Day 22 · Part 2: Abraham’s Family
Job Holds On (1 of 2)
In the Story
In context
In the third round of speeches the friends say less. Eliphaz speaks a third time and now names wrongs he says Job has done: taking his own brother’s things as security for a debt for no reason, giving no water to the weary or bread to the hungry, and sending widows away empty-handed (Job 22:5–9). Bildad answers in only six verses (Job 25), and Zophar does not speak again.
Job answers that he longs to find God and lay out his case before him (23:3–4), but he looks east and west, north and south, and cannot find him (23:8–9). Still he says, “When he has tried me, I will come out like gold” (23:10). He describes the poor, robbed, hungry and cold, and says God pays no attention to the wrong (24:4–12). He praises God, who “hangs the earth on nothing” (26:7), and swears he will hold on to his integrity as long as he lives (27:5–6).
Sheol (24:19; 26:6) is the place of the dead, as the WEB’s note says, and Abaddon means Destroyer.
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined. You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs. You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.
Psalms 66:10–12 · Job says that when God has tested him he will “come out like gold” (Job 23:10); the psalm speaks of being refined like silver, then brought to abundance.
In the Bible
World English Bible, as published by eBible.org (public domain).
Job 22
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Job 23
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Job 24
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Job 25
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Job 26
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Job 27
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A hymn for today
Standing on the Promises · words by R. Kelso Carter
- Standing on the promises of Christ my King,Through eternal ages let His praises ring;Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,Standing on the promises of God.RefrainStanding, standing,Standing on the promises of God my Savior;Standing, standing,I'm standing on the promises of God.
- Standing on the promises that cannot fail,When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,By the living Word of God I shall prevail,Standing on the promises of God.RefrainStanding, standing,Standing on the promises of God my Savior;Standing, standing,I'm standing on the promises of God.
- Standing on the promises I now can seePerfect, present cleansing in the blood for me;Standing in the liberty where Christ makes free,Standing on the promises of God.RefrainStanding, standing,Standing on the promises of God my Savior;Standing, standing,I'm standing on the promises of God.
- Standing on the promises of Christ the Lord,Bound to Him eternally by love's strong cord,Overcoming daily with the Spirit's sword,Standing on the promises of God.RefrainStanding, standing,Standing on the promises of God my Savior;Standing, standing,I'm standing on the promises of God.
- Standing on the promises I cannot fall,List'ning every moment to the Spirit's call,Resting in my Savior as my all in all,Standing on the promises of God.RefrainStanding, standing,Standing on the promises of God my Savior;Standing, standing,I'm standing on the promises of God.