Patient man's situation? (3)
I believe the answer is:
job
I believe this is a double definition.
'patient man's' is the first definition.
(biblical character famous for patience)
'situation?' is the second definition.
(thesaurus)
(Other definitions for job that I've seen before include "Assignment" , "Personification of patience" , "Misfortunate man of the Bible" , "Post" , "Patient man; task" .)