Jews, It's about the Prophet JOB?

If you tell me why you are reading a Christian translation of Tanakh and asking for a Jewish interpretation, rather than reading a Jewish Bible, then I will tell you the answer.

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Ok, thanks for that explanation, if you cannot find Tanakh where you live, here is a copy of Job online: http://www.chabad.org/library/bible_cdo/aid/16403 Click on the 'show Rashi" button if you would like to know on of the most reliable Jewish interpretations.

To understand it, it's good to read it several times. This is one of the oldest writings in the Jewish Bible. The Adversary/Iblees is an angel, servant of G-d who carries out the strict judgment of G-d. It is not able to make it's own decisions, but is restrained by G-d, as you can see from their dialogues when G-d tells the Adversary it cannot kill Job. The adversary wanted to discourage Job (and you can pick up some of that attitude coming from Job's 'friends' too), but in the end the adversity/hardships only made Job stronger.

The dialogues between the 3 friends and Job are examples of what one hears when they have undergone some tragedy. Some people will say things like "what did you do to deserve that horrible thing?" It's your fault, you must be really bad to deserve this, and so on. The Almighty was angry with this kind of talk from them, unkind and not true. They had to have Job pray for them and offer a sacrifice. (So this tells me not to give bad advice without hearing from G-d.)

Job wasn't considered a Prophet because he did not speak to Israel, or give national direction, but he did eventually attain a level of prophecy, of Ruach HaKodesh (sorry, don't know what that is in Arabic) that he did not have when the Adversary started to test him. His faithful love of G-d and Torah for it's own sake, not to get anything from G-d and no matter what happened, is an example to us of the level of understanding a Sage or person with Understanding must have to have a conversation with G-d.

This story tells how to understand and accept adversity and hardships in such a way that they are an opportunity to grow. In the end, Job was able to face his fear, remember he said "What I feared came upon me", and to trust in G-d. Not forsaking G-d regardless of the bad things the Adversary tried to discourage with him, gave Job even more reward in the end because Job was conscious of Torah for it's own sake rather than just to get something. He was faithful because it was the right thing to do, his duty and service to G-d, rather than to just avoid trouble or to get something (like his friend's attitudes showed).

His friends did not give him the benefit of the doubt, but were accusing him of wrong-doing for disaster to fall. His friends were neither faithful to G-d or to Job, that is why Job had to pray for them in order to prevent something bad from G-d to fall on them as they deserved. (T

G-d couldn't forgive Job because he had done nothing wrong, so that's what that whole dialogue is about. Sometimes bad things happen for reasons other than direct wrong doing. From this ordeal Job gained some shefa or part of prophetic power to attract blessing to himself. Maybe that was the point, for Job to learn and start talking to G-d, to know G-d's will better than even the well-educated friends.

Initially he was righteous, did all the right things, but by the end, he and G-d were having a direct conversation. His friends were talking to him from a superficially righteous level without understanding or input from G-d. What they said could be true, it just wasn't relevant to what was going on at that moment. They did not have clear vision (Chapter 12). In the end, Job is vindicated of all wrong-doing, and his fortune restored because of his faithfulness.

The Kabbalistic and Hasidic Jewish texts say this is the level one must attain before they can grasp Wisdom and hear G-d. One must study Torah for Torah's sake not to get something, and one must do what is right because that's what we do. Job did that no matter what. So, while the Adversary spoke of discouraging Job, G-d used the circumstances to raise the spiritual level, start a conversation, and bless Job. The "friends" were more in agreement with the Adversary than with encouraging Job's growth.

Maybe re-read it to see if you can detect these and other themes.

activity develop into first a guy of religion, some might communicate over with him as a prophet, and in right now's cases, after the go, confident he could be seen a saint.... Or i might think of so besides... Saints at the instant are not appointed via guy, saints are, as advised interior the Bible ALL believers..... baby of God - X atheist

I grew up Jewish. First, Job was not a prophet. You will understand what's behind the book of Job when you read the first two chapters in which satan is featured.

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