Job 8 - 11

In chapter 8 Bildad rebukes Job, calls him a hypocrite, and attempts to explain the ways of God.

Job responds in chapters 9-10, but makes no effort to justify his words, but rather justifies the righteousness and sovereignty of God. He also recognizes a key problem between God and man (9:32-33), where there was no mediator to stand between God and man at that time in history, which was resolved with the coming of Jesus.

In chapter 11, the third of Job’s friends, Zophar, speaks and also rebukes Job for claiming his innocence, and declares that his current punishment from God is far less than he deserves, since God does not punish the guiltless.