Biblical character Job. Holy Righteous Job the Long-suffering. Why Job Suffered Job biblical character story
Life of the great-Ved-no-go Job
The Holy Righteous Job lived 2000-1500 years before the Birth of Christ, in North Arabia, in the country of Av-si-ti-di-ska, in land Uts. The life and suffering of his description in the Bible (Book of Job). There is an opinion that Job came to the tribe Av-ra-amu: he was the son of the brother Av-ra-am - Na-ho-ra. Job was a man of god-bo-bo-yaz-n-ny and b-go-che-sti-vym. With all his soul, he was given over to the Lord according to God, and in everything he acted in accordance with His will, moving away from all evil, not only ko in de-lah, but also in thought-lyakh. The Lord blessed his earthly existence and na-de-lil the great-veda-no-th Job with great wealth: he had lo a lot of livestock and all-to-go-name. Seven sons-no-vey of the great-ved-no-th Job and three before-che-ri were friendly between each other and so-bi-ra-lied on a common tra-pe-zu all together in turn, but for each of them. Every seven days, the righteous Job brought strength for his children of the sacrifice to God, saying: "Maybe one of them is with the Greek sewed or ho-lil God in his heart. For his justice and honesty, St. Job was in a great way among his fellow citizens and had a great influence on the community stvenny de la.
Once upon a time, when the Holy An-ge-ly was before the Pre-table of God, he appeared between them and sa-ta- on the. The Lord God asked sa-ta-nu if he had seen His servant Job, the husband of the right-handed and a stranger to everyone ka. Sa-ta-na boldly answered that it was not for nothing that bo-go-bo-yaz-nen Job - God saves him and multiplies his wealth, but if misfortune is sent to him, then he will cease to bless God. Then the Lord, wanting to show Job's patience and faith, said to Satan: "Everything that Job has, I give into your hands , only sa-mo-go don’t ka-sai-sya." After this, Job suddenly lost all his riches, and then all his children. Righteous Job turned to God and said: “I came out of the womb of my ma-te-ri, I am going to my mother earth. The Lord gave, the Lord took away. May the Name of the Lord be blessed!" And Job did not sin before the Lord God, and did not utter a single non-zoom-no-th word.
When the An-ge-ly of God again stood before the Lord-in-the-house, and among them Sa-ta-na, the devil said that Job was right -den, for the time being, we are unharmed. Then the Lord said: "I will let you do whatever you want with him, just save his soul." After this-th-sa-ta-na-ra-zil of the great-ved-no-th Job of the lu-that bo-lez-nyu - pro-ka-zoi, someone-paradise covered him from feet to head-lo-you. Stra-da-letz was in need of you-se-pour-sing out of the society of people, sat outside the city on a pile of ashes and clay re-pom-lealed his purulent wounds. All friends and acquaintances left him. But, on his need-de-na, to-la-to-be-to-be about-pi-ta-nie, working and ski-ta-ing from house to house. She not only did not support her husband in patience, but she thought that God some secret sins, pla-ka-la, rop-ta-la on God, reproach-rya-la and husband and on-to-net in-so-ve -to-va-la great-ved-no-mu Job, pour God and die. Righteous Job is grievously white, but even in these sufferings he remained faithful to God. He replied to his wife: “You speak like one of the insane. dem mother?" And the righteous did not co-sin in anything before God.
Hearing about the misfortunes of Job, three of his friends came from yes-le-ka to him to de-pour his grief. They considered that Job was on-ka-zan by God for sins, and were convinced that they were not-wine-but-of-nothing right-know-no-ka-ka-ya -sya. The great-ved-nik answered that he suffers not for sins, but that these trials were sent to him from the Lord-yes, out of innocence -zhy-mine for che-lo-ve-ka Divine in-le. Friends, however, don’t believe and continue to think that the Lord is stepping with Job for the sake of -ve-che-th voz-mez-diya, on-ka-zy-vaya him for committed sins. In heavy spiritual sorrow, the great-vedied Job turned with a prayer to God, asking His Sa-mo-go for-wi-de -tel-stvo-vat before them his innocence. Then God revealed Himself in a stormy whirlwind and reproached Job for trying to penetrate with his mind into the secrets of the world -buildings and su-deb of God-zhi-them. The great-wit-nick with all his heart was ras-ka-yal-sya in these thoughts and said: I am in dust and ashes." Then the Lord commanded the friends of Job to turn to him and ask him to bring a sacrifice for them, "for," said the Lord , - I will only accept the face of Job, so as not to reject you because you speak about Me not as true as My servant Job. Job offered a sacrifice to God and prayed for his friends, and the Lord accepted his move, and also returned the right Veda-no-mu Job health and gave him twice as much of what he had before. Instead of a hundred dead children, Job gave birth to seven sons-no-wei and three do-che-ri, there were no more beautiful ones on earth. After the re-not-sun-suffering, Job lived another 140 years (he lived 248 years after all) and saw his offspring until four -cities.
Holy Job pro-ob-ra-zu-et the Lord, yes, Jesus-sa Christ, descended to earth, in-stra-give-she-ra-di spa -se-niya people, and then pro-glorify-viv-she-go-sya glorious His Resurrection-cre-se-ni-em.
