People of the Bible
Job
1719 BC – 1579 BC
Family
- Children
- Jemima, Keren-happuch, Kezia
In the story
A dot is a moment; a bar is something that lasted, drawn to its length.
- Birth of Job · 1719 BC
- Lifetime of Job · 1719 BC
- Job's Trial · 1649 BC
- Death of Job · 1579 BC
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
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.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 53 verses
- Job
- 1:1, 1:5, 1:8, 1:9, 1:14, 1:20, 1:22, 2:3, 2:7, 2:10, 2:11, 3:1, 3:2, 6:1, 9:1, 12:1, 16:1, 19:1, 21:1, 23:1, 26:1, 27:1, 29:1, 31:40, 32:1, 32:2, 32:3, 32:4, 32:12, 33:1, 33:31, 34:5, 34:7, 34:35, 34:36, 35:16, 37:14, 38:1, 40:1, 40:3, 40:6, 42:1, 42:7, 42:8, 42:9, 42:10, 42:12, 42:15, 42:16, 42:17
- Ezekiel
- 14:14, 14:20
- James
- 5:11
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.