The Message of the Book of Job: Job 42:7b as Key to Interpretation?
Through literary analysis this essay examines the meaning and message of Job 42:7b.
Reflections from the Old Testament on Abortion
Abortion was practiced in the ancient Near East at the time of Moses. Waltke considers a number of Old Testament texts to test them for their view on the life of the unborn child and the nature of the fetus: Genesis 2:7, Job 42:7, and Psalm 51:5.