Prologue and Job’s Lament
Job 1:1–3:26
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Debate Cycle One: Traditional Wisdom Meets Innocent Suffering
Job 4:1–14:22
Start MovementDebate Cycle Two: Accusation, Witness, and Vindication
Job 15:1–21:34
Start MovementDebate Cycle Three: Collapse of the Friends’ Case and Job’s Oath
Job 22:1–27:23
Start MovementInterlude: The Hiddenness of Wisdom
Job 28:1–28
Start MovementJob’s Closing Monologue: Honor, Darkness, and Final Oath
Job 29:1–31:40
Start MovementThe Speeches of Elihu: Transitional Correction Before the Storm
Job 32:1–37:24
Start MovementThe Lord Speaks: Whirlwind, Cosmos, Behemoth, and Leviathan
Job 38:1–41:34
Start MovementJob’s Response and Epilogue: Humbling, Intercession, and Restoration
Job 42:1–17
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JOB-001 · Job 1:1–2:13
The Righteous Man and the Court of Heaven
Read this pericopeJOB-020 · Job 28:1–28
The Hiddenness of Wisdom: Only God Knows the Path
Read this pericopeJOB-032 · Job 42:1–6
Job’s Final Confession and Repentance
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Prologue and Job’s Lament Job 1:1–3:26
Debate Cycle One: Traditional Wisdom Meets Innocent Suffering Job 4:1–14:22
- JOB-003 Eliphaz’s First Speech: The Voice of Traditional Wisdom 4:1–5:27
- JOB-004 Job’s Reply to Eliphaz: The Cry of the Innocent 6:1–7:21
- JOB-005 Bildad’s First Speech: Retribution Theology Clarified 8:1–8:22
- JOB-006 Job’s Reply to Bildad: How Can a Mortal Be Right Before God? 9:1–10:22
- JOB-007 Zophar’s First Speech 11:1–11:20
- JOB-008 Job’s Reply to Zophar 12:1–14:22
Debate Cycle Two: Accusation, Witness, and Vindication Job 15:1–21:34
- JOB-009 Eliphaz’s Second Speech: Accusation and Escalation 15:1–15:35
- JOB-010 Job’s Reply: Heaven Is My Witness 16:1–17:16
- JOB-011 Bildad’s Second Speech: The Fate of the Wicked 18:1–18:21
- JOB-012 Job’s Meditation on Vindication 19:1–19:29
- JOB-013 Zophar’s Second Speech 20:1–20:29
- JOB-014 Job’s Reply to Zophar 21:1–21:34
Debate Cycle Three: Collapse of the Friends’ Case and Job’s Oath Job 22:1–27:23
Interlude: The Hiddenness of Wisdom Job 28:1–28
Job’s Closing Monologue: Honor, Darkness, and Final Oath Job 29:1–31:40
The Speeches of Elihu: Transitional Correction Before the Storm Job 32:1–37:24
- JOB-024 Elihu’s Introduction: A Young Man Burns With Insight 32:1–32:22
- JOB-025 Elihu Confronts Job: God Speaks in Many Ways 33:1–33:33
- JOB-026 Elihu’s Theology of Divine Justice 34:1–34:37
- JOB-027 Elihu’s Third Speech: Human Righteousness and Divine Benefit 35:1–16
- JOB-028 Elihu’s Fourth Speech, Part I: Divine Discipline and Deliverance 36:1–26
- JOB-029 Elihu’s Fourth Speech, Part II: Storm-Theology and Prelude to Theophany 36:27–37:24