Job

Poetry42 chaptersOld TestamentAuthor: Unknown

Overview

Job explores the question of why the righteous suffer. Through Job's trials and God's response, it reveals God's sovereignty and the limits of human understanding.

Date written: c. 2000-1800 BC

Key Verses

“And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Job 1:21

“I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee.”

Job 42:2