# Day 64

# The Suffering of Job

Job 1:1–2:8

A man named Job lived east of Canaan. He was very rich, and also very good.

Once the angels were standing in front of God. Satan was there with them.

“Have you seen my servant Job?” God asked. “There’s no one like him. He’s blameless and right and rejects evil.” “Take away all he has. He’ll curse you,” Satan said.

“All right, Satan,” God said. “Do what you want with him.”

Soon trouble came to Job. His animals were driven away or killed with Job’s shepherds. Then all his sons and daughters were killed. Their house fell in on them. All this happened in one day.

Job said, “I came into this world with nothing. I’ll leave with nothing, too. The Lord gave me everything; he can take it away. The Lord’s name is blessed.”

God again said to Satan, “Have you seen Job? He’s blameless and right.”

“Give me power to make him sick. Then we’ll see how good he is.”

“All right, Satan,” God said, “just don’t kill him.”

Questions: What kind of man was Job? What did Job do when he lost everything?