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Person

Job

man of Uz

Righteous sufferer whose trials and dialogues frame the book of Job.

53 appearances3 Bible books1 known aliases

Who or what is this?

Wealthy and blameless man from the land of Uz whose sudden loss of children, livestock, servants, and health frames the great dialogue of the book that bears his name. After his three friends arrive to comfort him, he protests his innocence through long cycles of speeches and finally demands an audience with God himself. Yahweh answers him from the whirlwind with a sweeping interrogation about creation, after which Job repents in dust and ashes and is restored with twice his former possessions and a new family.

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