20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 And he said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked shall I return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; Blessed be the name of the LORD.” 22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong. —Job 1:13–22 From the calamities that befall Job, we learn something about the sources of evil. Nature, which groans under the weight of sin and operates within the impartial laws of chance,
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