Job 1:2
1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
He had seven sons and three daughters,
3 and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
4 Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He had seven sons and three daughters,
- KJV
- And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
- WEB
- There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
- ASV
- And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
- DARBY
- And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
- BLB
- And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
- ÅB
- Han fikk syv sønner og tre døtre,
- OTB
- Job var velsignet med syv sønner og tre døtre.
- B1930
- Han fikk syv sønner og tre døtre,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 127:3–5
Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.
Read in contextJob 42:13
And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
Read in contextPsalms 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
Read in contextJob 13:13
Be silent, and I will speak. Then let come to me what may.
Read in contextPsalms 107:38
He blesses them, and they multiply greatly; He does not let their herds diminish.
Read in contextEsther 5:11
Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
Read in context