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 was their firstborn. Buz was next. Then there was Kemuel who became the father of Aram. Their other five sons were
A man named Job lived in Uz. He was a man of integrity! He was decent, he respected God, and he stayed away from evil.
and all the foreign people living among them; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of Philistia, those from the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, and the people left in Ashdod;
Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz. The cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.
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 was their firstborn. Buz was next. Then there was Kemuel who became the father of Aram. Their other five sons were
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 was their firstborn. Buz was next. Then there was Kemuel who became the father of Aram. Their other five sons were
Uz was their firstborn. Buz was next. Then there was Kemuel who became the father of Aram. Their other five sons were
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.
A man named Job lived in Uz. He was a man of integrity! He was decent, he respected God, and he stayed away from evil.
He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. In fact he was the greatest (richest) of all the Orientals in the East!
Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.
Before he finished speaking, another servant came and said: Three bands of Chaldean raiders attacked us. They took away the camels and killed all your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.
Job's three friends heard about all the terrible things that happened to him. Each of them came from his home: Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama. They agreed they would go together to sympathize with Job and comfort him.
Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became angry. He was angry with Job because he justified himself rather than God.
and all the foreign people living among them; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of Philistia, those from the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, and the people left in Ashdod;
Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz. The cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.
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 was their firstborn. Buz was next. Then there was Kemuel who became the father of Aram. Their other five sons were
The servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and then set out with a variety of good things of his master's in his hand. He arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech.
A man named Job lived in Uz. He was a man of integrity! He was decent, he respected God, and he stayed away from evil.
He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants. In fact he was the greatest (richest) of all the Orientals in the East!
Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.
Job's three friends heard about all the terrible things that happened to him. Each of them came from his home: Eliphaz of Teman, Bildad of Shuah, and Zophar of Naama. They agreed they would go together to sympathize with Job and comfort him.
The caravans of Tema look for water. The traveling merchants of Sheba hope and wait in vain.
The caravans of Tema look for water. The traveling merchants of Sheba hope and wait in vain.
He died a very old man.
and all the foreign people living among them; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of Philistia, those from the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, and the people left in Ashdod;
Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz. The cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.
I will send a fire upon Teman, and it will devour 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 named Job lived in Uz. He was a man of integrity! He was decent, he respected God, and he stayed away from evil.
and all the foreign people living among them; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of Philistia, those from the cities of Ashkelon, Gaza, and Ekron, and the people left in Ashdod;
Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz. The cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.
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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This is what Jehovah of Hosts says about Edom: Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has wisdom disappeared from your people? Has their wisdom vanished? Turn and run, take cover in deep places inhabitants of Dedan. When I punish them, I will bring disaster on the descendants of Esau.
Hear that which I have determined against the people of Edom, and to what I intend to do to the people of the city of Teman. Even their children will be dragged off, and everyone will be horrified.
Have joy and be glad, O daughter of Edom, living in the land of Uz. The cup will be given to you in your turn, and you will be overcome with wine and your shame will be seen.
therefore the Lord Jehovah says: 'I will also stretch out my hand (exert my power) against Edom and cut off man and beast from it. I will lay it waste! From Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword.
Jehovah declared: For three and four transgressions of Edom, I will not withdraw punishment. He pursued his brother with the sword. He showed no compassion but was driven with anger and eternal wrath. I will send a fire upon Teman, and it will devour the palaces of Bozrah.
Shall I not in that day, said Jehovah, destroy the wise men out of Edom, and destroy understanding out of the mountain of Esau? Your mighty men, O Teman, will be dismayed, to the end that every one may be destroyed (removed) from the mountain of Esau by slaughter.