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Job 9:1–35

Read Job 9:1–35

Job answered Bildad by describing God's universal and legal power. His speech resembles a complex legal case.

It includes:

  1. A summons and response (9:3, 14–16, 19b, 32).

  2. The risk of proving himself guilty (9:20).

  3. A "mediator" (9:33–34).

  4. A question of accusation (9:12).

  5. A legal sentence (9:22).

  6. A declaration of guilt (9:28–30).