Jobchapter 1
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Job Hears of His Misfortunes, Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Original Language
Job 1— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Job the Blameless Man of Uz1
Job 1:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz This means in the land of Aram, as it is written (Gen.: 21): “Uz, his firstborn,” of the sons of Nahor.
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Job 1:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
The Adversary Comes Before the Throne6
Job 1:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Job 1:10
Haven’t You made a hedge around him Because he knows that You visit him frequently to perform miracles for him, and he is fruitful and multiplies; therefore he performs all these righteous deeds—but You have not tested him.
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Aramaic Targum to Job 1:10
Is it not Your Word that has sheltered on his account and on his house's account and on the account of all that is his around him? The works of his hands You have blessed, and his flock is strong in the land!
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Job 1:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Job 1:11
But were you to touch all that he has, would he not blaspheme You to Your face immediately? This is a question. And then, the Lord said to the Adversary, “Behold, all that he has is in your hands.”
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Job 1:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Job 1:12
“Behold, all that he has etc. Another explanation: Now the day came about That day when they recommenced the cycle [and were] to eat at the house of their eldest brother.
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Four Messengers, and a Man Who Worships13
Job 1:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Job 1:14
beside them Heb. על ידיהם lit. on their hands. This is an expression of a place only because it is prepared and available at his hand.
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Job 1:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:18· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:19· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:20· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Job 1:21· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

