How many times is Job mentioned in the Bible?
The word Job appears 59 times in the King James Version, in 53 verses. Counting every form (Job, Job's), it appears 60 times in 54 verses across 4 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Job 58 times (59 with every form).
Job in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Job counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Job | 59 | 58 |
| Job's | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 60 | 59 |
First and last mention of Job
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
The verse that uses it most is Job 1:5, 3 times (tied with Job 42:8):
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Where the two translations differ
1 verse matches in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 0 verses match only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Genesis 46:13: counted in the KJV only
And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron.
The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron.
Verses with Job on our topic pages
4 verses that use Job in the World English Bible are in our topic collections.
Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. He still maintains his integrity, although you incited me against him, to ruin him without cause.”
On: Integrity
Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.
On: Friendship
Behold, we call them blessed who endured. You have heard of the perseverance of Job, and have seen the Lord in the outcome, and how the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
On: Compassion
Common questions
How many times is Job in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 59 of the 60 uses are in the Old Testament and 1 in the New Testament. Job appears in 4 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Job has the most (56), then Ezekiel (2) and Genesis (1).
Where is Job first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Genesis 46:13: "And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron." The last is James 5:11.
Job is also the name of a book of the Bible. See its 42 chapters, 1,070 verses and reading time.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-05.