patience of Job en · NOUN
Etymology
A reference to the biblical figure of Job from the Book of Job, where he demonstrated faith and patience with God while suffering many severe trials. First used in the translations of James 5:11, from Koine Greek ὑπομονὴν Ἰὼβ (hupomonḕn Iṑb).
Meanings
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(idiomatic, uncountable) A great amount of patience.
The interference, some of it on a daily basis, that LSC staff have had to endure from the department's civil servants would have tried the patience of Job.
2004 March 30, “Takes two to quango”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2014:Beholde, wee count them happie which endure. Ye haue heard of the patience of Iob, and haue ſeene the end of the Loꝛd: that the Loꝛd is very pitifull and of tender mercie.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, James 5:11:At times I long for the patience of Job and the wisdom of Solomon.
1960 April 14, A. W. Bennett, “A Locomotive Shedmaster's Day”, in Railway Magazine, page 272:
Synonyms
patience of Mother Teresa · patience of an angel · patience of a saint
Translations (13)
fr patience de Job (great amount of patience) · fa صبر ایوب (great amount of patience) · es tener más paciencia que el santo Job (great amount of patience) · el ιώβεια υπομονή (great amount of patience) · tr Hazreti Eyüp sabrı (great amount of patience) · pl anielska cierpliwość (great amount of patience) · fi Jobin kärsivällisyys (great amount of patience) · et Hiiobi kannatus (great amount of patience) · el ιώβειος υπομονή (great amount of patience) · de Lammsgeduld (great amount of patience) · de Engelsgeduld (great amount of patience) · pt paciência de Jó (great amount of patience) · it pazienza di Giobbe (great amount of patience)
wikipedia: Job (biblical figure) · wikipedia: Book of Job · wikipedia: James 5#Verse 11