An Outline for the Book of Job,
  by Lane                                                        

I. The Prologue (1:1-2:13)

A. Job's Felicity (1:1-5)

B. Job Tested (1:6-2:13)

1. Satan's accusations of Job (1:6-12)

2. Job's integrity in loss of family and property (1:13-22).

3. Satan's further accusations (2:1-6)

4. Job's integrity in personal suffering (2:7-10)

5. The coming of the counselors (2:11-13)

II. The Dialogue/Dispute (3:1-27:23)

A. Job's Opening Lament (3:1-26)

B. The First Cycle of Speeches (4:1-14:22)

1. Eliphaz (4:1-5:27)

2. Job's reply (6:1-7:21)

3. Bildad (8:1-22)

4. Job's reply ((9:1-10:22)

5. Zophar (11:1-20)

6. Job's reply (12:1-14:22)

C. The Second Cycle of Speeches (15:1-21:34)

1. Eliphaz (15:1-35)

2. Job's reply (16:1-17:16)

3. Bildad (18:1-21)

4. Job's reply (19:1-29)

5. Zophar (20:1-29)

6. Job's reply (21:1-34)

D. The Third Cycle of Speeches (22:1-26:14)

1. Eliphaz (22:1-30)

2. Job's reply (23:1-24:25)

3. Bildad (25:1-6)

4. Job's reply (26:1-14)

E. Job's Closing Discourse (27: 1-23)

III. Interlude on Wisdom (28:1-28)

IV. The Monologues (29:1-42:6)

A. Job's Peroration (29:1-31:40).

1. His past honor and blessing (29:1-25)

2. His present dishonor and suffering (30:1-33)

3. His negative confession and final oath (31:1-40).

B. Elihu's Speeches (32:1-37:24)

1. Introduction (32:6-22)

2. The first speech part 1 (32: 6-22)

3. The second speech part 2 (33:1-33)

4. The second speech (34:1-37)

5. The third speech (35:1-16)

6. The fourth speech (36:1-37:24)

C. The Theophany (38:1-42:6)

1. God's first discourse (38: 1-40:2)

2. Job's humbling (40:3-5)

3. God's second discourse (40:6-41:34)

D. Job's Closing Contrition (42: 1-6)

V. The Epilogue (42: 7-17)

A. The Verdict (42:7-9)

B. The Restoration (42: 10-17)

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