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Does Job Repent or Does God?

Does Job Repent or Does God?

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Does Job Repent or Does God?
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After sparring with his friends for 34 chapters, God enters the picture in chapter 38 and begins to give Job an earful, the gist of which is, “Who are you to question me?” 

But careful readers of chapters 38-42 will notice that, yes, God seems to put Job in his place. BUT God also doesn’t really answer Job’s singular question, which is: Why am I sufferin…

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