Literary notes about Job (AI summary)
The term "job" emerges with a rich range of meanings across literature, from denoting divine endurance and suffering to signifying everyday work or tasks. In some texts, it identifies the biblical figure Job—whose trials and steadfastness are central to his narrative ([1], [2], [3])—while it also appears in contexts describing the challenges involved in navigating intricate situations, such as mastering a maze-like city ([4]) or organizing complex tasks ([5], [6]). Moreover, the word adapts to more modern connotations, referring to both employment positions and technical processes, like assigning a command-line process in computing ([7], [8]) or offering someone a position ([9], [10]). This versatility underscores its symbolic and literal resonance in expressing human endeavor, fraught responsibility, and even mechanical function.
- Job Chapter 19 Job complains of the cruelty of his friends; he describes his own sufferings: and his belief of a future resurrection.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Job Chapter 18 Baldad again reproves Job and describes the miseries of the wicked.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - Job Chapter 26 Job declares his sentiments of the wisdom and power of God. 26:1.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - The hardest job was to learn my way about, for I reckon that of all the mazes that ever were contrived, this city is the most confusing.
— from A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle - The hardest job I ever tackled: make no mistake about that, mother.
— from Pygmalion by Bernard Shaw - For he had all the instincts of a gentleman; and it's never a pleasant job making your reason inhibit your instincts.
— from The Best Short Stories of 1917, and the Yearbook of the American Short Story - bash assigns a job number to each command line you run from the shell.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery - Each command line starts a job (also called a process group ) to be carried out by the shell.
— from Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery - If your potential employers have an email address, you can send dozens of job resumes - while going for a cup of coffee!
— from The Online World by Odd De Presno - But old Antanas had begged until he was worn out, and all his courage was gone; he wanted a job, any sort of a job.
— from The Jungle by Upton Sinclair