Old Testament · Book overview
Book of Job
Job wrestles with why the righteous suffer, as a blameless man loses everything and debates with friends. God's answer is not an explanation but himself—and Job learns to trust the Creator he cannot fully understand.
AuthorUnknown
DateUncertain (patriarchal era)
ThemeSuffering and trust
Chapters42
Key verses BSB · Public Domain (CC0)
Job 1:21 “saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”” Job 19:25 “But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.” Job 42:2 ““I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.”
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