Book of Job Figures

Job, God, & Everything In Between Job—the man of the hour. What can we say? He's "blameless," "upright," "righteous," and seems to have pretty much everything a man could want. Sheep, you say...

God is, as always, a rather hard guy to pin down. To make things a little easier, we'll take a look at him in two sections: God in the frame story and God in the poetry. For more thoughts on t...

Talk about a peanut gallery. These guys have plenty to say, and Job isn't their biggest fan. He calls them "miserable comforters" (16:3), and he spends almost the whole book arguing with them. So i...

Elihu is kind of a creeper. Seriously—look at the facts. He isn't mentioned as one of Job's friends, but apparently he was there listening in on their conversation, because he knows all about it...

Heads up, everyone: this is not your grandfather's Satan. No red skin, no horns, no pointy teeth and tail, and no devilish grin. This Satan isn't even a tempter yet. In Hebrew, Satan actually means...

Job's wife really gets off easy. When Satan unleashes the craziness on Job, Job's wife survives. Oh, and she's not happy with the situation. She yells at him: "Do you still persist in your integrit...