Job 1:1
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
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.
2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
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 1:1 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- 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.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A man there hath been in the land of Uz — Job his name — and that man hath been perfect and upright — both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.
- DBY Darby Translation
- There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and abstained from evil.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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 shunned evil.