job (2)

[Jов (2), v.] A sudden blow or thrust with a sharp-pointed instrument. The word nut - jobber is used as a synonym for the nuthatch, because that bird breaks open nuts with a blow of its bill. job (1), v. t. & i. [JOB (1), s.] A. Transitive : IMG:content-0134.png:[blocks in formation] 2404 again replies (ch. iii.-xiv.). Each of the three friends speaks anew, Job thrice replying (xv.-xxi.). Then follow Eliphaz and Job, and Bildad and Job, Zophar remaining silent. A fourth speaker, a young man, Elihu, di atisfied with the reply of the elder three, feels vehemently moved to put in his word, and does so (xxxii.-xxxvii.). All the four proceed on the erroneous notion that whoever suf- fers more than others must have previously sinned more grievously than they (Luke xiii. 1-5). They infer that Job must have done so, Job, on his part, having long since been provoked to exclaim: exclaim: erable comforters are ye all!" (xvi. 2). [Job's COMFORTER.) Jehovah then answers the patriarch out of the whirlwind, and vindicates his conduct and views, Job answering in deepest abasement (xxxviii.-xlii. 6). The comforters are censured, are enjoined to offer sacrifice, and are pardoned on the interce ion of Job, to whom are born exactly the same number of children he had lost (cf. i. 2, and xlii. 13), while he is granted twice the po e ions, though before he "was the greatest of all the men of the earth." (Cf. i. 3 and xlii. 12.) He lives 140 years after his trial. ment of a menial or dishonorable kind. 2. To deal in scrip; to carry on the busine of a broker. 3. To carry on the busine of a job-master (q.v.); as, He jobs largely in the season. ( Eng . ) 4. To hire carriages or horses from a job-master; as, I shall job with B. ( Eng .) 5. To do work, ostensibly for the benefit of others, really for one's own; hence, to perform public duties with a view to one's private advantage.