Tom Paine

Parallels

Here Job sounds like Solomon in Proverbs. Or perhaps I should write Solomon sounds like Job.

Job 24:1 (ESV), Job 25:1 (ESV), Job 26:1 (ESV), Job 27:1 (ESV), Job 28:1 (ESV)

A brave man

Job 23:7

Job 21:1 (ESV), Job 22:1 (ESV), Job 23:1 (ESV)

Still, my redeemer lives!

If only we all could have the faith of Job.

Job 17:1 (ESV), Job 18:1 (ESV), Job 19:1 (ESV), Job 20:1 (ESV)

"Friends"

We should strive never to be like the supposed friends of Job, rationalizing someone else's suffering.

Job 10:1 (ESV), Job 11:1 (ESV), Job 12:1 (ESV), Job 13:1 (ESV)

Question for the ages

How can you prove that suffering is the result of the immorality of the sufferer?

Job

Deep theology here from one of the oldest books in the Bible.

Job 1:1 (ESV), Job 2:1 (ESV), Job 3:1 (ESV), Job 4:1 (ESV), Job 5:1 (ESV)

People often not considered

Nimrod and Terah, both good men, and two I have not thought about much before today's reading.

GENESIS 8:1 (CEV), GENESIS 9:1 (CEV), GENESIS 10:1 (CEV), GENESIS 11:1 (CEV)

The Narrator

What stands out to me is how much the narrator is speaking vs. the actual characters which shows to me that God is explaining something to early human beings vs. giving a literal rendering. Why things…

GENESIS 4:1 (CEV), GENESIS 5:1 (CEV), GENESIS 6:1 (CEV), GENESIS 7:1 (CEV)

Adam and Eve

Adam blamed Eve, but Eve basically told the truth after her error.

GENESIS 1:1 (CEV), GENESIS 2:1 (CEV), GENESIS 3:1 (CEV)

Powerful

I wonder if God still corrects us like he did in Habbakuk's day.