The book of Job is a fable rich with intellectual meanings and lessons to be learned. The book attempts to rationalize the ways of God and human suffering. The themes of the story are faith in God, fate of the wicked human being and wisdom. These elements are developed dramatically in the story. Among these elements the theme and quest for wisdom is more visible than others.
Job was a righteous man who lived in Utz with his seven sons and three daughters. He was a very wealthy man of his time. Each year, he held a banquet where Job would have each of this children purified for fear they might have sinned and cursed God in their hearts. However, his fate was changed when God’s wrath came down to him invoked by the accusing angel. He lost his children, wealth and his health was destroyed in the most horrific form. Hence, Job refused to commit sin by cursing God for all of his sufferings. Job had three friends: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Nammatite. They heard about his misery and came to offer their sympathy and grief to him.
Job finally broke down and curses the day he was born. He wondered why life was given to a person who desires only death. In his words
In chapter, “A meditation on wisdom” the definition of wisdom was described very eloquently. Jobs friends represented standard ancient wisdom and job had rejected their wisdom all along throughout the conversation. According to the author, wisdom is hidden far pore profoundly than material treasure. Mortal beings know where gold, iron, copper and other valuable entities are found. However, wisdom and the place of true knowledge is not reachable for men. It belongs only to God and lies in the fear of the Him. As it was mentioned in verse 28:25 “The fear of the Lord is wisdom and the knowledge is avoiding sin”.
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