God's Changing Role in the Book of Job The Book of Job shows a change in God's attitude from beginning to end. At the beginning of the book He is presented as Job's protector and defender. He ultimately appears as the supreme being who lectures and preaches to Job with hostility, despite the fact that Job never cursed his name and never did anything wrong. Job's only question was why God had begged him for this terrible disease. I intend to analyze and discuss the different roles that God played in the Book of Job. At the beginning of the book, Job is God's "pride and joy," so to speak. Job was free from sin, "he feared God and shunned evil" (1,1). God apparently holds Job in higher esteem than any other mortal. This is evidenced when he tells Satan that "There is none like him in the earth; he is blameless and upright..." (1:8). When Satan questions Job's faith, God allows him to test him, as if to show off his favorite servant. This is an almost human quality in God: pride. Satan's test involves the total destruction of everything Job owns and has lived for: his children, his animals, and his possessions. Everything was destroyed except his wife and, of course, the Four Heralds of Doom. “In all this, Job did not sin by accusing God of wrongdoing” (1:22). God shows more of the human characteristic of pride when he encounters Satan again. God almost rejoices in this brief scene. He further praises Job and claims that Job is loyal: Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on Earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, even though you incited me against him to ruin it for no reason... middle of paper... he tried to make sense of something they couldn't possibly understand. God's wrath could also have been instigated by the assumption that Job was ever closer to cursing Him. At every step of the questions, Job's faith could have begun to be questioned. This would embarrass God before Satan. The first seems to be the most obvious reason, however, the second, my observation cannot be ignored. God showed human qualities in the beginning, such as pride and integrity, why should this God be immune to embarrassment? In any case, recognizing that Job did not curse him in all his misfortune, God once again returned to the status of Job's protector, and Job once again became God's favorite servant. God blessed the latter part of Job's life giving him double the fortune he had before and ten more children. Job lived a full life.