The Book of Job can be a frustrating read for many avid Bible readers, especially in translation. What should we make of such confusing contradictions as this?:
“Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope” (Job 13:15 RSV)
“Though he slay me, I will hope in him” (Job 13:15 ESV)
So which is it? Is Job declaring that he has hope or that...