My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.
The book that holds this verse is the oldest book in the Bible and the oldest poetical book, written by Moses in the land of Midian. It is in four parts, the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2, the debate in chapters 4 to 31, 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. The verse stands in the second part, the debate between Job and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions, made up of three circles of speeches by each.
It belongs to the poetic discussions in chapters 3 to 31 about the cause and purpose of human suffering. It stands in the closing portion in chapters 28 to 42, where Job still defends himself, knowing he has committed no open sins against God, and earnestly desires God to manifest Himself to him. The general claims about suffering made by Job's friends were misapplied to Job's case, for affliction does not prove that a person is under God's displeasure or should be discouraged.
The book that holds this verse is the oldest book in the Bible and the oldest poetical book, written by Moses in the land of Midian. It is in four parts, the prose prologue in chapters 1 and 2, the debate in chapters 4 to 31, 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. The verse stands in the second part, the debate between Job and his three friends on the subject of his afflictions, made up of three circles of speeches by each.
It belongs to the poetic discussions in chapters 3 to 31 about the cause and purpose of human suffering. It stands in the closing portion in chapters 28 to 42, where Job still defends himself, knowing he has committed no open sins against God, and earnestly desires God to manifest Himself to him. The general claims about suffering made by Job's friends were misapplied to Job's case, for affliction does not prove that a person is under God's displeasure or should be discouraged.