Prologue

Job, un homme intègre et droit

Il y avait, au pays d’Outs[a], un homme appelé Job. C’était un homme intègre et droit, un homme qui craignait Dieu et qui évitait de faire le mal.

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Footnotes

  1. 1.1 Nom d’une région située à l’est du Jourdain (v. 3), dont l’identification est incertaine. Elle pouvait se situer en Edom, au sud-est de la mer Morte (Gn 36.28 ; Lm 4.21), ou au pays des Araméens vers le nord (voir Gn 10.23 ; 22.21). Job n’était donc pas un Israélite (voir Ez 14.14-20).

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.

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Job and His Family in Uz

There was a man (A)in the land of Uz, whose name was (B)Job; and that man was (C)blameless and upright, and one who (D)feared God and [a]shunned evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 1:1 Lit. turned away from

Job's Character and Wealth

There was a man in the land of (A)Uz whose name was (B)Job, and that man was (C)blameless and upright, one who (D)feared God and (E)turned away from evil.

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