Tag: Old Testament Wisdom

Enjoy exploring Job 8 meaning here at ExplainingTheBook.com! You can also read our Job 8 commentary on the first ten verses of Job chapter 8. Well, Bildad goes on and apparently starts referencing some of these pieces of ancient wisdom in verse 11. 8:11 Can the [rush/papyrus] grow up without [mire/a marsh]?can the [flag/rushes/reeds] grow…

Enjoy this Job 8 commentary from your friends at ExplainingTheBook.com! You can read our explanation of Job 8 meaning of verses 11 through 22 of chapter 8 as well. Open your Bible to Job, chapter 8. We’ll be studying the 8th chapter of the Old Testament book of Job. We’ve been reminded throughout this book that…

Enjoy this free digital Job 7 summary from ExplainingTheBook.com in which we seek to explain verses 13-21 of Job, chapter 7. For comments on the first 12 verses of this chapter, see our Job 7 Commentary article. Job 7 Summary | No Rest And it seems to Job as if God will not leave him…

Enjoy this free digital Job 7 Commentary from ExplainingTheBook.com in which we seek to explain the first 12 verses of Job, chapter 7. For more information about verses 13-21 of this chapter, see our Job 7 Summary article. Job starts chapter 7 with an apparent reference to the fact that his days are numbered –…

Job 6 Summary: In Job chapters 6 and 7 we have a speech from Job. This speech is in reaction to Eliphaz’s response to Job’s first speech. And what Job will be reacting to is Eliphaz’s assertion – from his own personal experiences – that wicked people suffer. And therefore Job must be wicked on…

Moving on from chapter 4 to chapter 5, Eliphaz seems to really ramp up the rhetoric against Job. It seems as though he suddenly takes a more accusatory tone with him starting in verse 1.  5:1 Call now, if there be any that will answer thee;and to which of the [saints/holy ones] wilt thou turn?  So,…

Let’s turn to the 4th chapter of the Old Testament book of Job. Job chapter 4. We’ve been exploring the book of Job for over a month and now we’re in our fifth message in this book.  And I hope that we’ve been encouraged and strengthened by the message of this book – which is that “When We Can’t…