Today’s Bible Translation

Bible translation used in today’s episode: Ch. 25-26 NET

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Thoughts

In Job 25, Bildad compares the awesome power of God to the unlikeliness of a human being righteous before Him. I think that He has this notion because he, like most people of that time, we basing a person’s righteousness on works. But Job, even though by God’s own words to Satan in chapter 1, was “a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil” was a man of deep faith in God. I believe that it was because of Job’s faith that God was so pleased with him. 

And then in chapter 26, Job begins with a sarcastic response to Bildad’s description of God’s might. He says, “My goodness! You have been so very helpful with your great wisdom!” (My “translation”) 

And then he goes on with an eloquent soliloquy of just a few of God’s great powers, and wraps it up with saying, “These are least of His ways!” (Again, my “translation”.)

Continuing, Job says, “Having said all this, we have only a faint idea of Him. But who can grasp the enormity of His power?” (Me again.)

I think Job was saying, “Bildad, you have no idea what you are talking about. You don’t understand God, so who are you to tell me that God is doing these things to me?”

Understandably, Job is quite testy with his friends at this point.