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[Easton] 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. [Smith] the patriarch, from whom one of the books of the Old Testament is named. His residence in the land of Uz marks him as belonging to a branch of the Aramean race, which had settled in the lower part of Mesopatamia (Probably to the south or southeast of Palestine, in Idumean Arabia), adjacent to the Sabeans and Chaldeans. The opinions of Job and his friends are thus peculiarly interesting as exhibiting an aspect of the patriarchal religion outside of the family of Abraham, and as yet uninfluenced by the legislation of Moses. The form of worship belongs essentially to the early patriarchal type; with little of ceremonial ritual, without a separate priesthood, it is thoroughly domestic in form and spirit. Job is represented as a chieftain of immense wealth and high rank, blameless in all the relations of life. What we know of his history is given in the book that bears his name. (persecuted), the third son of Issachar, (Genesis 46:13) called in another genealogy Jashub. (1 Chronicles 7:1) [Hitchcock] he that weeps or cries [Nave] –1. A man who lived in Uz Job 1:1 .Righteousness of Job 1:1 , 5 , 8 ; 2:3 ; Eze 14:14 , 20 .Riches of Job 1:3 .Trial of, by affliction of Satan Job 1:13-19 ; 2:7-10 .Fortitude of Job 1:20-22 ; 2:10 ; Jas 5:11 .Visited by Eliphaz, Bildad, and Zophar as comforters Job 2:11-13 .Complaints of, and replies by his three friends to Job 3 ; 4 ; 5 ; 6 ; 7 ; 8 ; 9 ; 10 ; 11 ; 12 ; 13 ; 14 ; 15 ; 16 ; 17 ; 18 ; 19 ; 20 ; 21 ; 22 ; 23 ; 24 ; 25 ; 26 ; 27 ; 28 ; 29 ; 30 ; 31 ; 32 ; 33 ; 34 ; 35 ; 36 ; 37 .Replied to by God Job 38 ; 39 ; 40 ; 41 .Submission of, to God Job 40:3-5 ; 42:1-6 .Later blessings and riches of Job 42:10-16 .Death of Job 42:16 , 17 –2. JOB .See JASHUB [STEPBible TIPNR] A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Job.1.1) referred to as Job (אִיּוֹב), or Job (Ἰώβ); father of Jemimah, Keziah, Keren-happuch. [Theographic] 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.