Where does the word "JOB" come from?
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Not according to this etymology website:\njob  \n1557, in phrase jobbe of worke "piece of work" (contrasted with continuous labor), perhaps a variant of gobbe "mass, lump" (c.1400, see gob). Sense of "work done for pay" first recorded 1660. Slang meaning "specimen, thing, person" is from 1927. The verb is attested from 1670. On the job "hard at work" is from 1882. Jobber "one who does odd jobs" is from 1706. Job lot is from obsolete sense of "cartload, lump," which may also be ult. from gob.
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there are two supposed origins - \n1. is from the word nut, meaning hard seed, which is called "hnutu" in Old English or "*khnut" in Proto-Germanic\n\n2. from earlier be nutts upon "be very fond of" (1785), which is possibly from nuts (noun, plural) "any source of pleasure" (1617), from nut (described above). Sense influenced probably by metaphoric application of nut to "head" (1846, e.g. to be off one's nut "be insane," 1860). Nut "crazy person, crank" is attested from 1903, (British form nutter first attested 1958).
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The part you are talking about is a conversation where God was asking Job where were you when I created the earth?\n\nDoes Job 28:5 refer to the apparent molten state of earth’s interior when it says: “As for the earth, out of it food goes forth; but underneath it, it has been upturned as if by fire”?\n\nNo. The context reveals that this pertains to man’s efforts to find earth’s treasures. (Job 28:1-4) Aboveground the farmer peacefully prepares the soil, sows seed and cares for the growing grain. Thus the earth produces food. Underneath earth’s surface, however, man carries on a turbulent ‘upturning’ activity, with effects comparable to that of a ravaging fire. Miners gouge and wrest from earth’s bosom precious stones and metals.\n\nIt may be noted that a number of translations render Job 28:5 somewhat differently. For example, the Authorized Version reads: “As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire.” Based on this rendering, some commentators suggest that the fire refers to the glow of precious stones and metals that are uncovered by man.  Understanding the “fire” to allude to man’s mining operations fits the context better and agrees with the renderings of many modern translations.
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What is the first Commandment? Thou shalt have no other gods beside Me.\nIf God has commanded US to put God first, then God also must put Himself first! - Otherwise He would be breaking His own Commandment and God cannot deny Himself.\nSatan was making an accusation that the only reason Job (or anyone else) followed God is because of the good things God gave them. (i.e. selfish motivation is the only reason to follow God.)\nAfter God had vindicated His own good Name to Satan, (and to Job's friends, who had spoken falsly about God's character), God not only restored Job's possessions, He DOUBLED them.\nIf God had put this man's comfort above His own good Name, then God Himself would have been guilty of idolotry - something that can never happen!\nJob's three friends were the original humanists - They thought that God existed for the sole purpose of humanity, not the other way around.\nI have seen a lot of answers on here that reflect the sayings of Job's three friends - I would be VERY CAREFUL about disparaging the Character of God.
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I read a magazine article saying that in the old days when they had a worker in their village they wanted to get rid of they burnt down that person's house so that they would leave the village. That is where "fired" came from.\n\nAt least that is how the magazine's Historic Trivia column described the origin.
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It means help with finding a job.
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Here's a website on word origins that has a few suggestions:\n\nhttp://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/5/messages/97.html
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Without actually researching it my best guess\n\n...is that work is synomonous to 'labor'\nand job is synomonous to 'duty'\n\nYou can do work on your own, but a job must be done under some sort of authority like a company or person. A job is assigned, work doesn't have to be.
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I could find no real origin in any of my reference books, other than suggesting the analogy with firing a gun. However, one day, I was sent the following which appeared in the Clevedon, Somerset, Civic Society Newsletter for Summer 1996:\n"We discovered recently that the word 'fired', meaning discharged from a job originated on Mendip. It comes from Item 6 of the Laws of Mendip Miners. \n"If any man... do pick or steale any lead or ore to the value of xiiid (=13 pence), the Lord or his Officer may arrest all his lead and Oare House or hearthes with his Grooves and Workes and keep them in forfeit... and shall take the person that hath soe affeended and bring him where his house or worke and all his tooles and instruments are... and put him into his house or worke and set fire in all together about him and banish him..." Fired indeed!
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You're thinking about Job, and it's actually a long story.\n\nIn the end, Job was blessed for his suffering, even though he never knew why.\n\nJob was shown for the type man he was for our learning, not to prove Satan wrong.  He's an excellent example for us in suffering.  Sometimes we do suffer as the result of evil being in the world and sometimes we are tested because others think our service to God is hypocrisy and we would deny God if our privilege was taken away.\n\nIn the end, Job has a better understanding of God, Whom he loves and has worshipped consistently all his life. \n\nHis story shows us that suffering is not always the result of personal sin; riches are not always proof of God's approval and the lack of them is not always proof of His disapproval; disaster is not always judgement; our obedience is not just a personal matter - our examples affect others (all beliefs his friends held, and many still hold today).\n\nWe don't always get why God does things, but we learn from Job that God is in control, He considers us even though He allows us to be tempted, and that He is with us (read the end of the book) even when we are suffering.\n\nIn John 12:27-28 Jesus says, “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. Father, glorify Your name.”  This is right before He was taken to be beaten and crucified.  Sometimes when going through a trial or grief, I consider that my purpose may be to go through the trial in a godly way.  How I deal with adversity may be my single greatest achievement, and more important than anything else I accomplish.  It may serve to bring someone else to Christ.  If my temporary suffering aides in bringing about someone else's eternal reward, that helps to put it in perspective.
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ummm...they come from damnation which is a synonym for condemnation.  to damn is to condemn.  people use it but don't really know what it means.  when they say it, they're actually condemning the person to hell, or in the case of "goddamn" asking God to sentence the person to hell.  it truly is a curse on someone.\n\ni'm not sure when it was first used, but it would have started as a regular word used as "to condemn".  most likely, it was a religiously-affiliated word considering its topic of hell and God.
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Yerp, go to most English dictionarys and it'll give it as one of the older or less known meanings.  It comes from Latin commercium, meaning merchandise, and remember, prostitution has been called the oldest profession in the world.
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GOOD QUESTION!  I never thought of that.\nI'll bet the French have a word for it though.  They have in their language, terms, that would reqire a whole sentence for us!\nThey asign, a single common sentence into one word.\n\nThat's why we adopt so many words from France.\n\nSuch as:  Deja Vu...(over here, "Have you ever been some place and you felt like you had been there before?"  Also VIA (BY way of).\n\nThey're good at that.  See how long it takes us to submit the same question?\nThey just say, "Have you ever experienced Deja vu?"\n\nI would try looking that up in Fench.\n\nYou're right about the term, 'Bi-Weekly'.  That means every other week.\n\nHonestly, I don't know.  Kudos for asking such a good question!\n\nBUT, just to be funny, I'll say it means I can only land a part time job....LOL!  I know that's not a single word, so how about "UNEMPLOYED?"  Still LOL.  A person gets only 2 job offers a week for a job and they're only minimum wage!\n\nGood luck with this one.  I'll be watching because I'd like the answer to this one too!
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Well English...Started from Anglo-Saxon.Some words are borrowd or adopted. Some were created by accident.
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It's by Matt Munro. It was in the original version of The Italian Job
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it's from old English for "a regular occuring payment" like a salary (as opposed to per diem, or per job pay).
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Carpenters used to use the width of their thumb as a measurement of one inch.  That is where the phrase came from.