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and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/1.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And his sons would go and feast <i>in their</i> houses, each on his <i>appointed</i> day, and would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/1.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send <i>word</i> and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/1.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/1.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/1.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/1.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />His sons used to go [in turn] and feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send <i>word</i> and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/1.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/1.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/1.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/1.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Job's sons took turns having feasts in their homes, and they always invited their three sisters to join in the eating and drinking. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/1.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/1.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />His sons used to go to each other's homes, where they would have parties. (Each brother took his turn having a party.) They would send someone to invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/1.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Job's sons used to take turns giving a feast, to which all the others would come, and they always invited their three sisters to join them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/1.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />His sons used to travel to each other's houses in turn on a regular schedule and hold festivals, inviting their three sisters to celebrate with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/1.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Job?s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/1.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/1.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/1.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/1.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/1.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/1.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/1.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And his sons went and made a drinking in the house, a man his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/1.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And his sons went, and made a feast by houses every one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters to eat and drink with them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/1.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And his sons went and made a feast by houses, each one on his day. And sending, they called their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/1.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />His sons used to take turns giving feasts, sending invitations to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/1.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />His sons used to go and hold feasts in one another’s houses in turn; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/1.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And his sons went and feasted in the house of each other on his appointed day; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/1.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And his sons were going and making a feast in the house, each man on his day, and were sending and inviting their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/1.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/1.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And his sons visiting one another prepared a banquet every day, taking with them also their three sisters to eat and drink with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/1-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=28" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/1.htm">Job's Character and Wealth</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇā·nāw (N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">Job’s sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wə·hā·lə·ḵū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">would take turns</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wə·‘ā·śū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">holding</a> <a href="/hebrew/4960.htm" title="4960: miš·teh (N-ms) -- A feast, drink. From shathah; drink, by implication, drinking; also a banquet or feast.">feasts</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bêṯ (N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in their homes,</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’îš (N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·w·mōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: wə·šā·lə·ḥū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">and they would invite</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: wə·qā·rə·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7969.htm" title="7969: liš·lō·šeṯ (Prep-l:: Number-msc) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">their three</a> <a href="/hebrew/269.htm" title="269: ʾaḥ·yō·ṯē·hɛm (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Sister. Irregular feminine of 'ach; a sister (like 'Ezrachiy), literally and figuratively).">sisters</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: le·’ĕ·ḵōl (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/8354.htm" title="8354: wə·liš·tō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To drink. A primitive root; to imbibe.">and drink</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/2-24.htm">Ecclesiastes 2:24</a></span><br />Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 3:12-13</a></span><br />I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and do good while they live, / and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-15.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:15</a></span><br />So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/17-1.htm">Proverbs 17:1</a></span><br />Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/31-6.htm">Proverbs 31:6-7</a></span><br />Give strong drink to one who is perishing, and wine to the bitter in soul. / Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-15.htm">Psalm 104:15</a></span><br />wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/128-3.htm">Psalm 128:3</a></span><br />Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/25-36.htm">1 Samuel 25:36</a></span><br />When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/13-23.htm">2 Samuel 13:23-28</a></span><br />Two years later, when Absalom’s sheepshearers were at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, he invited all the sons of the king. / And he went to the king and said, “Your servant has just hired shearers. Will the king and his servants please come with me?” / “No, my son,” the king replied, “we should not all go, or we would be a burden to you.” Although Absalom urged him, he was not willing to go, but gave him his blessing. