Job 25-27
Dear RTB’ers,
Not a lot to say today that hasn’t already been said. We conclude Job’s three friends’ speeches with the shortest of all – Bildad’s third speech, only six verses. (Zophar doesn’t even offer a third speech.) Bildad sees God’s power and man’s frailty: Behold, even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure in His eyes; how much less man, who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm! (vv. 25:5-6) Maybe he had more to say, but Job jumps in with ultimate sarcasm: How you have helped him who has no power! How you have saved the arm that has no strength! How you have counseled him who has no wisdom… vv. 26:2-3a). Then Job continues with a long soliloquy, all the way through to the end of chapter 31.
Job first speaks of God’s power and our own minimal understanding of who He is: Behold, these are but the outskirts of His ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?” (v. 26:14) But then he reverts to his own innocence, his righteousness in the first six verses of chapter 27 before closing with his observation on the ultimate fate of the wicked.
We have two more days of Job’s long discourse. Stay tuned!
Blessings!
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