To start off God and Satan's gruesome game, Job's slaves and animals are burned to death or killed with swords. Then Job's
children are killed in a windstorm while partying. 1:13-19
God (or Satan -- it's hard to tell them apart) sends a wind that kills Job's sons and daughters.
1:18-19
God and Satan play a little game with Job. God allows Satan to torment Job, just to see how he will react.
2:3-7
"So went Satan forth from
the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his
crown." 2:7
Because of God's cruel wager with Satan, Job curses the day he was born. 3:2-3, 11
"The arrows of the Almighty are within me ... the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me." 6:4
"Thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions" 7:14
God multiplies wounds without cause, destroys the perfect along with the wicked, laughs at the trial of the innocent,
and hides the truth from judges. 9:17, 22-24
Speaking of God, Job says: "He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his
teeth." 16:9
"God hath ... taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces." 16:11-12
"He cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground." 16:13
"Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion?"
God seems pleased to have created prey for lions and ravens to eat. 38:39-41
"The eagle ... seeketh the prey.... Her young ones suck up blood."
God is pleased with the way that predators kill and devour their prey. 39:27-30
