The Bible In Paintings: JOB – GOD PERMITS TRAGEDY AND CALAMITY

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR APPRECIATING AND APPLYING GOD'S MESSAGE

GOD PERMITS
TRAGEDY AND
CALAMITY

J O B
CHAPTERS 1&2

Job was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil. He had seven sons and three daughters, and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.

1
JAMES TISSOT
"Job Joins His Family in Happiness"

2
"The Wealth of Job"

3
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Job’s Family"

4
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Job and His Daughters"

His sons would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. Job would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

5
"‘Job used to offer burnt offerings
according to the number of all His children’"

6
WARD and HUGHES
"Job's Sacrifice for His Children's Sins"

The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.”

“Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied. “You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

7
PHILLIPE GALLE
"Satan and the Sons of God Appear before God
and Challenge Him to Induce Job to Curse God"
Translation of lettering appearing below engraving:
"Standing in the winged gathering that loves piety, before the face of God,
the evil spirit disparagingly demands that He afflict Job by stripping him of
everything, and that he conquer Job's triumphant heart in terrible ways."

8
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Satan before the Throne of God"

9
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Satan before the Throne of God"

10
CORRADO GIAQUINTO
"Satan before the Lord"

11
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Satan Going Forth from the Presence of the Lord"

12
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Satan Kills Job's Children"

13
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Satan Kills Job's Children"

One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine, a messenger came to Job and said,

“The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, and the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said,

“The fire of God fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said,

“The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said,

“Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine, when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

14
WILLIAM BLAKE
"The Messengers Tell Job of His Misfortunes"

15
"Messengers"

16
"Messengers"

17
GUSTAVE DORÉ
"Job Hearing of His Ruin"

18
JAMES TISSOT
"Job Hears Bad Tidings"

19
RUTH COLLET
"Messengers of Disasters"

20
DOMENICO PIOLA
"Job and His Children"

At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.”

In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.

On another day the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil. And he still maintains his integrity, though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”

“Skin for skin!” Satan replied. “A man will give all he has for his own life. But stretch out your hand and strike his flesh and bones, and he will surely curse you to your face.”

The LORD said to Satan, “Very well, then, he is in your hands; but you must spare his life.”

So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and afflicted Job with painful sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. Then Job took a piece of broken pottery and scraped himself with it as he sat among the ashes.

21
"‘Curse God and Die’"

22
FERDINAND VICTOR EUGENE DELACROIX
"Job Tormented by the Demons"

23
GUENTHER ZAINER
"Job, His Wife and Satan"

24
"Job, His Wife and Satan"

25
"Satan, Job and His Wife"

26
ALBRECHT DURER
"Job in His Sickness Being Scourged by the Devil"

27
"Job with the Devil"

28
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Satan Smiting Job with Sore Boils"

29
ALBRECHT DÜRER
"Job and His Wife"

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His wife said to him, “Are you still holding on to your integrity? CURSE GOD AND DIE!”

30
JUSEPE DE RIBERA
"Job on the Dungheap"

31
GEORGES DE LA TOUR
"Job Mocked by His Wife"

33
GASPARE TRAVERSI
"Job Mocked by His Wife"

34
GIOVANNI BATTISTA LANGETTI
"Job Cursed by His Wife"

35
Source

36
JAN LIEVENS
"Job"

37
CLAUDE LOUIS DESRAIS
"Job on the Dung-Hill, Scolded by His Wife"

He replied, “You are talking like a foolish woman. Shall we accept good from God, and not trouble?”

In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.

New International Version ©1984, Abrdgd, EMPHASES Added
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[Chauncey Gardiner]

Great work Dan. We use this art as a tool to enhance our adult Sunday school lessons. It is well received. I encourage others to do the same.

[etabeta]

Many great paintings. “Fenster” always but also a very original Collet at #19; Durer at #29 and my favorite, Georges de la Tour at #31. Love the play of light from the candle.

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Music to my ears, Chauncey. God is always encouraging interaction with his Word, and art is one way He has done that for two millennia.

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I’m with you, Alba, on the la Tour.

[Fido969]

Poor guy. His wife seemed to be a bit of a b!tch, though.

Also, I'm not sure about the getting new children at the end. If you lose children, does it make up for it if you get new children? Even if the old kids were rotten, something doesn't quite jive with me.

I see Job's greatest gift as getting a glimmer of God. Being materially restored at the end wasn't necessary for understanding the story, unless it is a metaphor for eternal restoration. .

[telescope115]

The story of Job has always fascinated me.
For all I have been through, I don’t blame God for anything.
Satan, yes.
Our failings, our sins, are our responsibility.
Insurance companies call weather related disasters “Acts of God”.
How do they know? “Acts of Satan” would make more sense.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Pete, my take is they are acts of God because, as clarified in Job's story, God permitted them to occur.

[Socon-Econ]

God allows free will. He could eliminate evil in this world; but, to do this, he would have to restrict everyone’s freedom — not just the freedom of the “other guy” — and people would eventually hate him for this more than they already do.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I see Job's greatest gift as getting a glimmer of God.

He got more than a glimmer, but it seems like Job would agree with you. When God shows up so dramatically, all else pales by comparison.

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Very, very well said. God is eliminating evil as fast as possible, but first He must populate heaven by getting tens of billions to be born and have their opportunity.

[InkStone]

Good Morning Dan, and good morning to each of you; I enjoy every comment.
Well done Dan, all are excellent choices. What an instructive story from God’s Word.

[Hebrews 11:6]

What an instructive story from God’s Word.

For those with eyes to see and ears to hear.

[NorthMountain]

“Acts of God” because all of creation belongs to Him. That we can be harmed by them is a consequence of The Fall.

IMO.

[telescope115]

Understood. I just don’t like blaming God for anything. I’d rather praise Him for all the good in this world. He created everything, of course.
I would rather give Him praise than be angry towards him.
If I’m gonna blame anyone it’s Satan for tempting Eve…🍎

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Goodd Morning, Dan.

Poor Old Job. (Wonderful Book!)

[Hebrews 11:6]

Poor Old Job

Rich>>poor>>rich, but always rich in faith.

[subterfuge]

Powerful, thanks.

[Hebrews 11:6]

It moves me, too.

Just now I happened to be reading 1 Peter 1, and he wrote something on-point:

...now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.