"I know, - said the great-vedied Job, the re-wife pro-ka-zoy, - I know that my Is-ku-pi-tel is alive, and He rises wit from the ashes on the last day, ras-pa-da-yu-shchu-yu-sya my skin, and I will see God in my flesh. eyes, not the eyes of another will see Him. ().
"Know that there is a court, on which it is justified-yes-it-is-only having-th-ing-true-true-wisdom - the fear of the Lord-by-day and is- tin-ny ra-zoom - deletion from evil.
The saint says: “There is no misfortune of a man-lo-ve-che-th, someone-ro-go would not have been carried by this husband, who was all- who-go hell-man-ta, was-py-tav-shy suddenly and hunger, and poverty, and sickness, and in-te-ryu de-tey, and deprivation riches, and then, having tried co-bar-ing from the wife, insult-le-ning from friends, on-pa-de-ning from slaves, in everything the eye-hall is solid-all-to-the-th-stone, and, moreover, to Za-ko-na and Bla-go-da-ti.
See also: "" in from-lo-same-nii svt. Di-mit-ria Rostov-sko-go.
Prayers
Troparion to Righteous Job the Long-suffering, tone 1
Seeing the wealth of the virtues of Joblich, / steal your righteous enemies, / and, having tore apart the pillar of the body, / you did not steal the treasure of the spirit, / you will find an armed immaculate soul, / less and, having exposed, captivated, / having anticipated me before the end, / / flattering me, save me, and save me.
Translation: Seeing the wealth of Job, the enemy of the righteous (the devil) planned to steal them, but, tearing apart the bodily foundation, he did not steal the treasures of the spirit, because he met the armed soul of the righteous. But I (the enemy) stripped and robbed, but prevent my end and deliver me, Savior, from and save me.
John troparion to the righteous Job the Long-suffering, tone 2
The memory of Your righteous Job, Lord, is celebrating, / we pray to Thee: / deliver us from the slanders and networks of the evil devil / / and save our souls, like a Lover of mankind.
Translation: The memory of Your righteous Job, Lord, celebrating, therefore we pray to You: deliver us from the slander and networks of the evil devil and save our souls, as a Lover of mankind.
Kontakion to Righteous Job the Long-suffering, Tone 8
As true and righteous, Godly and blameless, / sanctified, appear all-glorious, God's true saint, / enlightened the world in your patience, patient and kindest. / / All the same, God-wise, we sing your memory.
Translation: As faithful and righteous, Godly and blameless, you appeared sanctified, glorified by all, the true saint of God, you enlightened the world with your patience, patient and valiant. Therefore, we all, God-wise, sing your memory.
Prayer to Righteous Job the Long-suffering
Oh, great righteous man, Job the Long-suffering, shining with his pure life and holy closeness to God. You lived on earth before Moses and Christ, all the commandments of God, carrying them in your heart, you fulfilled. The mysteries revealed to the world through Christ and His Holy Apostles, having comprehended with their deep revelations, you were granted to be a partaker of the inspirations of the Holy Spirit. All the intrigues of the devil, in the special temptations sent to you from the Lord, having overcome with your true humility, the image of malice and long-suffering of the whole universe appeared to you. Great love for God and for all people in your immeasurable sorrows, preserving, with a pure heart behind the tomb of unity with the Lord, you joyfully expected. Now you are in the village of the righteous and stand before the Throne of God. Hear us sinners and indecent, before your holy icon coming and earnestly resorting to your intercession. Moths of the man of God, yes to the faith of good, inappropriate and unreality will approve us, from all the evil enemy visible and invisible protects, in the grief and temptations to give us a fortress, in the hearts of our memory mortals will save, in long-suffering and britally strengthened give a good answer at the Last Judgment of Christ and in our resurrected flesh contemplate the Triune God and sing His glory with all the saints forever and ever. Amen.
Canons and Akathists
Kondak 1
To the great Old Testament righteous one chosen by the Lord, the fifth son of Esau from Abraham, Job the Long-suffering, let us sing a laudable song: as if with his wondrous virtues and with all his life he appeared as a teacher of the whole universe. But you, righteous Job, accept this praise, brought to you with love, warm our hearts with the desire to imitate your feat, but with one accord we call you:
Ikos 1
Angels of God on the day of a certain appearance of the Lord, praising Him. The devil also came with them. This last one, questioned by the Lord about Job, began to slander the righteous man, as he honors the Lord of the earth for the sake of blessings, God reward him with an image. But we, bitterly remembering the evil devilish slander against the great righteous man, we praise Job like this:
Rejoice, Job, as the Lord himself named you a person who is blameless and pious.
Rejoice, thou who didst receive all earthly blessings from the Lord.
Rejoice, having many servants and counting your flocks in thousands.
Rejoice, having brought up the sons and daughters given to you by the Lord in great piety.
Rejoice, for you showed great care for your children.
Rejoice, for you did not cling to anything from earthly goods with your heart.
Rejoice, for with your wisdom you stood high above all.
Rejoice, for you were a king among the brave.
Rejoice, for thou art the noblest of those who exist from the rising of the sun.
Rejoice, all-glorious, true servant of God.
Rejoice, thou who did great good deeds.
Rejoice, enlightening world in your patience.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 2
Knowing the unshakable faith and great devotion to the will of God of his servant, the Lord gave the power to the devil to take away all the blessings of the earth from Job and destroy his children. We, marveling at this special will of God, cry out to the All-Wise God: Alleluia!
Ikos 2
With his evil mind, the devil was overjoyed, having received such a will of God. One day, when all the children of Jobl unanimously enjoy a meal in the house of their elder brother, the devil sent the doers of his evil wills, and destroyed all the property of Joble, and put ten of his children to death. A storm of inadvertent temptations to shake this wondrous pillar, and from his mouth came out the wise words of Sis: Nag I died from my mother's womb, naked and I will depart there: The Lord has given, the Lord has been taken away: as the Lord has pleased, so be it. May the Name of the Lord be blessed forever! Honoring such devotion to the will of God of the righteous, we, in praise of Job, say:
Rejoice, Job, sinning nothing before the Lord.
Rejoice, Long-suffering, and do not give the mouth of your madness to God.
Rejoice, for the doors of your house are open to everyone who passes by.
Rejoice, for the stranger did not remain outside your house.
Rejoice, for thou hast not despised the widow's tearful eye.
Rejoice, thou who art the blind, thou hast been the leg of the lame.
Rejoice, for you never ate your bread alone, but you generously gave it to orphans.
Rejoice, for all the infirmities that require what, all of you joyfully received the essence.
Rejoice, for you wept for every weak one.
Rejoice, as if seeing a husband in sorrow, you sighed heavily.
Rejoice, quick helper in every need and sorrow.
Rejoice, vigilant intercessor seeking your intercession.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 3
Relying on his strength, Satan again slanders Job and says to God: Send Your hand and touch his bones and his flesh, if not in Your face bless? And again, the Lord betrays the wondrous Job in the hands of the lawless one. But the sower of evil, having come out from the presence of the Lord, maliciously strike Job with fierce pus from his feet even to his head. And the righteous man sits outside the city on pus, he takes a piece of wood, and sharpens his pus. But we, blessing God, having allowed a fierce leprosy to be brought upon the blameless Job, glorification for the sake of His servant, cry to the Lord: Alleluia!
Ikos 3
Truly patience is more than human name Long-suffering Job. The disease in the leper body is multiplying. The wife of the righteous, seeing the suffering of her husband and being taught by Satan, gave advice to Job: Rtsy a certain verb to the Lord and die. And he, having looked up, said to her: As if one from mad women, did you speak? If the good hand of the Lord is received, shall we not endure the evil ones? In all these that happened to him, in no way did Job sin with the mouth before God and not give madness to God. From where can anyone find verbs that glorify the righteous in new fashion? Both of us, with love for Job, we conquer, and with the same words we glorify the Long-suffering Sitse:
Rejoice, for your bones are tumultuous at night and your sinews come to relaxation.
Rejoice, for your skin is greatly darkened.
Rejoice, as the compositions of your body are burned from pus.
Rejoice, for you were filled with sickness from evening to morning.
Rejoice, for your body is in the pus of worms.
Rejoice, for your brasna is full of stench.
Rejoice, for I loathe you and rise up against you who saw you.
Rejoice, Job, unyielding by all the pretense of the evil one.
Rejoice, devoted to the Lord to death.
Rejoice, foolish words of your wife revealing.
Rejoice, virtuous pillar, in your grave illnesses, in no way indulge in despondency.
Rejoice, thou who didst bless God in thy sorrows.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 4
Many great perplexities are found upon the righteous when three of his friends come to him. These from afar looked at the leper, not knowing him, and crying out with a great voice, crying, tore their garments and sprinkled dust on their heads: I sat with him seven days and seven nights, and no one from them spoke to him a word of consolation. In vain such friends of yours, with all your heart rush the innocent sufferer to God, trusting in Him alone and crying out to Him: Alleluia!
Ikos 4
Hearing the great voice and the cry of your friends, you understood, Long-suffering, as if they would not give you consolation. In the grief of the soul, before the face of the Lord, thou opened thy mouth, Job, began to speak, as if it were better for you not to be born than to live except nearness to God. Compassionate to the righteous in his inexpressible grief, in praise of his great devotion to the Lord, with the verb to Job:
Rejoice, great Old Testament righteous one, placing all your blessedness in closeness to God.
Rejoice, having experienced the fear of God rejected by you in sent down temptations.
Rejoice, preferring death to life left to you by God.
Rejoice, longing for the consolation of God, your grief is firmly endured.
Rejoice, for thou hast prophesied of an endless afterlife.
Rejoice, for in death you laid eternal rest.
Rejoice, earthly sorrows as a preparation for the future life of the understanding.
Rejoice, perspicacious seer of eternal joys.
Rejoice, crying out to the Lord for immortal bliss.
Rejoice, having seen well with the Lord in earthly blessings.
Rejoice, for thou didst regard the beauty of the visible sky without God as nothing.
Rejoice, for you were expecting a new heaven and a new earth with all your soul.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 5
The wholehearted devotion of the righteous man to the Lord, his three friends in the words of Joblich did not understand, but I saw his murmuring against God: for this sake, inspire Job to God to turn with prayer and repentance for his sins. The innocent sufferer for a single prayer to God, may the Lord give him the power of his innocent suffering to comprehend. To God, the source of wisdom and reason, the righteous cry out from his contrite heart: Alleluia!
