Job (KJV)
42 chapters · 1,070 verses. Choose a chapter to read it in the King James Version.
About the Book of Job
Job wrestles with the suffering of a righteous man and the limits of human understanding of God's ways. It dismantles simplistic explanations and ends with God's self-revelation rather than tidy answers.
- Genre
- Wisdom (poetic dialogue)
- Author
- Anonymous; author unknown
- First audience
- Israel and all who wrestle with suffering
How to read it: Read the speeches in context — the friends' arguments are recorded but corrected; weigh the whole book, not isolated lines, and let God's reply frame the message.
It opens: “There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.” (Job 1:1)
Chapters
Key verses in Job
The verses of Job that the rest of Scripture cross-references most often.
But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.