Project Gutenberg 2025-04-03 Public domain in the USA. 278 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith) 1874 1936 Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Gilbert K. (Gilbert Keith) Tongue, C. Mary The Book of Job $aLondon :$bCecil Palmer & Hayward, $c1916. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Job Carla Foust, Brian Wilson, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Book of Job" by Anonymous is an ancient poetic and philosophical text, likely written in the early to mid-1st millennium BC. The work poses deep questions about suffering, justice, and the nature of God, focused around the central character, Job—a righteous man subjected to tremendous, unexplained misfortune. Through dialogues between Job and his friends, the book explores the limits of human wisdom, the reality of innocent suffering, and the search for meaning in pain. It is regarded as a profound meditation on faith and endurance, making it both a foundational religious work and a literary classic. The opening of "The Book of Job" introduces Job as a prosperous, upright man deeply devoted to God, with a large family and great wealth. Satan challenges Job’s integrity before God, suggesting that Job’s virtue is only a result of his blessings. God allows Satan to strip Job of his possessions, children, and eventually his health, yet Job refuses to denounce God. As Job mourns in misery, three friends arrive and begin a series of poetic dialogues, trying to explain his suffering through conventional wisdom. Job, however, laments his existence and ardently questions God’s justice, insisting on his innocence and longing for understanding, while his friends repeatedly assert that suffering is a punishment for wrongdoing. This opening sets the stage for a profound exploration of faith, despair, and the complexities of human suffering. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/bookofjob00chesuoft/page/n7/mode/2up 20201112092820chesterton 1916 GB Reading ease score: 78.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Bible. Job -- Illustrations Bible. Job Bible. Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc. BS Text Category: Poetry Category: Classics of Literature Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 254274 2025-07-30T05:13:11.199200 text/html 228229 2025-04-03T12:31:59 text/html 2328539 2025-07-30T05:13:19.281127 application/epub+zip 2327810 2025-07-30T05:13:13.065190 application/epub+zip 251341 2025-07-30T05:13:11.980154 application/epub+zip 2751446 2025-07-30T05:13:23.359105 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2711100 2025-07-30T05:13:18.339168 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 161400 2025-07-30T05:13:10.114204 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 141430 2025-04-03T12:31:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18230 2025-07-30T05:13:23.534137 application/rdf+xml 18434 2025-07-30T05:13:12.243154 image/jpeg 2692 2025-07-30T05:13:12.111159 image/jpeg 2858682 2025-07-30T05:13:11.258232 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown