 First mention of the Satan as a fallen angel  Satan came to meet with God  God said Job was the perfect human  Satan said Job was perfect because he had an easy and rich life

 God allows Satan to test Job  Job loses all that he has (except wife) in a few hours  Satan returned to God and said Job was still only doing good because he had his health  God told Satan he could do anything to Job but kill him  Satan caused Job to be covered in boils  Job ended up living in the town dump and had to use a broken piece of pottery to scratch the boils

 Rest of the books is a series of conversations between Job, his friends, his wife, and finally God  Job’s friends all tried to tell him his problems were his fault  Job’s wife told him to curse God and die  God finally told Job that he could not understand the reasons he did things

 Creature described in Job  Said to have a tail like a cedar  Believed to be an elephant, hippopotamus, or a dinosaur

 Another creature described in Job  Said to have scales so hard that nothing could cut it  Believed to be a crocodile, whale, or a sea monster

 Job never turned his back on God  Job’s friends are punished for giving him bad advise  Job ended up getting back double of everything he had before his problems  The book never tells us why God allowed Satan to test Job and cause him to suffer