Bible ~~- Older Testament ~~- Job ~~- chapter 1 of 42 (22 verses.)

Job 1:4Wrench

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Job's sons take turns traveling to feast in their [respective] houses.
They send [messengers] to call for their 3 sisters to eat and to drink with them.


Other English Bible translations of Job 1:4:

Complete Jewish Bible (Sacred Name Version)CJB-SNIt was the custom of his sons to give banquets, each on his set day in his own house; and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
New International Version (Sacred Name)NIV-SRHis sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
New International Readers Version (Sacred Name)NIRV-SNHis sons used to take turns giving big dinners in their homes. They would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
New Living Translation (Sacred Name Version)NLT-SNEvery year when Job's sons had birthdays, they invited their brothers and sisters to join them for a celebration. On these occasions they would get together to eat and drink.
New Revised Standard (Sacred Name Edition)NRSV-SNHis sons used to go and hold feasts in one another's houses in turn; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
The Message (Sacred Name Version)MSG-SNHis sons used to take turns hosting parties in their homes, always inviting their three sisters to join them in their merrymaking.
Good News Translation (Sacred Name)GNT-SNJob's sons used to take turns giving a feast, to which all the others would come, and they always invited their three sisters to join them.
New American Standard (Sacred Name Bible)NASB-SNHis sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
King James Version (unedited)KJVAnd 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.