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* AngryAngryHippos: Chapter 40 mentions Behemoth, a powerful and virtually invincible creature that it is said only God can defeat. The description of Behemoth (it eats grass, lives in a river, and has strong bones) suggests that it is based on a hippo.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Job in Job 31:9-12 says:
-->''“If my heart has been deceived by a woman,''
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-->''and let others bow down over her.''
-->''For this is a heinous crime;''
-->''yes, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.''
-->''For it is a fire that consumes to destruction''
-->''and would root out all my increase.''
-->''“If my heart has been deceived by a woman,''
-->''or if I have laid wait at my neighbor’s door,''
-->''then let my wife grind for another,''
-->''and let others bow down over her.''
-->''For this is a heinous crime;''
-->''yes, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.''
-->''For it is a fire that consumes to destruction''
-->''and would root out all my increase.''
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* BrokeEpisode: The whole story is basically one long miserable chapter in Job's life where he has lost all his riches and goes through much suffering before he gets them back.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: The main plot is set up with a bet between God and Satan over whether or not Job is truly devoted in his faith or just a fair weather follower of the Lord. Satan thinks he'll curse God's name once he loses everything while God thinks he'll stay true in his devotion. [[spoiler:God is right.]]
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Elihu is not mentioned in the Book of Job at all prior to Chapter 32, at which point he pops up to rebuke both Job and his three friends.
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* RagsToRiches: After having lost his entire fortune at the beginning of the chapter, God blesses Job at the end with twice as much wealth as he had previously.
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* RagsToRiches: After having lost his entire fortune at the beginning of the chapter, book, God blesses Job at the end with twice as much wealth as he had previously.
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* YourCheatingHeart: In the first several verses of Chapter 31, Job says that he has made "a covenant with his eyes" that he would never look upon a maid, with the implication to lust after her, and that he would rather his own wife be given to others than to cheat on her by even [[StalkerWithACrush lurking around the door of such a woman]].
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* RagsToRiches: After having lost his entire fortune at the beginning of the chapter, God blesses Job at the end with twice as much wealth as he had previously.
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* RichesToRags: Job says this of the wicked in Job 27:19:
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** Job himself went through this. He was one of the wealthiest men in the world, but lost everything. [[Main/RagsToRiches He eventually gets it back, and twice as much.]]
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* KrakenAndLeviathan: One of the TropeNamers, the Leviathan, comes from this book, described as a gigantic sea serpent. Some interpretations identify it with whales or crocodiles. The text doesn't treat it as particularly significant, just tossing it into the list of known animals and natural phenomena.
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* KrakenAndLeviathan: KrakenAndLeviathan:
** One of the TropeNamers, the Leviathan, comes from this book, described as a gigantic sea serpent. Some interpretations identify it with whales or crocodiles. The text doesn't treat it as particularly significant, just tossing it into the list of known animals and naturalphenomena.phenomena.
** There is also Rahab the sea monster, whom Job mentions in Job 26:12 that God has killed.
** One of the TropeNamers, the Leviathan, comes from this book, described as a gigantic sea serpent. Some interpretations identify it with whales or crocodiles. The text doesn't treat it as particularly significant, just tossing it into the list of known animals and natural
** There is also Rahab the sea monster, whom Job mentions in Job 26:12 that God has killed.
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* OldWindbag: Job 8:1-2 from the New International Version (1984 edition):
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** Job says this of his friends in Job 16:3 (God's Word translation):
-->''"Will your long-winded speeches never end? What disturbs you that you keep on answering me?"''
-->''"Will your long-winded speeches never end? What disturbs you that you keep on answering me?"''
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* BewilderingPunishment: Job complains that if his friends are right and God is punishing him for some sin, then the punishment is this trope since God hasn't revealed what he did wrong. In fact [[AvertedTrope Job's friends are wrong and Job's situation isn't a punishment for his sin at all.]]
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* BurningWithAnger: Job says in Job 30:27 (International Standard Version), "I’m boiling mad inside, and I won’t remain silent; the time for my affliction to confront me has arrived."
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* YouTalkTooMuch: From Zophar the Naamathite to Job: "Shouldn’t a multitude of words be answered, or a person who talks too much be vindicated?" (Job 11:2, International Standard Version)
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* TheToothHurts: "I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth." (Job 29:17, NIV 1984 edition)
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* TheToothHurts: TheToothHurts:
** "The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken." (Job 4:10, International Standard Version)
** "I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth." (Job 29:17, NIV 1984 edition)
** "The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken." (Job 4:10, International Standard Version)
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* YouAreNotAlone: Job never finds out why God let him suffer, but he is reassured that God loves him and has not forgotten him even the midst of his disgrace. That knowledge alone is enough to console him.
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** [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Or]] to humiliate Satan. Morale is important on battlefields, even spiritual ones- and what could shame the enemy side more than letting them do their worst and then showing them that all their efforts came to nothing? (Assuming that the modern depiction of Satan as spiteful is correct, which it may not be- see The Devil trope entry above.)
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** [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Or]] to humiliate Satan. Morale is important on battlefields, even spiritual ones- ones -- and what could shame the enemy side more than letting them do their worst and then showing them that all their efforts came to nothing? (Assuming that the modern depiction of Satan as spiteful is correct, which it may not be- be -- see The Devil trope entry above.)
