The Dialogues between Job and his Friends. The First Cycle
Chapter 4
1Then Eliphaz the Temanite said in reply:
2If one ventures a word with you, will it be too much?
But who can hold back his words?
3See, you have encouraged many;
You have strengthened failing hands.
4Your words have kept him who stumbled from falling;
You have braced knees that gave way.
5But now that it overtakes you, it is too much;
It reaches…
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Job
ca. 5th–4th Century BCE
The book of Job asks why bad things happen to good people, as an entry point into questions about the relationship between God and humans.
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