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Waiting for reviewApostrophes and possessivesCandidate #9385 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

iobsjob's

Apostrophes added or expanded, mostly possessives: gods → god's. Approve one at a time: some places are plurals.

Puritas changed it
1,796 times in 520 works
Consistency
99.6% (1,796 of 1,802)
Reach if approved
~1,894 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner
Disagrees: jobs
Matches
Exact word, any case
In our text
1,803 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings
None
Taken into joins
None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (1,796 changes in 520 works, 99.6% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 1,796)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied
  1. Printed
    … looke for ſome diſaſter, that they may the better bear it when it commeth. IobsJob's affliction was heavie, yet the lighter by this, that the evill was come that …
    With rule
    … looke for ſome diſaſter, that they may the better bear it when it commeth. IobsJob's affliction was heavie, yet the lighter by this, that the evill was come that …

    Alexander Leighton · The Looking Glass of the Holy War · p. 293 · Open in the reader

  2. Printed
    … one mēber of the body, or faculty of the soule, that can say with IobsJob's messenger, Ego solus aufugi; I alone haue escaped. What one action can wee iustifie …
    With rule
    … one mēber of the body, or faculty of the soule, that can say with IobsJob's messenger, Ego solus aufugi; I alone haue escaped. What one action can wee iustifie …

    Thomas Adams · Five Sermons Preached Upon Special Occasions · p. 10 · Open in the reader

  3. Printed
    … vnto him ſo for to hurt: As it was granted vnto him to deſtroy IobsJob's goods, ſome by fire, and ſome taken away by robbers: to kill his children …
    With rule
    … vnto him ſo for to hurt: As it was granted vnto him to deſtroy IobsJob's goods, ſome by fire, and ſome taken away by robbers: to kill his children …

    George Gifford · Two Sermons on 1 Peter 5:8-9 · Open in the reader

  4. Printed
    … God, while troubles, the tokens of Gods wrath, lie vpon him. The aſſaults of IobsJob's wife and friends tended much to this purpoſe.
    With rule
    … God, while troubles, the tokens of Gods wrath, lie vpon him. The aſſaults of IobsJob's wife and friends tended much to this purpoſe.

    William Gouge · The Whole Armor of God · p. 189 · Open in the reader

  5. Printed
    … vaine without Chriſt, a thing of nought, a very nullitie, a non-ens, like IobsJob's friends, Phyſicians of no value; they cannot cure us, helpe us, eaſe us, fill …
    With rule
    … vaine without Chriſt, a thing of nought, a very nullitie, a non-ens, like IobsJob's friends, Phyſicians of no value; they cannot cure us, helpe us, eaſe us, fill …

    Alexander Grosse · The Happiness of Enjoying and Use of Christ · Open in the reader

  6. Printed
    … teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled againſt them . IobsJob's children, the houſe fell vpon them at their banquet , I ſay with the Apoſtle …
    With rule
    … teeth, before it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled againſt them . IobsJob's children, the houſe fell vpon them at their banquet , I ſay with the Apoſtle …

    Samuel Hieron · The Bridegroom · p. 27 · Open in the reader

  7. Printed
    … not haue the Lord to ſmite ſome one thing, or ſome fewe things of IobsJob's ſubſtance and bleſſings: for he knew a little affliction could not ſo amaze Iob …
    With rule
    … not haue the Lord to ſmite ſome one thing, or ſome fewe things of IobsJob's ſubſtance and bleſſings: for he knew a little affliction could not ſo amaze Iob …

    Henry Holland · The Christian Exercise of Fasting · p. 164 · Open in the reader

  8. Printed
    … of bread that doth thee good. Hee grudgeth at thy proſperitie, as ſometime at IobsJob's. Hee ſtill goeth about, ſeeking whom he may deuoure, 1 Pet. 5.8. not what, as of …
    With rule
    … of bread that doth thee good. Hee grudgeth at thy proſperitie, as ſometime at IobsJob's. Hee ſtill goeth about, ſeeking whom he may deuoure, 1 Pet. 5.8. not what, as of …

    William Jemmat · A Spiritual Trumpet Sounded to Christian Warfare · p. 93 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (6)

5 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Exposition of 1 Thessalonians A11591

  • Printed
    … ſeeming aduantages of others by Gods fauour; that hee is a rare man, like IOBSJOB'S Interpreter, one of a thouſand, who thinks his owne ſtate and condition in euery …
    With rule
    … ſeeming aduantages of others by Gods fauour; that hee is a rare man, like IOBSJOB'S Interpreter, one of a thouſand, who thinks his owne ſtate and condition in euery …

    William Sclater · Exposition of 1 Thessalonians · p. 331 · Open in the reader

Of the Head Cornerstone A17242

  • Printed
    … best that is, needeth earnestly to entreat God to remember him, and those poore iobsjob's of seruice that he hath doone him; and none otherwise to deale with him …
    With rule
    … best that is, needeth earnestly to entreat God to remember him, and those poore iobsjob's of seruice that he hath doone him; and none otherwise to deale with him …

    Edmund Bunny · Of the Head Cornerstone · p. 548 · Open in the reader

Paraphrase on the Book of Job A17248

  • Printed
    1. IObsJob's three friends that came to comfort him, having all this while diligently attended to …
    With rule
    1. IObsJob's three friends that came to comfort him, having all this while diligently attended to …

    George Abbot · Paraphrase on the Book of Job · p. 23 · Open in the reader

Exposition of Job 4-7 A35438

  • Printed
    IOBSJOB'S complaint ended in the former Chapter: in this a hot diſpute begins. Job having …
    With rule
    IOBSJOB'S complaint ended in the former Chapter: in this a hot diſpute begins. Job having …

    Joseph Caryl · Exposition of Job 4-7 · p. 1 · Open in the reader

Contemplations and Devotions B13985

  • Printed
    IObsJob's miseries were great, and many, and, yet all how far short of these our …
    With rule
    IObsJob's miseries were great, and many, and, yet all how far short of these our …

    Charles Herle · Contemplations and Devotions · p. 300 · Open in the reader