Job 1:4 (KJV)

Passage

And 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.

Nearby Context

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

Job 1:3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

Job 1:4 And 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.

Job 1:5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Job 1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "called", "sons", "went", "feasted", "houses", "sent", "three", and "sisters". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "called" and "sons", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "His substance also was seven thousand sheep..." into verse 5's "And it was so when the days...", so "called" and "sons" belong inside that flow. 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 "sons" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.