4And his sons went and made a feast in the house of each one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.


In Context

1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and abstained from evil.

2 And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

3 And his substance was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children of the east.

4 And his sons went and made a feast in the house of each one on his day; and they sent and invited their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

5 And it was so, when the days of the feasting were gone about, that Job sent and hallowed them; and he rose up early in the morning, and offered up burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

6 And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.

Job 1:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:4His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4His 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4And 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And 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.