Hey I'm taking wisdom literature this term and we are studying Job for two hours on a friday. And you know how Job is righteous and blesses God even when he is afflicted ... yeah, well the word used for curse in the prologue is the same word as used for blessing!
So the verses which read curse:
1:5 "It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts"
1:11 "he will curse you to your face"
2:5 "he will curse you to your face."
2:9 "Curse God and die."
And the verses which read blessing:
1:10 "You have blessed the work of his hands"
1:21 "blessed be the name of the Lord"
Could all be turned on their heads! Indeed the author must be toying with us for the sin which the satan claims Job will commit is this sin of cursing (n.b. the word for blessing) God (1:11; 2:5). I do not believe we do turn them on their hjeads and a reading of these verses in context tells us which to opt for. But our minds from the start are crying out - what is a blessing from God? What is a curse from God? What is it to bless God? What is it to curse him?
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