‘Manje, ake ume,’ abanye abantu abajwayelene neBhayibheli bangase baphikise, ‘uJobe akashongo yini esahlukweni 16, ivesi 22, ukuthi ‘wayeyohamba ngendlela ayengayikubuya kuyo’? Futhi kuJobe 7:9 waphawula: “Owehlele endaweni yabafileyo [ethuneni] akasayikukhuphuka.” UJobe wenezela evesini 10: “Kasayikubuyela endlini yakhe; indawo yakhe ayisayikumazi.”’

Ngakho, njengoba ezinye izazi zisho, lawomavesi namazwi afanayo awabonisi yini ukuthi uJobe wayebheka ukufa ‘njengezwe okungayi lubuyayo kulo’? Ingabe amazwi anjalo asho ukuthi uJobe wayengakholelwa ovukweni lwesikhathi esizayo? Ukuze sithole impendulo, kumelwe sihlaziye lamazwi ngendlela ami ngayo, futhi siwaqhathanise neminye imiqondo eyashiwo uJobe ngalendaba.

UJobe wayengazazi izizathu zokuhlupheka kwakhe. Esikhathini esithile wacabanga ngokuyiphutha ukuthi uNkulunkulu owayebangela usizi lwakhe. (Jobe 6:4; 7:17-20; 16:11-13) Edumele, waba nomuzwa wokuthi okuwukuphela kwendawo yakhe yokukhululeka ngokushesha kwakuyithuna. (Jobe 7:21; 17:1; qhathanisa no–3:11-13.) Lapho, ngokombono wababephila esikhathini sakhe, wayengayikubonwa, engayikubuyela endlini yakhe, engayikuthola ulwazi olwengeziwe, engayikubuya noma abe nethemba lokwenza kanjalo ngaphambi kwesikhathi sikaNkulunkulu esimisiwe. Besele dengwane ngaphandle kokungenela kukaNkulunkulu, uJobe nabo bonke abanye benzalo ka-Adamu babengenawo amandla okuvuka kwabafileyo.a—Jobe 7:9, 10; 10:21; 14:12.