The Job's Job : The Morality Of Job

The theme of the Book of Job is the perseverance of the human spirit. Job loses everything but he does not lose his faith in God. “Job refuses to curse God” (Book). Job has not done anything to deserve this, but it is a test from God and Satan to see if Job is actually as

The role of Satan in Job 1 and 2 was that of God’s adversary (cite book pg. 313). He was allowed to appear before God and challenge his followers. God agreed to the challenge and allowed Satan to do whatever he wanted to Job except touch him. Satan was trying to prove that the only reason Job was such a faithful follower was because he was being protected by God. Job was a very wealthy man who had 7 children, and a large farm. Satan took all of that from Job and he still continued to worship God. Satan again was allowed to approach God and voice his opinion that Job was only continuing his faithfulness because no harm had come to him personally. So God allowed Satan to do anything except kill him. Satan did his best, but Job did not

     Job is a man very limited by God. As illustrated, he has only a negligible amount of agency to begin with. By the time God and Satan finish with him, he has virtually no control over his own life. The fragment of agency he does cling to is his ability to choose whether or not to curse God. No one, except himself, could prevent Job from cursing God. Yet, he refuses to curse God, even though He is responsible for his suffering.

Considering, the faith and Loyality Job had for God, he allowed Satan to torture Job. First, Satan destoryed everything in Job’s life and took the lives of his ten children. Secondly, Satan harmed Job physically, causing his health to fail. According to Maxwell, Satan infected Job with sores over the surface of his body, and Job scratched his skin with a pottery shard for relief (as cited in John C. Maxwell, 2014, p.34). Moreover,when Satan was done torturing Job. The faith and loyality Job had for God was even stronger. Job told Maxwell all of his pain, suffering and scars, Satan inflicted on him carried no pain. The only thing mattered to Job was “God see the big picture” (Maxwell, 2014, p. 34). Satan never understood the reason why Job

However, the same cannot be said, for the God that were portrayed in the “Book of Job.” At the beginning of the book, God was presented as Job's protector and defender; however, at the end, God appeared as the supreme being lecturing and preaching to Job with hostility and allowed Satan to wreak havoc on Job’s life causing the death of his children as well as the destruction of land just to prove a point that Job worships God despite many bad things happening to him. Although Job could not begin to understand why many unfortunate events happened to him and his family, he knew God was aware of it. He did not react, as Satan had predicted, by cursing God. Rather, Job told his wife, “Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?

In stark contrast to God’s presence in Genesis, the character of God in Job strays from the ideal perfection of the divine. The concept of the ideal manifested in Genesis is embodied in God’s moral, reasonable, and rational behavior. In Job, on the other hand, rather than being reasonable, methodical, and creating life, God displays more human characteristics and plays the role of both creator and destroyer. The book of Job begins with God’s boastful bargain with Satan, which subsequently leads God to allow the total destruction of Job’s family and livelihood. Job is even attacked physically with “loathsome sores… from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head” (Job 2:7). In an uncharacteristically immoral decision, God gives Satan the power do

Why does God allow Satan to cause such tragedy in Job’s life, a man whom God has already acknowledged as “my servant Job, that there is none like on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”(1.8) From the beginning, it is known that Job is in no way deserving of his injustices, so a reason must be given. God gives Job an opportunity to prove that under any circumstances Job will still have faith. This simply a test for Job. The whole Book is a “double” journey for Job -- he shows God his faith and realizes the faith God has that Job will not stray from his path. Job knows deep down that God has not forsaken him.

Satan took away Job’s possessions, but I also believe he took away some of Job’s mental sanity. Job 34 In this chapter, Elihu reveals that his argument does not significantly differ from the arguments made by Eliphaz, Zophar, and Bildad. Elihu tries to defend God and his ways, but one of his arguments does not align with Job’s circumstances.

