Job 1:2

Contemporary English Version

Job had seven sons and three daughters.

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,

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 King James Version
And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

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 Many years ago, a man named Job lived in the land of Uz. He was a truly good person, who respected God and refused to do evil. ² Job had seven sons and three daughters. ³ He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred pair of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and a large number of servants. He was the richest person in 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
The earth produced all kinds of vegetation. God looked at what he had done, and it was good.

Genesis 1:14

The Fourth Day

God said, "I command lights to appear in the sky and to separate day from night and to show the time for seasons, special days, and years.

Job 26:7
who hung the northern sky and suspended the earth on empty space.

Job 26:14
These things are merely a whisper of God's power at work. How little we would understand if this whisper ever turned into thunder!

Psalms 33:6
The Lord made the heavens and everything in them by his word.

Isaiah 45:18
The Lord alone is God! He created the heavens and made a world where people can live, instead of creating an empty desert. The Lord alone is God; there are no others.

Nahum 2:10
Nineveh is doomed! Destroyed! Her people tremble with fear; their faces turn pale.

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.