Job...what a great book. I might almost be bold enough to say...the greatest book in the Bible. It really cuts to the heart of so many of our questions about ourselves and about God. In fact, the entire question that the book is intended to address may be, "What is it that we can really say about God?" The book emphasizes words - good words and bad words, words that are full of wisdom and foolish words.
In 1:21, after Job has been inflicted with pain for the first time, Job says, "Blessed be the name of God." The Hebrew word of blessed is BARAK. It is the same word that Job's wife uses in 2:10 to tell Job, "CURSE God and die." Blessing and curse - the same word. Job's wife is probably being sarcastic here as in, "Yeah, right, Job...go ahead and bless this so called God of yours. What's so blessed about God now?"
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