AZAMRA BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Job 9-10 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov
AZAMRA BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Job 9-10 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov BS"D KNOW YOUR BIBLE: Job 9-10 Study Notes by Avraham ben Yaakov JOB CHAPTER 9 In his speech in the previous chapter, Bildad, like Eliphaz before him, had argued that everything is under God's direct providence and that if the wicked enjoy goodness, it will turn out to be to their detriment, while the evil that befalls the righteous will turn out to be for their good. In answering Bildad in this and the following chapter, Job's main complaint is that he is pure and righteous and that suffering has come upon him despite his innocence. Job agrees with Bildad that God cuts off the wicked, but argues that the righteous also do not escape from His hand and that He deals in the same way with the pure and with the wicked. V 2: "…but h