Reference: Uz
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The land in which Job dwelt, Job 1:1; Jer 25:20; La 4:21. The Seventy call it Ausitis. It appears to have been a region in Arabia Deserta, between Palestine, Idumaea, and the Euphrates, and most probably not far from the borders of Idumaea. It is uncertain whether its inhabitants were descendants of Uz the son of Aram, Huz the son of Nahor, or Uz the Horite, Ge 10:23; 22:21; 36:28. They appear to have had much knowledge of the true God and the principles of virtue and religion.
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Uz, his first-born, and Buz, his brother, and Lemuel, the father of Aram.
A man as in the land of Uz, Job his name; and that man was blameless and upright, and fearing God, and departing from evil.
And all the intermingled, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the rovers, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, dwelling in the land of Uz; also upon thee shall the cup pass: thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked.
Easton
fertile land. (1.) The son of Aram, and grandson of Shem (Ge 10:23; 1Ch 1:17).
(2.) One of the Horite "dukes" in the land of Edom (Ge 36:28).
(3.) The eldest son of Nahor, Abraham's brother (Ge 22:21, R.V.).
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Uz, his first-born, and Buz, his brother, and Lemuel, the father of Aram.
Fausets
UZ, or more correctly Huz (Ge 22:21). A country and a people near the Sabeans and the Chaldees (Job 1:1,15,17); accessible to the Temanites, the Shuhites (Job 2:11), and the Buzites (Job 32:2). The Edomites once possessed it (Jer 25:20; La 4:21). Suited for sheep, oxen, asses, and camels (Job 1:3). From an inscription of Esarhaddon it appears there were in central Arabia, beyond the jebel Shomer, about the modern countries of upper and lower Kaseem, two regions, Bazu and Khazu, answering to Buz and Huz. Uz therefore was in the middle of northern Arabia, not far from the famous district of the Nejd. Ptolemy mentions the Aesitae (related to "Uz") as in the northern part of Arabia Deserta, near Babylon and the Euphrates. The name occurs
(1) in Ge 10:23 as son of Aram and grandson (as "son" means in 1Ch 1:17) of Shem;
(2) as son of Nahor by Milcah (Ge 22:21);
(3) as son of Dishan and grandson of Seir (Ge 36:28). Evidently the more ancient and northerly members of the Aramaic family coalesced with some of the later Abrahamids holding a central position in Mesopotamia, and subsequently with those still later, the Edomites of the S.
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Uz, his first-born, and Buz, his brother, and Lemuel, the father of Aram.
Uz, his first-born, and Buz, his brother, and Lemuel, the father of Aram.
The sons of Shem: Elam, and Ashur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech,
A man as in the land of Uz, Job his name; and that man was blameless and upright, and fearing God, and departing from evil.
And his possession will be seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pair of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and service exceedingly much; and that man shall be great above all the sons of the east.
And Sheba will fall and take them; they struck the young men by the month of the sword; and only shall escape, I alone, to announce to thee..
This one yet speaking, and this came, and he will say, The Chaldeans set three heads, and they invaded upon the camels, and they will take them, and they struck the young men with the mouth of the sword; and I shall escape, only I alone, to announce to thee.
And the three friends of Job will hear all this evil coming upon him, and they will come, a man from his place:: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: and they will appoint to come together to deplore for him, and to comfort him.
And the anger of Elihu will kindle, son of Barachel the Buzite, from the family of Ram: against Job was, his anger kindled, for his justifying his soul above God.
And all the intermingled, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the rovers, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, dwelling in the land of Uz; also upon thee shall the cup pass: thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked.
Hastings
1. A son of ram Aramaic, grandson of Shem (Ge 10:23 and 1Ch 1:17 [in emended text]). 2. A son of Nahor (Ge 22:21, AV Huz), whose descendants are placed in Aram-naharaim (Ge 24:10). 3. One of the Horites in the land of Edom (Ge 36:28 [v. 21 and v. 30], 1Ch 1:42). 4. A region which is called the dwelling-place of the daughter of Edom (La 4:21). 5. A district containing a number of kings, situated between Philistia and Egypt, or, with a different pointing of the consonants of one word, between Philistia and the country of the Bedouin (Jer 25:20 : the name not in Septuagint). 6. Job's country (Job 1:1). As the first three are probably tribal designations, all may be regarded as geographical terms. It is not certain that they all refer to the same region. Nos. 1 and 2 seem to point to Mesopotamia. Nos. 3 and 4, and perhaps 5, indicate Edom or its neighbourhood. The locality of No. 6 is obscure. Ancient tradition is threefold. In Septuagint of Job 42:17 Uz is affirmed, on the authority of 'the Syriac book,' to lie on the borders of ldum
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Uz, his first-born, and Buz, his brother, and Lemuel, the father of Aram.
