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
Lexham English Bible
4 And his sons used to go and hold a feast at each other’s house[a] on his day, and they would send, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 Then when[b] the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send,[c] and he would sanctify them. Thus[d] he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of all of them, because Job thought,[e] “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed[f] God in their heart.” This is what Job used to do all the time.[g]
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- Job 1:4 Literally “at the house of a man,” or “at the house of each”
- Job 1:5 Literally “And it would happen that,” or “And it would happen when”
- Job 1:5 Literally “and Job would send”
- Job 1:5 Hebrew “And”
- Job 1:5 Or “said”
- Job 1:5 Literally “blessed”— negative meaning by context
- Job 1:5 Or “always”; literally “all the days”
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