I think Job made it to about 150 years old and got replacement livestock and children for the ones stolen or killed.

A replacement wife too, no?

GRRRR.

A replacement wife too, no?

I don't remember. I know that his live stock were stolen and servents were killed except for one to tell him about it. I know his children were killed except one (or a servent I forget) to tell him. I don't remember what happened to his wife.

I think Job made it to about 150 years old and got replacement livestock and children for the ones stolen or killed.

So sorry about the kids - just testing. Here have some more. Oh, and sorry about the boils too.

It's possible the story of Job just gets worse and worse in my head.

So sorry about the kids - just testing.

Yeah, taken literally it's pretty awful. Taken as a story to make a point about the relationship with God, it seems okay even if I don't buy into it.

For one reason or another, Job's wife is left untouched. At some point she intimates to her husband that he is something of a fool for sticking to his blind faith in God. She tells him to curse God and die. He rebukes her:

You talk as any wicked fool of a woman might talk. If we accept good from God, shall we not accept evil? (2,10; NEB)

It is not clear why Job's wife is spared the fate of the children. In the Epilogue to the story – although she remains nameless – she serves as a necessary vehicle for the continuation of Job's line.

A few passages of the OT make reference to an afterlife-place called Sheol, which seems to be closer to the Greek concept of Hades.

There is a mention of immortality in Proverbs, but it's just mention, no details. I have no idea if it is supposed to mean anything or not.

I think Job was kind of a doormat. I think, if I were a deity, I would want my worshippers not to act like doormats. If I'm acting like a jerk, I want to hear about it, that I may correct my jerky ways.

This possibly is why I am not a deity.

You can be my deity.

Any diety named Nutty is a great diety in my book.