Patriarch
Job
Suffering Servant · Patriarchal · c. 2000-1800 BC (uncertain)
Job — Léon Bonnat
Summary
Job was a blameless man who suffered catastrophic loss. His story explores suffering, divine justice, and faith that perseveres without answers.
- Among the passages here, Job is first named in Job 1:1: “There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job.”
- The record places Job in Patriarchal.
- 61 verses name Job, in 4 books.
- 5 moments stand in order on this page, each with its verse.
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saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Job 1:21→- 5 key events in order
- 61 verses name Job, across 4 books
In Scripture
- Verses
- 61
- Books
- 4
Job
- Role
- Suffering Servant
- Era
- Patriarchal
- Dates
- c. 2000-1800 BC (uncertain)
- Tribe
- Uz
- Father
- Unknown
- Mother
- Unknown
- Spouse
- Unnamed wife
- Children
- 7 sons, 3 daughters (names of later daughters: Jemimah, Keziah, Keren-happuch)
The life in order
from the events the row records, with the first and last verse that names the person among the passages this page stands on
1Where the passages this page records open
2What the record holds, in its own order
- Tested by SatanJob 1:6-22One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
- Lost healthJob 2:1-10On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.
- Job restoredJob 42:10-17After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.
3Where the passages this page records close
Biography
Job was a wealthy patriarch in the land of Uz, described as "blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil." His story explores the deepest questions of suffering, justice, and faith. When Satan challenged Job's motives before God, God permitted Satan to strip Job of everything—his wealth, his children, and finally his health. Job sat in ashes, scraping his sores, while his wife urged him to "curse God and die." Three friends came to comfort him but became accusers, insisting that Job's suffering must result from sin. Job maintained his innocence while struggling to understand why God had afflicted him. God finally answered Job from a whirlwind, not explaining the reason for his suffering but revealing His sovereign wisdom and power. Job responded, "I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees you; therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes." God vindicated Job against his friends and restored double what he had lost. Job's story teaches that faith perseveres through suffering without requiring explanations.
saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
Job's initial response to loss
Key events
- 3Friends' accusationsJob 4-31→
Three friends argued that Job must have sinned
- 4God speaksJob 38-41→
God answered Job from the whirlwind
More key verses
Text: Berean Standard Bible.
What they got right, and what they got wrong
Strengths
Blameless character, faith through suffering, honesty with God, perseverance, humility before God
Weaknesses
Questioned God's justice at times, sometimes spoke presumptuously about God
Lessons
Suffering is not always explained. Faith can trust without understanding. God is greater than our circumstances. Hearing about God differs from encountering Him.
Spiritual significance
Job teaches that faith perseveres without understanding, that suffering is not always punishment for sin, and that God is worthy of trust even when His ways are hidden.
How Job points to Jesus
Job's blameless suffering prefigures Christ who suffered though without sin. Job's intercession for his friends prefigures Christ's intercession.
Job in Scripture
Open a book to read its mentions here. Text: Berean Standard Bible. Names repeat in Scripture, so some of these verses may speak of another person called Job. The two marks are drawn from the chapters this page's own references stand in.
Old TestamentNew Testamentsegment width = share of mentions
Old Testament3 books · 60 mentions
Job57 mentions
- Job 1:1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
- Job 1:3and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
- Job 1:4Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
- Job 1:5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
- Job 1:8Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
52 further mentions in Job, read them in the book.
Ezekiel2 mentions
- Ezekiel 14:14then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 14:20then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
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