Land of Uz

「Then will I also confess of thee That thine own right hand can save thee.」

What challenge does the righteous sufferer in Job pose to the Jewish understanding of divine justice?

The innocent suffer: where is the just God?

「Who shakes the earth from its place,Till its pillars quake;」

What challenge does the righteous sufferer in Job pose to the Jewish understanding of divine justice?

The innocent suffer: where is the just God?

「In this too is my salvation:That no one impious can come into God’s presence.」

“The fear of the Lord” as wisdom (Job 28:28) — how does this wisdom differ from Greek epistemology in the context of suffering?

Wisdom is not the answer, but the ability to stand within the question.

「Indeed, you are drawn away from the brink of distressTo a broad place where there is no constraint;Your table is laid out with rich food.」

“The fear of the Lord” as wisdom (Job 28:28) — how does this wisdom differ from Greek epistemology in the context of suffering?

Wisdom is not the answer, but the ability to stand within the question.

「Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?」

「What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?」

「And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.」

「They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.」

「To turn a mortal away from an action,To suppress pride in a man.」

「You subvert pietyAnd restrain prayer to God.」

「My kin have been alienated from me;My acquaintances disown me.」

「Who can pry open the doors of its face?Its bared teeth strike terror.」

「How much less those who dwell in houses of clay,Whose origin is dust,Who are crushed like the moth,」

「Would that my request were granted,That God gave me what I wished for;」

「For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.」

「Thus GOD blessed the latter years of Job’s life more than the former. He had fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand yoke of oxen, and one thousand jennies.」

「Is a multitude of words unanswerable?Must a loquacious person be right?」

「For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:」

「So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as Jehovah commanded them: and Jehovah accepted Job.」

「North—I cannot discern One who is concealed;South—also there hidden from my sight.」

「But he said to her, “You talk as any shameless woman might talk! Should we accept only good from God and not accept evil?” For all that, Job said nothing sinful.」

「May that night be desolate;May no sound of joy be heard in it;」

「Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.」

「One day, as his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,」