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Job 2:1

On another
וַיְהִ֣י (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

day,
הַיּ֔וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

the sons
בְּנֵ֣י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of God
הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים (hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

came
וַיָּבֹ֙אוּ֙ (way·yā·ḇō·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

to present themselves
לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב (lə·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand

before
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the LORD;
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and Satan
הַשָּׂטָן֙ (haś·śā·ṭān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7854: An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good

also
גַֽם־ (ḡam-)
Conjunction
Strong's 1571: Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and

came
וַיָּב֤וֹא (way·yā·ḇō·w)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

with them
בְּתֹכָ֔ם (bə·ṯō·ḵām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 8432: A bisection, the centre

to present
לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב (lə·hiṯ·yaṣ·ṣêḇ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3320: To set or station oneself, take one's stand

himself before
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

[Him].
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

 

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Job 2:2

“Where
אֵ֥י (’ê)
Interrogative
Strong's 335: Where?, how?

have you come from?”
תָּבֹ֑א (tā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

said
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

the LORD
יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

Satan.
הַשָּׂטָ֔ן (haś·śā·ṭān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7854: An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good

“From roaming
מִשֻּׁ֣ט (miš·šuṭ)
Preposition-m | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 7751: To push forth, to lash, to row, to travel

through the earth,”
בָּאָ֔רֶץ (bā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

[he]
הַשָּׂטָ֤ן (haś·śā·ṭān)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7854: An opponent -- Satan, the arch-enemy of good

replied,
וַיַּ֨עַן (way·ya·‘an)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

“and from walking back and forth
וּמֵהִתְהַלֵּ֖ךְ (ū·mê·hiṯ·hal·lêḵ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

in it.”
בָּֽהּ׃ (bāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

 

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Job 14

He comes up like a blossom and then withers

away;

He flees like a shadow and disappears.


- Yes, life is too short!


- And Job wants to live!


- But not in such conditions!


- He wants to get back to his normal life!


- He wants to be active!


- He wants to communicate with God!


- he doesn’t want to die!


- And his complaints show how much he wants to live!

 

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Job 14

Yes, you have fixed your eye upon him,

And you bring him into judgment with

yourself.

Who can produce someone clean from someone

unclean?

No one can!


- God created man as a perfect creature!


- Because of the devil and because of Adam we lost this perfection!


- We can see the result every day by living in this world!


- We didn’t choose!


- But it is so!


- We can only wait for a new world!


- But for now we have to live in this world!


- But we must prepare for the next one!


- Remember the Israelites!


- They were not prepared!


- When they left, they acted as if they were still in Egypt!


- And if Moses hadn’t prevented God from destroying them, they would have been destroyed all at once and all of them!


- May we remember this reality!

 

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Job 14

If his days are decided,

The number of his months is with you;

You have set a limit for him that he may not go

beyond.

Turn your gaze away from him so that he may

rest,

Until, like a hired worker, he finishes out his

day.

- Yes, man has limited days to live!


- But he should have lived forever!


- With no limits to learn!


- And no limits to develop ourselves!


- And the possibility to develop a personal relationship with God like the faithful characters in the Bible!


- And the possibility to work for God as the source of knowledge!


- Even if some angels rebel against God, the majority stays faithful!


- Why cut the roots of the tree?

 

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Job 14

For there is hope even for a tree.

If it is cut down, it will sprout again,

And its twigs will continue to grow.


- Yes, and it’s the same for us!


- We have to live for a few days!


- And we must live in this contaminated world!


- And we don’t have enough time to learn!


- There are so many things to learn!


- But our hope must get stronger and stronger!


- And we must build it up now to be stronger ourselves!


- Even if we live in bad conditions!


- Even if we are ill or whatever!

 

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Job 14

If its root grows old in the ground

And its stump dies in the soil,

At the scent of water it will sprout;

And it will produce branches like a new plant.


- Yes, we need to see our hope grow!


- We must not let despair grow!


- We must fight like Job no matter what happens!


- And if we die, God can bring us back through resurrection!


- But we must build up our relationship with God!


- We mustn’t let it die or diminish to become a pea!

 

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Job 14

But a man dies and lies powerless;

When a human expires, where is he?


- When someone dies believing in God, he can have hope through resurrection!


- But it is necessary to build up this hope like a rock or a mountain!


- Something solid we can hold onto!


- But it is hard work!


- That’s why we need to study personally and dig deeply!


- We must learn how to do it!


- It is not easy because this world is superficial!


- And knowledge is a perpetual movement!


- A never ending trip!


- On the contrary superficiality is easy!


- You don’t need any effort!


- But you go nowhere!


- And thus you can’t build a relationship with God!


- No way!

 

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Job 14

Waters disappear from the sea,

And a river drains away and dries up.

Man also lies down and does not get up.

Until heaven is no more, they will not wake up,

Nor will they be aroused from their sleep.

O that in the grave you would conceal me,

That you would hide me until your anger

masses by,

That you would set a time limit for me and

remember!

- Yes, Job wants to die because of his pain and sufferance!


- He wants to go to the Grave to be concealed!


- There he will wait for God to remember him and bring him back from death!


- Everything is clear in Job’s mind!


- Do we have the same mind light?

 

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Job 14

If a man dies, can he live again?

I will wait all the days of my compulsory

service

Until my relief comes.

You will call, and I will answer you.

You will long for the work of your hands.


- Job is waiting for death!


- And he will wait for God’s call!


- And God will long for the work of his hands!


- But for that a strong relationship is necessary!


- Why should God remember us if we are strangers to him?

 

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145) Looking for Job


Job 14

But for now, you keep counting my every step;

You watch only for my sin.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag,

And you seal up my error with glue.


