Eliphaz

In this chapter, Zophar continues talking to Job. Zophar asks Job, “Do you not know…that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment?” (Job 20:4). I imagine Zophar is using this as a direct attack on Job’s life. To Zophar, he believes that one’s works will determine their place in life. Since Zophar does not believe that Job was genuinely doing the will of the Lord, I imagine he wanted to tell Job that his worldly success was built on the foundation of evil…

In the Book of Jobs, Eliphaz states that those who obey the laws of God are rewarded greatly, and those who disobey God are punished. This is portrayed to be truth when Abraham is told by God to sacrifice his only son. Abraham so willingly did not question God’s intentions and did as he said. Right after Abraham was stopped by one of the angels God says to Abraham, “Do not lay your hand on the boy or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your…

acknowledging the great gulf between God as Judge and Job, he posed the question – when humans absolutely need to hear from God, how does God speak? In Elihu’s presentation, God uses multiple media. Elihu drew on the same numinous terrors to which Eliphaz had appealed as grounds for the credibility…

(Sanders 2). In Job 6:5, the suffering man laments the deprivation of his health and family with a reference to natural imagery. He asks, “Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?” (KJB). In the previous chapter, Eliphaz the Temanite spoke of those who “plow iniquity” in 4:8-10 and remarked that, “The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.” (KJB). Indeed throughout the book, images of nature are…

The question - Why do I suffer? – functions as one of the foremost features of the human condition. As individuals, we habitually question the purpose of our own suffering and seek to rationalize it. Though universal and inevitable, this suffering may often appear unmerited or unjust. Throughout time, many have claimed a monopoly on this answer. In fact, one would be hard pressed to find a religion or philosophy that neither addresses nor justifies human suffering. Literature as well often…

Three of his friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar, kept insisting that his punishment and suffering were the consequences of a sin or sins he committed. Namely, Zophar implies that Job deserves an even greater punishment to what he has done. We know for a fact that Job is innocent…

The Hebrew Bible considers Job in one of the poetic books in the Old Testament. The story of Job is about a wealthy man with a large family and farmland. He is blameless and selfless as he looks to God in everything he does. One day Satan comes before God and makes a bet with him that if he brings enough suffering to Job that Job will turn his back to God. Following the agreeance of this bet, satan takes everything from Job. He kills his children, his livestock, and his servants. He also gives…

Throughout many artistic works we see the good suffer, and in the Iliad by Homer and The Book of Job in the Bible, the suffering of the good is a prominent theme. These literary works are similar in the way they present the suffering of the good, but they are also very different in how the good cope with their troubles. The Iliad uses divine intervention and fate to exemplify how the good suffer, whereas The Book of Job uses divine influence and God’s will to illustrate suffering. Similarly,…

Noah from Genesis 6-11 and Job of The Book of Job, as characters, are similar individuals, however, the actions taken by them separates their views. They both undergo a change in identity and one character is affected more than the other and has the courage to questioned God, which is Job. However, examining closely, one can see the structure that is presented by the author in Genesis 6-11 and The Book of Job and each are quite different. In Genesis 6-11, it uses structure as well as tone, to…

Running head: HEALTHY GRIEF Healthy Grief Monica Germaine Grand Canyon University Spirituality in Health Care HLT 310V June 25, 2012 Healthy Grief Each day tragedy and suffering may come into people’s lives. Losing loved ones by disease, accident, natural disaster, or experiencing personal trauma is very painful. The emotional, physical, and spiritual reaction in response to these tragedies is…