Job 1:4-6

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴And his sons went, and made a feast by houses every one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

⁵And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days.

⁶Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.

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Job 1:4-6

New International Version

⁴His sons used to hold feasts^(A) in their homes on their birthdays, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. ⁵When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified.^(B) Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering^(C) for each of them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned^(D) and cursed God^(E) in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.