Book of Job
Old TestamentPoetry / Wisdom

Book of Job

42

Chapters

1,070

Verses

Unknown

Author

2000-1800 BC

Date Written

Overview

Job explores the mystery of suffering through the story of a righteous man who lost everything yet maintained his faith in God.

Purpose

To address the problem of innocent suffering and show that God's ways are beyond human understanding.

Historical Context

Likely set in the patriarchal period, dealing with timeless questions about suffering and God's justice.

Name Origins

Hebrew

איוֹב

Yov

“Persecuted”

Greek

Ἰώβ

Iōb

Key Themes

SufferingSovereigntyFaithWisdomJusticeRestoration

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Book Outline

Prologue

1:1-2:13

Job's testing

Dialogue

3:1-31:40

Three cycles of debate

Elihu

32:1-37:24

Young man's speech

God Speaks

38:1-41:34

Divine wisdom

Epilogue

42:1-17

Restoration

Key Verses

“The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Job 1:21Study this verse →
“I know that my redeemer liveth.”
Job 19:25Study this verse →
“Now mine eye seeth thee.”
Job 42:5Study this verse →

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