Job’s Most Beloved Verse

Job’s Most Beloved Verse May Be Different Than You Think Job 13:15 is more anguished—and encouraging—in its original wording. Gordon S. Grose

“Oh, Job is so powerful!” said a man I had just met. We had found common ground discussing the congregations where we worshiped. After sharing what we did for work, I told him I had written a book on Job, and he was excited to talk to me about Job’s importance to him: “After all he suffered, Job says, ‘Though he slay me, yet will I trust him.’ ” Others have quoted those well-beloved words to me to demonstrate that, in spite of severe losses, Job continues ...

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