Job
A righteous man loses everything, and the question of suffering is opened.
About Job
Job is a sustained poetic argument framed by a prose story. A blameless man loses his children, wealth and health; three friends insist his suffering must be deserved, and Job refuses to accept an explanation he knows is false. Their speeches circle the problem without solving it. When God finally answers from the whirlwind he offers not an explanation but himself, and Job’s reply is the book’s turning point.
- Suffering
- Integrity
- God’s wisdom
- Lament
Key verses in Job
All 42 chapters of Job
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