say nothing in the prologue. Moreover, chapters 1 and 2 and 42:7–17 do not constitute a full story. Something like the present chapters 3–42:6 are necessary to complete the picture and to create the magnificent book as we have it. A second connection of the prose and poetry is thematic. Some commentators argue that the Job of the prologue is a rural figure with flocks and herds grazing over wide spaces (1:14–17), while the Job of the speeches is a city dweller (29:7–11; 31:8–11). But this is to import