Looking for Job

[JLG]

115) Looking for Job


Job 12

He deprives trusted advisers of speech

And takes away the sensibleness of old

men;

He pours out contempt upon nobles,

And he makes powerful ones weak;


- We can think we are important but anything can happen in our life and remember us that we are nothing!


- Anything can happen to bring us back to reality!


- It doesn’t matter when!


- Job got in trouble because of the devil but he kept faithful and his life got back to normal!


- We can imagine he was humble enough to use what happened to him to live a better life!


- We need to grow and build up our personality and try to be better in all senses!

- Of course, it is not an easy journey but it can be a fruitful one!

 

[JLG]

116) Looking for Job


Job 12

He reveals deep things from the darkness,

And he brings deep darkness into the light;


- God is definitely the source of knowledge, the creator of everything!


- We can check that every day if we open our eyes and ears to look at and listen to nature!


- We can learn a lot from the Bible if we take time and use patience and effort!


- But we need to make efforts to get closer to God!


- We need to open our minds!


- And it is not easy in this superficial modern world!


- In history they speak about dark ages!


- Are we far from it today where everything is superficial and confused?

 

[JLG]

117) Looking for Job


Job 12

He makes nations grow great in order to

destroy them;

He enlarges nations, that he may lead them

into exile.


- We have good examples in the Bible!


- But they opposed God!


- Especially Israel which was special to God because of Abraham!


- And it revealed so many times rotten that it ended completely rotten!


- But it was their choice!

 

[JLG]

118) Looking for Job


Job 12

He takes away the understanding of the

leaders of the people

And makes them wander in trackless

wastelands.

They grope in darkness, where there is no

light;

He makes them wander about like drunken

men.


- First, it comes in my mind the case of Nebuchanezzar!


- But we can think of all the great empires of which the Bible speaks about and how they were crushed and their powerful men with them!


- And all history is full of these powerful and proud men!


- All that for that!


- Poor humanity!


- History is mankind’s testimony of its inability to learn anything!


- That’s why we are where we are on the verge of collapsing!

 

[JLG]

119) Looking for Job


Job 13

“Yes, my eye has has seen all of this,

My ear has heard and understood it.

What you know, I also know;

I am not inferior to you.


- Job knows himself!


- He knows he is faithful to God!


- He is not a young boy anymore!


- He is wise!


- God says it!


- His words show it!


- And he will keep fighting!


- Job has a fighting spirit!


- And his faithfulness is the source of it!


- May we follow his example and let him strengthen us!

 

[JLG]

120) Looking for Job


Job 13

For my part, I would rather speak to the

Almighty himself;

I desire to argue my case with God.


- Job's only reference is God!


- As a consequence he wants to defend himself in front of God!


- He thinks God is responsible for his situation!


- He doesn’t understand what he has done wrong!


- In fact, he hasn’t done anything wrong!


- On the contrary, he is attacked because of his faithfulness to God!


- The verb desire shows a strong will on his part!


- When we read and study this chapter, we don’t find anything about his pain and suffering!


- Job is combative!

 

[JLG]

121) Looking for Job


Job 13

But you are smearing me with lies;

All of you are useless physicians.

If only you would keep absolutely silent,

That would show wisdom on your part.


- According to Job they are lying!


- When you lie, it is not a positive action but a negative one, one to hurt someone!


- That’s not the right way to help someone who is hurt mentally and physically!


- On the contrary!


- He tells them to keep silent!


- It doesn’t come from God but definitely from the devil!


- God’s final words are the end of the Book of Job are clear!

 

[Matthias]

It looks like you’re coming up on Job 14. I’d like to ask about verse 14 in that chapter.

The Septuagint translates the final phrase in the passage as “until I exist again”.

Do you have any thoughts you would care to share on that understanding of death (ceasing to exist) and resurrection (being brought back into existence)?

 

[civic]

Job answers that below in 19:26

And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

hope this helps !!!

 

[JLG]

It looks like you’re coming up on Job 14. I’d like to ask about verse 14 in that chapter.

The Septuagint translates the final phrase in the passage as “until I exist again”.

Do you have any thoughts you would care to share on that understanding of death (ceasing to exist) and resurrection (being brought back into existence)?

- First, I want to come back to Job chapter 3!
- There he cursed the day of his birth!
- He would have preferred to die at birth!
- He doesn't see the interest to live in such bad conditions!
- No hope!
- Only one hope: death!
- to stop everything!
- Job 3:13 is interesting:
now
עַ֭תָּה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

I would be lying down
שָׁכַ֣בְתִּי (šā·ḵaḇ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

in peace;
וְאֶשְׁק֑וֹט (wə·’eš·qō·wṭ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 8252: To be quiet or undisturbed

I would be asleep
יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי (yā·šan·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3462: To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate

and
אָ֤ז ׀ (’āz)
Adverb
Strong's 227: At that time, place, therefore

at rest
יָנ֬וּחַֽ (yā·nū·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down

 

[JLG]

- Job 3:14 gives the same idea:
with
עִם־ (‘im-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

kings
מְ֭לָכִים (mə·lā·ḵîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4428: A king

and counselors
וְיֹ֣עֲצֵי (wə·yō·‘ă·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolve

of the earth,
אָ֑רֶץ (’ā·reṣ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

who built
הַבֹּנִ֖ים (hab·bō·nîm)
Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 1129: To build

for themselves
לָֽמוֹ׃ (lā·mōw)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew

cities now in ruins,
חֳרָב֣וֹת (ḥo·rā·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 2723: Waste, desolation, ruin

 

[JLG]

