patience of Job
Extreme biblical endurance
The patience of Job is extraordinary endurance through suffering, from the biblical figure who maintained faith despite catastrophic losses and physical torment.
The phrase describes someone who bears hardship without complaint: Dealing with that bureaucracy requires the patience of Job.
Often invoked when ordinary patience wouldn't suffice.
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- composureEmotional self-control
- sufferanceToleration without approval
- grin and bear itEndure hardship without complaint
perseverance · long suffering · endurance · wait it out · equanimity · trust in God · keep the faith · steadfastness · turn the other cheek · trials and tribulations · tested by fire · faith · imperturbability · serenity · tranquility · Job's trials · suffering servant · divine justice
- Book of JobJob, Satan, Yahweh, God, Leviathan
- Quranic StoriesAdam and Eve, Noah's Ark, Moses, Abraham, Joseph
patience of Jobshort temper
Proneness to sudden anger
hot-headedness · quick temper · irascibility · irritability · petulance
patience of Jobimpatience
Intolerance of delay
restlessness · intolerance · frustration · thin skin · fragility
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