JOB 38:1 TO JOB 42:6. THE DIVINE SPEECHES. Here after the Elihu
interpolation Job 32-37, we return to the original poem and the
solution of Job 31, in which Job summed up his second problem, that of
Divine Providence, by challenging God to show the justice of His
treatment of himself. The poet has n... [ Continue Reading ]
Job's final speech (continuation of Job 40:3).
Job 42:1 is to be removed as a gloss: as are also Job 42:3 a, Job 42:4
b, which are quoted from Job 38:2 f., and probably came in from the
margin. Job abases himself before the Almightiness of God as displayed
in the creation, and acknowledges that he... [ Continue Reading ]