William Blake1826

Job's Despair

Breaking his long silence, Job curses the day of his birth and pours out his anguish, longing for rest from his suffering (Job 3). A line engraving from William Blake's Illustrations of the Book of Job (1826).

Job's Despair by William Blake depicting Job 3:1
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Depicted passages

Job 3:1-11Primary
Portrait of William Blake

About William Blake

1757-1827 · British

British, London 1757–1827 London

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