god, job s sufferings would be unjust. The book defends the absolute glory and perfection of god it sets forth the theme echoed in. This response pleases god, but he is upset with eliphaz, bildad, and zophar for spouting poor and theologically unsound advice. Job intercedes on their behalf, and god forgives them. This free audio bible name pronunciation guide is a valuable tool in your study of gods word. Elihus insights diverge from those of zophar, eliphaz, and bildad, the three main comforters of job. The second of the three friends of job who, coming from distant regions, make an appointment together to condole with and comfort him in his affliction job 2.
The author of the book of job was a hebrew poet who had an extensive vocabulary. Jobs three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar by zac poonen when jobs three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar heard of his adversity, they came to visit him, saying they wanted to comfort him job 2. He appears in the book of job in the hebrew bible eliphaz appears mild and modest. In the first cycle the friends are content to talk generalities, without venturing to apply their doctrine directly to job. They saw the suffering job had and they thought they would suffer also. The majority of the debate section in the book of job is in prose form. I encourage you to marinate in the poetry and discover the main ideas for yourself. Bildad the shuhite one the first three, then four friends of job, who discuss with him the finer points of existence.
Job s buddies eliphaz, zophar, and bildad come to visit and chill with him while he rolls around in ash and sackcloth. Study guide for job 22 by david guzik blue letter bible. Eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him. Job 6 summary explaining the book bible study guide. The amplified bible now when job s three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came each one from his own place, eliphaz the temanite and bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite, for they had made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.
And throughout the book we see jobs steadfast faith in god in the midst of great crisis. Outwardly good, he is, they hold, really a bad man. Jobs three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar by zac poonen when job s three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar heard of his adversity, they came to visit him, saying they wanted to comfort him job 2. Lets begin our survey of elihus theology by asking why we should accept it. Also against his three friends his wrath was aroused. Eliphaz, bildad, and zopharfalse accusers book of job. The book of job is a book in the ketuvim writings section of the hebrew bible tanakh, and.
Role play job s conversation with eliphaz, bildad, and zophar. At one point job, weary of their unhelpful rhetoric, told them, you are miserable comforters. Writers job has inspired or influenced include john milton samson agonistes, dostoevsky the brothers karamazov. Their line was that his suffering must be due to his own sin for god would only permit suffering to those who deserved it. After the lord allowed satan to afflict job, three of his friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, came to comfort him.
Not much is known about job based on the masoretic text of the jewish bible. Eliphaz, bildad and zophar, jobs three friends, were all sure that job must have had some dirty secret at the root of his newfound troubles. But they didnt actually comfort him at all, when we see the way they spoke to him later on. Eliphaz bases on human experience in all three speeches chap.
In this study of the words of eliphaz, we will discover things he said that we believe. What did jobs three friends have wrong, and what did they have. There is also a phonetic guide to use to see the proper pronunciation of eliphaz. Eliphaz the temanite, in the old testament book of job chapters 4, 5, 15, 22, one of three friends who sought to console job, who is a biblical archetype of unmerited suffering.
Conventional wisdom told eliphaz that god should immediately punish the wicked as that would be the just thing to do. Job was a righteous man who was suddenly embroiled in an intense ordeal of every kind of suffering. Finally, job himself is stricken with a terrible skin disease. Eliphaz, job, bildad, job the third cycle gets cut short, and zophar never gets his third moment of fame.
They thought god was punishing job for any sins and could not see that god uses suffering also to refine and to teach believers. Bildad the shuhite is the symbol of human tradition or philosophy. After this point in the book of job there begins 35 chapters of discussion between job and his friends. However, all three wrongly assumed that jobs suffering was the result of some hidden sin. On the seventh day, job speaks, beginning a conversation in which each of the four men shares his thoughts on job s afflictions in long, poetic statements. Eliphaz from teman, bildad from shuah, and zophar from naamah were three of jobs friends, and they heard about his troubles. Implied that jobs sons had sinned and deserved the calamity that struck them and suggested that job himself was godless. Likely the oldest and most influential of the comforters, eliphaz was the first to speak. Now when jobs three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place. For a whole week after arriving they said nothing, but sat silently with him, because they saw how great his suffering was. Dec 29, 2011 the book of job wednesday evening at calvary chapel spring valley, las vegas, nevada with pastor derek neider. When men pay heed to spirits that glide past their faces job 4. After job s complaints in job 3, eliphaz is the first of the friends to speak. Job was observing that in this life god often chooses not to prevent evil.
The three friends of job represent three ways of solving the mysterious problems of divine government in the affairs of men. The lord blessed job with a family of seven sons and three daughters before his period of suffering. Jobs three friends eliphaz, bildad and zophar were not able to understand these ways of god. Elihu is identified only as the son of barakel the buzite, of the family of ram job 32. Eliphaz the temanite is the symbol of human experience or history.
Eliphaz s prediction that god would deliver one who is not innocent through the purity of job s hands would be fulfilled ironically through job s prayer for the three friends at the end of the book 42. So eliphaz, bildad, and zophar were not able to sustain their theory in the face of. Why was god angry about what eliphaz, bildad, and zophar said to job. In his sorrow he sits mourning on an ash heap, scraping his sores with a piece of pottery while he laments his misfortune.
