[b-hebrew] NXM

B. M. Rocine brocine at twcny.rr.com
Tue Apr 15 23:15:09 EDT 2008


Hi Karl,

K Randolph wrote:
>
> I (Bryan) said:
>> It is inconceivable to me to think that Job, when confronted by YHWH,
>> would not feel very sorry for many of the things he has said.  For
>> instance, he has said that God has wronged him:
>>
>> Job 19:6-12  then know that God has wronged me and drawn his net around
>> me.  7 "Though I cry, 'I've been wronged!' I get no response; though I
>> call for help, there is no justice.  8 He has blocked my way so I cannot
>> pass; he has shrouded my paths in darkness.  9 He has stripped me of my
>> honor and removed the crown from my head.  10 He tears me down on every
>> side till I am gone; he uproots my hope like a tree.  11 His anger burns
>> against me; he counts me among his enemies.  12 His troops advance in
>> force; they build a siege ramp against me and encamp around my tent.
>>
>> I'm sorry, but I see this passage differently, mainly based on verse 6,
>>     

You (Karl) said:
> "Know his anger for God has dealt twisted with me, and he caused his fence
> to encircle me. Behold, I cry 'Unfair' and I am not answered, I cry for help
> and there is no judgement for me. He fenced around my traveling way that I
> do not cross over, he has placed darkness upon my path. …"
>
> Even here, though Job darkens council with words, he does not accuse God of
> wrongdoing, rather more a cry of "Why, God?" because he doesn't understand.
>
>
>   
>> He has also accused God of hiding from him unfairly.
>>
>>
>> Job 23:3-9  If only I knew where to find him; if only I could go to his
>> dwelling!  4 I would state my case before him and fill my mouth with
>> arguments.  5 I would find out what he would answer me, and consider
>> what he would say.  6 Would he oppose me with great power? No, he would
>> not press charges against me.  7 There an upright man could present his
>> case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge.  8 "But
>> if I go to the east, he is not there; if I go to the west, I do not find
>> him.  9 When he is at work in the north, I do not see him; when he turns
>> to the south, I catch no glimpse of him.
>>
>> Again I see this differently, Job is crying out for answers that he is yet
>>     
> to receive. But he has not said that God was wrong in what he did.
>
>
>   
I don't know why you are so generous with Job.  Perhaps because he 
suffered so.  A human judge would fear for his safety upon hearing Job's 
words.  I do not say this to say that YHWH's life was in danger.  I say 
this to point out that many of Job's tirades were clearly in sizzling 
hot anger and accusation against YHWH.  You wouldn't want to be talked 
to or about like Job talked about YHWH.

Shalom,
Bryan

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