- Again in Job 3:15
or
א֣וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

with
עִם־ (‘i·m·śā-)
Preposition
Strong's 5973: With, equally with

princes
שָׂ֭רִים (rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

who had gold,
זָהָ֣ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

who filled
הַֽמְמַלְאִ֖ים (ham·mal·’îm)
Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 4390: To fill, be full of

their houses
בָּתֵּיהֶ֣ם (bāt·tê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1004: A house

with silver.
כָּֽסֶף׃ (kā·sep̄)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3701: Silver, money

 

[JLG]

or Job 3:16

Or
א֤וֹ (’ōw)
Conjunction
Strong's 176: Desire, if

why was
אֶהְיֶ֑ה (’eh·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

I not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

hidden
טָ֭מוּן (ṭā·mūn)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 2934: To hide, conceal

like a stillborn child,
כְנֵ֣פֶל (ḵə·nê·p̄el)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5309: Something fallen, an abortion

like an infant
כְּ֝עֹלְלִ֗ים (kə·‘ō·lə·lîm)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5768: A suckling

who never
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

sees
רָ֥אוּ (rā·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7200: To see

daylight?
אֽוֹר׃ (’ō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

 

[JLG]

or Job 3:17
There
שָׁ֣ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

the wicked
רְ֭שָׁעִים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person

cease
חָ֣דְלוּ (ḥā·ḏə·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2308: To be flabby, desist, be lacking, idle

from raging,
רֹ֑גֶז (rō·ḡez)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7267: Commotion, restlessness, crash, disquiet, anger

and there
וְשָׁ֥ם (wə·šām)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

the weary
יְגִ֣יעֵי (yə·ḡî·‘ê)
Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3019: Tired

find rest.
יָ֝נ֗וּחוּ (yā·nū·ḥū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5117: To rest, settle down

 

[JLG]

or Job 3:18
The captives
אֲסִירִ֣ים (’ă·sî·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 615: A bondman, prisoner

enjoy
יַ֭חַד (ya·ḥaḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly

their ease;
שַׁאֲנָ֑נוּ (ša·’ă·nā·nū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7599: To be at ease or at peace, rest securely

they do not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

hear
שָׁ֝מְע֗וּ (mə·‘ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

the voice
ק֣וֹל (qō·wl)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

of the oppressor.
נֹגֵֽשׂ׃ (nō·ḡêś)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5065: To drive, to tax, harass, tyrannize

 

[JLG]

or Job 3:19 (everybody is in the same condition, there is no difference)
Both small
קָטֹ֣ן (qā·ṭōn)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant

and great
וְ֭גָדוֹל (wə·ḡā·ḏō·wl)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

are there,
שָׁ֣ם (šām)
Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

and the slave
וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד (wə·‘e·ḇeḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5650: Slave, servant

is freed
חָפְשִׁ֥י (ḥā·p̄ə·šî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 2670: Exempt

from his master.
מֵאֲדֹנָֽיו׃ (mê·’ă·ḏō·nāw)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 113: Sovereign, controller

 

[JLG]

Job 7:9 is also clear:
As a cloud
עָ֭נָן (‘ā·nān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6051: A cloud, the nimbus, thunder-cloud

vanishes
כָּלָ֣ה (kā·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

and is gone,
וַיֵּלַ֑ךְ (way·yê·laḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

so
כֵּ֥ן (kên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

he who goes down
יוֹרֵ֥ד (yō·w·rêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

to Sheol
שְׁ֝א֗וֹל (’ō·wl)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 7585: Underworld (place to which people descend at death)

will never
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

rise again.
יַעֲלֶֽה׃ (ya·‘ă·leh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

 

[JLG]

Job 7:10 is the same:
He will never
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

return
יָשׁ֣וּב (yā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to his house;
לְבֵית֑וֹ (lə·ḇê·ṯōw)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 1004: A house

his place
מְקֹמֽוֹ׃ (mə·qō·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition

will
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

remember him
יַכִּירֶ֖נּוּ (yak·kî·ren·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5234: To regard, recognize

no more.
ע֣וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

 

[JLG]

And also Job 7:21
Why
וּמֶ֤ה ׀ (ū·meh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

do You not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

pardon
תִשָּׂ֣א (ṯiś·śā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

my transgression
פִשְׁעִי֮ (p̄iš·‘î)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 6588: Transgression

and take away
וְתַעֲבִ֪יר (wə·ṯa·‘ă·ḇîr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

my iniquity?
עֲוֺ֫נִ֥י (‘ă·wō·nî)
Noun - common singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

soon
עַ֭תָּה (‘at·tāh)
Adverb
Strong's 6258: At this time

I will lie down
אֶשְׁכָּ֑ב (’eš·kāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

in the dust;
לֶעָפָ֣ר (le·‘ā·p̄ār)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6083: Dust, clay, earth, mud

You will seek me,
וְשִׁ֖חֲרְתַּ֣נִי (wə·ši·ḥăr·ta·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7836: To dawn, be, early at any task, to search for

but I will be no more.”
וְאֵינֶֽנִּי׃ (wə·’ê·nen·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb | first person common singular
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

 

[JLG]

Job 10 is also interesting!
- Starting with verse 18:
Why then
וְלָ֣מָּה (wə·lām·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

did You bring me
הֹצֵאתָ֑נִי (hō·ṣê·ṯā·nî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

from the womb?
מֵ֭רֶחֶם (mê·re·ḥem)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7358: The womb

Oh, that I had died,
אֶ֝גְוַ֗ע (’eḡ·wa‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's 1478: To breathe out, expire

and no
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

eye
וְעַ֣יִן (wə·‘a·yin)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

had seen me!
תִרְאֵֽנִי׃ (ṯir·’ê·nî)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular | first person common singular
Strong's 7200: To see