God begins by showing Job that no matter what the situation is; you must always remain faithful in God’s decisions. God initially does this by

God later granted the devil more power over Job, just so long as he did not kill him. The devil covered Job with boils from head to toe. It is at this point in the story that his wife confronts Job and is told to curse God and die. It’s interesting to note that Job replies to his own wife about her statement with “ Foolish woman, have you lost your mind? We have accepted good fortune from God; surely we can accept bad fortune too.”(8) An analysis here would show that Job, although being told from his own wife to curse God, understands that he must remain faithful to God. Throughout the entire book as well, Job never really doubts God, but wonders what his purpose in harming him is. He is always defending his innocence as a believer also.

When Job’s three friends first received word of what had happened to Job, they left immediately to go and console him. Upon arrival they sat there for a week and said absolutely nothing because they saw how much Job was indeed suffering. Once Job spoke all three of his friends jumped right on top of him saying that he had to have sinned or else this would not have happened to him. Job the entire time defended his innocence and asked why God would do such a thing. Job also learns that God must have a purpose for doing this to him, or else he would not have.

Its is also believed that through this, God knew what would eventually happen in the end or else he

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