Job 1:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 1:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 1:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in ..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 1:5 — KJV
“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. continually: Heb. all the days”
— Job 1:5 (KJV)
Job 1:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 1:5
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.”
Shares key themes with Job 1:5: early, morning, may
“To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel; morning...: Heb. in the morning, and in the evening”
Shares key themes with Job 1:5: morning, burnt, offerings
“They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required; as the duty...: Heb. the matter of the day in his day”
Shares key themes with Job 1:5: offered, burnt, offerings
“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba.”
Shares key themes with Job 1:5: sent, rose, early
“And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.”
Shares key themes with Job 1:5: rose, early, morning
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