The growing field of missional hermeneutics has tended to focus on the great overarching narrative of the whole biblical canon which renders to us the mission of God for all creation and all nations. And within that frame, exegetical and hermeneutical interest in the Old Testament from a missional perspective has focused mainly on the narrative and prophetic scriptures that carry that great redemptive tradition. The Wisdom Literature has been rather neglected, as indeed it has often been in the general field of Old Testament theology. After all, in what possible way could books like Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job be relevant for mission?