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Job  
 


Text:  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.