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New King James Version

Job 1:2

And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Scofield Reference Index - Satan;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tempt;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Hymenaeus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Job;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Evil (2);   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Satan;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Job, Book of;   Number;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Job;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He had seven sons and three daughters.
Hebrew Names Version
There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
King James Version
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
English Standard Version
There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
New Century Version
Job had seven sons and three daughters.
New English Translation
Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
Amplified Bible
Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
New American Standard Bible
Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
World English Bible
There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he had seue sonnes, & three daughters.
Legacy Standard Bible
Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
Berean Standard Bible
He had seven sons and three daughters,
Contemporary English Version
Job had seven sons and three daughters.
Complete Jewish Bible
Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
Darby Translation
And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Easy-to-Read Version
Job had seven sons and three daughters.
George Lamsa Translation
And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Good News Translation
He had seven sons and three daughters,
Lexham English Bible
And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
Literal Translation
And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This man had vij. sonnes, and iij. doughters.
American Standard Version
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Bible in Basic English
And he had seven sons and three daughters.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he had seuen sonnes and three daughters.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
King James Version (1611)
And there were borne vnto him seuen sonnes, and three daughters.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And he had seven sons and three daughters.
English Revised Version
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And seuene sones and thre douytris weren borun to hym;
Update Bible Version
And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Webster's Bible Translation
And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
New Living Translation
He had seven sons and three daughters.
New Life Bible
Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
New Revised Standard
There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Revised Standard Version
There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
Young's Literal Translation
And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

Contextual Overview

1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. 2 And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

seven sons: Job 13:13, Esther 5:11, Psalms 107:38, Psalms 127:3-5, Psalms 128:3

Reciprocal: Job 16:12 - at ease Job 29:5 - my children Job 42:13 - General Psalms 127:5 - Happy Amos 6:9 - if Matthew 5:48 - ye

Cross-References

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
Genesis 1:14
Then God said, "Let there be lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and years;
Job 26:7
He stretches out the north over empty space; He hangs the earth on nothing.
Job 26:14
Indeed these are the mere edges of His ways, And how small a whisper we hear of Him! But the thunder of His power who can understand?"
Psalms 33:6
By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And all the host of them by the breath of His mouth.
Isaiah 45:18
For thus says the LORD, Who created the heavens, Who is God, Who formed the earth and made it, Who has established it, Who did not create it in vain, Who formed it to be inhabited: "I am the LORD, and there is no other.
Nahum 2:10
She is empty, desolate, and waste!The heart melts, and the knees shake;Much pain is in every side,And all their faces are drained of color. Joel 2:6 ">[fn]

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And there were born unto him,.... By his wife, in lawful wedlock, who was now living, and after mentioned:

seven sons and three daughters; next to his religious character, his graces, and spiritual blessings, and as the chief of his outward mercies and enjoyments, his children are mentioned; and which are indeed blessings from the Lord, and such as good men, and those that fear the Lord, are sometimes blessed with, see Psalms 127:3 and to have a numerous offspring was always esteemed a very great favour and blessing, and as such was reckoned by Job; who, having so many sons, might hope to have his name perpetuated by them, as well as his substance shared among them; and having so many daughters, he might please himself with the thought of marrying them into families, which would strengthen his friendship and alliance with them; just the same number of sons and daughters had Bacchaeus, the third king of Corinth y.

y Heraclides de Politiis ad calcem Aelian. Var. Hist. p. 439.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters - The same number was given to him again after these were lost, and his severe trials had been endured; see Job 42:13. Of his second family the names of the daughters are mentioned, Job 42:14. Of his first, it is remarkable that neither the names of his wife, his sons nor his daughters are recorded. The Chaldee, however, on what authority is unknown, says that the name of his wife was דינה dı̂ynâh, Job 2:9.


 
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