The Child Is Jumping Rope
Author: Luiken, Jan, 1649-1712
Image Title: The Child Is Jumping Rope
Scripture Reference:
- Job 18 (further images / scripture text)
Description: A youth runs and slings a rope over his head, as a couple watches with the mother commenting on this game to a younger child. The scene is set in a city square with houses in the background. The Dutch artist and poet Jan Luiken (1649-1712) was responsible for drawing and etching this emblem and for the brief poem that accompanies it (below). The attendant Scripture texts are Job 18:7-11; Pvb 5:22-23; 14:27; and 1 Tim 6:9-11.
Motto:
Many make their path dangerous,
Which they could travel in safety.
Poem:
The little Lad, who runs while jumping rope,
Puts himself in danger of falling:
But he who sells his mature judgment,
To fool around with child’s play,
And slings everything around him,
Endangers his steps.
(Translation by Josephine V. Brown, with editorial assistance from William G. Stryker)
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