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The book of Job gives an account of a righteous man who faithfully responded to difficult trials. Job’s experience invites us to ponder difficult questions about the causes of suffering, the frailty of human existence, and the reasons to trust in God, even when life seems unfair.
- Lesson 108: Job 17–37
Commentary and Background Information. Job 19:25–26. “I know...
- Lesson 108: Job 17–37
The book of Job begins with a prologue (Job 1-2), which describes a wager between Satan and God, in which Satan (“the adversary”) bets God that Job–a particularly pious man–will abandon his piety and curse God if all his wealth and well-being are taken away.
The currently dominant readings of the book of Job agree on one essential point: the book refutes the retributory theology assumed to be Jewish orthodoxy, whereby God punishes the wicked and rewards the righteous.
In the book that bears his name, Job is argumentative, demanding answers from God as to the cause of his suffering. Jewish scholars, particularly Anson Laytner, view Job’s arguments as the pinnacle of the Hebrew Bible’s permitted and encouraged “law-court prayer.” Yet the New
The book of Job contains no direct allusion to the hope of Israel, and to find anything therein referring to Christ may seem far-fetched and unwarranted. When, however, we read it in the light of New Testament story and doctrine, certain foreshadow- ings of our Saviour appear.
17 Ιουλ 2014 · The Old Testament book of Job can be mysterious, exhausting, and frustrating. Yet, for millennia, readers have also drawn comfort and hope from the story of Job’s extreme suffering. Bible Gateway interviewed Rev. Christopher Ash about his book, Job: The Wisdom of the Cross (Crossway, 2014).
Job 1. (1) There was a man in the land of Uz named Job. That man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. (4) It was the custom of his sons to hold feasts, each on his set day in his own home. They would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
