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Job and His Friends by Ilya Repin (1869) The Hebrew Book of Job is part of Ketuvim ("Writings") of the Hebrew Bible. Not much is known about Job based on the Masoretic Text. The characters in the Book of Job consist of Job, his wife, his three friends (Bildad, Eliphaz, and Zophar), a man named Elihu, God, and angels.
He was the first of Job's friends to attribute Job's calamity to actual wickedness; however, he does so indirectly, by accusing Job's children (who were destroyed in the opening scenes, Job 1:19) [8] of sin to warrant their punishment (Job 8:4). [9] Bildad's brief third speech, just five verses in length, [10] marked the silencing of the ...
A scroll of the Book of Job, in Hebrew. The Book of Job consists of a prose prologue and epilogue narrative framing poetic dialogues and monologues. [4] It is common to view the narrative frame as the original core of the book, enlarged later by the poetic dialogues and discourses, and sections of the book such as the Elihu speeches and the wisdom poem of chapter 28 as late insertions, but ...
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Although quick-witted, and quick to respond, Eliphaz loses his composure in chapter 22, in the third and final round of speeches, accusing Job of specific faults, "sins against justice and charity towards others": [11] oppressing widows and orphans, refusing bread to the hungry: a far cry from how he had originally described Job in his first address to him:
The Messengers Tell Job of His Misfortunes: And I only am escaped alone to tell thee. Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord and Job's Charity: Then went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord (based upon Job 2:7) Satan Smiting Job with Boils: And smote Job with sore Boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head
In this part, Job speaks of human misery and hardship in human existence. [14] Job mentions the brevity of life (the focus later, in chapter 14) and the lack of hope (verse 6) before addressing God directly (verse 7) calling God to act toward him ("remember") according to God's prior commitments to "the afflicted" (cf. Genesis 8:1; Exodus 2:24 ...
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