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1. Job’s Dilemma ( 1:1–2:13 )
a. Job’s Character and Wealth ( 1:1–1:5 )
b. Satan’s First Attack ( 1:6–22 )
i. Satan in the Throne Room ( 1:6–12 )
ii. Job Loses His Children and Possessions ( 1:13–22 )
c. Satan’s Second Attack ( 2:1–10 )
i. Satan Back in the Throne Room ( 2:1–6 )
ii. Job Loses His Health ( 2:7–10 )
d. Job’s Three Friends ( 2:11–13 )
2. The Debates of Job ( 3:1–37:24 )
a. Job’s Opening Lament ( 3:1–26 )
b. The First Cycle of Debate ( 4:1–14:22 )
i. Eliphaz’s First Speech ( 4:1–7:21 )
1. The Innocent Prosper ( 4:1–21 )
2. God Blesses those Who Seek Him ( 5:1–27 )
3. Job Replies to Eliphaz ( 6:1–7:21 )
a. My Complaint is Just ( 6:1–30 )
b. Life Seems Futile ( 7:1–21 )
ii. Bildad’s First Speech ( 8:1–10:22 )
1. Job Should Repent ( 8:1–22 )
2. Job Replies to Bildad ( 9:1–10:22 )
a. How Can I Contend with God? ( 9:1–35 )
b. Job’s Plea to God ( 10:1–22 )
iii. Zophar’s First Speech ( 11:1–14:22 )
1. Zophar Rebukes Job ( 11:1–20 )
2. Job Replies to Zophar ( 12:1–14:22 )
a. Job presents His Case ( 12:1–25 )
b. Job Prepares His Case ( 13:1–28 )
c. Job Laments the Finality of Death ( 14:1–22 )
c. The Second Cycle of Debates ( 15:1–21:34 )
i. Eliphaz’s Second Speech ( 15:1–17:16 )
1. Job Does Not Fear God ( 15:1–35 )
2. Job Replies to Eliphaz ( 16:1–17:16 )
a. Job Decries His Comforters ( 16:1–22 )
b. Job Prepares for Death ( 17:1–16 )
ii. Bildad’s Second Speech ( 18:1–19:29 )
1. God Punishes the Wicked ( 18:1–21 )
2. Job Replies to Bildad ( 19:1–29 )
iii. Zophar’s Second Speech ( 20:1–21:34 )
1. Destruction Awaits the Wicked ( 20:1–29 )
2. Job Replies to Zophar ( 21:1–34 )
d. The Third Cycle of Debates ( 22:1–26:14 )
i. Eliphaz’s Third Speech ( 22:1–24:25 )
1. Can a Man Be of Use to God? ( 22:1–30 )
2. Job Replies to Eliphaz ( 23:1–24:25 )
a. Job Longs for God ( 23:1–17 )
b. Judgment for the Wicked ( 24:1–25 )
ii. Bildad’s Third Speech ( 25:1–26:14 )
1. Man Cannot Be Righteous ( 25:1–6 )
2. Job Replies to Bildad ( 26:1–14 )
e. The Final Defense of Job ( 27:1–31:40 )
i. Job’s First Monologue ( 27:1–28:28 )
ii. Job’s Second Monologue ( 29:1–31:40 )
f. The Speeches of Elihu ( 32:1–37:24 )
i. Elihu Rebukes Job’s Friends ( 32:1–22 )
ii. Elihu Rebukes Job ( 33:1–33 )
iii. Elihu Confirms God’s Justice ( 34:1–37 )
iv. Elihu Recalls God’s Justice ( 35:1–16 )
v. Elihu Describes God’s Power ( 36:1–33 )
vi. Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty ( 37:1–24 )
3. The Divine Discourses ( 38:1–42:17 )
a. God’s First Challenge to Job ( 38:1–40:2 )
b. Job’s First Reply to God ( 40:3–5 )
c. God’s Second Challenge to Job ( 40:6–41:34 )
d. Job’s Second Reply to God ( 42:1–6 )
e. The LORD Rebukes Job’s Friends ( 42:7–9 )
f. The LORD Blesses Job ( 42:10–17 )
