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;


In Context

1 A man there hath been in the land of Uz — Job his name — and that man hath been perfect and upright — both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

2 And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters,

3 and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a service very abundant; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.

4 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;

5 and it cometh to pass, when they have gone round the days of the banquet, that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt-offerings — the number of them all — for Job said, 'Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart.' Thus doth Job all the days.

6 And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.

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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4And 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.

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 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.