Job 1:1 (GNV)

Passage

There was a man in the lande of Vz called Iob, and this man was an vpright and iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill.

Nearby Context

Job 1:1 There was a man in the lande of Vz called Iob, and this man was an vpright and iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill.

Job 1:2 And he had seue sonnes, and three daughters.

Job 1:3 His substance also was seuen thousande sheepe, and three thousand camels, and fiue hundreth yoke of oxen, and fiue hundreth shee asses, and his family was very great, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "lande", "vpright", "iust", "feared", "eschewed", and "euill". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "lande", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And he had seue sonnes and three...", so "called" and "lande" 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 "called" and "lande" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.