January 24: Job 19:1 – Job 21:34

Job Replies: My Redeemer Lives – Job 19

• Job becomes tired of Bildad's rude questions and his friends' torments. He states that God has wronged him, but later states that he knows his Redeemer lives.

Zophar Speaks: The Wicked Will Suffer – Job 20

• Zophar gives a speech about the wicked, and implies that Job has received what he deserves. He finishes by arguing that heaven and earth will bear witness to his iniquity, not his innocence.

Job Replies: The Wicked Do Prosper – Job 21

• Job begins to expose the problems in his friends' arguments about him—that suffering always indicates God's punishment. He asks why the wicked prosper, and finishes by telling them there is nothing left of their answers but falsehood.