1. The Dilemma of Job  ( 1:1⁠–⁠2:13 )

a. Job’s Character and Wealth  ( 1:1⁠–⁠1:5 )

b. Satan’s First Attack  ( 1:6⁠–⁠22 )

i. Satan in the Throne Room  ( 1:6⁠–⁠12 )

ii. Job Loses His Children and Possessions  ( 1:13⁠–⁠22 )

c. Satan’s Second Attack  ( 2:1⁠–⁠10 )

i. Satan Back in the Throne Room  ( 2:1⁠–⁠6 )

ii. Job Loses His Health  ( 2:7⁠–⁠10 )

d. Job’s Three Friends  ( 2:11⁠–⁠13 )

2. The Debates of Job  ( 3:1⁠–⁠37:24 )

a. Job’s Opening Lament  ( 3:1⁠–⁠26 )

b. The First Cycle of Debate  ( 4:1⁠–⁠14:22 )

i. Eliphaz’s First Speech  ( 4:1⁠–⁠7:21 )

1. The Innocent Prosper  ( 4:1⁠–⁠21 )

2. God Blesses those Who Seek Him  ( 5:1⁠–⁠27 )

3. Job Replies to Eliphaz  ( 6:1⁠–⁠7:21 )

a. My Complaint is Just  ( 6:1⁠–⁠30 )

b. Life Seems Futile  ( 7:1⁠–⁠21 )

ii. Bildad’s First Speech  ( 8:1⁠–⁠10:22 )

1. Job Should Repent  ( 8:1⁠–⁠22 )

2. Job Replies to Bildad  ( 9:1⁠–⁠10:22 )

a. How Can I Contend with God?  ( 9:1⁠–⁠35 )

b. Job’s Plea to God  ( 10:1⁠–⁠22 )

iii. Zophar’s First Speech  ( 11:1⁠–⁠14:22 )

1. Zophar Rebukes Job  ( 11:1⁠–⁠20 )

2. Job Replies to Zophar  ( 12:1⁠–⁠14:22 )

a. Job presents His Case  ( 12:1⁠–⁠25 )

b. Job Prepares His Case  ( 13:1⁠–⁠28 )

c. Job Laments the Finality of Death  ( 14:1⁠–⁠22 )

c. The Second Cycle of Debates  ( 15:1⁠–⁠21:34 )

i. Eliphaz’s Second Speech  ( 15:1⁠–⁠17:16 )

1. Job Does Not Fear God  ( 15:1⁠–⁠35 )

2. Job Replies to Eliphaz  ( 16:1⁠–⁠17:16 )

a. Job Decries His Comforters  ( 16:1⁠–⁠22 )

b. Job Prepares for Death  ( 17:1⁠–⁠16 )

ii. Bildad’s Second Speech  ( 18:1⁠–⁠19:29 )

1. God Punishes the Wicked  ( 18:1⁠–⁠21 )

2. Job Replies to Bildad  ( 19:1⁠–⁠29 )

iii. Zophar’s Second Speech  ( 20:1⁠–⁠21:34 )

1. Destruction Awaits the Wicked  ( 20:1⁠–⁠29 )

2. Job Replies to Zophar  ( 21:1⁠–⁠34 )

d. The Third Cycle of Debates  ( 22:1⁠–⁠26:14 )

i. Eliphaz’s Third Speech  ( 22:1⁠–⁠24:25 )

1. Can a Man Be of Use to God?  ( 22:1⁠–⁠30 )

2. Job Replies to Eliphaz  ( 23:1⁠–⁠24:25 )

a. Job Longs for God  ( 23:1⁠–⁠17 )

b. Judgment for the Wicked  ( 24:1⁠–⁠25 )

ii. Bildad’s Third Speech  ( 25:1⁠–⁠26:14 )

1. Man Cannot Be Righteous  ( 25:1⁠–⁠6 )

2. Job Replies to Bildad  ( 26:1⁠–⁠14 )

e. The Final Defense of Job  ( 27:1⁠–⁠31:40 )

i. Job’s First Monologue  ( 27:1⁠–⁠28:28 )

ii. Job’s Second Monologue  ( 29:1⁠–⁠31:40 )

f. The Speeches of Elihu  ( 32:1⁠–⁠37:24 )

i. Elihu Rebukes Job’s Friends  ( 32:1⁠–⁠22 )

ii. Elihu Rebukes Job  ( 33:1⁠–⁠33 )

iii. Elihu Confirms God’s Justice  ( 34:1⁠–⁠37 )

iv. Elihu Recalls God’s Justice  ( 35:1⁠–⁠16 )

v. Elihu Describes God’s Power  ( 36:1⁠–⁠33 )

vi. Elihu Proclaims God’s Majesty  ( 37:1⁠–⁠24 )

3. The Divine Discourses  ( 38:1⁠–⁠42:17 )

a. God’s First Challenge to Job  ( 38:1⁠–⁠40:2 )

b. Job’s First Reply to God  ( 40:3⁠–⁠5 )

c. God’s Second Challenge to Job  ( 40:6⁠–⁠41:34 )

d. Job’s Second Reply to God  ( 42:1⁠–⁠6 )

e. The LORD Rebukes Job’s Friends  ( 42:7⁠–⁠9 )

f. The LORD Blesses Job  ( 42:10⁠–⁠17 )