Biography of old testament job

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Just about everyone has heard of the suffering of Job in the Old Testament. You might have heard someone say, “They have the patience of Job.”  There is good reason for that saying.

According to biblical scholars, the Book of Job is the oldest book in the Bible.

Biography of old testament job

If you were to fit it chronologically, it should be place in the early chapters of Genesis. What can we learn from the Book of Job?  Is there application for the believer’s life today? Was sin involved in Job’s suffering? Is there sin in all suffering?

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Why does God allow suffering?

The Accuser

All was going well with Job.  He had it all: A large family, wealth, and blessings of every kind imaginable. At that time, Job may have been the richest man on the face of the earth.

Job 1:2-3 describes his wealth as “He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large