Surprise of the Day

Based on ways Job said he was suffering, what was his disease?

Job 2:7,8  –  Job 2:12  –  Job 7:4,5  –   Job 17:1 –  Job 19:17-20  –  Job 30:17,18  –  Job 30:27-30

Fact Of the Day

The term “boil” comes from a Hebrew word meaning to boil, to burn.  Job’s diseases was a form of LEPROSY called  ELEPHANTIASIS NOSTRAS  VERRUCOSA, a marked and strongly developed form of leprosy. This disease creates an intense heat, a burning and crusty ulcerous swelling, night mares, a low ghost-like voice. It is leprosy in its most terrible form, taking its name from the appearance of the body, which is covered with a knotty, cancerous bark like the hide of an elephant.  Job was so deformed by his disease, his friends did not recognize him.