Two cycles of the debate have concluded, and the friends have gotten nowhere in their arguments against Job. The third cycle, which we are examining in its entirety this morning, shows the effects of their fruitless efforts: Eliphaz provides a substantial third speech, but Bildad can manage only a brief argument, and we hear nothing at all from Zophar. By contrast, Job continues to defend his innocence and perhaps grows even more passionate.1 Because these speeches contain almost nothing new, this message will mostly sound like a review of what we’ve already covered and summary of Job chapters 3-26. With this in mind, I’m going to take a bit of a different approach to this section. I want to read several sections of the speeches and pause for some comments as I go along. Then I’ll highlight three of the main themes throughout the speeches which summarize what has been said throughout and help us as we move along into the rest of Job.