472 Philippe Guillaume – Michael Schunck innocence through systematic evocations of covenant violations or of the original sin, folly is shared out between humans and God. Guilt produces sinners when it is assumed or victims when it is thrown upon others. As long as he blamed God, Job positioned himself as a victim. Thanks to the realisation that God is capable of folly, the recriminatory victim fell silent. Perfect Job suffered, not as an example of conduct, but as a test enabling him to intercede for less perfect others. Suffering remains the common lot, but is it not nobler to suffer as a sage rather than as a sinner? Stelserstrasse 478A Philippe GUILLAUME CH-7220 Schiers 33 Soi Phra Phinit #205 Michael SCHUNCK Bangkok 10260 Thailand SUMMARY This paper pinpoints how divine folly and human intercession mentioned in Job 42,8 are key concepts to unravel the meaning of the Book of Job. The Epilogue does not restore Job in his former position. Job is not healed but receives a new role as intercessor on behalf of his friends and by extension on behalf of everyone less perfect than he is. Understanding misfortune as the consequence of inescapable bouts of divine folly is the Joban way to account for humanity’s inability to comprehend the divinity.