Job in the Bible
Meaning: he that weeps or cries
Exact Match
Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish,
After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest.
Their job was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the Lord's temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God's temple.
These men also supervised the heavy lift workers and supervised all the workmen from job to job, while some of the descendants of Levi served as scribes, officials, and gatekeepers.
If it pleases the king, let a [decree] be issued to destroy them, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to those who do the job, to bring to the treasury of the king."
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.
His estate included 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 among all the people of the east.
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.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
“Very well,” the Lord told Satan, “everything he owns is in your power. However, you must not lay a hand on Job himself.” So Satan left the Lord’s presence.
And there was a day when [Job's] sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house [on his birthday],
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.
So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.
Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.
But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
So they sat down with [Job] on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief and pain were very great.
After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.
And Job spake, and said,
But Job answered and said,
How long will you say these things [Job]? And how long shall the words of your mouth be as a mighty wind?
He will yet fill your mouth with laughter [Job] and your lips with joyful shouting.
Then Job answered and said,
And Job answered and said,
[Job continued:] Behold, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.
Then Job answered and said,
Then Job answered and said,
But Job answered and said,
For you say, Where is the house of the rich and liberal prince [meaning me]? And where is the tent in which the wicked [Job] dwelt?
But [you, Job] the man with power possessed the land, and the favored and accepted man dwelt in it.
Then Job answered and said,
But Job answered and said,
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,
“Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job’s table?”
I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.
Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.
Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God.
Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.
Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
So I say, Listen to me; I also will give you my opinion [about Job's situation] and my knowledge.
Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words:
Beware lest you say, We have found wisdom; God thrusts [Job] down [justly], not man [God alone is dealing with him].
Now [Job] has not directed his words against me [therefore I have no cause for irritation], neither will I answer him with speeches like yours. [I speak for truth, not for revenge.]
[Job's friends] are amazed and embarrassed, they answer no more; they have not a thing to say [reports Elihu].
Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words.
For God [does reveal His will; He] speaks not only once, but more than once, even though men do not regard it [including you, Job].
"If there's a messenger appointed to mediate for Job one out of a thousand to represent the man's integrity on his behalf,
Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak.
For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.
What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water?
Yes, Job, his eyes constantly watch the behavior of human beings; he carefully observes their every step.
Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.
My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men.
But now, because he hath not visited in his anger, doth not Job know his great arrogancy?
Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge.
But if you [Job] are filled with the judgment of the wicked, judgment and justice will keep hold on you.
Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.
Tell us [Job] with what words of man we may address such a Being; we cannot state our case because we are in the dark [in the presence of the unsearchable God].
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth [their young]? [Or] do you observe when the hinds are giving birth? [Do you attend to all this, Job?]
Will you depend upon him to bring home your seed and gather the grain of your threshing floor? [Who, Job, was the author of this strange variance in the disposition of animals so alike in appearance? Was it you?]
Was it you [Job] who made him to leap like a locust? The majesty of his [snorting] nostrils is terrible.
Is it by your wisdom [Job] that the hawk soars and stretches her wings toward the south [as winter approaches]?
Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand [if you are so able, Job].
[If you can do all this, Job, proving yourself of divine might] then will I [God] praise you also [and acknowledge that] your own right hand can save you.
He looks all mighty [beasts of prey] in the face [without terror]; he is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who dares not arouse the unmastered crocodile, yet who dares resist Me, the beast's Creator, to My face? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?]
Then Job answered the LORD, and said,
And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.
Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job.
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.
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.
And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
So Job died, being old and full of days.
Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.
That slave will be happy when his master returns to find him doing his job [well].
It is like a man who left his house on a trip to another country. [Before leaving] he put his servants in charge of his affairs, giving each one a [particular] job to do, then he ordered the gatekeeper to stay alert [i.e., while he was gone].
Then the property manager said to himself, What am I going to do since my master is taking away my job? I am not strong enough to dig [i.e., as a farm laborer], and I am too ashamed to beg.
I know what I'll do so that people will welcome me into their homes when I'm dismissed from my job.'
For this world's "wisdom" is foolishness to God. For it is written [Job 5:13], "He [i.e., God] catches wise people in their cleverness."