Job 1:1

Prologue

1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

Job 1:1 in Other Translations

KJV
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
ESV
1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
NLT
1 There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil.
MSG
1 Job was a man who lived in Uz. He was honest inside and out, a man of his word, who was totally devoted to God and hated evil with a passion.
CSB
1 There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of perfect integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.

Job 1:1 In-Context

1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
2 He had seven sons and three daughters,
3 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.
4 His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

Cross References 6

  • 1. S Genesis 10:23; Jeremiah 25:20
  • 2. Ezekiel 14:14,20; James 5:11
  • 3. S Genesis 6:9; Genesis 17:1; S Job 23:10
  • 4. Job 23:7; Psalms 11:7; Psalms 107:42; Proverbs 21:29; Micah 7:2
  • 5. S Genesis 22:12; Exodus 18:21
  • 6. ver 8; S Deuteronomy 4:6; Job 2:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:22
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