... has no reason to act otherwise, but if God were to give him hardship, he would curse the name of the Lord. Satan challenges God to test Job, and reluctantly, God accepts. Here, we see Satan prodding the Lord, who is supposed to be almighty and knowledgable about everything, into testing one ... when others around you do not, and can convince you that they are right while you are wrong. Still, Job rebuked his wife and refused to sin. Job had three friends: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Namathite. These three friends heard of what happened to Job and came ... had...

• Word Count: 2230
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

... children and friends; but in the large poetic bulk of the book, where Job and his friends investigate in minutest detail the ways a man may sin and thus deserve suffering, cultic matters are never once mentioned (115." This would have been the greatest defence for Job, one that should not have ... Job cannot know the mind of God, ironically Zophar does, e.g. that certain people are deceptive (11:11). He also believes that if Job would repudiate sin, his life would return to brighter than noon. Zophar falls into the same trap as Eliphaz and Bildad in defending the doctrine of retribution...

• Word Count: 2187
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... children and friends; but in the large poetic bulk of the book, where Job and his friends investigate in minutest detail the ways a man may sin and thus deserve suffering, cultic matters are never once mentioned (115." This would have been the greatest defence for Job, one that should not have ... Job cannot know the mind of God, ironically Zophar does, e.g. that certain people are deceptive (11:11). He also believes that if Job would repudiate sin, his life would return to brighter than noon. Zophar falls into the same trap as Eliphaz and Bildad in defending the doctrine of retribution...

• Word Count: 2293
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Job's innocence is questioned after Satan convinces God to allow him to test Job's faith. Satan takes his family, health, and possessions away from him. His friends Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar, who have come to Job's house to console him, all doubt his ... perish by the wrath of God. In his statement, Eliphaz subtly questions the innocence of Job himself. By saying the innocent are not punished, he suggests Job isn't free of sin as he is one suffering by the punishment of God. Eliphaz tells Job to seek God and repent his actions before him. He defends God's actions, while questioning Job's ...

• Word Count: 585
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

... more than we love each other, in the case; God wants what is good for us and to make us happy. One may ask, does God test us with suffering? God did not necessarily test Job but allowed Satan to take everything away from him and making him very ill, to see what is Job's heart is made of. God allows evil ... suffering and receive many more blessings. Even though Job lost everything and was ill he did not turn his heart away from God, 'In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong' (Job 1:22). Suffering is a blessing, God does not just give one a light after darkness as he did...

• Word Count: 1223
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School