Job 1-2, 42
Job in Biblical Art
Job's suffering has drawn artists to themes of affliction, integrity, protest, and endurance.
Bible and Art Context
Blake's image of Satan smiting Job makes the spiritual conflict visible. The body's pain becomes a theological drama without reducing Job to a mere symbol.
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Satan Smiting Job with Sore Boils
William Blake, circa 1826, Pen, ink, and tempera on mahogany
Blake turns Job 2 into a stark visionary image of affliction and spiritual conflict.
Source: Wikimedia Commons / TateQuestions about Job in Art
Where is Job's story in the Bible?
Job's suffering and restoration are told in the book of Job, especially chapters 1-2 and 42.
Why do artists depict Job's affliction?
The boils and losses concentrate the book's questions about righteous suffering into a single powerful image.
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