The Storm Breaks: Job Simply Explained

Preface Introduction 1. The storm breaks (1:1 - 2:10) 2. Responding to pain (1:1 - 2:10) 3. Job curses the day he was born (2:11 - 3:26) 4. ‘Everything’s going to turn out just fine!’ (4:1 - 5:27) 5. ‘Lord, I want to die’ (6:1 - 7:21) 6. ‘Where there’s smoke there’s fire’ (8:1-22) 7. A place to scream (9:1 - 10:22) 8. ‘Repent!’ (11:1-20) 9. ‘Though he slay me, yet will I trust him’ (12:1 - 14:22) 10. Trading insults (15:1-35) 11. ‘What miserable comforters you are!’ (16:1 - 17:16) 12. The calamities of the wicked (18:1-21) 13. Rejected (19:1-29) 14. Sinners in the hands of an angry God (20:1-29) 15. The wicked prosper and the righteous suffer! (21:1-34) 16. Job: one of the greatest sinners on earth (22:1-30) 17. Deserted by God (23:1 - 24:25) 18. God’s majesty and man’s depravity (25:1-6) 19. ‘Let there be … and there was’ (26:1-14) 20. ‘How can I get God to hear my case?’ (27:1-23) 21. A hymn on God’s wisdom (28:1-28) 22. ‘The Lord gave … and took away’ (29:1 - 31:40) 23. Suffering is God’s discipline (32:1 - 33:33) 24. ‘God has something to teach you, Job’ (34:1 - 37:24) 25. The Lord speaks (38:1 - 40:5) 26. The storm subsides (40:1 - 42:17) Notes Select bibliography