Ikos 5
Although you point out the inscrutable ways of the Lord, for the understanding of which a man should beg God, you, your friends, Job, instructed you to live in the will of God. We, who honor the wise words of the suffering righteous, bring him this praise:
Rejoice, for your mouth has not uttered lies against God.
Rejoice, wisely revealing the lies of your friends.
Rejoice, O humble wise prophet of the incomprehensibility of God's providence.
Rejoice, thou who desirest to clarify the life of the righteous in the Old Testament.
Rejoice, having been immersed by nature in every filth you have seen.
Rejoice, for you saw the need for an intercessor between God and people with your pious heart.
Rejoice, thirsting for the love of the Father from God.
Rejoice, as you tearfully implored the Lord, that He would not remove His fear from you.
Rejoice, for thou didst honor thy temptations sent from God.
Rejoice, for you thought that the coming death was your deliverer from earthly sorrows.
Rejoice, wise interpreter of the Divine ways.
Rejoice, good leader to the Kingdom of Heaven.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 6
The preacher of the incomprehensibility of the depths of God, God's wisdom and reason appeared to you, Long-suffering, when you denounced your hypocritical friends, imagining for themselves the ways of the wisdom of God who understands. Humbly seeing for yourself the weak providence of God, lead the righteous to stand before God for judgment and ask Him for special mercy, so that the Lord would take away His formidable hand and not terrify him with His fear. Carrying in his heart a humble prayer to the Lord, with tenderness Job to the One Judge and God cry out: Alleluia!
Ikos 6
Ascension into your soul, righteous, blessed ray of God, when in your great sorrow you expected the approach to death, and you prepared for the irrevocable procession into the unknown land of darkness and eternal darkness. Loving the Lord with all your soul, at the call of God, you were ready to go to the afterlife, Job, but you did not reject the hopes of a new life in closeness to God in your heart. Rejoicing at such a bright aspiration of the suffering righteous, with love we sing to him:
Rejoice, humble, God-wise, innocent sufferer.
Rejoice, contemplating the nearness of death unceasingly.
Rejoice, day and hour of the death of a person in the wise will of God.
Rejoice, unfeigned servant of Christ.
Rejoice, for thou hast desired to see God with a pure heart.
Rejoice, for in your deep devotion to the Lord you boldly asked Him.
Rejoice, for you have not departed from your own truth.
Rejoice, for you have sought true wisdom from God.
Rejoice, unrighteous named physicians among your friends.
Rejoice, having seen their flattery before God in their words.
Rejoice, keeping your soul pure and blameless.
Rejoice, fearlessly before the Lord at the judgment stand the voluptuous.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 7
Those who want to understand true wisdom in your judgments, help us, servant of God. Rebuking your false friends, you pointed out to them, Job, that the blessings of the earth and the sorrows of men are in the hands of God. The Lord distributes them wisely: hence the righteous suffers the worst and the wicked prospers. A man of dust cannot lead the secrets of the world government of God, but for everything he must give thanks to the Lord and, praising Him, sing to Him: Alleluia!
Ikos 7
We hear marvelous speeches from the lips of the Old Testament righteous man. The hypocritical friends of his consolation did not give Job to Job, and most of all, they cause new sorrows to his heart. The righteous man only directs his thoughts to the Lord, trusts in the One Intercessor and Impersonal Judge of God, from Him the only consolation of tea. Seeing such a lofty aspiration of the Long-suffering One, we magnify him:
Rejoice, wise accuser of hypocrisy.
Rejoice, thou who named thy other evil comforters.
Rejoice, seeing friends nodding their heads over the great sufferings of their friend.
Rejoice, only seeking relief from the Lord for your heart.
Rejoice, only in heaven you saw the True Intercessor for yourself.
Rejoice, for your heart is filled with horrors before God.
Rejoice, for with your pure prayer you approached God.
Rejoice, for you firmly trusted in your truth.
Rejoice, in your humility, conversing with God is unworthy of yourself, honored.
Rejoice, only pray to God your Judge you desire.
Rejoice, testifying of your innocence before the whole world.
Rejoice, for your eye is filled with blessed tears.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 8
It is strange for us, the son of the New Testament, redeemed by the blood of the Son of God, and those who have the Gospel of Christ, to hear the bold words of the Old Testament righteous. The great secrets of the afterlife are not known to the long-suffering one, Job praying with his devoted heart to God, may the Witness and intercessor of such mysteries illuminate him who is in heaven and the intercessor of such mysteries. The eye of the Long-suffering One tears down to the Lord and the righteous man sings to God with tenderness: Alleluia!
Ikos 8
Tea of the approach of his death, enduring heavy suffering on earth, in his grace-filled illuminations he says the righteous, as if there is no relief in sorrows on earth, may the Lord hide him in the underworld until the time. When the wrath of God ceases, the sins and iniquities of the people are covered, then the Lord, by His mercy, will give the righteous to be close to Him. We, such a bright hope of the afflicted, see, in special praise to him, we say to him:
Rejoice, clairvoyant God-wise and enlightened.
Rejoice, holy and great sufferer.
Rejoice, thou who suffered in the flesh and freed from sin.
Rejoice, conquering spirit of despondency with love for the Lord.
Rejoice, for you were filled with bright hopes of the future life.
Rejoice, for with all your soul you believed in the infinite love of God.
Rejoice, thirsty one will take away the secrets of the underworld.
