The Book of Job (Biblical Hebrew: אִיּוֹב, romanized: ʾĪyyōḇ), or simply Job, is a book found in the Ketuvim (‘Writings’) section of the Hebrew Bible and the first of the Poetic Books in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.
Clarke died in Colombo [Sri Lanka] on 19 March 2008, at the age of 90. His aide described the cause as respiratory complications and heart failure stemming from post-polio syndrome.