Job 1:5 · Clearspring

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WEBBE

It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, 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.” Job did so continually.

BSB

And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

KJV

And 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 cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

ASV

And 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.

BBE

And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

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וַיְהִי vay·hi and it was H1961 כִּי ki that H3588 הִקִּיפוּ hi·ki·fu they had gone round H5362 יְמֵי ye·mei [the] days of H3117 הַמִּשְׁתֶּה ha·mish·teh the feast H4960 וַיִּשְׁלַח vai·yish·lach and he sent H7971 אִיּוֹב 'i·yov Job H347 וַיְקַדְּשֵׁם vay·ka·de·shem and he sanctified them H6942 וְהִשְׁכִּים ve·hish·kim and he rose early H7925 בַּבֹּקֶר ba·bo·ker in the morning H1242 וְהֶעֱלָה ve·he·'e·lah and he offered up H5927 עֹלוֹת 'o·lot burnt offerings H5930 מִסְפַּר mis·par [the] number of H4557 כֻּלָּם ku·lam all of them H3605 כִּי ki for H3588 אָמַר 'a·mar he said H559 אִיּוֹב 'i·yov Job H347 אוּלַי 'u·lai perhaps H194 חָטְאוּ cha·te·'u they have sinned H2398 בָנַי va·nai children my H1121 וּבֵרֲכוּ u·ve·ra·khu and they have blessed H1288 אֱלֹהִים 'e·lo·him God H430 בִּלְבָבָם bil·va·vam in heart their H3824 כָּכָה ka·khah thus H3602 יַעֲשֶׂה ya·'a·seh he did H6213 אִיּוֹב 'i·yov Job H347 כָּל־ kol- all H3605 הַיָּמִים פ hai·ya·mim the days H3117

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–5

Job was prosperous, and yet pious. Though it is hard and rare, it is not impossible for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. By God's grace the temptations of worldly wealth may be overcome. The account of Job's piety and prosperity comes before the history of his great afflictions, showing that neither will secure from troubles. While Job beheld the harmony and comforts of his sons with satisfaction, his knowledge of the human heart made him fearful for them. He sent and sanctified them, reminding them to examine themselves, to confess their sins, to seek forgiveness; and as one who hoped for acceptance with God through the promised Saviour, he offered a burnt-offering for each. We perceive his care for their souls, his knowledge of the sinful state of man, his entire dependence on God's mercy in the way he had appointed.

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