The Bible In Paintings, #177: JOB STILL HAS "FRIENDS"

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[Hebrews 11:6]

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THE BOOK OF JOB

Part 1	GOD'S MAIN MAN, JOB
Part 2	JOB SUFFERS
Part 3	MRS. JOB MOCKS HIM
Part 4	JOB STILL HAS "FRIENDS"
Part 5	FRIENDS ACCUSE, JOB DEFENDS
Part 6	GOD INTERVENES, QUIZZES JOB

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J O B

S T I L L

H A S

"F R I E N D S"

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J O B
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New International Version, emphases added
Abrdgd: the complete text is in your Bible


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C L I C K :

To read JOB 2 in full
To hear MAX McLEAN reading it
To hear a DRAMATIZATION of it
HIGHLY recommended by Maudeen!
To see an ANIMATION of Job

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CHAPTER 2

8 Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

NOTE: Almost all modern English Bible versions (25 of 28) translate the Hebrew word "haeper" as "ashes." But Catholic versions, in widespread use several centuries ago when most of these works were painted, treat "haeper" as "dunghill". As a result, artists—being artists—saw their chance and latched onto Job's plight like flies onto…well, see for yourself.

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11 When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him. 12 When they saw him from a distance, they could hardly recognize him; they began to weep aloud, and they tore their robes and sprinkled dust on their heads. 13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights. No one said a word to him, because they saw how great his suffering was.

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by GUSTAV DORÉ
"Job and His Friends"

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by GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Job and His Friends"

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" Job and His Companions "

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by JEAN FOUQUET
"Job and His Companions"

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"Job and Musicians"

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by FAUVEL MASTER, 1330
"Job, His Wife and Three Companions"

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by JAMES TISSOT
"Job Lying in a Heap of Refuse"

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by JAMES TISSOT
"Job et ses Trois Amis"

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by FAUVEL MASTER, 1330
"Job, His Wife and Three Companions"

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by VIRGIL SOLIS, 1568
"Job Afflicted with Boils, with His Wife and Comforters"

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at Cathedral of the Annunciation, Moscow, Russia
"Job"

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"Job Mocked by His Friends"

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by MATTIA PRETI, 1665
"Job Visited by Friends"

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by JAN SNELLINCK, 1600
"Job on the Dung Hill"

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by GEORGES-AUGUSTE LAVERGNE, 1892
"Job et Ses Amis"

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by EBERHARD VON WÄCHTER
"Job and His Friends"

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by MATTIA PRETI
"Job's Day"

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by ILYA REPIN, 1869
"Job and His Friends"

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by JOSEP VERGARA
"Job and His Friends"

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by JAN MANDIJN, 1550
"The Trials of Job"

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by JAN MANDIJN, 1550
"The Mocking of Job"

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by GERARD SEGHERS
"The Patient Job"

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by KRISTIAN ZAHRTMANN
"Job and His Friends"

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at Limbourg Visitation de Notre-Dame, Belgium

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by THOMAS ROWLANDSON
"Job And His Comforters"

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by RUTH COLLET
"Job's Friends Try to Comfort Him"

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by RUTH COLLET
"Job's Friends Try to Comfort Him"

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by REMBRANDT

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Preview of
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ATTRACTIONS

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SNEAK PEEK: Next time,
JOB'S
DEFENSE

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R E S O U R C E S

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Links to three masters who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:

REMBRANDT HARMENSZOON van RIJN

GUSTAV DORÉ
241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours

JAMES TISSOT
180 watercolors depicting Bible scenes

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Links to two Bibles with comprehensive illustrations:

The Art Bible (1896)

The Maciejowski-Morgan Bible (c.1245)

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This series keeps moving from one Bible passage to another,
so here is a fascinating and enjoyable link to assist in following along:
BIBLE TIMELINE

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Here are links to the
PREVIOUS 176 POSTS IN THIS SERIES
with descriptive titles to assist you in finding those which interest you

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Finally, what God did to initiate The Bible In Paintings:
HOW GOD STARTED THIS SERIES
BY SHOWING ME JUST ONE PICTURE

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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site,
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!

