KJV King James Version
And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 1:4
And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
WEB World English Bible
His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
ASV American Standard Version
And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they Sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And his sons have gone and made a banquet—the house of each in his day—and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them;
Surrounding 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.
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.
4 And his sons went and feasted [in their] houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
5 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.
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָלְכ֤וּH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentבָנָיו֙H1121 · benson: childוְעָשׂ֣וּH6213 · a.sahto make: doמִשְׁתֶּ֔הH4960 · mish.tehfeastבֵּ֖יתH1004 · betplaceאִ֣ישׁH376 · ishmanיוֹמ֑וֹH3117 · yomdayוְשָׁלְח֗וּH7971 · sha.lachto send: departוְקָרְאוּ֙H7121 · qa.rato call: call toלִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁתH7969 · sha.loshthreeאַחְיֽוֹתֵיהֶ֔םH269 · a.chotsisterלֶאֱכֹ֥לH398 · a.khalto eatוְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹתH8354 · sha.tahto drinkעִמָּהֶֽם׃H5973 · imwith
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