But What About Mrs. Job’s Faith?

My heart softens when I recall that Mrs. Job has suffered the same losses as her husband.

Also Dances

Transcript He was an immigrant’s kid from Omaha. And from the start, his life was show biz. Vaudeville...then the New York stage. But it took decades to land a Hollywood studio screen test...

Faith and Circumstances

Transcript For Craig, it wasn’t one of those days…it was one of those years: sales gone south, competitors circling, several employees leaving. Craig said, "I feel like Job!" That sent him to his...

Job and Work

This commentary on the book of Job delves into questions about suffering, prosperity and faith.

Introduction to Job

The book of Job explores the relationship between prosperity, adversity and faith in God. Do we have faith that God is the source of all good things? Then what does it mean if...

Background and Outline (Job)

The author of Job is anonymous. Job does not seem to be an Israelite, because he is said to be from the land of Uz (Job 1:1), which most scholars suggest was to...

Theology and Themes (Job)

Most familiar to Bible readers as the righteous man who suffered unjustly, Job exemplifies the person who questions why good people suffer. Job’s faith in God is put to the extreme test, and...

Prologue (Job 1-2)

Job’s Prosperity Acknowledged as God’s Blessing (Job 1:1-12)

At the beginning of the Book of Job we are introduced to an exceptionally prosperous farmer/rancher named Job. He is described as...

God Allows Satan to Destroy Job’s Prosperity (Job 1:13-22)

The problem of pain comes when times are hard. When we are passed over for promotion or lose a job, when we...

God Allows Satan to Destroy Job’s Health (Job 2:1-11)

Job is able to endure overwhelming loss without compromising his “integrity” or blamelessness[1](Job 2:3). But Satan does not give up. Perhaps Job...

Job’s Friends Arrive to Comfort Him (Job 2:11-13)

With Satan having done his worst, Job could really use some support. Job’s three friends enter the story and are depicted as...

Job’s First Lament (Job 3)

There is nothing left for Job but to lament. He refuses to incriminate himself falsely, and he refuses to blame or abandon God. But he does not hesitate to express his anguish in...

Job’s Friends Blame Job for the Calamity (Job 4-23)

Job’s Friends Accuse Him of Doing Evil (Job 4-23)

Regrettably, Job’s friends are not able to endure the mystery of his suffering, so they jump to conclusions about its source. The...

Job’s Friends Accuse Him of Abandoning God (Job 8-22)

Eventually, Job’s friends move from questioning what Job did wrong to questioning whether Job has abandoned God (Job 15:4, 20:5). Along the...

Job Pleads His Case to God (Job 5-13)

In contrast, Job has wisdom many Christians lack. He knows to direct his emotions at God rather than at himself or those...

Job’s Friends Try to Protect God (Job 22-23)

We all know the demons that plague us after failure. We second-guess ourselves during sleepless nights of self-torment. It even feels like...

Job’s Complaints Take on Special Significance for Our Work (Job 24)

Like Job’s, our sufferings often begin with difficulties at work. But seldom are God’s people equipped — or even willing —to help...

Wisdom Revealed (Job 28)

Job chooses to remain faithful to God. He understands that God’s wisdom is beyond his understanding. Job 28 employs mining as an analogy for searching for wisdom. It reveals that wisdom “is not...