Rejoice, waiting for the mercy of God in the gloomy hellholes.
Rejoice, hope for a bright life beyond the grave is equal to David, Isaiah, Ezekiel and other prophets.
Rejoice, for thou hast become hope on a single path with the great Old Testament righteous.
Rejoice, preaching to all the righteous the joy of a bright existence beyond the grave.
Rejoice, perspicacious confessor of the gospel truths of Christ.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 9
Through all sorts of great temptations and tribulations, thou didst grow spiritually, Job. The Lord delights your soul with special revelations, O Long-suffering One. Graciously illumined by God, you, the chosen one of God, proclaimed: We, as my Redeemer lives, Even on the last day, this decaying skin of mine will resurrect from the dust, but in my flesh I will see God. Perceiving with our hearts this faith in the resurrection of the flesh, we, by such revelations of the righteous, we cry out to God: Alleluia!
Ikos 9
Vetia is truly unrighteous, appearing to the verbosity of your friends, Job. These lies are consolations that you desired, your suffering friend, reproach, saying, as if you did not feed the hungry, you did not clothe the poor, you offended widows and orphans, and you did not quench the thirst of your neighbors. Oh, the great patience of the great sufferer! Praising such long-suffering and pure virtuous Iovle's life, we sing to him the singalong:
Rejoice, for you humbly endured reproach from your friends.
Rejoice, for thou didst graciously accept the ridicule of small children.
Rejoice, for your servants have forgotten your love for them.
Rejoice, as your wife unreasonably heeds the crafty advice.
Rejoice, as the evil Satan, having tore apart the pillar of the body, will not steal the treasures of your spirit.
Rejoice, great wrestler, overcoming all the intrigues of the enemy.
Rejoice, for thou didst wish to see the One God and Lord on earth.
Rejoice, for you were glorified by your devotion to the Lord.
Rejoice, surprising everyone with the height of your deeds.
Rejoice, enlightenment of the spiritual index.
Rejoice, great consolation to all people.
Rejoice, for salvation has appeared to many in this world through you.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 10
Having salvation only from the Lord of tea, and having a bright hope for a renewed life after the grave, Long-suffering Job, who was also a righteous man of the Old Testament, did not dare to be affirmed in his insights, but in his thoughts and feelings he hesitated and endured some grief in his soul. We, compassionately in this sorrow and bowing to the Holy will of God, cry out to the Loving and Wise God: Hallelujah!
Ikos 10
A strong wall in devotion to the Lord appeared to the whole world, O Long-suffering One, when you firmly spoke about your purity and the hypocrisy of your friends. Possessing the heart, filled with compassion for the innocently suffering righteous man, with our united lips with tenderness we call him tacos:
Rejoice, great righteous one, in terrible temptations wholly preserving devotion to the Lord.
Rejoice, for you have not seen good consolation from anyone from people.
Rejoice, for deprivation of children and lost wealth did not indulge in despondency.
Rejoice, for you instruct us all to overcome the temptations of the love of money.
Rejoice, for you wisely understood the changes in the heavenly bodies.
Rejoice, for thou hast seen not a single ever-present joy in this world.
Rejoice, thou who didst contemplate joy and truth in the One God.
Rejoice, thou who was vouchsafed to receive the great true revelation from God.
Rejoice, for you overcame the lies of your friends and the reproaches of your neighbors with the strength of your spirit.
Rejoice, for you overcame every wordless lust with the purity of your heart.
Rejoice, in all your bright hopes you are not put to shame in any way.
Rejoice, for thou hast deepened into the mysteries of the underworld by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 11
Let us sing all-suffering singing to the Long-suffering One, who saw his innocence and knew the unredeemed sinfulness of the people. In vain on yourself the right hand of the Divine will, in the providence of God for a man, believing your righteous, good tea of the end. Sharing his indestructible luminous faith and hope in God, who is able to ease Jobl's heavy grief, we cry with him to the All-Good Lord: Alleluia!
Ikos 11
Bright is the illumination of the Long-suffering One, bright is his hope. The past time kept Job silent words. And if his three friends were silent, who would rebuke Job, for Job was righteous before them. A new interlocutor, Elius, speaks to him, and the righteous listens to his speech more sympathetically. But Job, who is not able to comprehend all these new words, behold the Lord Himself appeared to His servant and spoke to Job through the storm and stormy clouds, rebuking, and instructing, and healing him. The same one with reverent trembling, listening to the word of God, silently reproached itself with a multiplicity, most of all knowing, as if it were nothing before the face of God: and abie, the righteous soul was filled with gracious humility. Seeing such deep humility before the Lord, we joyfully sing to Job:
Rejoice, great in the purity of your speeches before the Lord.
Rejoice, great one in immeasurable humility before the Lord.
Rejoice, knowing your insignificance, placing your hand on your lips.
Rejoice, like Abraham, you who named the earth and ashes to yourself.
Rejoice, wise wise one, who experienced the fate of a person in the world before Christ.
Rejoice, faithful servant of the Lord, not daring to speak of your wisdom.
Rejoice, thou who didst not say a single word about the speeches of one's friends.
Rejoice, for you reverently listened to the Lord about the wondrous deeds of the omnipotence of God.
Rejoice, in thoughtless thought before God contritely rebuking yourself.
Rejoice, bowing before the wisdom of the One God with all your soul.
