Epiphany Season · Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year B
Job 7:1-4, 6-7
Job’s Reply to Eliphaz
February 7, 2027
Overview & Insights
“My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and come to their end without hope.” (Job 7:6)
After Eliphaz’s first speech in Job 4–5, Job responds in chapters 6 and 7. In chapter 6, Job indirectly refers in a few places to what Eliphaz has said, but he does not actually refute him point by point. Job’s speech, rather, is an emotional outburst in which he defends himself and attacks his friends. Job is clearly frustrated with his painful situation (6:1–13) and with what he sees as the disloyalty of his friends (6:14–23). He demands that they speak honestly and kindly to him (6:24–30).
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Commentary
Job 7 Commentary: In Response to Eliphaz Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik on Job's lament that life is hard service and his nights of misery.
Job 7:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Classic and modern commentators gathered on Job 7:1.
Job Commentaries Precept Austin
Deep verse-by-verse study library with word studies and cross-references on Job.
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Agape Bible Study
Catholic study of Job's cry of suffering as this Sunday's first reading (Catholic).
The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Catholic Productions · Brant Pitre
Brant Pitre sets Job's lament beside Jesus the healer in the Sunday readings (Catholic).
Background & Word Study
Job 7 (Sefaria, Hebrew and English) Sefaria
Hebrew and English text of Job 7 with classical Jewish commentaries alongside.
Job 7:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew word-by-word text of Job 7:1 with parsing and Strong's numbers.
Book of Job Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the book of Job and its wrestling with innocent suffering.
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What is Job saying here?
From the depth of his suffering Job laments the brevity and misery of his days, pouring out his complaint honestly before God even as he feels forsaken.
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