The scholar, named JP Fokkelman, states in his commentary: “God trusts in 'his servant'... It is a little too easy to take refuge in the theological reasoning that says : Since God is omniscient (and also has advance knowledge of what is coming), He sees the good outcome. In my opinion, what Fokkelman says is true, the natural belief that God's trust in Job is due to the fact that God knows everything is wrong. The text does not describe any details that God knows how Job will react, by putting Job to the test of Satan, God shows how much faith he has in his slave, Job. The Book of Job demonstrates God's emotions towards his creation in chapter 1. As God talks about Job, with Satan, he reveals that not only is he extremely proud of Job, being his follower, but he also has faith in the quality of Job's work Job.
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