Things in the Bible not really in the Bible...and a few surprises

Oops of the Day

Job’s wife told him to curse God so God would just finish what he started and go ahead and kill him.

Job 3:11 –  Job 10:1  –  Job 1:3  – Job 29  –   Job 2:9

Fact of the Day 

No!  Job himself had wanted to die. He said it many times. Often, in extreme circumstances, we say we wish a certain thing would happen, but we do not really mean it.  If, for example, we disagree with someone, we might say, “Oh, just go jump in a lake.”  But if they really did it, we would get upset.  Job was a chief or a shiek.  He really did want things to return as they were, but, in his misery, he believed it was impossible. 

The Hebrew verb used by Job’s wife (that has been translated as “curse”) is barak and is used over 325 times in the Old Testament. It is most often translated “to bless.” This is the meaning of barak in the words of Satan to God about Job: “You have blessed (baraked) the work of his hands.”   

What decent human being would actually advise their spouse or anyone to curse God?

In so many situations in life, when one spouse sees their mate suffer terribly, they, in a sense, give them permission to let go and die.  I myself did that with my spouse and with my mother.

She was telling her husband basically, “You are suffering so much. It’s okay to die. I will be okay.”

YOU’RE SMART.  READ THE BIBLE FOR YOURSELF

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