What was the relationship between Job and Jesus?
Job suffered without being guilty. Saint John Paul II says that his book is, in a certain way, a foreshadowing of the passion of Christ. Job 1:1; Job 2:3; Luke 23:46-47
What the Bible says
Job 1:22
In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing against God.
Luke 23:47
Now the centurion, seeing what was done, glorified God, saying: Indeed this was a just man.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
What the Church teaches
According to Saint John Paul II, the Book of Job is, in a certain way, a foreshadowing of the passion of Christ.
John Paul II, Salvifici doloris 11 · Catechism of the Catholic Church
Did you know?
According to a note in the NAB, Job intercedes for his friends as Jesus would, whom he prefigures. NAB note on Job 42, 8