How I explain the suffering of Job in the bible

[jennifer_bloom]

In the bible, Jobab claims to be a righteous man and suffers terrible things that make one wonder why we should bother to be righteous. My argument is:

Jobab suffered because he was the king of Edom. He was king in a place where there was no spiritual kingdom, and claiming to be good and perfect, he had to suffer so he could be as good as he claimed to be, only then would his lifestyle match the words that came from his mouth.

Even Jesus had to suffer before he was honoured and governing over the souls of men, the idea that sacrifice proceeds success is universal. And some work in the opposite order where they succeed first and suffer second. Not all are given their just desserts on earth and not all gain their full reward or deliverance in the mortal life.

Abraham was rich but since he obeyed God, there is no record of Abraham undergoing the suffering that Jobab the king of Edom did. Abraham had problems but his problems were small compared to Jobab.

[letuswaltzforthedead]

I think your argument starts pretty well trying to relate his suffering with his attempts of being a good person. Many things in life, such as power, comes with responsibility. Sometimes that responsiblity is entangled with suffering that must be endured. Good people will still suffer but they would have suffered more if they choose to go down the wrong path of destruction. Jobab was king and had to bear that responsibility to the best of his abilities. Would something along those lines make sense?

[nomandik]

I don't believe in the Bible everything in their contradicts another thing Plus there has to be more than one God