Job hasn't let us off easy in chapter 27. He actually has a three part affair that is his rebuttal to his friends. As outlined in my last post, he states the obvious – "I haven't done anything to deserve this." Here in part two, his aim is on a better definition of a wicked person. More specifically, the relation of a wicked person's life to that of a just God. Job is very clear in stating that his enemy, whomever they might be should be treated like the wicked and unjust. The analogy here might be "will your voice-activated…

Storming through Job 27 wasn't easy. It actually required be re-reading a couple of times. There was so much to listen to in the words of Job. Then, something started to nag at my brain. It was almost as thought I wanted to accuse Job of stealing words from someone in more recent history. Then it occurred to me, that the words from recent history had to be taken from Job. Yet the two voices at one point sounded like one.[more] The words ringing in my head were Job saying in verses 3 and 4 "As long as I am…

After Bildad's short closing statement, Job's response sounded like someone who just got rejected by an old friend – you know, the cold shoulder. In chapter 26, Job begins by saying his friend was no help. He even questioned that Bildad did nothing to give anyone any hope. Job says "it's as though you talk like somebody who doesn't know what they are talking about." Then after chastising Bildad for having nothing to say, he sarcastically says "thanks for lots of nothing.(v 3)" The response to Bildad is topped off with "who did you think you were talking to, and…