How Long Did Job Suffer?

How can we know or estimate the length of the time of Job’s sufferings. I have read 12 months and I have read 9 months and I have read years. What source can I use to find out? ~ Kaye English

This is a question that has been posed before, for which I did not have much definitive information. See:

https://www.gospelgazette/gazette/2005/jan/Page15.htm
https://www.gospelgazette/gazette/2004/feb/Page20.htm

This question falls under the scope of Deuteronomy 29:29: “The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.” Evidently, we do not need to know how long Job suffered since God did not cause that information to be revealed. However, God did cause to be revealed everything we do need to know: “as His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue” (2 Peter 1:3).