OT Character's: Job

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/ot44-jobmp3/">website</a>.</p><p><strong>Hebrew words: </strong><i>‘Iyyov </i>(Job) – perhaps “persecuted." 60x in the O.T.</p><p><strong>Further study:</strong></p><ul><li>In this podcast:<ul><li>Job 1:1-22, 2:7-13, 3:1,24-26, 19:25-27, 31:1-40, 32:1, 40:1-8, 42:1-17</li><li>Job’s physical condition: 2:7,8,12; 7:4,5,14; 16:16; 17:1; 19:17,20; 30:17,28,30</li><li>Ezekiel 14:14,20</li><li>James 5:11</li></ul></li><li>Even more:<ul><li>Job is part of the Old Testament <a href="http://www.douglasjacoby.com/q-a-0561-wisdom/" target="_blank">Wisdom Literature</a>.</li><li>To read <i>The Problem of Human Suffering</i>, by John Clayton, which explores the central issue of Job. Click <a href="http://www.douglasjacoby.com/apologetics-the-problem-of-human-suffering/" target="_blank">here</a>.</li><li>For more on the interpretation of Job, click <a href="http://www.douglasjacoby.com/q-a-0154-job/" target="_blank">here</a>.</li><li>See also the comment on <a href="http://www.douglasjacoby.com/q-a-0484-job-19-26/" target="_blank">Job 19:26</a>.</li><li>Why does a good God allow evil? Click <a href="http://www.douglasjacoby.com/audio" target="_blank">here</a> (and then scroll down) for the online audio lesson.</li><li>For a much fuller treatment of this book, please hear my entire <a href="http://www.ipibooks.com/Default.aspx?tabid=47&pid=1163&cid=138" target="_blank"><strong>audio series</strong></a> on Job, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs.</li><li>For an insightful commentary, try Francis I Andersen's <i>Job: An Introduction and Commentary, </i>in the Tyndale Old Testament Commentary series.</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>Some things we learn about God:</strong></p><ul><li>God does allow bad things to happen to good people – and vice versa. See also Matthew 5:45.</li><li>His presence and nature are overpowering, utterly humbling.</li><li>If we are awed and humbled by his work in the natural world, then we should also trus