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Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 3522: dated to the 1st century AD, it contains part of Job 42 translated into Greek.. The Book of Job (/ dʒ oʊ b /; Biblical Hebrew: אִיּוֹב, romanized: ʾĪyyōḇ), or simply Job, is a book found in the Ketuvim ("Writings") section of the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Poetic Books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1]
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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.
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. [3] [4] This chapter belongs to the prologue of the book,comprising Job 1:1–2:13. [5]
Job 42 is the 42nd (and the final) 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.
The Book of Job was an important influence upon Blake's writings and art; [11] Blake apparently identified with Job, as he spent his lifetime unrecognized and impoverished. Harold Bloom has interpreted Blake's most famous lyric, The Tyger, as a revision of God's rhetorical questions in the Book of Job concerning Behemoth and Leviathan. [12]
God condemns Job's friends for their ignorance and lack of understanding. Job is restored to health, gaining double the riches he possessed before and having 7 sons and 3 daughters. Job is blessed once again and lives on another 140 years. People: Job - יהוה YHVH - Eliphaz - Bildad - Zophar - Jemima - Keziah - Keren-happuch
Job 3 is the third 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 the 6th century BCE. [3] [4] This chapter belongs to the Dialogue section of the book, comprising Job 3:1–31:40. [5] [6]