Job 1:1 (DRB)

Passage

There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil.

Nearby Context

Job 1:1 There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil.

Job 1:2 And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

Job 1:3 And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a family exceedingly great: and this man was great among all the people of the east.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "land", "whose", "name", "simple", "upright", "fearing", "avoiding", and "evil". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "land" and "whose", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And there were born to him seven...", so "land" and "whose" should be read forward into that movement. In Job context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "land" and "whose" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.