Nachdaily: 5 Minute Perek Of Tanach Covering The Entire Navi. Sefer Yehoshua, Shoftim, Shmuel, Melachim, Yeshaya, Yirmiya, Ye

Welcome to NachDaily with Iyov, Perek 21. This is the 13th response in the Sefer and Iyov’s second answer to Tzofar. The Malbim explains that in responding to Tzofar, Iyov is actually addressing all of his friends’ arguments on why the wicked prosper. Iyov feels that his friends have mistreated him with words as sharp as arrows. As Iyov’s friends think of him as a wicked sinner, his troubles make sense to them because he fits into their general view of human suffering. Iyov opens the perek by telling them, in verse 2, to listen carefully to what he says. Iyov maintains that the question of why humans suffer and the wicked succeed applies not only to him, but to all of humanity. In verse 4, Iyov asks, “Was my discussion restricted to any one individual?” The Malbim explains this as saying that if there were no others who felt that they were going through pain with no reason, perhaps they’d be correct. But the bottom line is that they can't be so dismissive of me because there are so many people in the wor