Restored from the Septuagint
Job
The LXX Job is roughly 1/6 shorter with significant differences in the speeches.
References to God
978
Verses in LXX
1070
Verses in MT
What Changed
The Septuagint version of Job is approximately 390 lines shorter than the MT. Many of the friends' speeches are condensed, and some passages present quite different readings. The LXX ending (42:17) includes an additional genealogical note identifying Job with Jobab from Genesis, and states that Job will rise again with those whom the Lord raises up, an explicit resurrection reference absent from MT.
Theological Impact
The LXX ending's resurrection statement ("it is written that he will rise again with those whom the Lord raises up") is a significant theological addition that connects Job's suffering directly to eschatological hope. This resurrection theology is consistent with early Christian reading of Job.
Sections Removed in the Masoretic Text
Genealogy and Resurrection Promise
Job 42:17 (LXX appendix)
Identifies Job as Jobab, great-grandson of Esau. States: "It is written that he will rise again with those whom the Lord raises up." Absent from MT.
What You're Missing
“And it is written that he will rise again with those whom the Lord raises up.”
Job 42:17a (LXX)
An explicit promise of bodily resurrection, absent from the MT, connecting Job's faithfulness through suffering to future vindication.
New Testament Connections
These NT passages reference or echo the Septuagint version: