Job

Old Testament · Poetic Books · 42 chapters

Job loses everything and wrestles with his friends and with God over why the righteous suffer, until God answers from the whirlwind.

Context

Genre

Wisdom dialogue and poetry

Authorship

Author unknown

Original language

Hebrew

In the original

גֹּאֵלgoel — redeemer

Related texts

Psalms 73 · the righteous and the wicked who prosperEcclesiastes 1–12 · another search for meaning

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