Job

The book of Job is likely the oldest book in the Bible. Internal and external evidence indicates that it was originally written during the patriarchal period—likely in the latter half of the second millennium BC—making Job a contemporary of Abraham and/or his offspring. In many ways, the book of Job poses questions that the rest of Scripture answers—questions about the problem of evil, righteous suffering, pain, and the justice of God. Fundamentally, Job’s question is our question: why? Why does God do what He does? Why has He ordained what He has ordained? Job never questions God’s right to do whatever He pleases; he simply struggles to understand if God is right in what He has done.