Yahweh and Job. Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) “Gird your loins like a man.” 

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Yahweh and Job

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) “Gird your loins like a man.” 

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) “Gird your loins like a man.” 

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) “Gird your loins like a man.” 

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) “Gird your loins like a man.” 

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) Yahweh’s 1 st Speech (Job 38:1-40:2) Job 38:4-38— –Yahweh asks Job to explain creation. Can Job explain the earth, the sea, and the stars? The light?

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) Yahweh’s 1 st Speech (Job 38:1-40:2) Job 38:39-39:30 –Here is another set of seemingly absurd questions. Can Job provide prey for the lion? Does Job know when & how the wild animals give birth? Can Job understand or control the ways of the wild animals?

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) Yahweh’s 1 st Speech (Job 38:1-40:2) Job 38:39-39:30 –The ostrich?

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) Yahweh’s 1 st Speech (Job 38:1-40:2) Job 40:1-2—The Pivotal Question "Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it." (NASB) Here is the true issue, & the reason that Yahweh does not deal with Job’s accusations directly.

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) Yahweh’s 2 nd Speech (Job 40:6-41:34) Job 40:6-14 –Yahweh again challenges Job. –Can Job hand out justice in all the world? –Bruce AlmightyBruce Almighty

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) Yahweh’s 2 nd Speech (Job 40:6-41:34) 41:10-11 present the real issues: –Since no one can arouse Leviathan, why would anyone dare to stand before God? God is the owner of everything, so how can Job suggest that God owes him something.

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) Yahweh’s 2 nd Speech (Job 40:6-41:34) Job 40:15-24—The Behemoth

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) Yahweh’s 2 nd Speech (Job 40:6-41:34) Job 40:15-24—The Behemoth

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) Yahweh’s 2 nd Speech (Job 40:6-41:34) Job 40:15-24—The Behemoth

Yahweh’s Speeches (Job 38-41) Yahweh’s 2 nd Speech (Job 40:6-41:34) Job 41:1-34—Leviathan –Traditionally, many have seen a description of a crocodile. –Many (most?) scholars see a mythological sea creature. “You have smitten Lotan [Leviathan] the evil serpent, you have destroyed the crooked serpent, the mighty one of seven heads” (jewishvirtuallibrary.org).

Job Recants (Job 42:1-6) “Repent in dust and ashes” “Now I have seen”

Job’s Friends Castigated “Because you have not spoken truthfully about me.”

Job Restored What does the restoration do to the story?