Job 1:2
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.
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to 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
Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Read in contextJob 42:13
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
Read in contextPsalms 128:3
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
Read in contextJob 13:13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
Read in contextPsalms 107:38
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
Read in contextEsther 5:11
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
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