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I. Prologue

Chapter 1

Job’s Piety. In the land of Uz[a] there was a blameless and upright man named Job,(A) who feared God and avoided evil.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:1 Uz: somewhere in Edom or Arabia; see Lam 4:21. Job: the name probably means “Where is the (divine) father?” In Hebrew it is almost a homonym with the word for “enemy” (see note on 13:24; cf. 33:10).

And when each feast had run its course, Job would send for them and sanctify them, rising early and offering sacrifices for every one of them. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned and cursed[a] God in their hearts.” Job did this habitually.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:5 Cursed: lit., “blessed.” So also in v. 11; 2:5, 9.