A righteous man suffers terribly for no reason, and demands an explanation from God. His friends offer theology; God answers from the whirlwind with questions about creation that are not answers at all. The poetry of the divine speeches is some of the most powerful in the Bible. The ending, in which Job's fortunes are restored, has troubled readers for millennia: does it resolve anything, or make the problem worse? The book resists every interpretation, which is why it remains the essential text on undeserved suffering.