In the end Job claims to have seen the Lord, and seeing God, he repents (Job 42:5-6). So all of his struggles with disaster and doubts lead, at last, to a vision of the Lord and to repentance.
God is not unjust, even though bad things sometimes happen to good people. I wish that every human hurt and struggle would lead to a sense of God's presence and to the restoration of love between God and humankind.
The voice of God declares that Job's three friends have spoken of God what is not right (Job 42:7). Sacrifice is required of them, together with Job's intercession on their behalf. Then God forgives them, apparently. The prayer of a righteous man availeth much (James 5:16-KJV).
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