JOB
INTRODUCTORY NARRATIVE
Job 1:1-2:13

      1. Job Is Introduced. Job 1:1-5.
       2. Job Is Accused by Satan. Job 1:6-12.
       3. The First Issue Decided. Job 1:13-22.
       4. Satan Shifts His Ground. Job 2:1-6.
       5. The Second Result. Job 2:7-10.
       6. Job's Three Friends Come to Comfort Him. Job 2:11-13.


             PART FIRST: JOB'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THREE FRIENDS.
                             Job 3:1-31:40.

    I. JOB'S COMPLAINT. Job 3:1-26.
       1. He Curses His Birth Day. Job 3:1-10.
       2. Laments That He Died Not in Infancy. Job 3:11-16.
       3. He Longs for Death. Job 3:20-26.

   II. THE FIRST SPEECH OF ELIPHAZ. Job 4:1-5:27.
       1. His Opinion as to the Cause of Job's Affliction. Job 4:1-9.
       2. He Argues from the Justice of God. Job 4:12-16.
       3. He Cites the Calamities That Befall the Wicked. Job 5:3-7.
       4. Advises Job to "Seek unto God". Job 5:8, 17-27.

  III. JOB'S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ. Job 6:1-7:21.
       1. Continues His Lamentation. Job 6:1-10.
       2. Complains of disappointment in His Friends. Job 6:14-24.
       3. Describes His Pain and Want of Rest. Job 6:4-10, 15, 16.

   IV. FIRST SPEECH OF BILDAD. Job 8:1-22.
       1. His Children Had Perished for Their Sins, and He Was Suffering
          for His. Job 8:1-7.
       2. God Destroys the Wicked, but Delivers the Righteous.
          Job 8:8-14, 20-22.

    V. JOB'S REPLY TO BILDAD. Job 9:1-10:22.
       1. He Exalts God. Job 9:1-12.
       2. Denies that God Executes Justice Fully in This World.
          Job 9:22-24; 10:1-3.
       3. Laments Again His Birth, and Draws Another Picture of Death.
          Job 9:18-22.

   VI. FIRST SPEECH OF ZOPHAR. Job 11:1-20.
       1. Job's Suffering Less Than He Deserves. Job 11:1-6.
       2. Repentance Would Bring Back Prosperity. Job 11:14-17.

  VII. JOB'S REPLY TO ZOPHAR. Job 12:1-14:22.
       1. He Rebukes Their Assumption of Superiority. Job 12:1-4.
       2. Refutes Their Reasoning by Reference to Prosperity of the
          Wicked. Job 12:6-10.
       3. Rebukes Them for False Reasoning. Job 13:4-13.
       4. He Trusts the Question of a Resurrection. Job 14:1-13.

 VIII-XVII. TWO MORE ROUNDS OF SPEECHES. Job 15:1-31:40.
       1. Job's Last Speech Very Long. Job 15:1-31:40.
       2. Argument on Both Sides Unchanged.
       3. Job Elaborates His Argument from the Occasional Prosperity of
          Wicked Men. Job 21:1-15.
       4. He Declares His Innocence of Common Sins. Job 31:1-40.


                    PART SECOND: THE SPEECH OF ELIHU.
                            Job 32:1-37:24.

       1. He Is Introduced. Job 32:1-5.
       2. He Gives His Reason for Keeping Silent, and for Now Speaking.
          Job 32:6-20.
       3. His Position as to the Question at Issue. Job 33:8-13.


                PART THIRD: GOD SPEAKS FROM A WHIRLWIND.
                             Job 38:1-42:6.

    I. THE INFINITE CONTRAST BETWEEN THE KNOWLEDGE AND POWER OF GOD, AND
       THOSE OF MAN. Job 38:1-39:30.

   II. JOB HUMBLES HIMSELF, AND GOD PROCEEDS. Job 40:1-42:6.


                  THE SEQUEL, OR CONCLUDING NARRATIVE.
                              Job 42:7-17.

    I. GOD'S DECISION OF THE QUESTION DISCUSSED. Job 42:7-9.

   II. JOB'S RESTORATION. Job 42:10-17.