Job

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A job is a regular activity performed in exchange for payment.

Job may refer to:

• 1 In the Bible
• 2 People
  • 2.1 Surname
  • 2.2 Given name
  • 2.3 Pseudonyms
• 3 In the arts
• 4 Places
• 5 In business
• 6 Other uses
• 7 See also

In the Bible

• Book of Job, part of the Hebrew Bible
• Job (biblical figure), the central character in the Book of Job

People

Surname

• Brian Job (born 1951), American former swimmer
• Joseph-Désiré Job (born 1977), Cameroonian footballer
• Ignjat Job (1895-1936), Croatian painter
• Nick Job (born 1949), English golfer

Given name

• Patriarch Job of Alexandria, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria from 954 to 960
• Patriarch Job of Moscow (died 1607), first Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia and a saint of the Orthodox Church
• Job of Pochayiv (c. 1551-1651), Ukrainian Orthodox monk and Eastern Orthodox saint
• Job (Osacky) (1946-2009), archbishop of the Orthodox Church
• Job Adriaenszoon Berckheyde (1630-1698), Dutch painter
• Sir Job Charlton, 1st Baronet (c. 1614-1697), barrister, member and briefly Speaker of the House of Commons of England, and judge
• Job Charnock (c. 1630–1692), English East India Company administrator traditionally regarded as the founder of the city of Calcutta
• Job Cohen (born 1947), leader of the Dutch Labour Party
• Job Durfee (1790-1847), jurist and member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives
• Job Harriman (1861-1925), vice presidential candidate for the Socialist Party of America and founder of a utopian community
• Job Dean Jessop (1926-2001), American jockey
• Job Mann (1795-1873), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania
• Job de Roincé (1896–1981), French journalist and writer
• Ayuba Suleiman Diallo (1701–1773), also known as Job ben Solomon, Muslim transported to America as a slave
• Job Tausinga (born 1951), Minister for Education and Human Resources Development of the Solomon Islands
• Job Throckmorton (1545-1601), English religious pamphleteer and Member of Parliament

Pseudonyms

• Jacques Onfroy de Bréville (1858-1931), French illustrator known as JOB

In the arts

• Job: A Comedy of Justice, a novel by Robert A. Heinlein
• Job, a novel by Joseph Roth
• Job (Shea), a sculpture by Judith Shea
• Job: A Masque for Dancing, a ballet by British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams
• "Job", a 1980 song by San Francisco punk band The Nubs

Places

• Job, Puy-de-Dôme, a commune in central France

In business

• J.O.B. Records, a defunct record label which specialized in blues and R&B
• JOB (rolling papers), a brand of cigarette paper

Other uses

• Job, a computer program used in a batch processing environment
• Job (professional wrestling), a wrestling performer who loses a match
• Job Network, a set of employment organizations funded by the Australian government

See also

• The Job
• Hyper-IgE syndrome, a medical condition also known as Job's syndrome
• Jobs

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