Iyyov (Job) 1:1–5 — Iyov’s prosperous life (1:1–2:13)

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Job 1:1–5

SECTION ONE: The introduction

(1:1–2:13)

1:1 Iyov’s prosperous life

1 There was once a man called Iyov (Job) who lived in the Uts (Uz) region. He was blameless and righteous—both obeying God and avoiding evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters, 3 and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 1,000 cattle, and 500 donkeys, as well as many slaves. Iyov was richer than anyone else who lived in the area east of the Yarden (Jordan) river. 4 Iyov’s sons regularly held feasts in their homes, and whenever any of them held a feast, he would invite all his brothers and sisters to share the meal with him. 5 Then once a feast was over, Iyov would send for his children and consecrate them—he got up early in the morning and offered burnt offerings for each of them, because Iyov said, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed[fn] God in their hearts.” It was Iyov’s regular habit to intercede for his children.

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1 A _man he _was in_the _land _of ˊŪʦ was_ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job) his/its_name and_it _was the_man (the)_that blameless and_upright and_fearing _of (of)_god and_turning _aside from_evil.

2 And_they _were _born to_him/it seven sons and_three daughters.

3 And_ livestock _of_his _he/it _was seven _of thousand(s)_of sheep and_three _of thousand(s)_of camels and_five hundred(s) pair[s]_of ox[en] and_five hundred(s) female _donkeys and_service much very and_he/it _was the_man (the)_that great from_all the_people _of the_east.

4 And_ sons _of_his _they _went and_they _made a _feast the_house _of each _one day _of_his and_they _sent and_they _invited (to)_the_three _of mmm[fn] to_eat and_to_drink with.

5 And_he/it _was if/because the _days _of the _feast they _had _gone _round and_ ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job) _he _sent and_he_sanctified _them and_he _rose _early in_morning and_he _offered _up burnt _offerings the _number _of all _of _them _of_their if/because ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job) he _said perhaps children _of_my they _have _sinned and_they _have _blessed god in_heart _of_their thus ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job) he _did all _of the_days.

1:4 OSHB variant note: אחיתי/הם: (x-qere) ’אַחְיֽוֹתֵי/הֶ֔ם’: lemma=269 n=0.1 morph=HNcfpc/Sp3mp id=18wM5 אַחְיֽוֹתֵי/הֶ֔ם

1:15 Literally ‘blessed’ but it’s possible that the original reading was ‘cursed’ and that scribes changed it to ‘blessed’ in order to avoid the uncomfortable concept of a person cursing God. Traditional manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible don’t have a marginal notation about this (as they do in the case of 7:20), but LXX uses ‘ἐνενοήθησαν κακά’ which can be rendered as ‘have thought evil things’ and the Peshitta (Syriac) uses ‘reviled’. Many other translations also use ‘cursed’ since this is the kind of change that scribes are known to have made in similar cases.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section JOB 1:1

Iyov’s prosperous life (1:1–2:13)

Job 1:1–5