Three of job s friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, come to visit him, sitting with job in silence for seven days out of respect for his mourning. In its note on verse 30, the nelson study bible states. The book of job continued job s undeserved suffering had not been aided by three of his wouldbe comforters zophar, bildad and eliphaz. How to pronounce say eliphaz by bible speak pronunciation. He went through three cycles of debate with his friends who insisted that. What did jobs three friends have wrong, and what did they. Bildad, what a great help you are to this tired, weary man. This is when job s three friends eliphaz, bildad, and zophar arrive to mourn with him and to offer comfort.
Job had 3 friends that showed up for him in his time of need. First cycle of speeches 414 objectives in studying this section 1 to examine the counsel of job s friends, what their observations were, and upon what they based their conclusions regarding job s suffering 2 to consider job s response to his friends, how he took their advice, and how he continued to. When we are introduced to elihu, there are two immediate points to notice. His three friends, eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite and zophar the naamathite, console him. Sep 12, 20 what do i do with eliphaz, bildad and zophar.
Eliphaz speaks to job earlier this year, i began a journey through the bible chronologically, not just to read it, but to study it, learn the history behind the stories, and deepen my relationship with god. According to our introduction to the text, how is suffering different in job than it is in the genesis account. Despite minor differences, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar have one view of the problem of job s afflictions. The ghosts and their neighbors in the underworld shake with fear. More insights from your bible study get started with logos bible software. For more information about eliphaz, check out the easton bible dictionary entry as well. Eliphaz the temanite was one of jobs three friends who showed up to comfort job but ended up adding to his misery by asserting that jobs suffering was a punishment for secret sin. Zophar the naamathite is the symbol of human merit or moral law. Dec 29, 2016 the most hurtful comments of jobs friends,barry york study from the bible and be encouraged to grow your faith.
It is unwise to pull an isolated verse from the book of job and use it to. Two scariest lies in our world right now francis chan from doctrine youth study. Job will pray for you, and i will answer his prayer and not disgrace you the way you deserve. The most hurtful comments of job s friends,barry york study from the bible and be encouraged to grow your faith. Like the other two comforters, bildad and eliphaz, zophar emphasizes an old hebrew conceptsuffering is the inevitable lot of the evil m. However, it can be helpful to understand general information about the geography and history of the area to give you a context for reading and studying the book of job.
The most hurtful comments of jobs friends bible study. The speeches of elihu, in this analysis, are not concerned with the authenticity of elihu but with the content of his speeches in intertextual relation with the preceding conversations between job and his three friends. Eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite are. Elihu was also angry at eliphaz, bildad, and zophar because they had failed to solve the controversy they had found no answer, while at the same time they were in elihus opinion too harsh against job and yet had condemned job. In fact, job paints a picture of the blessings enjoyed by the wicked that very much resembles the picture of the good man eliphaz had described in job 5.
Three friends eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite come from afar and express their sympathy by remaining silent and by clothing themselves in sackcloth and sitting in ashes. Like the others, bildad and zophar, eliphaz assumes that all suffering is. Each time i read through the drama of the book of job. Their names were eliphaz the temanite, bildad the shuhite, and zophar the naamathite. In his study on the book the book of job, quality publications, wayne jackson offers the following lessons to be gleaned. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Job 32 scofield reference bible commentary bible study tools. Eliphaz, bildad and zophar agreed that gods ways are far above their ways. At one point job, weary of their unhelpful rhetoric, told them, you are miserable comforters, all of you. Eliphaz, bildad and zophar 1 ancient pagan religions prescribed three treatments for those in jobs condition. Ridiculed job s integrity and claimed that god had no faith in his servants job 4, 5 called job presumptuous and wicked and claimed that job had no fear of god. Addressing the problem of theodicy the vindication of the justice of god in the light of humanitys suffering it is a rich theological work setting out a variety of perspectives. His three speeches were shorter and more hurtful than those of eliphaz. Rather than stressing the idea that suffering is a punishment for sinful actions, elihu concentrates on jobs sinful reaction to his undeserved suffering.
The word temanite probably indicates that he was an edomite, or member of a palestinian people descended from esau. Jun 20, 2016 this free audio bible name pronunciation guide is a valuable tool in your study of gods word. What did jobs three friends have wrong, and what did they have right. So, they badgered poor job to confess this suspected secret sin. Role play jobs conversation with eliphaz, bildad, and zophar. The identity of leviathan and the meaning of the book of job. Like the other two comforters, bildad and eliphaz, zophar emphasizes an old hebrew conceptsuffering is the inevitable lot of the evil man. Job s three friends, eliphaz, bildad, and zophar, have historically been known for offering lengthy speeches that resulted in their being condemned by god job 42. This begins a third and shortened round of debate between job and his three friends eliphaz, bildad, and zophar. They really knew job was righteous and they thought they were also. Job begins with this same worldview, and eliphaz begins the cycle by gently reminding him of what he already knows job 4. Otherwise, according to their conception of god, jobs sufferings would be unjust. Click the play button below to hear how to pronounce eliphaz.
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