Job: Summary & Overview

Overview

Job tackles the most profound question in human experience: Why do the righteous suffer? Job, a blameless man, loses everything — family, wealth, health. His friends insist he must have sinned, but Job maintains his innocence. When God finally speaks, He doesn't explain suffering — He reveals Himself. Job learns that trusting God doesn't require understanding everything.

Key Themes

  • The mystery of suffering
  • God's sovereignty
  • Faith without answers
  • The inadequacy of human wisdom
  • Encountering God directly

Famous Verses

The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

Job 1:21

For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth.

Job 19:25

I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee.

Job 42:5

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?

Job 38:4

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him.

Job 13:15

Key Facts

Testament
Old Testament
Genre
Wisdom / Poetry
Author
Unknown
Date Written
Unknown (possibly very ancient)
Chapters
42

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