Job 2 and 3, Chiastic structure

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Hebrew paragraph divisions

Job 2:1-10 {p} Job loses his health, but does not curse God
Job 2:11-3:1 {p} The coming of Job’s three friends

For the series of speeches from Job 3:2-28:10, the Hebrew paragraph divisions for each man’s speech are like the divisions in the Psalms that we studied in 2014. There is an understood {s} division at the end of each numbered line, with an {n} marking where a new line begins within a numbered line. There are only two {n} divisions in Job’s speech from Job 3:2-26, and both are marked with in the Chiastic Structure.

Job 3:2-26, Job’s lament Chiastic structure

For further study on site

Job 1 and 2, His place in history (2015)
Job 1 and 2, Reverse parallelism (2016)

For further study off site

John Gill’s introduction to the book of Job
The Remarkable Record of Job – Henry M. Morris