| Ephraim Langdon Frothingham - 1864 - 520 pages
...and by spirit. The story commences thus : " There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job ; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His substance also was seven thousand... | |
| William Henry Ward (of Auburn, N.Y.) - 1864 - 140 pages
...between the Lord and Satan respecting Job. " There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and eschewed evil," being in all respects like unto Enoch, whom the Lord took because he (Enoch) pleased him, as did Job... | |
| Ingram Cobbin - 1864 - 682 pages
...giving us Job's character ; it is such as makes us at once interested in all that happens to him, for he "was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and eschewed evil." — Not that he had no sin, but his conduct was as sincere as that of a man could be, and he did everything... | |
| Francis Bourdillon - 1864 - 260 pages
...Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. BEFORE Job's trials began, we read of him that he was "perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil." Nay, the Lord Himself spoke of him thus to Satan, " Hast thou considered My servant Job, that there... | |
| 1864 - 302 pages
...ILLUSTRATION. The afflictions of Job. 1 "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and he was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. This man was the greatest of all the men of the East. — And the Lord said unto Satan : — ' Hast... | |
| Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 2000 - 514 pages
...king and creed and Persian law. JOB 7:7-7:7 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His substance also was seven thousand... | |
| Lois E. Bueler - Language Arts & Disciplines - 2001 - 332 pages
...story has as its starting point Job's virtue: "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job: and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and eschewed evil" (1:1). Job's virtue and prosperity established, the tale recounts a heavenly debate in which God makes... | |
| Dagobert D. Runes - Fiction - 2001 - 308 pages
...possess it. Deuteronomy, xxxii The Ballad of Job '"Phere was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. His substance also was seven thousand... | |
| Arthur W. Pink - Religion - 2001 - 220 pages
...people; yea, that He attributes unto the same a far higher quality than they do. Thus, He said of Job "that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and eschewed evil" (1:1): yet as we read all that is recorded of him it soon becomes apparent that he, like ourselves,... | |
| Edward Noort, Eibert J. C. Tigchelaar - Religion - 2002 - 272 pages
...Abraham it is written 'For now I know that thou fearest God (Gen 22:12), whereas of Job it is written That man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil (Job 1:1)'. Job fears God right from the beginning, Abraham only after the trial of the offering of Isaac.9... | |
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