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'''Job''' is a book found in the Hebrew [[Tanakh]] and the [[Old Testament]] of the Christian [[Bible]] that tells the story of a man named Job.  It has been historically considered one of the oldest books in the Bible. Though recent scholarship has moved the date of composition to the 4th century bce.<ref>http://www.livius.org/be-bm/bible/bible_chronology.html</ref>

'''Job''' is a book found in the Hebrew [[Tanakh]] and the [[Old Testament]] of the Christian [[Bible]] that tells the story of a man named Job.  It has been historically considered one of the oldest books in the Bible, though recent scholarship has moved the date of composition to the 4th century B.C.<ref>http://www.livius.org/be-bm/bible/bible_chronology.html</ref>

Job was a righteous man who feared [[God]] and who God had blessed greatly.  God was proud of Job and spoke highly of him in front of the host of [[angels]], but [[Satan]] challenged that Job was not deserving of God's accolades and was only righteous because God put a hedge around him so that his life went well, but Job would quickly turn on God in time of hardship.  God removed his hedge of protection and allowed Satan to put his accusation to the test.  A series of 4 servants came to Job one after the other telling him of disasters that had befallen his household.  When they were done Job knew he had lost his children, flocks, and servants, everything but his own health (which God had forbidden Satan to touch) and his wife.  Filled with grief, Job's still reacted with righteousness and fell to the ground to worship.  "Naked I came from my mother's womb and naked I will depart.  The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised." <ref>Job 1:21</ref>

Job was a righteous man who feared [[God]] and who God had blessed greatly.  God was proud of Job and spoke highly of him in front of the host of [[angels]], but [[Satan]] challenged that Job was not deserving of God's accolades and was only righteous because God put a hedge around him so that his life went well, but Job would quickly turn on God in time of hardship.  God removed his hedge of protection and allowed Satan to put his accusation to the test.  A series of 4 servants came to Job one after the other telling him of disasters that had befallen his household.  When they were done Job knew he had lost his children, flocks, and servants, everything but his own health (which God had forbidden Satan to touch) and his wife.  Filled with grief, Job's still reacted with righteousness and fell to the ground to worship.  "Naked I came from my mother's womb and naked I will depart.  The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised." <ref>Job 1:21</ref>