The book of Job imparts wisdom for suffering. The book is both a theodicy—a defense of God regarding the problem of suffering—and a rebuke of self-professed knowledge of the hidden purposes of God's dealings. The book of Job rebukes man's arrogance for thinking he can know the purposes and reasons for God's actions and why bad things happen to certain people. The central message of Job is this: The LORD gives, the LORD takes away, and the LORD restores, for reasons not revealed to us; and it is folly to speculate; indeed, it angers God (42:7-9). But because God is sovereign over all the affairs of our lives, the path of wisdom is to fear the LORD and say, 'Blessed be his name!' (1:21; 28:28; 42:2). In the final analysis of suffering, we have what God has revealed to us in Scripture (e.g., Job; Ps 23; Rom 8; 1 Cor 15:50-58; Jas 5:10-11; 1 Pet 4:19; 5:10-11; Rev 21:3-4). To say anything further is folly and the very antithesis of wisdom. When it comes to speculation on why someone is suffering, the way of wisdom is this: place your hand over your mouth (40:4).
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