.... Again, it's an unpersonified, disembodied voice. Not any kind of person, even one standing off to the side. But it presents a perspective on the action. In this case the perspective is rather reportorial, third person. This is not a play. If it were presented orally, you would have a person delivering it. We can quibble on whether this is a character. I like to think of the ...

... not from one of the story's characters. The narrator, in the case of Job. not a participant in the action. But it presents a perspective on the action. In this case the perspective is rather reportorial, third person. This is not a play. If it were presented orally, you would have a person delivering it. We can quibble on whether this is a character. I like to think of the narrator, if ...