Job 25 - Introduction

TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION

Bildad

1-2 God is powerful; all must fear him;

he keeps his heavenly kingdom in peace.

3 Can anyone count the angels who serve him?

Is there any place where God's light does not shine?

4 Can anyone be righteous or pure in God's eyes?
5 In his eyes even the moon is not bright,

or the stars pure.

6 Then what about man, that worm, that insect?

What is man worth in God's eyes?

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION 25:1-6

508.

What are the textual problems in Chapter s 25-27?

509.

What could be suggested in the imagery of verse two? Cf. Job 21:22; Job 40:9 ff; Isaiah 24:21.

510.

What is Bildad's thesis? What is wrong with it?

511.

Is original sin taught in verse four? Discuss.

512.

What is the point of verse five?

513.

Is man a worm? Discuss.