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Pentecost Season · Proper 22 · Year B

Job 1:1, 2:1-10

Job's Integrity Tested

October 3, 2027

Job Mocked by his Wife, Georges de La Tour
Job Mocked by his Wife, Georges de La Tour, c. 1650Musée départemental d'Art ancien et contemporain, Épinal
One candle, a standing woman looking down and a wasted man looking up. The painting leaves it open whether she is mocking him or grieving.Shall we receive the good at the hand of God and not receive the bad? The reading is this conversation.Georges de La TourA Lorraine painter, lost for three hundred years and rediscovered in 1915, whose night scenes are lit by a single candle.Musée départemental d'Art ancien et contemporain, ÉpinalA departmental museum in the Vosges, built on a collection begun in 1822 and rebuilt around an archaeological site.Musée départemental d'Art ancien et contemporain, Épinal
Revised Common Lectionary
GospelMark 10:2-16Mk 10:2-16
EpistleHeb. 1:1-4, 2:5-12Heb 1:1-4, 2:5-12
Old TestamentJob 1:1, 2:1-10Jb 1:1, 2:1-10Alt. OTGen. 2:18-24Gn 2:18-24
PsalterPs. 26Ps 26Alt. PsalmPs. 8Ps 8

Overview & Insights

"Shall we receive the good at the hand of God, and not receive the bad?" (Job 2:10)

Job, a blameless and upright man, loses his health after already losing his wealth and children, yet refuses to curse God, framing the book's question of faith amid undeserved suffering.

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Commentary

Commentary on Job 1:1; 2:1-10Commentary on Jb 1:1; 2:1-10 Working Preacher

Exegetical commentary keyed to this exact Year B reading.

Job 1 CommentaryJb 1 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse notes on the opening test.

Job 1:1 CommentariesJb 1:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentators on Job's character and the heavenly council.

Coffman's Commentary on Job 1Coffman's Commentary on Jb 1 StudyLight

A fifth commentary voice on the prologue.

Background & Word Study

Job and WorkJb and Work Theology of Work

Reads Job's losses and integrity through the lens of vocation.

Job 1 in HebrewJb 1 in Hebrew Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and classical Jewish commentary.

Interlinear: Job 1:1Interlinear: Jb 1:1 BibleHub

Hebrew text with parsing for close word study.

Book of Job OverviewBook of Jb Overview BibleProject

Animated overview of the book's argument about suffering and wisdom.

The Church Fathers

Catena on Job 2Catena on Jb 2 Catena

Patristic reflection on Job's endurance and reply to his wife.

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