- Written by Adam Heltne
Previously, we looked at Job chapter nine in which Job asked the question: “But how can a man be in the right before God?” (Job 9:2b). At the end of the chapter, Job reaches this conclusion to his question:
“For he is not a man, as I am, that I might answer him, that we should come to trial together. There is no arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both.” (Job 9:32-33)
- Written by Adam Heltne
At the end of the eighth chapter of the book of Job, Bildad attempts to offer the suffering servant of God some hope: “Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers” (Job 8:20). Bildad was suggesting that Job could take steps to become blameless before God, but Job refuted Bildad’s theology with a very important question:
“But how can a man be in the right before God?” (Job 9:2b)