Meanings
nounJob's news (uncountable)
alternative Job's-news
- uncountableVery bad news.
What mystery is in the wind?—Hark! a human voice reporting articulately the Job’s-news: Necker, People’s Minister, Saviour of France, is dismissed.
1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter IV, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume I (The Bastille), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book V (The Third Estate)
Origin
From the Biblical story in which many unfortunate things happen to Job.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech Jobova zvěst, jobovka
- Jobova zvěstbad news
- jobovkabad news
Dutch jobstijding
- jobstijdingbad news
German Hiobsbotschaft
- Hiobsbotschaftbad news
Hebrew בשורת איוב
- בשורת איוב (b'sorát iyóv)bad news
Polish hiobowa wieść
- hiobowa wieśćbad news
Swedish jobspost
- jobspostbad news
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APA
Job's news. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Job's%20news
MLA
“Job's news.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Job's%20news. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Job's news,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Job's%20news.
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