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/1-3.htm">Esther 1:3-5</a></span><br />In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces. / And for a full 180 days he displayed the glorious riches of his kingdom and the magnificent splendor of his greatness. / At the end of this time, in the garden court of the royal palace, the king held a seven-day feast for all the people in the citadel of Susa, from the least to the greatest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/22-13.htm">Isaiah 22:13</a></span><br />But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/6-4.htm">Amos 6:4-6</a></span><br />You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. / You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments. / You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves with the finest oils, but you fail to grieve over the ruin of Joseph.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-19.htm">Luke 12:19</a></span><br />Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-23.htm">Luke 15:23-24</a></span><br />Bring the fattened calf and kill it. Let us feast and celebrate. / For this son of mine was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found!’ So they began to celebrate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/2-1.htm">John 2:1-2</a></span><br />On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, / and Jesus and His disciples had also been invited to the wedding.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="hdg">sent and called.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/133-1.htm">Psalm 133:1</a></b></br> A Song of degrees of David. Behold, how good and how pleasant <i>it is</i> for brethren to dwell together in unity!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hebrews/13-1.htm">Hebrews 13:1</a></b></br> Let brotherly love continue.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/esther/9-18.htm">Banquet</a> <a href="/genesis/40-20.htm">Birthday</a> <a href="/esther/7-1.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/esther/8-17.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/genesis/43-34.htm">Feasted</a> <a href="/nehemiah/10-33.htm">Feasts</a> <a href="/esther/10-3.htm">Held</a> <a href="/esther/4-14.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-21.htm">Holding</a> <a href="/esther/9-4.htm">House</a> <a href="/nehemiah/12-23.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/1_kings/1-26.htm">Invite</a> <a href="/esther/5-12.htm">Invited</a> <a href="/esther/4-3.htm">Part</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-24.htm">Regularly</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/2-16.htm">Sisters</a> <a href="/job/1-3.htm">Three</a> <a href="/esther/9-31.htm">Times</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-6.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/esther/8-14.htm">Used</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/41-6.htm">Banquet</a> <a href="/matthew/14-6.htm">Birthday</a> <a href="/job/21-20.htm">Drink</a> <a href="/job/3-24.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/job/39-30.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/psalms/63-5.htm">Feasted</a> <a href="/job/24-20.htm">Feasts</a> <a href="/job/10-16.htm">Held</a> <a href="/job/2-9.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/job/2-9.htm">Holding</a> <a href="/job/1-10.htm">House</a> <a href="/job/3-14.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-2.htm">Invite</a> <a href="/proverbs/9-18.htm">Invited</a> <a href="/job/11-6.htm">Part</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-33.htm">Regularly</a> <a href="/job/42-11.htm">Sisters</a> <a href="/job/1-17.htm">Three</a> <a href="/job/9-3.htm">Times</a> <a href="/job/1-8.htm">Turns</a> <a href="/job/18-19.htm">Used</a><div class="vheading2">Job 1</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-1.htm">The holiness, riches, and reverent care of Job for his children.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-6.htm">Satan, appearing before God, obtains leave to afflict Job.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/1-13.htm">Understanding of the loss of his children and goods, in his mourning Job blesses God.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/1.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/1.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes</b><br>This phrase indicates a regular and organized social practice among Job's sons, suggesting a close-knit family structure. The act of taking turns implies a sense of fairness and equality among the brothers. In the ancient Near Eastern context, feasting was a common practice for celebration and fellowship, often associated with significant events or religious observances. The mention of "homes" suggests that each son had his own household, indicating a level of wealth and independence. This reflects Job's prosperity and the blessings upon his family, as having multiple homes was a sign of substantial wealth.<p><b>and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them</b><br>The inclusion of their sisters in these feasts highlights the importance of family unity and the value placed on familial relationships. In the patriarchal society of the time, women were often excluded from such gatherings, so their inclusion here is notable and speaks to the respect and affection within Job's family. This practice of inviting sisters also underscores the theme of hospitality, a significant cultural value in the ancient world. The act of eating and drinking together symbolizes fellowship and peace, reflecting the harmony and joy within the family. This familial harmony contrasts with the trials that will soon befall Job, setting the stage for the narrative's exploration of suffering and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_sons.htm">Job's Sons</a></b><br>The sons of Job are central figures in this verse. They are depicted as having a close relationship with one another, taking turns hosting feasts.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job's_daughters.htm">Job's Daughters</a></b><br>Job's three daughters are also mentioned, highlighting the family’s unity and the inclusion of women in social and familial gatherings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/feasts.htm">Feasts</a></b><br>The feasts are significant events, indicating a time of celebration and fellowship among Job's children. These gatherings suggest a prosperous and harmonious family life.