Job 23:1-17
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "He shows the just cause of his complaining and concerning that Eliphaz had exhorted him to return to God, Job 22:21 he declares that he desires nothing more, but it seems that God would not be found of him."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "A patient waiting for death and judgment is our wisdom and duty, and it cannot be without a holy fear and trembling. A passionate wishing for death or judgement is our sin and folly, and ill becomes us, as it did Job."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "This and some such expressions of Job cannot be excused from irreverence towards God, for which God afterwards reproves him, and Job abhorreth himself."
- "The Question of Fear and the Answer of Faith: Job 23:6," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1857.
- "Order and Argument in Prayer: Job 23:3,4," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1866.
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- (vs 17) ""Darkness" in the second clause, not the same Hebrew word as in the first, "cloud," "obscurity." Instead of "covering the cloud (of evil) from my face," He "covers" me with it (Job 22:11)."
- "Wither Goest Thou: Job 23:10," Charles H. Spurgeon, 1889.
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Karla Suomala, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- "Job shows us that saying hard and true things and asking real questions is part of being in relationship to God."
- Commentary,
Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Kathryn Schifferdecker, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2012.
- "In a way, a lot has transpired between last week's reading and this one. In another way, nothing much has changed."
- "Questions with No Answers," Rick Morley, 2012.
- "Most of the time, there is no one to blame. No one is found at fault."
- "How Hard Life Can Be!" John Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2012.
- "[Job] has, because of his own inexplicable experience, been persuaded that the old God he thought he knew and loved and followed has disappeared or perhaps never existed at all."
-
Commentary, Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Karl Jacobson, Preaching This Week,
WorkingPreacher.org, 2009.
- "Job resonates. Job echoes not just Jesus' cries, but our very own. Job gives voice to the bitter complaints and terrors that any believer may feel and that no doubt some who will join us for worship this Sunday are feeling. We do well both to let him speak, and to speak with him."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- "God Knows Our Way," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2009.
- "As long as we worship a "hidden" God, we may never permanently dispel our doubts about God and salvation. But in the face of our deepest doubts, the idea that Jesus incarnated God means that God really and truly understands what it is like to be fully human. Jesus’ experience of our full humanity assures us that God empathizes with us in every facet of our lives."
- Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Pentecost 19,
2009, The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church, Melbourne,
Australia.
- "It is a very realistic picture of a person who is confident, on one the hand about some aspects of their relationship with God, and on the other hand are aware of the mystery and what they don't know about God. This chapter continues to affirm that it is okay to rail and make complaint against God."
- Commentary,
Job 23:1-9, 16-17, Karla Suomala, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2015.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Balentine, Samuel E., "Between Text & Sermon, Job 23:1-9, 16-17," Interpretation, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Brown, William P., "Introducing Job:
A Journey of Transformation," Interpretation, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Clines, David J.A.,
"Job's Fifth Friend: An Ethical Critique of the Book of Job,"
Biblical Interpretation, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Cooper, Burton Z.,
"Why God: A Tale of Two Sufferers," Theology Today, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Deuel, David C., "Job 19:25 and Job 23:10
Revisited: An Exegetical Note," Master's Seminary Journal, 1994.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hall, Douglas John,
"Suffering: The Badge of Discipline," The Living Pulpit, 1995.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Newsom, Carol A., "Job and His
Friends, A Conflict of Moral Imaginations," Interpretation, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Priest, John, "Job and JB: The
Goodness of God or the Godness of Good?" Horizons, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Webster, Edwin C.,
"Strophic Patterns in Job 3-28," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wolfers, David,
"The Speech-Cycles in the Book of Job," Vetus Testamentum, 1993.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Balentine, Samuel E., "Between Text & Sermon, Job 23:1-9, 16-17," Interpretation, 1999.
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 23B, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2012.
- "Job and the Terrible, Horrible, No Godd, Very Bad Day," Dianne Deming, Childrens Sermons Today, 2012.
- "Job," Illustrating the Story (lessons, children's sermons), coloring pages, activity sheets, crafts, children's songs. MSSS Crafts.
- Drama:
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- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Job 23:10. The Cyber Hymnal.
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- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Job