- Job doesn’t know it but he speaks of the devil!


- Yes, the devil is working hard to destroy him!


- Or better said, to destroy his relationship with God!


- But God watches him because he cares about him!


- Everywhere in the Bible we can see that God cares about man!


- It is his creation!


- But he also waits for us to care about him!


- Because he gave us so much in the way he built us and the way he built the earth!


- And because he wants to offer us a bright future on the earth but according to his standard, not according to man’s standard because it doesn’t work!


- The world is filled with violence and so many bad things that it is necessary to cleanse the earth from those who are responsible for violence and bad things!

 

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Job 14

As a mountain falls and crumbles away

And a rock is dislodged from its place,

As water wears away stones

And its torrents wash away earth’s soil,

So you have destroyed the hope of mortal

man.


- Once again he speaks of the devil without knowing it!


- And that’s exactly what the devil wants!


- No hope, just thinking about the present because there is no future!


- And that’s exactly what man is doing!


- Man is responsible for the calamities he provokes!


- He has no excuse!


- And he is proud of it!


- Thus he shows that his father is the devil not God!


- When you have a father, you try to do your best to develop and maintain a good relationship with him, especially when he provides for you!


- Thus by acting badly man shows who is his real father!

 

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147) Looking for Job


Job 14

You keep overpowering him until he perishes;

You change his appearance, and you send him

away.

His sons are honored, but he does not know it;

They become insignificant, but he does not

realize it.

He feels pain only while he is still in his flesh;

He mourns only while he is still alive.”


- Yes, Job speaks about the devil but he doesn’t know it!


- Yes, the devil does everything so we can look like him!


- Yes, the devil does everything he can to strike us!


- And people think it is God!


- He does with humanity what he did with Job!


- It is remarkable or should I say shocking that the devil always repeat his action against man and man thinks it is God!


- But man never learns anything!


- If he doesn’t have God’s spirit, he is good to nothing, but nothing at all!

 

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148) Looking for Job


Job 16

“I have heard many things like these before.

All of you are troublesome comforters!

Is there an end to empty words!

What provokes you to answer this way?


- These three men are not real friends otherwise they would help Job!


- But they do the contrary!


- So they can’t be his friends!


- Just empty words!


- Job’s question shows something is abnormal!


- When you take into account that the devil is behind them in his effort to destroy Job!


- And he is ready to do anything!


- They are impostors!


- Job sees clearly why they are here!

 

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149) Looking for Job


Job 16

I could also speak as you do.

If you were in my place,

I could make persuasive speeches against you

And shake my head at you.

Instead, though, I would strength you with the words of my mouth,

And the consolation of my lips would bring

relief.


- Job could do the same if they were in his place!


- But he wouldn’t do it!


- On the contrary, he would strengthen them!


- He would bring them consolation!


- You can’t help someone by opposing him!


- If he has done something wrong, he may be told!


- But then the reconstruction comes!


- What can be done to improve his or her situation!


- If you demolish, you don’t build!

 

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150) Looking for Job


Job 16

if I speak, my own pain is not relieved,

And if I stop speaking, how is my pain

reduced?


- Job is in a trap!


-Whatever he does – speaking or not – it doesn’t change anything!


- He doesn’t find any way to feel better!


- In this case, you need to escape by going to a peaceful place where you can rest a bit!


- And you need to walk, to move, to do something!


- The best is to use one’s mind so you can think of something else!


- When it is not possible, it is really hard!


- But you don’t need people to help you go down!

 

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Job 16

But now he has made me weary;

He has devastated my whole household.

You also seize me, and it has become a witness,

So that my own skinniness rises up and

testifies to my face.


- Yes, Job is mentally and physically tired!


- And when both parts are tired, it is difficult to find a motivation to continue!


- But the men who have come to see him don’t understand that!


- They are not his friends!


- Do they really know what FRIENDSHIP means!


- And apparently it is not better today because of superficiality!


- Thus Job helps us to make a personal check up!


- Do we understand who we are and what we are doing?


- Do we know what our relationship to God is?


- We need a regular check to know where we are, who we are, what we are doing and about our relationship to God!


- It is a question of health, life and death!


- We can’t wait till it is too late!

 

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152) Looking for Job


Job 16

His anger has torn me to pieces, and he harbors

animosity against me.

He grinds his teeth against me;

My adversary pierces me with his eyes.

They have opened their mouth wide against

me,

And they have scornfully struck my cheeks;

In large numbers they gather against me.


- How lucid Job is!


- But he speaks about his devils!


- And the three individuals are his adversaries!


- And they are used by the devil!


- How insidious it is!


- And they use words like weapons to destroy him!


- Or to finish him!


- Or to get him knockout!

 

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153) Looking for Job


Job 16

God hands me over to young boys,

And he thrusts me into the hands of the

wicked.

I was untroubled, but he shattered me;

He grabbed me by the back of the neck and

crushed me;

Then he sets me up as his target.


- Yes, the devil is doing that!


- And he always tries to find the best ways to strike Job!


- He used a progression!


- And he has a lot of experience for that!


- We are like lab rats for him!


- Which means nothing!


- But he is jealous of God when people worship him!


- And he wants the maximum number of people to follow him!

 

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154) Looking for Job


Job 16

His archers surround me;

He pierces my kidneys and feels no

compassion;

He pours out my gall on the earth.

He breaks through against me with breach after

breach;

He rushes at me like a warrior.


- Yes, the devil does that!


- Yes, he has no compassion!


- Yes, he is at war against God!


- Because he is jealous of him!


- And he knows God can’t intervene!


- And he knows God is upset!


- Because Job is his faithful servant!


- And the devil enjoys what he does!


- It is the same when he plays with humanity!


- And when he does his best to take it away from God!


- It is just a game!