Category: Job – God’s Providence Unfolded

First and foremost,

Job stands alone in the Bible as an ancient book revealing God’s providence in relation to Job’s integrity.

Although most associate Job with suffering and some with the unseen temptations of Satan, God reveals Job as a righteous man who has blessings withdrawn, yet remains righteous.

The LORD also reveals His great glory in closing arguments to the man Job, before completely redeeming his former life with twice the blessings as before.

– Job is perhaps the oldest book of the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible)

in terms of when it was written and chronologically as it takes place during Moses’ recording of the timeline of Genesis.

• Some Bibles include Job with the books of wisdom (either before or after Psalms).
• Properly Job could be included as Old Testament books of History (preceding the historical books relating Hebrew history during the diaspora to Babylon).
• The Hebrew Bible groups Iyov (Job) as Ketuvim (Scriptures) but not chronologically ordered before books of Scriptures, i.e. Psalms, written much later.
• And the 17th & 18th c. Bible commentator Matthew Henry likely classifies the book of Job best when he states:

“This book of Job stands by itself, is not connected with any other, and is therefore to be considered alone.