Guiding Questions: Job 19

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. What attitude does Job express toward his friends in Job 19:1-3?
  2. What is the meaning of “my error remains with me”? Is Job admitting that he is at fault (Job 19:4)?
  3. Explain the metaphor of “God’s siege works” (Job 19:6).
  4. What is the “Violence!” to which Job refers (Job 19:7)?
  5. What is the “crown” to which he refers in Job 19:9?
  6. Who are the “troops” in Job 19:12?
  7. Why are Job’s friends, and relatives, and servants alienated (Job 19:13-19)?
  8. What difficulty is presented by Job’s reference to his children (Job 19:17)?
  9. Note the phrase in Job 19:20 which is a familiar idiom in English. What does it mean?
  10. Can one suggest that Job is pleading with his friends to be more godly than God Himself (Job 19:21-22)?
  11. Why is it important to Job for his words to be recorded permanently (Job 19:23-24)?
  12. The Hebrew god (Job 19:25) is usually rendered “Redeemer”. The JPS translation reads “Vindicator”. What is the difference?
  13. What is Job’s ultimate (and seemingly unattainable) wish in Job 19:26-27?
  14. Compared to Question #1, what is Job’s attitude toward his friends at the end of the chapter?

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