King James Version
Job 1:4 in the King James Version says “And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and...” — study this verse from Job chapter 1 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Job 1:4 · KJV
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
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. substance: or, cattle household: or, husbandry men: Heb. sons
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.
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. continually: Heb. all the days
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Satan: Heb. the adversary among: Heb. in the midst of
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“went”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“And his sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and feasted”
H4960drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast
“in their houses”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“every one”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“his day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“and called”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
“sisters”
H269a sister (used very widely [like h0251], literally and figuratively)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
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