Job 1:4
What does Job 1:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 1:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these times they sent for their three sisters to take part in their feasts with them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And his sons have gone and made a banquet--the house of each <FI>in<Fi> his day--and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And 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.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And his sons went and made a feast in the house of each one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Context
v.3His 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.
v.4This passage
v.5And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hebrews 13:1
Let love of the brethren continue.
- Psalms 133:1
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity!
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