Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
Note The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Uz
- Genesis 10:23; Genesis 22:20, 21
- Huz
- Genesis 36:28; 1 Chronicles 1:17, 42; Jeremiah 25:20; Lamentations 4:21
- Job
- Ezekiel 14:14, 20; James 5:11
- perfect
- Job 1:8; Job 2:3; Job 23:11, 12; Job 31:1–40; Genesis 6:9; Genesis 17:1; 2 Kings 20:3; 2 Chronicles 31:20, 21; Luke 1:6
- one
- Genesis 22:12; Proverbs 8:13; Proverbs 16:6; 1 Peter 3:11