The prologue of the book, set in prose style, is made up of chapters one and two with the introduction of Job and his family and how successful he is and that he is blessed by God wonderfully. It goes into Job's first test which Satan presents himself before the lord. God said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil" (Job 1:8). This is when Satan puts up the challenge for God saying, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Have you not put a hedge around him and his

The article is a biblical parable which depicts the story of a man, from the land of Uz, named Job. The article reveals that he lived in opulence and his flock was abundant, making him the richest man amongst the people of the East. According to the article, Job had seven sons and three daughters, who lived extra scavenge live with their father’s wealth. The article reveals that the unique thing about Job was his dedication to God; According to the author, he was so faithful to God that God gave the Satan the permission to test his faithfulness. As explained by the article, the Satan tested Job by taking away all his wealth, children and finally afflicting him with disease but he remained resolute in worshiping God. According to the scholars

The view of fate the book of Job expresses, though similar in that it originates from God, differs in a few important ways. In Job, situations are predetermined to occur, but the personal choices of the people involved determine the outcome of the situation. The story of Job opens with Job's fate of suffering being planned. Satan presents himself in an audience before God. God makes example of Job, and Satan rebuffs, stating that Job's constancy is only because of God's preferential treatment. Satan tells God, "But put forth thy hand now and touch all he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face."(40). In response, power is given to Satan to torment Job as a test. Job's life and finally health are viciously mangled and destroyed by Satan. Though Job does not know the reasons behind his great suffering, we are told that "In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly."(41), and "In all this did not Job sin with his lips."(41). Self-pity creeps into Job's thoughts and words, but there is no disenchanted turn from God. Instead in Job the reader sees a turn to God for relief and

First, let’s look at the topic of the innocent victims. Job was a very good man. He rose early in the morning to offer sacrifices to God on behalf of his children, He loved God, and did no evil. So why would God allow such awful things to happen to him? People often say God is inconsistent and seems to cause tragic things to happen for no reason at all. This is a very unfitting way of looking at things.

I think it’s safe to say we have all heard the saying, “what goes around, comes around.” Most people believe in some form of retribution, most commonly karma, that there are punishments and rewards for our actions. Without this retributive theology, there is chaos in the world. Contrary to what most believe, God, as portrayed in the book of Job, does not have complete control over everything that happens. In the book, Job is a righteous, very fortunate man. After he faces great tragedy, he and his friends discuss why it might have happened to him. Job’s friends argue that he must have done something to deserve to suffer. Job argues that he has remained “blameless and upright.” He argues that God doesn’t work on account of the Pentateuchal Doctrine of Retribution. According to God, there are things that humans can not understand about the universe. There is chaos that not even he can control. There are many different theories on God and the message that the book of Job is sending. While God argues that chaos reigns, He is the main cause of the chaos because he doesn’t try to prevent it from happening.

Job and his friends were not aware that his (Job) suffering was inflicted by the devil who sought permission from the Lord to test the faithfulness of Job towards God. After Job suffered the loss of all his children and possession as well as well as being afflicted with sores all over his body, his friends Zophar, Bildad and Eliphaz sought to find meaning as to why all this occurrences. They tried to explain that it was because of sin that God punished man; this being a key argument of the law as written in Deuteronomy 28, wisdom literature in Psalms 37; 92; Proverbs 10:27-30 and Old Testament prophecies and that this could have been the case with Job. On the other hand, Job who had a strong belief on the justice of God accused God of injustice in the sense that He (God) was not adhering to his own rule considering Job believed that he has been faithful to God and has been careful to avoid any kind of evil.

Job’s debate with his friends was precipitated by the former’s determination to uphold righteous standards. Notably, Job experienced tremendous tribulations due to Satan’s efforts. His 10 children died while his livestock was killed. Job’s servants also died under mysterious circumstances. Unfortunately, his wife deserted and mocked him for his faith in God. In fact, she taunted him to curse God and died. Nevertheless, these events could not break Job’s integrity. Satan was determined to intensify his physical attacks on Job. Job was struck with a debilitating illness that subjected him to constant pain. Members of the community also shunned him. Later, three friends of Job came to visit him. However, they did not say anything to Job for three day.