Job 1:1
Job 1:1 (Free Bible Version, FBV)
Once there was a man called Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was a man of integrity who did what was right. He respected God and avoided evil.
There once was a man named Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was blameless—a man of complete integrity. He feared God and stayed away from evil.
A man named Job lived in the land of Uz. He was an honest and innocent man; he honored God and stayed away from evil.
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil.
In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
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.
There has been a man in the land of Uz—his name Job—and that man has been perfect and upright—both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.
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 turned away from evil.
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
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.
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God [with reverence] and abstained from and turned away from evil [because he honored God].
THERE WAS a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who [reverently] feared God and abstained from and shunned evil [because it was wrong].
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A man named Job lived in Uz. He was a man of integrity: He was decent, he feared God, and he stayed away from evil.
There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.
There was a man named Job who lived in the country of Uz. He was a good, honest man. He respected God and refused to do evil.
There was a man who lived in a place called Uz. His name was Job. He was a good and honest man. He was afraid to make God angry. He refused to do evil things.