Rejoice, in your humility, joyfully listening to the Lord who reproved you.
Rejoice, having renounced all your bold speeches before the Lord and repented in dust and ashes.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 12
Gracious great joy in your heart, Long-suffering, down. You saw your Lord in the storm and the cloud. You are the reproving word of the Lord to you, and you have heard His angry word to your unfaithful friends. Terrible leprosy come down with you, Job, and you have received all the blessings of the earth in a special number from the Lord. As a reward for sorrows, you acquired your longevity, by the grace of God, and you joyfully contemplated a new ten of your children. Resurrection with all your chosen ones, Lord, you are promised. Despising all our sorrows, the righteous man and we together with him with all our hearts joyfully cry out to the Lord: Alleluia!
Ikos 12
Having endured immeasurable sorrows and showing complete devotion to the all-holy will of God, showing a living prototype of the sorrows of the Lord, having overcome the suffering of the devil on the cross, you appeared to Job. Singing your wonderful life, praising your immeasurable long-suffering, Long-suffering, the words of the Lord Himself, His prophets and apostles, and church words we praise to you:
Rejoice, righteous one, praised by the mouth of God throughout the whole universe.
Rejoice, revealing the truth in the words about God, not like your lying friends.
Rejoice, as the Lord has shown you one prayer book for your friends.
Rejoice, for the Lord forgive such sins for your prayers.
Rejoice, not once a true servant of God named by the Lord Himself.
Rejoice, great Old Testament prayer book along with Noah and Daniel.
Rejoice, as the brother of the Lord has named you the image of malice and long-suffering.
Rejoice, for the same Apostle James praised in your life the glorious death of the Lord.
Rejoice, for the Church of Christ commanded you to read your holy book during Passion Week.
Rejoice, prototype of the passions of the sinless Lord.
Rejoice, as Holy Chrysostom called us in the image of your suffering to imitate your feat.
Rejoice, for in the Church of the Saints your name glorious, honorable and glorified.
Rejoice, Job the Long-suffering, teacher of the whole world.
Kondak 13
Oh, the great righteous man of the Old Testament, Job the Long-suffering, accept our feasible praise of your immeasurable deeds for the glory of God. With your strong prayers at the throne of God, give help to us, kneeling our knees before your many years of severe suffering, firm in temptation and misery of being, unshakably believe in the eternal afterlife, to receive, by the grace of God, the crowns of the righteous at the terrible judgment of Christ, firmly hope, Yes, and we, in our renewed flesh, with you and with all the saints, will be able to see the Redeemer and our Lord and sing to him forever: Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
(This kontakion is read three times, then ikos 1 and kontakion 1)
Prayer 1st to the righteous Job the Long-suffering
Oh, great righteous man, Job the Long-suffering, shining with his pure life and holy closeness to God. You lived on earth before Moses and Christ, and all the commandments of God, carrying them in your heart, fulfilled you. The mysteries revealed to the world through Christ and His Holy Apostles, having comprehended with their deep revelations, you were honored to be a partaker of the spirits of the Holy Spirit. All the intrigues of the devil, in the special temptations sent to you from the Lord, having overcome with your true humility, the image of malice and long-suffering of the whole universe appeared to you. I have great love for God and for all people in their immeasurable sorrows, preserving with a pure heart behind the tomb of unity with the Lord, joyfully waiting for you. Now you are in the village of the righteous and stand before the Throne of God. Hear us sinners and indecent ones, standing before your holy icon and diligently resorting to your intercession. Pray to God, who loves mankind, that he will strengthen us in faith, more immaculate and indestructible, the enemy of the visible and invisible will protect us from all evil, in sorrows and temptations he will give us a fortress, in our hearts the memory of death will forever be preserved, in long-suffering and brotherly love he will strengthen, and will make us worthy of give a good answer to the terrible judgment of Christ, and in the resurrected flesh of our Triune God, contemplate and sing His glory with all the saints forever and ever. Amen.
Prayer 2 to the righteous Job the Long-suffering
Oh, holy servant of God, righteous Job! Having labored on earth with a good feat, you received in Heaven the crown of truth, which the Lord has prepared for all those who love Him. The same, looking at your holy image, we rejoice in the glorious end of your residence and honor your holy memory. You, standing before the Throne of God, accept our prayers and bring to the All-Merciful God, to forgive us every sin and help us become against the wiles of the devil, and get rid of sorrows, illnesses, troubles and misfortunes and all evil, we will live piously and righteously in the present forever and we will be honored by your intercession, if not worthy of us, to see the good on the land of the living, glorifying the One in His saints glorifying God, the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.
Why do the innocent suffer? Why does a good God allow evil in the world?In the 18th century, the philosopher Leibniz combined these questions into the doctrine of theodicy, literally the justification of God. But almost 4,000 years before Leibniz, this question was asked by Job, a righteous man from the land of Uz, to God himself...
Job lived in a place called Uz. He was rich and God-fearing, blameless, just and away from evil(Job 1 :one). Job had ten children: seven sons and three daughters.
Once Satan came to God and began to claim that Job was God-fearing, because God had given him well-being. But will Job still love God if all this is taken away from him?
God allowed Satan to take away from Job everything that he had: both wealth and children. Job accepted this test and did not say a word against God: Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I will return. The Lord gave, the Lord took; may the name of the Lord be blessed!(Job 1 :21).
