Job Outline

1.       Job a man of character and wealth                                                         1:1 – 5

2.       Satan is allowed to test Job                                                                      1:6 – 12

3.       Satan takes Job’s possessions and family                                               1:13 – 22

4.       Satan granted permission to tamper with Job’s health                       2:1 – 10

5.       Job’s 3 friends                                                                                              2:11 – 13

6.        Job laments his birth                                                                                 3:1 - 36

7.       The First Dialogue                                                                                       4:1 – 14:22

A.      Eliphaz responds – The innocent prosper                                        4:1 – 5:27

B.      Job responds – He has a just complaint                                            6:1 – 30

C.      Job continues – His life has no hope                                                  7:1 – 21

D.      Bildad speaks – Job needs to repent                                                  8:1 – 22

E.       Job responds – He has no arbiter                                                       9:1 – 35

F.       Job continues – He makes a plea to God                                        10:1 – 22

G.     Zophar speaks – Job deserves even worse                                     11:1 – 20

H.      Job responds – He blames God for doing all this to him             12:1 – 26

I.        Job continues – Regardless, he will still hope in God                   13:1 – 28

J.        Job finishes – Death comes to all sooner rather than later        14:1 – 22

8.       The Second Dialogue                                                                                15:1 21:34

A.      Eliphaz speaks -  accuses Job of not fearing God                          15:1 – 35

B.      Job responds – You friends are miserable comforters                 16:1 – 22

C.      Job continues – Wonders where is his hope                                  17:1 – 16

D.      Bildad speaks – God punishes the wicked                                      18:1 – 21

E.       Job responds – My Redeemer Lives!                                               19:1 – 29

F.       Zophar speaks – The wicked will suffer                                           20:1 – 29

G.     Job responds – The wicked do prosper                                            21:1 – 34

9.       The Third Dialogue                                                                                    22:1 –

A.      Eliphaz speaks – Job’s wickedness must be very great                22:1 – 30

B.      Job responds – Where is God?                                                         23:1 – 24:25

C.      Bildad speaks – Man cannot be righteous                                     25:1 – 6

10.   Job’s arguments                                                                                        26:1 – 31:40

A.      Job responds – God’s majesty is unsearchable                            26:1 – 14

B.      Job continues – Job will maintain his integrity                             27:1 – 23

C.      Job continues – Where is wisdom?                                                28:1 – 28

D.      Job continues – his summary defense                                          29:1 – 30:31

E.       Job’s final appeal                                                                              31:1 – 40

11.   Young Elihu has something to say

A.      Elihu rebukes Job’s three friends                                                   32:1 – 22

B.      Elihu rebukes Job                                                                              33:1 – 33

C.      Elihu speaks for God (so he says)                                                   34:1 – 37

D.      Elihu condemns Job                                                                          35:1 – 16

E.       Elihu declares God’s greatness                                                       36:1 – 33

F.       Elihu declares God’s majesty                                                          37:1 – 24

12.   The Lord answers Job                                                                             38:1 40:2

13.   Job promises silence                                                                               38:1 – 5

14.   The Lord challenges Job                                                                         38:6 – 41:35

15.   Job’s confession and repentance                                                         42:1 – 6

16.   God rebukes Jobs friends                                                                       42:7 – 9

17.   God restores Job’s possessions and family                                         42:10 – 16