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Job Replies: My Complaint is Just
…24Teach me, and I will be silent. Help me understand how I have erred.25Howpainfulare honestwords!But whatdoes your argumentprove?26Do you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?…

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How forcible are right words! but what does your arguing reprove?

forcible.

Job 4:4
Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

Job 16:5
But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswageyour grief.

Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wiseis health.

what doth.

Job 13:5
O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Job 16:3,4
Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? …

Job 21:34
How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood?

ArgueArguingArgumentArgumentsForceForcefulForcibleHonestPainfulPleasingPowerfulProveReproofReproveRightSayingsUpbraidingUprightUprightnessWordsArgueArguingArgumentArgumentsForceForcefulForcibleHonestPainfulPleasingPowerfulProveReproofReproveRightSayingsUpbraidingUprightUprightnessWords1.Job shows that his complaints are not causeless.
8.He wishes for death, wherein he is assured of comfort.
14.He reproves his friends of unkindness.

How painful are honest words!
Honest words can be difficult to hear, especially when they reveal uncomfortable truths. In the context of Job, he is responding to his friends who have accused him of wrongdoing as the cause of his suffering. The pain of truth is a recurring theme in Scripture, as seen inProverbs 27:6, "Faithful are the wounds of a friend." The idea is that truth, though painful, is necessary for growth and understanding. Job's lament highlights the human struggle with accepting hard truths, a theme that resonates throughout the Bible, including in the teachings of Jesus, who often spoke hard truths to His followers (e.g.,John 6:60-66).

But what does your argument prove?
Job challenges the validity and effectiveness of his friends' arguments. This reflects a broader biblical theme of questioning human wisdom and understanding, as seen in1 Corinthians 1:20, "Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?" Job's friends believed that suffering was always a result of sin, a common belief in ancient Near Eastern cultures. However, Job's situation challenges this simplistic view, pointing to the complexity of divine justice and human suffering. This phrase also foreshadows the ultimate revelation of God's wisdom and justice, which transcends human understanding, as seen in the later chapters of Job and in the New Testament revelation of Christ, who embodies divine wisdom and truth (1 Corinthians 1:24).

1.Job
A man described as blameless and upright, who feared God and shunned evil. He is the central figure in the Book of Job, experiencing intense suffering and questioning the reasons behind it.

2.Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar
Job's three friends who come to comfort him but end up arguing with him about the reasons for his suffering, often suggesting that it is due to some hidden sin.

3.Uz
The land where Job lived, often associated with the region east of Israel, possibly in Edom or northern Arabia.

4.God
The ultimate authority and sovereign being, whose purposes and plans are central to the account of Job.

5.Satan
The adversary who challenges Job's integrity, suggesting that his faithfulness is due to his prosperity and protection from God.The Power of Words
Words have the power to heal or hurt. Job acknowledges the pain of honest words, reminding us to be mindful of how we speak to others, especially in their time of suffering.

The Importance of Intent
Job questions the purpose of his friends' arguments. When offering counsel or correction, our intent should be to build up and not to tear down.

The Role of Suffering
Suffering can lead to deep introspection and growth. Job's trials push him to seek understanding and truth, encouraging us to seek God in our own times of trouble.

The Value of True Friendship
True friends offer support and understanding rather than judgment. Job's experience challenges us to be compassionate and empathetic friends.

Seeking God's Wisdom
In times of confusion and pain, seeking God's wisdom and understanding is crucial. Job's account encourages us to turn to God for answers rather than relying solely on human reasoning.Top 10 Lessons from Job 6

Why does the description of humanity as a mere worm in Job 25:6 seem to contradict earlier passages that present humans as made in God's image (e.g., Genesis 1:27)?

In Job 6:24-25, why is it that neither God nor anyone else presents undeniable evidence of Job's alleged wrongdoing if his punishment is just?

In Job 6:8-9, why would Job, a faithful man, wish for God to grant him death, and does this contradict other biblical teachings on life's sanctity?

In Job 13:25, why does Job accuse God of targeting him as if he were light chaff, if God is portrayed as just and merciful?(25)How forcible are right words!--"How forcible are words of uprightness! But what doth your reproof reprove? Open rebuke is better than secret love; better to be honestly and openly rebuked by you than be subject to the secret insinuations which are intended to pass for friendship."

Verse 25. -How forcible are right words! literally,wordsof uprightness. Such words have a force that none can resist. If the charges made by Eliphaz had been right and true, and his arguments sound and just, then Job must have yielded to them, have confessed himself guilty, and bowed down with shame before his judges. But they had had no such constraining power. Therefore they were not "words of uprightness." But what doth your arguing reprove? literally,Whatdoth your reproving reprove? That is - What exactly is it that ye think to be wrong in me? At what is your invective aimed?

Parallel Commentaries ...


How
מַה־(mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100:What?, what!, indefinitely what

painful
נִּמְרְצ֥וּ(nim·rə·ṣū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 4834:To press, to be pungent, vehement, to irritate

[are] honest
יֹ֑שֶׁר(yō·šer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3476:Straightness, uprightness

words!
אִמְרֵי־(’im·rê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 561:Something said

But what
וּמַה־(ū·mah-)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100:What?, what!, indefinitely what

does your argument
יּוֹכִ֖יחַ(yō·w·ḵî·aḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3198:To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict

prove?
הוֹכֵ֣חַ(hō·w·ḵê·aḥ)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 3198:To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict


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