Best Commentaries on Job

Note: Our list of recommendations is just getting started. We’ll be adding more in the coming months.

From Ken Shigematsu

Ken Shigematsu is pastor of Tenth Church in Vancouver, BC and the author of the award-winning, bestseller God in My Everything

• Tremper Long III, Job: Baker Commentary of the Old Testament (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012).
• Francis Anderson, Job: Tyndale Old Testament Commentaries (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 1981).
• Richard Rohr, Job and the Mystery of Suffering (Herefordshire: Gracewing, 1996). (Poetic and spiritual reflections on suffering and the book of Job)

For pastors who are looking for a quicker entry into the themes of Job, the following two resources are helpful:

• The Bible Project (www.thebibleproject.com) offers two videos and three podcast episodes on Job that are helpful for preachers seeking a quick and easy entry into the book’s structure and themes.
• John Walton and Tremper Longman III, How to Read Job (Downers Grove: IVP, 2015). John Walton and Tremper Longman III discuss the main themes, strategy, and message of the Book of Job in this short overview.