The hero of the book of that name in the Old Testament; the prototypical patient man.

An oriental chieftain from the country of Uz who is the main protagonist in a dramatic poem about the suffering of the innocent, composed sometime between the seventh and fifth centuries BCE

A righteous man who had his family and all of his possessions destroyed by God just for His amusement. Despite the obvious evidence to the contrary, Job persisted in his belief that "God is good". A popular brand of rolling papers.

Biblical figure who has come to symbolize suffering.

a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him

any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

A righteous man whom God tested by disaster and personal suffering; in the end God restored his wealth and family; the book of Job, considered a work of wisdom literature, contains the story. Chapter 14.

is the central figure of the Old Testament book which bears his name. This book is the story of Job's suffering, the lessons God taught him from it and his ultimate salvation.

Job ( ; Arabic: أَيُّوبٌ, ʾAyyÅ«b), is a character in the Book of Job in the Hebrew Bible. In brief, the book begins with an introduction to Job's character — he is described as a rich, blessed man who fears God and lives righteously. Satan, however, challenges Job's integrity, and so God gives Job into Satan's hand, resulting in tragedy for Job: the loss of his children, wealth, and physical soundness.