(All this in response to the anguished questioning of a man who, in-story, has had almost everything taken away from him by—or at least with the express permission of—God … for a bet.)
And a bet with Satan, no less.
Yup. (Though that bit isn’t quite as bad as it sounds: “Satan” in Job isn’t at all the same figure as in present-day Christianity.)
(All this in response to the anguished questioning of a man who, in-story, has had almost everything taken away from him by—or at least with the express permission of—God … for a bet.)
And a bet with Satan, no less.
Yup. (Though that bit isn’t quite as bad as it sounds: “Satan” in Job isn’t at all the same figure as in present-day Christianity.)