Job Job is one of the classical characters in the Old Testament of the Bible who is used by various preachers of Christianity to illustrate the ideals of patience, suffering and submission of the individual will to God’s will. Job was a “perfect and upright man” and hence was a favourite of God. He lived a rich and contented life with his good wife, seven sons, three daughters, countless servants, lot of land and herds of cattle. The devil challenged God saying that if Job’s prosperity was taken away then he would lose his trust in God as well as his virtues. God gives a free hand to the devil who goes on to wreck Job’s life totally. Job’s cattle are stolen, servants have their throats slit by enemies, sheep are burnt to death, and his children are killed when a fierce storm knocks down his house. When none of these tragedies succeeds in eroding Job’s trust in God, the devil inflicts a severe skin disease on him. When Job scratches his worm-ridden body with a pie
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