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Job 1:5

Job 1:5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about,.... When they had been at each other's houses in turn; when the rotation was ended: something like this is practised by the Chinese, who…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about - Dr. Good renders this, “as the days of such banquets returned.” But this is not the idea intended. It is, when the banquets had gone…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 1:4-5

We have here a further account of Job's prosperity and his piety.

I. His great comfort in his children is taken notice of as an instance of his prosperity; for our temporal comforts are borrowed,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

sent and sanctified them that is, most likely, sent forthem. The sanctification or purification consisted probably in washings and change of garments, Gen 35:2, and similar rites, and was preparatory…