Wednesday, 28 January 2026

Job 31 (summary): Job's final defence

This chapter is Job's final defence in this book's debate about human suffering. First of all Job lists the sins he has not committed like lust ("to look lustfully at a girl"), deceit, adultery ("enticed by a woman"), injustice to servants, negligence concerning the poor, and greed "pure gold" and "great wealth"). Job requests again for God to hear his case saying: "Oh, that I had someone to hear me! I sign now my defence - let the Almighty answer me". "Let God weigh me in honest scales and he will know that I am blameless".

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