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NOTES ON MY SELECTION CRITERIA

A r t Q u a l i t y

The Bible and its Author are my focus, not the art: this is The Bible in Paintings, not "Great Paintings" nor even "Good Paintings." So, works need not be masterpieces to qualify for inclusion here—they don't need to be housed at the Louvre nor auctioned by Sotheby's. They only need to illustrate successfully some aspect of the Biblical text or, frankly, just tickle my fancy, which I'm always asking the Holy Spirit to guide.

Often, artists misrepresent the Scripture, but unless the error is material, licentious or heretical I usually include the artwork, trusting that the Spirit is perfectly capable of defending Himself. So, with such forgiving filters, it means that you're seeing practically everything I'm finding.

T e x t S e q u e n c i n g

The Protestant Canon does not (for several reasons) follow a strictly chronological sequence. There are many examples where, for God's good purposes, stories are told out-of-order. Nevertheless, for the sake of simplicity, clarity, and my sanity, I have chosen to proceed linearly and methodically from Genesis onward, illustrating each Bible passage as we come to it. Where two passages cover the same incident I omit the second telling, excepting the four Gospels which I will treat synoptically. Now, onward!

P a c i n g

The pace here may seem appallingly snail-like to those eager to see their favorite events illustrated. My commission is to search for art on each Bible passage in sequence: if I find enough, then it becomes the next installment, even if undramatic (but where there is little or no art, that Bible passage goes untold here).

Then, there is the human element: this is not actually a daily series, because I can only research, compose, edit and post five or six of these installments weekly. And because I only get to do this series once, I'm taking my time, chiefly by posting everything; if I find lots of art, I don't cherry-pick some and discard the rest. Rather, I line up all of them and then sort them into manageable bunches, often resulting in multiple days' episodes of the same story. Obviously, I like being thorough. Were you in a big hurry?

The Bible is a thick book, as you know; but we'll get there eventually, Lord willing—this is His project, after all. And always remember:
love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness & self-control is a fruit of the Spirit!

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Art is merely the Toy Department of Bible study,
so I'm just having fun here—I hope you are, too!
Thank you for your understanding.

Hebrews 11:6
Dan Lewis
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[Hebrews 11:6]

At the Holy Spirit's prompting, I am surveying "Bible art" to give God glory, as many of these artists have done, and for my own amusement and learning; and I thought others might enjoy it and be blessed by it, too. My plan is to proceed methodically from left-to-right, Genesis to Revelation, as the Lord wills. Back soon with another.

The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us!

But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is being filmed right now. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year's viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.

Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: "Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast." Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access—best 35 bucks I've ever spent (I don't recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 43 years ago).

[Hebrews 11:6]

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P r e s e n t e d . . F o r . . Y o u r

CONSIDERATION

ENJOYMENT

& BLESSING

[etabeta]

Happy you included 3 splendid examples of manuscript illumination from 3 Books of Hours of the 1500s. #7 -Jean Fouquet - #15 Jean Bourdichon - #16 Limbourg Brothers, great illustrators.
Poor Job, the suffering must have been immense. Did he use the ashes to cover his sores and absorb the oozing which he then scraped? Was he relegated to the outside or it’s just in the fantasy of these artists?

[left that other site]

With friends like that, who needs enemies?

[Hebrews 11:6]

I'm very ignorant of things medical, but these seem realistic to me:

* ashes are clean, having been sterilized by fire, so it was a logical place to sit to avoid contaminating open sores
* open sores are disgusting and smelly, so Mrs. Job understandably ejected him
* clean ashes might indeed be a prudent application to open sores, as you suggest

[Hebrews 11:6]

There’s a moral there: they did fine until they opened their mouths.

[TheConservativeParty]

Oh poor Job. 🙁 A lesson in perseverance, and true faith.

[Hebrews 11:6]

We’re all tested, but few of us are tested that severely. And we get to meet him!

[Maudeen]

A lesson in perseverance, and true faith.

Definitely!