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* CondescendingCompassion: At no point do Job's accusers offer him the food or medicine that he sorely needs living on the streets- yet they claim to be his friends. They just want to tell him how much he sucks.
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* CondescendingCompassion: At no point do Job's accusers offer him the food or medicine that he sorely needs living on the streets- streets -- yet they claim to be his friends. They just want to tell him how much he sucks.
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* BlatantLies: Elihu says that he wants to see Job justified. A few lines after this he slanders Job, for supposedly enjoying his negative feelings and approving of wicked men's actions.
* CondescendingCompassion: At no point do Job's accusers offer him the food or medicine that he sorely needs living on the streets- yet they claim to be his friends. They just want to tell him how much he sucks.
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** [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Or]] to humiliate Satan. Morale is important on battlefields, even spiritual ones- and what could shame the enemy side more than letting them do their worst and then showing them that all their efforts came to nothing? (Assuming that the modern depiction of Satan as spiteful is correct, which it may not be- see The Devil trope entry above.)
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* SacredHospitality: "No stranger ever had to spend the night outside. I have opened my door to the traveler." (Job 31:32, Evangelical Heritage Version)
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* ATasteOfTheLash: "Sons of fools and nameless nobodies, they were driven out of the land with whips." (Job 30:8, Evangelical Heritage Version)
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* RichesToRags: Job says this of the wicked in Job 27:19:
-->''He goes to bed as a rich man, but his wealth does not remain. He opens his eyes, and it is all gone.'' (Evangelical Heritage Version)
-->''He goes to bed as a rich man, but his wealth does not remain. He opens his eyes, and it is all gone.'' (Evangelical Heritage Version)
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* ShamefulStrip: Job says this of God in Job 12:19:
-->''He causes priests to be led away naked, and he brings the pillars of society down to ruin.'' (Evangelical Heritage Version)
-->''He causes priests to be led away naked, and he brings the pillars of society down to ruin.'' (Evangelical Heritage Version)
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* OpenAndShut: Job says this of God in Job 12:14:
-->''If he tears something down, it cannot be rebuilt. If he shuts a door on a man, it cannot be opened.'' (Evangelical Heritage Version)
-->''If he tears something down, it cannot be rebuilt. If he shuts a door on a man, it cannot be opened.'' (Evangelical Heritage Version)
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* MoneyIsNotPower: In Elihu's rebuke, he warns: "Be careful that no one entices you by riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. Would your wealth or even all your mighty efforts sustain you so you would not be in distress?" (Job 36:18-19, NIV 2011 edition)
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* TheToothHurts: "I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth." (Job 29:17, NIV 1984 edition)
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* YourDaysAreNumbered: "Man's days are determined; you have decreed the number of his months and have set limits he cannot exceed." (Job 14:5, NIV 1984 edition)
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* StepfordSmiler: Job comments on being this in Job 9:27-28 (NIV 1984 edition):
-->''"If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,' I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent."''
-->''"If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,' I still dread all my sufferings, for I know you will not hold me innocent."''
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* OldWindbag: Job 8:1-2 from the New International Version (1984 edition):
-->''Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: "How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind."''
-->''Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: "How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind."''
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* MysticalPlague: Job is inflicted with sores when Satan is given permission to attack Job's health. It becomes so severe that Job's wife tells him to curse God and die, which he refuses to do.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Perhaps one of the most extreme examples of this trope of all time. To say God puts Job through the wringer is an understatement and gives him a pretty brutal verbal beat down, but in the end GodIsGood and Job is rewarded for admitting his faults and keeping his faith.
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Job's visitors keep insisting that he must have done something to deserve all his suffering, and they turn on him when he denies it, essentially "kicking him while he's down." In the end, God is far angrier with ''them'' than with Job, but pardons them when Job, despite everything, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments brings an offering on their behalf]].
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* WithFriendsLikeThese: Job's visitors keep insisting that he must have done something to deserve all his suffering, and they turn on him when he denies it, essentially "kicking him while he's down." In the end, God is far angrier with ''them'' than with Job, but pardons them when Job, despite everything, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments brings an offering on their behalf]].behalf.
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!!Structure of the book:
* Introduction to Job (Job 1:1-5)
* Satan takes Job's family and property (Job 1:6-22)
* Satan attacks Job's health (Job chapter 2)
* Job's first discourse (Job chapter 3)
* Eliphaz's response (Job chapters 4 and 5)
* Job's second discourse (Job chapters 6 and 7)
* Bildad's response (Job chapter 8)
* Job's third discourse (Job chapters 9 and 10)
* Zophar's response (Job chapter 11)
* Job's fourth discourse (Job chapters 12 to 14)
* Eliphaz's second response (Job chapter 15)
* Job's sixth discourse (Job chapters 16 and 17)
* Bildad's second response (Job chapter 18)
* Job's seventh discourse (Job chapter 19)
* Zophar's second response (Job chapter 20)
* Job's eighth discourse (Job chapter 21)
* Eliphaz's third response (Job chapter 22)
* Job's ninth discourse (Job chapters 23 and 24)
* Bildad's third response (Job chapter 25)
* Job's final discourse (Job chapters 26 to 31)
* Elihu's rebuke of Job and his friends (Job chapters 32 to 37)
* The Lord speaks to Job (Job chapters 38 to 41)
* Job's restoration and the end of the story (Job chapter 42)
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