But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company.
The book of Job is the oldest book in the Bible and the oldest of all poetical books that have come down to the present. It is in four parts: the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2, the debate and speeches, the speeches of Elihu in chapters 32 to 37 and the speeches of the Lord out of the storm-cloud, and the prose epilogue in chapter 42:7-17, with this verse belonging to the second part. That second part stands as the debate between Job and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions, which runs from chapters 4 to 31 and consists of three circles of speeches on the part of each.
Within that debate the verse belongs to Job's reply in which he protests his innocence and desires death. In it Job complains in anguish that God has made him weary and exhausted by suffering and has made desolate and bereft all his company and companions, describing how his affliction has worn him down and left his whole circle desolate.
The loss of friends described here is one of the bitter trials that may strip a person of earthly support and turn the heart toward God, so that even such adversity can serve as chastening and spiritual instruction. Yet the anguish expressed does not establish that suffering proves a person is under God's displeasure.
The book of Job is the oldest book in the Bible and the oldest of all poetical books that have come down to the present. It is in four parts: the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2, the debate and speeches, the speeches of Elihu in chapters 32 to 37 and the speeches of the Lord out of the storm-cloud, and the prose epilogue in chapter 42:7-17, with this verse belonging to the second part. That second part stands as the debate between Job and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions, which runs from chapters 4 to 31 and consists of three circles of speeches on the part of each.
Within that debate the verse belongs to Job's reply in which he protests his innocence and desires death. In it Job complains in anguish that God has made him weary and exhausted by suffering and has made desolate and bereft all his company and companions, describing how his affliction has worn him down and left his whole circle desolate.
The loss of friends described here is one of the bitter trials that may strip a person of earthly support and turn the heart toward God, so that even such adversity can serve as chastening and spiritual instruction. Yet the anguish expressed does not establish that suffering proves a person is under God's displeasure.