I read the book of Job last night, I don't think God comes out well in it. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
I call that [Book of Job], apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with pen. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
I call the book of Job, apart from all theories about it, one of the grandest things ever written with the pen. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom. — Paul Ricoeur Copy Share Image
“Because all books ARE the Book of Job -- man in the crucible like Jack in the Box…” — Stanley Elkin Copy Share Image
The book of Job is pure Arab poetry of the highest and most antique cast. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The Book of Job and the 19th Psalm, which even the Church admits to be more ancient than the chronological order in… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The Book of Job is advice on how to live in terms of the absolute power of nature. Leviathan is advice on… — Donald Phillip Verene Copy Share Image
Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the Book… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The influence of Arabic on the language of Palestine was mainly in vocabulary. Thus is seen to some extent in the text… — James John Courtenay Copy Share Image
The Iliad is only great because all life is a battle, The Odyssey because all life is a journey, The Book of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every great literature has always been allegorical - allegorical of some view of the whole universe. The 'Iliad' is only great because… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The point of the Book of Job is not suffering: where is God When It hurts? The prologue (chapters 1-2) dealt with… — Philip Yancey Copy Share Image
God knows life sucks. It's right there in the Bible. The book of Job is all about Job asking God to take… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
The pure and noble, the graceful and dignified, simplicity of language is nowhere in such perfection as in the Scriptures and Homer.… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
“Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don’t make much sense. This is the message of the Book… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The author of the book of job wrestles with such questions. Can faith in God be free of ulterior motives and interests?… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
“Quote from my book DIVINE INTERRUPTIONS: A BIBLE STUDY THROUGH THE BOOK OF JOB. Available on Amazon. "LIFE lessons are so challenging!… — Cheryl Zelenka Copy Share Image
It's a weak faith that only serves God in times of blessing. The book of Job teaches us that true faith, genuine… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“You’re a literary person. If you ask me, there are passages in the Bible that a lover of literature has to appreciate,… — Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Copy Share Image
Indeed the Book of Job avowedly only answers mystery with mystery. Job is comforted with riddles; but he is comforted. Herein is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One of the most powerful shocks of the Middle Passage is the collapse of our tacit contract with the universe-the assumption that… — James Hollis Copy Share Image
“But then again, that's what the Book of Job was about to her, a cautionary tale about wanting there to be a… — Michelle Latiolais Copy Share Image
“Job is a wisdom book. But not all wisdom books are alike.[42] Proverbs contains instructional literature (discourses and proverbs) that encourage wise… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“In the book of Job, the Lord demands, “Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth?” “I was there!”-surely… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“In the final analysis, the book of job is asking this great question: Is there a living God beyond what we can… — Fleming Rutledge Copy Share Image
“His soul leaped with joy to see about each neck four or five scapularies and around each waist a knotted girdle, and… — José Rizal Copy Share Image
“Thus one of the important contributions of the book of Job (as well as Ecclesiastes)[108] is to undermine the idea that retribution… — Tremper Longman III Copy Share Image
“The notion that evil is non-rational is a more significant claim for Eagleton than at first appears, because he is (in this… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
Some communities don't permit open, honest inquiry about the things that matter most. Lots of people have voiced a concern, expressed a… — Rob Bell Copy Share Image
“We stopped you from going, didn't we? Me and Shiva. Our birth?" Don't be silly. Can you imagine me giving up this?"… — Abraham Verghese Copy Share Image
“Irruption of fallen angels into the world of men. Then a new and startling event burst upon the world, and fearfully accelerated… — G.H. Pember Copy Share Image
The Old Testament contains in many places, but especially in the book of Job, one of the most far-reaching defenses ever written… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
If the man who observes the myriad stars, and considers that they and their innumerable satellites move in their serene dignity through… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
The misfortunes which God is represented in the book of Job as allowing Satan to inflict on Job, merely to test his… — A.J. Ayer Copy Share Image
“Wounded and nearly blind with fear, I clung to the Scriptures: 'Ask and you shall receive...' 'Pray without ceasing...' 'I will do… — Ron Hall Copy Share Image
“Bad things do happen to good people in this world, but it is not God who wills it. God would like people… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
For every Book of Job, there's a Book of Leviticus, featuring some of the most boring prose ever written. But if you… — David Benioff Copy Share Image
About the book of Job: If it were today, God might be asking "How does DNA carry traits? How are instincts passed… — Brian D. McLaren Copy Share Image
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![“Job is a wisdom book. But not all wisdom books are alike.[42] Proverbs contains instructional literature (discourses and proverbs) that encourage wise behavior by connecting (but not guaranteeing) rewards with such behavior. Ecclesiastes contains the autobiography of a man who has sought for…” quote by Tremper Longman III](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/b1e/tremper-longman-iii-24719_book_job-is-a-wisdom-book-but-not-all-wisdom_1395070.jpg)
![“Thus one of the important contributions of the book of Job (as well as Ecclesiastes)[108] is to undermine the idea that retribution theology works absolutely and mechanically. Sometimes sin does lead to negative consequences, but not always. Similarly, sometimes proper behavior leads to positive…” quote by Tremper Longman III](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/e5e/tremper-longman-iii-24719_books_thus-one-of-the-important-contributions_1279322.jpg)
![“The notion that evil is non-rational is a more significant claim for Eagleton than at first appears, because he is (in this book [ On Evil ] as in others of his recent 'late period' prolific burst) anxious to rewrite theology: God (whom he elsewhere tells us is nonexistent, but this is no barrier…” quote by A.C. Grayling](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6a5/a-c-grayling-9398_atheism_the-notion-that-evil-is-non-rational-is_599668.png)
![“Irruption of fallen angels into the world of men. Then a new and startling event burst upon the world, and fearfully accelerated the already rapid progress of evil. “The sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.”[264] These words…” quote by G.H. Pember](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/489/g-h-pember-21155_bible_irruption-of-fallen-angels-into-the-worl_1456671.jpg)
