The Story of Job – Table of Contents

“Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they refine it.”
—Job 28:1 (KJV)

There are few voices that speak to the sufferer with as much spiritual clarity and depth as Jessie Penn-Lewis. Her 1902 work, *The Story of Job: A Glimpse into the Mystery of Suffering*, is not a dry commentary nor an academic exegesis—it is a Spirit-led meditation on the purpose and power of God’s dealings with His people through suffering.

As one acquainted with the refining fires of affliction, Penn-Lewis unfolds the story of Job not simply as a man in pain, but as a pattern for all believers who are being brought into deeper fellowship with Christ through the furnace of trial.

The Story of Job — Introduction

1. Post 1: The Man Named Job — A Life of Integrity Before the Furnace
2. Post 2: A Scene in Heaven — When Satan Targets the Righteous
3. Post 3: Still Holding Fast — The Second Attack and the Silence of Friends
4. Post 4: The Lament — When the Righteous Ask “Why Was I Born?”
5. Post 5: When Counsel Turns to Condemnation — Eliphaz Speaks
6. Post 6: Job’s Reply — The Bitterness of Misunderstood Suffering
7. Post 7: The Sharp Edge of Doctrine — Bildad Speaks
8. Post 8: “Let Me Speak!” — Job Defends His Integrity
9. Post 9: The Cruel Logic of the Self-Righteous — Zophar Speaks
10. Post 10: A Wounded Defender — Job’s Final Plea in Round One
11. Post 11: Round Two Begins — Eliphaz Returns
12. Post 12: Job’s Longing and Lament — “Though He Slay Me, Yet Will I Trust” (Job 16–17)
13. Post 13: The Return of the Harsh Rebuker — Bildad’s Second Speech
14. Post 14: The Testimony of a Broken Man — Job Responds Again
15. Post 15: The Last Round Begins — Zophar’s Final Rebuke
16. Post 16: Job’s Final Words in the Debate — The Veil Begins to Lift
17. Post 17: The Return of the Rigid Doctrine — Eliphaz Strikes Again
18. Post 18: The Cry for God in the Middle of Darkness — Job’s Reply
19. Post 19: The Harsh Voice of Tradition — Bildad’s Final Words
20. Post 20: The Rising Voice of Faith — Job Declares His Integrity
21. Post 21: Wisdom from the Depths — Job’s Praise of God’s Hidden Wisdom
22. Post 22: Looking Back, Pressing Forward — Job Reviews His Life (Job 29–31)
23. Post 23: A Younger Voice Enters — Elihu Begins to Speak (Job 32–33)
24. Post 24: Elihu Continues — Thunder Without Rain
25. Post 25: Then the Lord Answered — God Speaks from the Whirlwind
26. Post 26: Job Responds to the Lord — Silence and Surrender
27. Post 27: Canst Thou? — God’s Second Speech to Job (Job 40:6–41:34)
28. Post 28: Job Is Restored — The End Is Better Than the Beginning

Prepared for the encouragement of believers — theovercomer.org