Focused study · Poetry and wisdom

Key passages

Open representative units from the beginning, center, and conclusion of the book.

Use this page with the passage open. Follow the references, test each conclusion, and return to the whole book for context.

Key passages

Open representative units from the beginning, center, and conclusion of the book.

Passage study 01 · Job 1:1–5

Job’s household in prosperity as he rises early to offer sacrifices for his children

Open study →Passage study 03 · Job 1:13–22

Messengers arriving one after another with news of catastrophic loss as Job tears his mantle and worships

Open study →Passage study 04 · Job 2:1–10

Job on the ash heap in bodily pain while his wife speaks from her own grief

Open study →Passage study 06 · Job 3:1–26

Job breaking the silence with lament

Open study →Passage study 08 · Job 15:1–27:23

The later debate cycles as the friends grow harsher and Job continues to plead for a hearing

Open study →Passage study 09 · Job 28:1–28

Miners searching deep underground for treasure while true wisdom remains beyond human discovery and begins with the fear of the Lord

Open study →Passage study 11 · Job 32:1–37:24

Elihu waiting for the elders, then speaking as a storm gathers in the distance

Open study →Passage study 12 · Job 38:1–41:34

Creation responding to the Lord’s questions: dawn, sea, constellations, wild animals, Behemoth, and Leviathan

Open study →Passage study 14 · Job 42:7–17

Job praying for his friends and later surrounded by restored family and community, without implying that new children erase the grief of those lost

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