When overall looking at different perspectives on The Book of Job, it is hard to come to a conclusion on the role that God plays in the problem of suffering. In an article by Alan Cooper titled “The Sense of the Book of Job,” Cooper discusses this dilemma in which many people find themselves when taking a stand on God’s role. He presents his argument in a way that shows all sides of the argument, but finalizes that it is impossible for humans to ever fully understand what God’s intentions are. This idea is presented in a thought-provoking manner, in which Cooper asks the reader, “How do we ourselves justify the claims that we make concerning God? And if, in our zeal to explain the nature of things, or because of our desire to account for problems of human existence, we continue to make such claims, can they possibly have any value?” (235) After Cooper asks these questions he relates back to The Book of Job and states: “The theme of the Book of Job, then, is not divine providence, leading to the obvious conclusion, that God’s ways are beyond human understanding” (235). Since Cooper argues that The Book of Job is unrelated to the idea of Divine Providence, then it is hard to justify the thought that human suffering is all a part of God’s plan. As Job is loyal to God throughout the entirety of the story, it is easy to read this as Job believing his suffering is a part of his Divine Providence. Job does not necessarily think that he has sinned and deserves to suffer; therefore, he maintains a positive attitude that this is happening to him for a reason. Right from the beginning when Job loses everything the first thing he says is, “Naked I came forth from my mother’s womb and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord” (Job 1:21). Job’s actions here only confuse the reader more since a natural human reaction in a time of undeserved suffering would be resentment toward God. Since Cooper is arguing that there is no way of knowing why God gives hardships to good people, Job’s role of being loyal to God and believing in Divine Providence contrasts with his friends’ views throughout the story. Job’s friends, Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar, immediately assume that Job has sinned or that his family has sinned in order for him to deserve what is happening to him. Ultimately, Cooper’s conclusion that God’s actions are beyond human understanding are proven through the overall confusion that is displayed by Job and his friends’ outlook on suffering.