Job
The name Job means “he that weeps or cries.” Job is mentioned in 53 verses of the Bible, first in Job 1:1.
Family of Job
Children
Who was Job?
Persecuted, an Arabian patriarch who resided in the land of Uz (q.v.). While living in the midst of great prosperity, he was suddenly overwhelmed by a series of sore trials that fell upon him. Amid all his sufferings he maintained his integrity. Once more God visited him with the rich tokens of his goodness and even greater prosperity than he had enjoyed before. He survived the period of trial for one hundred and forty years, and died in a good old age, an example to succeeding generations of integrity (Ezek. 14:14, 20) and of submissive patience under the sorest calamities (James 5:11). His history, so far as it is known, is recorded in his book.
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Job
- Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
- Job 1:5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
- Job 38:1
Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
- Job 42:10
And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
- Job 42:12
So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
- James 5:11
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Timeline of Job's life
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1719 BC | Birth of Job |
| 1719 BC | Lifetime of Job |
| 1649 BC | Job's Trial |
| 1579 BC | Death of Job |
All 53 verses mentioning Job
- Job 1:1
- Job 1:5
- Job 1:8
- Job 1:9
- Job 1:14
- Job 1:20
- Job 1:22
- Job 2:3
- Job 2:7
- Job 2:10
- Job 2:11
- Job 3:1
- Job 3:2
- Job 6:1
- Job 9:1
- Job 12:1
- Job 16:1
- Job 19:1
- Job 21:1
- Job 23:1
- Job 26:1
- Job 27:1
- Job 29:1
- Job 31:40
- Job 32:1
- Job 32:2
- Job 32:3
- Job 32:4
- Job 32:12
- Job 33:1
- Job 33:31
- Job 34:5
- Job 34:7
- Job 34:35
- Job 34:36
- Job 35:16
- Job 37:14
- Job 38:1
- Job 40:1
- Job 40:3
- Job 40:6
- Job 42:1
- Job 42:7
- Job 42:8
- Job 42:9
- Job 42:10
- Job 42:12
- Job 42:15
- Job 42:16
- Job 42:17
- Ezekiel 14:14
- Ezekiel 14:20
- James 5:11