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There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was [a]Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His [b]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 children of the east.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:1 Hebrew Iyob.
  2. Job 1:3 Or, cattle

Job’s Character and Greatness

There was a man in the land of Uz whose[a] name was Job. That[b] man was blameless and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. Then[c] his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs[d] of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:1 Hebrew “his”
  2. Job 1:1 Hebrew “And that”
  3. Job 1:3 Hebrew “And”
  4. Job 1:3 Hebrew “pair”