Bad news

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Gustave Doré (1866): Job receives the unfortunate news , Bible illustration

Under a piece of bad news (rare Hiobsnachricht , in earlier centuries bad news ) is defined as a message with a recipient devastating catastrophic content.

The expression is derived from the biblical story about the wealthy and pious Job , whose relationship with God is put to the test through suffering ( main article: Job ). The story begins - after a prelude in heaven - with four messengers arriving one after the other at Job, telling him that he has lost his herds, his servants and finally his sons and daughters as a result of war and natural disasters ( Job 1:13 –19  EU ).

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Wiktionary: Bad news  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

  1. Job Post. In: Jacob Grimm , Wilhelm Grimm (Hrsg.): German dictionary . tape 10 : H, I, J - (IV, 2nd division). S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1877, Sp. 1522 ( woerterbuchnetz.de ).