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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > The Book Barn > The Bible Megathread
 
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Malaleb
Dec 1, 2008

Eric the Mauve posted:

Granted that neither the answer God gave Job ("Because I'm God and I said so") nor the actual answer (Because God and Satan had a bet) is very satisfying to most folks.

That said, the very few Hebrew scholars I've met have told me Job is one of the most beautiful things ever written, and though the KJV translation takes an admirable stab at it it's impossible to really translate the poetry.

I think the more interesting message to take away from Job is that you can't figure out why bad things happen to good people and those that assume they know (Job's friends) are full of it. It fits well with the message of Ecclesiastes.

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