Job 1:1 Cross References - ISV

¹ Job’s FaithfulnessThere once was a man in the land of Uz named Job. The man was blameless as well as upright. He feared God and kept away from evil.

⁹ Noah Obeys GodThese are the family records of Noah: Noah was a righteous man. Blameless during his times, Noah communed with God.

²³ Aram’s descendants included Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash.

¹ God Appears to AbramWhen Abram was 99 years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and announced, “I am God Almighty. Live in constant awareness that I’m always with you, and be blameless.

¹² “Don’t lay your hand on the youth!” he said. “Don’t do anything to him, because I’ve just demonstrated that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only unique one, from me.”

²⁰ Nahor’s ChildrenNow after these things somebody told Abraham, “Look, Milcah has given birth to sons for your brother Nahor. ²¹ Uz is his firstborn, Buz is his brother, and Kemuel is the father of Aram,

²⁸ Dishan’s children were Uz and Aran.

²¹ You are to look for capable men among the people, men who fear God, men of integrity who hate dishonest gain. You are to set these men over them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.

³ “Remember me, LORD,” he said, “how I have walked in your presence with integrity, with an undivided heart, and I have accomplished what is good in your sight.” And Hezekiah wept deeply.

¹⁷ Shem’s descendants were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

⁴² Ezer’s descendants were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan.
Dishan’s descendants were Uz and Aran.

²⁰ Hezekiah did this throughout all of Judah, and he acted well, doing what the LORD his God considered to be right and true. ²¹ Everything that Hezekiah began in the service of God’s Temple was done according to the Law and to the commandments as he sought his God, worked with all of his heart, and became successful.

⁸ Then the LORD asked Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil.”

³ The LORD asked Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm him without cause.”

¹¹ My feet stay where his footsteps lead; I kept on his pathway and haven’t turned aside. ¹² I haven’t wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I’ve treasured what he has said more than my own meals.”

²⁸ He has commanded mankind: ‘To fear the Lord—that is wisdom; to move away from evil—that is understanding.’”

¹ Job Asserts His Moral Innocence “I made a covenant with my eyes; how, then, can I focus my attention on a virgin? ² What would I have from God above, what heritage from the Almighty on high, ³ if not calamity that is due the unjust, and misfortune that is due those who practice iniquity? ⁴ He watches my life, observing every one of my actions, does he not?”
⁵ No Lies and Deception“If I’ve lived my life in the company of vanity, or run quickly to embrace deception, ⁶ let my righteousness be weighed in honest scales, and God will make known my integrity. ⁷ If I have stepped away from the way, or if my heart covets whatever my eyes see, or if some other blemish clings to my hands, ⁸ what I’ve planted, let another eat or let my crops be uprooted.”
⁹ No Adultery“If my heart has been seduced by a woman and I’ve laid in wait at my friend’s door, ¹⁰ then let my wife cook for another person and may someone else sleep with her, ¹¹ because something as lascivious as that is an iniquity that should be judged. ¹² The fires of Abaddon will burn, disrupting every part of my eternal reward.”
¹³ No Abuse of Servants“If I’ve refused to help my male and female servants when they complain against me, ¹⁴ what will I do when God stands up to act? When he asks the questions, how will I answer him? ¹⁵ The one who made me in the womb made them, too, didn’t he? Didn’t the same one prepare each of us in the womb?”
¹⁶ No Injustice on the Poor“If I refused to grant the desire of the poor or exhausted the eyes of the widow, ¹⁷ if I ate my meals by myself without feeding orphans, ¹⁸ (even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born), ¹⁹ if I’ve observed someone who is about to die for lack of clothes or if I have no clothing to give to the poor, ²⁰ if he hadn’t thanked me from the bottom of his heart, if he had not been warmed by wool from my sheep, ²¹ if I’ve raised my hand against an orphan when I thought I would against him in court, ²² then let my arm fall from its socket; and may my arm be torn off at the shoulder. ²³ For I’m terrified of what calamity God may have in store for me; and I cannot endure his grandeur.”
²⁴ No Trust in Wealth and Heavenly Bodies“If I’ve put my confidence in gold, if I’ve told gold, ‘You’re my security,’ ²⁵ if I’ve found joy in great wealth that I own, if I’ve earned a lot with my own hands, ²⁶ if I look at the sun when it shines or the moon as it rises in steady splendor, ²⁷ so that in the depths of my deceived heart I worshipped them with my mouth and hands, ²⁸ this is also a sin that deserves to be judged, since I would have tried to deceive God above.”
²⁹ No Rejoicing over the Plight of Adversary“Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him? ³⁰ No, I haven’t allowed my mouth to sin by asking for his life with a curse. ³¹ People in my household have said, ‘We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,’ haven’t they? ³² No stranger ever spent the night in the street, because I opened my doors to travelers.”
³³ No Secret Sins“Have I covered my transgression like other people, to conceal iniquity within myself? ³⁴ Have I feared large crowds? Has my family’s contempt ever terrified me so that I remained silent and wouldn’t go outside?”
³⁵ Request for A Hearing“Who will grant me a hearing? Here’s my signature—let the Almighty answer! Since my adversary indicted me, ³⁶ I’ll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown! ³⁷ I’ll give an account for every step I’ve taken; I’ll approach him confidently like a Commander-in-Chief.”
³⁸ No Abuse of the Land“If my land were to cry out against me or if all its furrows wept as one, ³⁹ If I’ve consumed its produce without paying for it and snuffed out the life of its owners; ⁴⁰ may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley.”
With this, Job’s discourse with his friends is completed.

¹³ The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. Pride, arrogance, an evil lifestyle, and perverted speech I despise.

⁶ Iniquity is atoned for by gracious love and truth, and through fear of the LORD people turn from evil.

²⁰ all the various people; all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and what remains of Ashdod;

²¹ Celebrate and rejoice, you women of Edom, who live in the land of Uz. But to you the cup also will pass— you will become drunk and stripped naked.

¹⁴ Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job lived in that land, they would only save their own lives on account of their righteousness,” declares the Lord GOD.

²⁰ even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were among them, as I live” says the Lord GOD, “they couldn’t save their own sons or daughters. They would only save their own souls due to their own righteousness.”

⁶ Both of them were righteous before God, having lived blamelessly according to all of the commandments and regulations of the Lord.

¹¹ We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job’s endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord—that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.

¹¹ He must turn away from evil and do good. He must seek peace and pursue it.