Notes & Queries Archive
NOTE1850

Job's Luck

By A. M.

I send you another version of Job's luck, in addition to those that have lately appeared in "Notes AND Queries:" "The devil engaged with Job's patience to battle, Tooth and nail strove to worry him out of his life; He robb'd him of children, slaves, houses, and cattle, But, mark me, he ne'er thought of taking his wife. "But heaven at length Job's forbearance rewards, At length double wealth, double honour arrives, He doubles his children, slaves, houses, and herds, But we don't hear a word of a couple of wives."

Topics: Biblical Stories, Patience, Wealth and Reward