Then Satan sent a leprosy to Job. Job was expelled from the city, he was forced to sit in the dust by the road and scrape the scabs from his body with a shard. Seeing her husband's torment, Job's wife suggested that he blaspheme God and die immediately. But Job remained adamant: Shall we accept good things from God, but not evil?(Job 2 :10).
Job's friends came to see him. For seven days they silently sat by his side and wept over his sufferings. They consoled him, tried to help him: after all, God could not punish Job in vain, which means that Job needs to remember what he had sinned against God. But Job knew for sure that before God he was pure: he suffered innocently.
Job turned to God in prayer. Grieving, he asked God Himself to testify to his innocence. And the Lord answered him. It was, as they would say now, an asymmetric answer. He showed him the beauty of the created world, and this is the very manifestation of the Lord, His words - and became the answer for Job.
The righteous repented in his thoughts: I renounce and repent in dust and ashes(Job 42 :6). Job was forgiven, his well-being was restored: leprosy disappeared, new children were born, wealth returned. He lived another 140 years and died at a ripe old age.
Nevertheless, it cannot be considered that the Book of Job gives a universal, logically consistent answer to the question posed by the same Leibniz. Rather, it provides a clue to the answer. The real answer is impossible without the Savior Christ, without the Good News. And maybe the meaning of the presence of the Book of Job in the Old Testament is to show that the Old Testament is not self-sufficient. That this is a preparation for those revelations that humanity will receive through the Coming of Christ and will be sealed in the New Testament and Church Tradition.
Drawings by Natalia Kondratova
JOB, A BIBLICAL CHARACTER
(Heb. "Dejected, persecuted")? the name of a famous biblical historical figure. He was the greatest righteous man and an example of faith and patience, although he did not belong to the chosen family of Abraham. He lived in the land of Uz, in the sowing. part of Arabia, "was blameless, just and God-fearing and moved away from evil," and for his wealth "was more famous than all the sons of the East." He had seven sons and three daughters, who made up a happy family. This happiness was envied by Satan and in the face of God began to assert that Job was righteous and God-fearing only because of his earthly happiness, with the loss of which all his piety would disappear. In order to expose this lie and strengthen the faith and patience of his righteous man, God gave I. to experience all the disasters of earthly life. Satan deprives him of all wealth, all servants and all children, and when this did not shake J., then Satan struck his body with a terrible leprosy. The disease deprived him of the right to stay in the city: he had to retire outside of it and there, scraping the scabs on his body with a shard, he sat in the ashes and dung. Everyone turned away from him; even his wife spoke contemptuously of the results of his piety. But I. did not show a single word of complaint about his position. His friends Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar heard about I.'s misfortune. For seven days they silently mourned his sufferings; Finally, they began to comfort him, assuring him that God is just, and if he suffers now, he suffers for some of his sins, which he must repent of. This statement, which came out of the general Old Testament idea that all suffering is retribution for some kind of untruth, upset I. even more, and in his speeches he expressed faith in the inscrutable fate of God, before which human logic must admit its complete impotence. Although the true cause of the disasters that befell I. remained incomprehensible to him, he believed in the truth of God and, feeling his own righteousness before God, he won precisely by his boundless faith. Satan has been defeated; God healed I. from leprosy and enriched him twice as much as before. He again had seven sons and three daughters, and he again became the patriarch of a happy family. "And I. died in old age, full of days." ? Is this story told in a special Bible book? "Book I.", which occupies a place in the Russian Bible between the book of Esther and the Psalter. This is one of the most remarkable and at the same time difficult for exegesis books. There are many different opinions about the time of its origin and the author, as well as about the nature of the book itself. According to some, this is not a story at all, but a pious fiction, according to others? in the book, historical reality is mixed with mythical decorations, and according to the third, accepted by the church, this is a completely historical story about a real event. The same fluctuations are noticeable in opinions regarding the author of the book and the time of its origin. According to one, I. himself was its author, according to others? Solomon, according to others? an unknown person who lived no earlier than the Babylonian captivity. What is the general impression that comes from considering the internal and external features of the book? in favor of its antiquity, which, moreover, can be determined with sufficient probability. The history of I. dates back to the time before Moses, or at least to earlier than the widespread circulation of the Pentateuch of Moses. Silence in this story about the laws of Moses, patriarchal traits in life, religion and customs? all this indicates that I. lived in the pre-Isian era of biblical history, probably at the end of it, since in his book signs of a higher development of social life are already visible. I. lives with considerable brilliance, often visits the city, where he is met with honor, as a prince, a judge and a noble warrior. He has indications of courts, written accusations and correct forms legal proceedings. People of his time knew how to observe celestial phenomena and draw astronomical conclusions from them. There are also indications of mines, large buildings, the ruins of tombs, as well as major political upheavals, in which entire peoples, who hitherto enjoyed independence and prosperity, were plunged into slavery and distress. You can generally think that I. lived during the stay of the Jews in Egypt. I.'s book, with the exception of the prologue and epilogue, is written in highly poetic language and reads like a poem, which has been translated into verse more than once (we have translated by F. Glinka). Book I. had numerous interpreters, from ancient times to the latest. Of the ancients, it was interpreted by Ephraim the Syrian, Gregory the Great, blessed. Augustine and others. The first of the newest commentators was the Dutchman Scultens (1737); he was followed by L ee, Welte, Gerlach, Habn, Schlottman, Delitzsch, Renan, and others. In Russian literature? capital research arch. Filaret, "The Origin of the Book of I." (1872) and N. Troitsky, "Book I." (1880?87).
