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The Book of Job: Pl. 1, Thus did Job continually

William Blake

Cleveland Museum of Art

Black and white illustration of a group of people in ancient dress. A man with long hair and a long beard sits on a rock in center, holding an open book. He is surrounded on both sides by ten other people, all on one knee. Three dead animals lie near the bottom of the image in front of them. A tree trunk is behind the group on the right. The background shows mountains on the left side, the moon and clouds on the right side of the sky. Border around the illustration contains a religious-themed quote in a decorative pattern. A block of text in a decorative pattern at bottom. Paper has aged appearance with rough texture.

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756 × 893 px
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The Book of Job:  Pl. 1, Thus did Job continually
The Book of Job:  Pl. 21, So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job / more than the beginning
The Book of Job:  Pl. 14, When the morning Stars sang together, and all the / Sons of God shouted for  joy
The Book of Job: Pl. 5, Then went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord
The Book of Job:  Pl. 21, So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job / more than the beginning
The Book of Job: Pl. 5, Then went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord
The Book of Job:  Pl. 12, I am Young and ye are very Old wherefore I was afraid
The Book of Job:  Pl. 2, When the Almighty was yet with me, When my Children / were about me
The Book of Job:  Pl. 2, When the Almighty was yet with me, When my Children / were about me
The Book of Job:  Pl. 14, When the morning Stars sang together, and all the / Sons of God shouted for  joy
The Book of Job:  Pl. 20, There were not found Women fair as the Daughters of Job / in all the Land
The Book of Job:  Pl. 16, Thou hast fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked
The Book of Job:  Pl. 10, The Just Upright Man is Laughed to Scorn
The Book of Job:  Pl. 20, There were not found Women fair as the Daughters of Job / in all the Land
The Book of Job:  Pl. 12, I am Young and ye are very Old wherefore I was afraid
The Book of Job:  Pl. 4, And I only am escaped alone to tell thee
The Book of Job:  Pl. 4, And I only am escaped alone to tell thee
The Book of Job:  Pl. 17, I have heard thee with the hearing of the Ear but now my Eye seeth thee
The Book of Job:  Pl. 8, Let the Day perish wherein I was Born
The Book of Job:  Pl. 17, I have heard thee with the hearing of the Ear but now my Eye seeth thee
The Book of Job:  Pl. 7, And when they lifted up their eyes afar off and knew him not / they lifted up their voices and wept
The Book of Job:  Pl. 19, Every one also gave him a piece of Money
The Book of Job:  Pl. 16, Thou hast fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked
The Book of Job:  Pl. 8, Let the Day perish wherein I was Born