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Job 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book is anonymous; most scholars believe it was written around 6th century BCE.
This is also the meaning of the only two identical occurrences of bene ha elohim in the Hebrew Bible (Job 1:6 and 2:1), and of the most closely related expressions (refer to the list above). In the Septuagint , the interpretive reading "angels" is found in Codex Alexandrinus , one of four main witnesses to the Greek text.
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.
In chapter 6, the introduction (verse 1) and a sketch or outline of Job's s complaint (verses 2–7) is followed by Job's Request (verses 8-13) and his rebuke of the friends' failure to care for him (verses 14–23), then concluded with a challenge addressed to the friends (verses 24–30). [11]
From verse 1 to the middle of verse 3, the narrative practically repeats Job 1:7–8, except for the addition of three Hebrew words at the end of verse 2:1 (להתיצב על יהוה 11] translated: "to present himself before YHWH") and the difference in the Hebrew word used for "from where" (מֵאַ֣יִן 12] in 1:7; אי מזה 13] in 2:2 ...
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 ...
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Verse 1 opens with Job summing up his speech in chapter 12 before he addresses his friends in verses 2–12, contrasting Job's stance ("but I", verse 3) and his friends' ("but you", verse 4). [17] Job calls for silence from his friends (verse 5, 13) as he wants to 'boldly pursue truth as he comes before God'. [ 18 ]