Job's Character and Wealth

There was a man in the land of (A)Uz whose name was (B)Job, and that man was (C)blameless and upright, one who (D)feared God and (E)turned away from evil.

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Prologue

In the land of Uz(A) there lived a man whose name was Job.(B) This man was blameless(C) and upright;(D) he feared God(E) and shunned evil.(F)

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11 Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of (A)the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen (B)the purpose of the Lord, how (C)the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

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11 As you know, we count as blessed(A) those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance(B) and have seen what the Lord finally brought about.(C) The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.(D)

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14 (A)even if these three men, (B)Noah, (C)Daniel, and (D)Job, were in it, (E)they would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness, declares the Lord God.

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14 even if these three men—Noah,(A) Daniel[a](B) and Job(C)—were in it, they could save only themselves by their righteousness,(D) declares the Sovereign Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 14:14 Or Danel, a man of renown in ancient literature; also in verse 20

20 even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, declares the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter. They would deliver but their own lives by their righteousness.

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20 as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, even if Noah, Daniel and Job were in it, they could save neither son nor daughter. They would save only themselves by their righteousness.(A)

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Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty;[a] walk before me, and be (A)blameless,

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:1 Hebrew El Shaddai

The Covenant of Circumcision

17 When Abram was ninety-nine years old,(A) the Lord appeared to him(B) and said, “I am God Almighty[a];(C) walk before me faithfully and be blameless.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 17:1 Hebrew El-Shaddai

Noah and the Flood

These are the generations of Noah. (A)Noah was a righteous man, (B)blameless in his generation. Noah (C)walked with God.

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Noah and the Flood

This is the account(A) of Noah and his family.

Noah was a righteous man, blameless(B) among the people of his time,(C) and he walked faithfully with God.(D)

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28 And he said to man,
‘Behold, (A)the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom,
    and to (B)turn away from evil is understanding.’”

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28 And he said to the human race,
    “The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom,
    and to shun evil(A) is understanding.”(B)

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And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still (A)holds fast his integrity, although you incited me against him to destroy him (B)without reason.”

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Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.(A) And he still maintains his integrity,(B) though you incited me against him to ruin him without any reason.”(C)

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And the Lord said to Satan, “Have you (A)considered my (B)servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, (C)a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?”

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Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job?(A) There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God(B) and shuns evil.”(C)

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20 and (A)all the mixed tribes among them; all the kings of (B)the land of Uz and all the kings of (C)the land of the Philistines ((D)Ashkelon, (E)Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of (F)Ashdod);

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20 and all the foreign people there; all the kings of Uz;(A) all the kings of the Philistines(B) (those of Ashkelon,(C) Gaza,(D) Ekron, and the people left at Ashdod);

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By (A)steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
    and by (B)the fear of the Lord one (C)turns away from evil.

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Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
    through the fear of the Lord(A) evil is avoided.(B)

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13 (A)The fear of the Lord is (B)hatred of evil.
(C)Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
    and (D)perverted speech I hate.

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13 To fear the Lord(A) is to hate evil;(B)
    I hate(C) pride and arrogance,
    evil behavior and perverse speech.

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And they were both (A)righteous before God, walking (B)blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord.

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Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord’s commands and decrees blamelessly.(A)

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