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NASB | Job 1:22 ¶ Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Job 1:22 ¶ Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God. |
Subject: Job DID charge God foolishly? |
Bible Note: I think that we are closer to agreeing on what the text says. I maintain that Job did not charge God foolishly and you maintain that we do not know why God rebuked him. Ok, but what is going on here. Job's friends say of God what is not right (42:7). They say that God orders suffering for the evildoers only, not the righteous. Job says no, that God (in his own sovereign prerogative) has struck him though he is righteous, and though it would prove fruitless, he would defend his righteousness before God. This is how I understand the gist of the debate. Now, Job overstated his case, but the overstatement was not a misstatement about God, but a misstatement about his righteousness. Job was righteous in his own eyes (32:1). But he spoke what was right about God in that he does order suffering for the righteous, Christ being our chief example (1 Pet. 2:21). What think ye, Baptistbred? Peace, |