“Even now my witness is in heaven. My advocate is there on high.”
Key Phrases to Highlight
Key Verse: Job 16:19 – “Even now my witness is in heaven. My advocate is there on high.”
Job 16:2 – “What miserable comforters you are!”
Job 16:4 – “I could say the same things if you were in my place. I could spout off criticism and shake my head at you. But if it were me, I would encourage you. I would try to take away your grief.”
Job 16:9 – “God hates me and angrily tears me apart.”
Job 16:21 – “I need someone to mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends.”
Notes to Write in the Margin
Job 16:9-14 Divine Assault: Job uses violent, poetic imagery, portraying God as a predator. Mark words such as tears, snaps, pierces, handed me over, tossed, shattered, broke me, set me up, pierce, smashes, and “charging at me like a warrior.”
Job 16:16 – Job’s anguish
Job 16:19 – Job’s faith
Cross Reference
Job 16:9 (“God hates me”) – See Romans 8:35 – Can anything ever separate us from Christ’s love? Does it mean he no longer loves us if we have trouble or calamity, or are persecuted, or hungry, or destitute, or in danger, or threatened with death?
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