Guiding Questions: Job 27

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. What is the irony in Job’s declaration in Job 27:2?
  2. What is the gist of Job’s protest in Job 27:4-6?
  3. Does Job have anyone specifically in mind in his reference to his “enemy” and his “assailant” (Job 27:7)?
  4. Does Job contradict his previously enumerated convictions concerning God and the wicked (Job 27:10)?
  5. Do the words in Job 27:13-23 have a familiar ring? Some scholars maintain that these verses were uttered by Zophar. Why?
  6. What is the force of the reference to the house in Job 27:18?
  7. Why is there specific reference to the east wind in Job 27:21?

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