Brockhaus and Efron. Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron. 2012
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Long ago there lived a righteous man, east of Palestine, by the name of Job. He was a just and kind man who always tried throughout his life to please God. The Lord rewarded him for his piety with great blessings. He had many hundreds of cattle and thousands of small cattle. He was consoled by a large and friendly family: he had seven sons and three daughters.
But the devil envied Job. He began to slander God on the righteous Job: “Is Job fearing God (righteous) for nothing? Take everything he has from him, will he bless you?” God, in order to show everyone how faithful Job was to Him, and in order to teach people patience in their sufferings, allowed the devil to take everything that he had from Job. And so, one day, the robbers stole from Job all his cattle, killed the servants, and a terrible whirlwind from the desert destroyed the house in which the children of Job gathered, and they all died. But Job not only did not grumble against God, but said: “God gave, God took away: Blessed be the name of the Lord".
The shamed devil was not satisfied with this. He again began to slander Job: “But a man will give his life everything that he has: but touch his bones, his body (that is, strike him with a disease), will you see if he will bless you?” God allowed the devil to deprive Job of his health as well. And then Job fell ill with the most terrible disease - leprosy. Then even Job's wife began to persuade him to say a word of murmuring against God, and his friends, instead of consolation, only upset the innocent sufferer with their unjust suspicions. But Job remained firm, did not lose hope in God's mercy, and only asked the Lord to testify that he endured everything innocently.
In a conversation with friends, Job prophesied about the Redeemer (about the Savior) and about the future resurrection: “I know that my Redeemer lives, and on the last day He will raise this decaying skin from the dust, and I will see (see) God in my flesh. I will see (see) Him myself; my eyes, and not the eyes of another, will see Him” ().
After that, God, showing everyone an example of fidelity and patience in His servant Job, Himself appeared and ordered his friends, who looked at Job as a great sinner, to ask him for prayers for themselves. God rewarded His faithful servant. Job was restored to health. He again had seven sons and three daughters, and the cattle became twice as large as before, and Job lived another hundred and forty years in honor, calmly, piously and happily.
Story long-suffering Job teaches us that God sends misfortunes not only for sins, but sometimes God sends misfortunes to the righteous for even greater affirmation of them in goodness, to shame the devil and to glorify the truth of God. Then the story of Job's life reveals to us that earthly happiness does not always correspond to the virtuous life of a person and teaches us to also be compassionate towards the unfortunate.
Job, by his innocent suffering and patience, represented the Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, on the days of remembering the sufferings of Jesus Christ (on Holy Week), the narration from the book of Job is read in the church.
NOTE: See the Bible, in the "Book of Job" ().
1 Job, a just man and rich in wealth. 6 Satan: "Is Job fearing God for nothing"? 13 Job's estate is lost, his sons are dead. 20 “The Lord gave, the Lord took away; may the name of the Lord be blessed."
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, his name was Job; and this man was blameless, just and God-fearing and moved away from evil.
2 And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
3 He had possessions: seven thousand flocks, three thousand camels, five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and a very large number of servants; and this man was more famous than all the sons of the East.
4 His sons came together, making feasts each in his own house on his own day, and sent and invited their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5 When the circle of banquet days was complete, Job sent followed by and consecrated them, and rising early in the morning, offered burnt offerings according to the number of all of them. For Job said, Perhaps my sons have sinned and blasphemed God in their hearts. Thus did Job in all such days.
6 And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord; Satan also came between them.
7 And the Lord said to Satan, Where did you come from? And Satan answered the Lord and said: I walked on the earth and went around it.
8 And the Lord said to Satan, Have you turned your attention to my servant Job? for there is no one like him on earth: a man blameless, just, God-fearing and moving away from evil.
9 And Satan answered the Lord, and said, Is Job fearing God for nothing?
10 Didn't You fence him around, and his house, and all that he had? You blessed the work of his hands, and his flocks spread over the earth;
11 But stretch out your hand and touch everything he has, will he bless you?
12 And the Lord said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your hand; but do not stretch out your hand on him. And Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.
13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother's house.
14 I here, A messenger comes to Job and says:
15 The oxen were bellowing, and the donkeys were grazing beside them, when the Sabeans attacked and took them, and struck the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone escaped to tell you.
16 While he was still speaking, another came and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and scorched the sheep and the servants and devoured them; and I alone escaped to tell you.
17 While he was still speaking, another came and said: The Chaldeans formed three bands and rushed at the camels and took them, but they struck the youths with the edge of the sword; and I alone escaped to tell you.
18 While this one was speaking, another comes and says, Your sons and your daughters ate and drank wine in the house of their firstborn brother;
19 and behold, a great wind came out of the wilderness and swept the four corners of the house, and the house fell on the servants, and they died; and I alone escaped to tell you.
20 Then Job got up and tore his outer garment, shaved off his head, and fell to the ground and bowed down
21 And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I will return. The Lord gave, the Lord took; may the name of the Lord be blessed!
22 In all this Job did not sin and did not say anything foolish about God.
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