Book of Job

Wisdom Literature

Unknown (traditionally Paul)

Traditionally dated Unknown (very early)

Suffering, sovereignty, and trust in God.

Job explores the problem of pain and suffering through the story of a righteous man who loses everything, leading to deep dialogues with his friends and an eventual encounter with the Creator.

“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?”

“But ask the animals, and they will instruct you; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you.”

“He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth upon nothing.”

“I know that You can do all things and that no plan of Yours can be thwarted.”

“After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.”