Job 1:4-5
Legacy Standard Bible
4 His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 Now it happened when the days of feasting had completed their cycle, that Job would send and set them apart as holy. And he would rise up early in the morning and offer (A)burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “(B)Perhaps my sons have sinned and [a](C)cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.
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- Job 1:5 Heb blessed; used euphemistically for cursed, cf. 1:11; 2:5, 9; 1 Kin 21:10, 13
Job 1:4-5
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 His sons would regularly arrange feasts, each one in his own house on his assigned day, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5 When the days of the feast were complete, Job would send for them and consecrate[a] them. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them. Job would say, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed[b] God in their hearts.” Job did this regularly.
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