Job

The Book of Job introduces Job as blameless and upright, fearing God and turning from evil. After the accuser challenges the genuineness of his faith, Job loses his wealth, children, and health, yet initially refuses to curse God. His friends Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar insist in varying ways that such suffering must reflect serious sin, while Job protests his innocence and longs to present his case before God. Elihu later speaks, and finally the Lord answers Job from the whirlwind, confronting him with the vastness and complexity of divine governance. Job acknowledges the limits of his understanding. God rebukes the three friends, accepts Job's intercession for them, and restores Job's fortunes and family.