And the servant shall take ten camels from the camels of his lord, and will go, and all the goods of his lord in his hand; and he will rise and go to Syria of the rivers to the city of Nahor.
The sons of Shem: Elam, and Ashur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech,
The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, and Zavan and Jakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran.
A man as in the land of Uz, Job his name; and that man was blameless and upright, and fearing God, and departing from evil.
And his possession will be seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pair of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and service exceedingly much; and that man shall be great above all the sons of the east.
And Sheba will fall and take them; they struck the young men by the month of the sword; and only shall escape, I alone, to announce to thee..
And the three friends of Job will hear all this evil coming upon him, and they will come, a man from his place:: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: and they will appoint to come together to deplore for him, and to comfort him.
Behold the paths of Tema; the goings of Sheba, wait ye for them.
Behold the paths of Tema; the goings of Sheba, wait ye for them.
And Job will die, old and full of days.
And all the intermingled, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the rovers, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, dwelling in the land of Uz; also upon thee shall the cup pass: thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked.
And I sent a fire upon Teman and it devoured the palaces of Bozrah.
Morish
1. Son of Aram, a son of Shem. Ge 10:23; 1Ch 1:17.
2. Son of Dishan, a son of Seir. Ge 36:28; 1Ch 1:42.
3. The native land of Job, perhaps the district peopled by the descendants of one of the above, or of Huz the son of Nahor. Job 1:1; Jer 25:20; La 4:21. It is supposed to have been in the south-east of Palestine towards Arabia Deserta, which would lie open to attacks from the Sabeans and the Chaldeans.
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A man as in the land of Uz, Job his name; and that man was blameless and upright, and fearing God, and departing from evil.
And all the intermingled, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the rovers, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, dwelling in the land of Uz; also upon thee shall the cup pass: thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked.
Watsons
UZ, LAND OF, the country of Job. As there were three persons of this name, namely, the son of Aram, the son of Nahor, and the grandson of Seir the Horite, commentators are divided in their opinion as to the situation of the country meant by the land of Uz. Bochart, Spanheim, Calmet, Wells, and others, place it in Arabia Deserta. Michaelis places it in the valley of Damascus; which city was, in fact, built by Uz, the grandson of Shem. Archbishop Magee, Bishop Lowth, Dr. Hales, Dr. Good, and others, with more reason, fix the scene of the history of Job in Idumea. This is also the opinion of Mr. Horne, who refers for a confirmation of it to La 4:21, where Uz is expressly said to be in Edom; and to Jer 49:7-8,20; Eze 25:13; Am 1:11-12; Ob 1:8-9, where both Teman and Dedan are described as inhabitants of Edom. In effect, says Mr. Horne, nothing is clearer than that the history of an inhabitant of Idumea is the subject of the poem which bears the name of Job, and that all the persons introduced into it were Idumeans, dwelling in Idumea, in other words, Edomite Arabs.
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To Edom, thus said Jehovah of armies, Is wisdom no more in Teman? did counsel perish from the discerning? was their wisdom poured out? Flee ye, turn back, make deep to dwell, ye dwelling in Dedan; for I brought the calamity of Esau upon him, the time of his reviewing.
For this, hear ye the counsel of Jehovah which he counseled against Edom: and his purposes which he purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: If not the least of the flock will drag them out: if he shall not make their habitation destitute upon them.
Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, dwelling in the land of Uz; also upon thee shall the cup pass: thou shalt be drunken, and make thyself naked.
For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: and I stretched out my hand upon Edom, and I cut of from her man and cattle; and I gave her a waste from the south; and Dedan shall fall by the sword.
Thus said Jehovah: For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn it back: for his pursuing his brother with the sword, and he destroyed his compassions, and his anger will rend forever, and his wrath was observed perpetually. And I sent a fire upon Teman and it devoured the palaces of Bozrah.
Was it not in that day, says Jehovah, and I destroyed the wise out of Edom, and understanding from mount Esau? And thy strong ones were terrified, O Teman, so that each shall be cut off from mount Esau from slaughter.