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/f/family_unity_and_fellowship.htm">Family Unity and Fellowship</a></b><br>The regular feasting of Job’s children highlights the importance of maintaining strong family bonds and fellowship. In our lives, we should prioritize spending quality time with family and fostering unity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_wealth_and_prosperity.htm">The Role of Wealth and Prosperity</a></b><br>Job’s family was wealthy, allowing for regular feasting. This serves as a reminder to use our resources to bless others and to be mindful of the potential for wealth to distract from spiritual priorities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inclusion_and_equality.htm">Inclusion and Equality</a></b><br>The inclusion of Job’s daughters in the feasts underscores the value of treating all family members with equality and respect. We should strive to ensure that everyone feels included and valued in our gatherings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_earthly_joys.htm">The Temporary Nature of Earthly Joys</a></b><br>While the feasts were times of joy, the subsequent events in Job’s life remind us of the fleeting nature of earthly pleasures. We should enjoy God’s blessings but remain focused on eternal values.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_1.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 1</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_are_the_sons_of_god_in_the_bible.htm">Who are the sons of God in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/contradictions_in_1_samuel_4_on_eli's_sons.htm">Are there any contradictions between 1 Samuel 4 and other biblical accounts regarding the fate of Eli's sons or the Ark's movements?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job's_story_historically_accurate.htm">Is Job's story historically accurate?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_job_23_historically_or_literarily_based.htm">Is there any historical or archaeological basis to confirm the existence of Job or the context described in Job 23, or is it purely a literary construct? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/1.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">Every one his day.</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.,</span> probably his birthday. (Comp. <a href="/genesis/40-20.htm" title="And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast to all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.">Genesis 40:20</a>; <a href="/genesis/21-8.htm" title="And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.">Genesis 21:8</a>; and in the New Testament <a href="/matthew/14-6.htm" title="But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod.">Matthew 14:6</a>, <a href="/mark/6-21.htm" title="And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee;">Mark 6:21</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/1.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And his sons went and feasted</span>. "Went and feasted" seems to mean "were in the habit of feastlng" (Rosenmuller, Lee). In their houses. Each had his own residence, and the residence was not a tent, but a" house." Job and his sons were not mere nomads, but belonged to the settled population. The same is implied by the "ploughing of the oxen" (ver. 14), and indeed by Job's "yoke of oxen" in ver. 3. <span class="cmt_word">Every one his day</span>. Most commentators regard these feasts as birthday festivities. Each son in his turn, when his birthday arrived, entertained his six brothers. Others think that each of the seven brothers had his own special day of the week on which, he received his brothers at his table, so that the feasting was continuous. But this scarcely suits the context. And it is admitted that "his day" (in <a href="/job/3-1.htm">Job 3:1</a>) means "his birthday." The celebration of birthdays by means of a feast was a very widespread custom in the East (see <a href="/genesis/40-20.htm">Genesis 40:20</a>; Herod., 1:133; 9:110; <a href="/mark/14-21.htm">Mark 14:21</a>). And sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. This by itself is sufficient to show that the feasts were occasional, not continuous. Constant absence of daughters, day after day, from the parental board is inconceivable. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/1-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[Job's] sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בָנָיו֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḇā·nāw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">would take turns</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָלְכ֤וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·lə·ḵū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">holding</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעָשׂ֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ā·śū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">feasts</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(miš·teh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4960.htm">Strong's 4960: </a> </span><span class="str2">Drink, drinking, a banquet, feast</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in their homes,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֖ית</span> <span class="translit">(bêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and they would invite</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁלְח֗וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·lə·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their three</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁלֹ֣שֶׁת</span> <span class="translit">(liš·lō·šeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> </span><span class="str2">Three, third, thrice</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sisters</span><br /><span class="heb">אַחְיֽוֹתֵיהֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’aḥ·yō·w·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_269.htm">Strong's 269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sister -- a sister</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to eat</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶאֱכֹ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(le·’ĕ·ḵōl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and drink</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלִשְׁתּ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(wə·liš·tō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8354.htm">Strong's 8354: </a> </span><span class="str2">To imbibe</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with them.</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/1-4.htm">Job 1:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/1-4.htm">Job 1:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/1-4.htm">Job 1:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/1-4.htm">Job 1:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/1-4.htm">Job 1:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/1-4.htm">Job 1:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/1-4.htm">Job 1:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/1-4.htm">Job 1:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/1-4.htm">Job 1:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/1-4.htm">Job 1:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/1-4.htm">OT Poetry: Job 1:4 His sons went and held a feast (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/1-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 1:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 1:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/1-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 1:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 1:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>