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Tzava’at Iyov — Chapter 37

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1

Bildad tested Iyov with questions concerning the circuits of the sun.

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2

Iyov refused to boast that he possessed the secrets of heaven.

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3

Instead he asked Bildad a matter within the human body.

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4

“Food and drink enter through the same throat; afterward the body separates what is useful from what is waste. Who taught the body this ordering?”

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5

Bildad said, “I do not know.”

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6

Iyov answered, “If you do not comprehend even the hidden ordering within your own body, how will you judge the circuits of heaven or the counsel of Elohim?”

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7

Tzofar then concluded that Iyov’s mind was not destroyed.

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