Job 1:2
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Job 1:2 in other translations
| BSB | He had seven sons and three daughters, |
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| WEB | There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. |
| ASV | And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. |
| YLT | And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters, |
| DARBY | And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. |
| BBE | And he had seven sons and three daughters. |
| Webster | And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. |
What does Job 1:2 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 1:1-5
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…
Job 1:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 1:2
- Psalms 127:3-5
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
- Job 42:13
He had also seven sons and three daughters.
- Psalms 128:3
Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
- Job 13:13
Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.
- Psalms 107:38
He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
- Esther 5:11
And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
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Context
- Job 1:1
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.
- Job 1:2
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
- Job 1:3
His 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 men of the east.
Job 1:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y naciéronle siete hijos y tres hijas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et il lui naquit sept fils et trois filles; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und es wurden ihm sieben Söhne und drei Töchter geboren. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Natique sunt ei septem filii, et tres filiæ. |