## land of Uz ## Possible locations are 1) a place in Edom east of the Jordan river somewhere in modern western Jordan or 2) a place east of the Euphrates River in modern Iran. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) ## he was blameless and upright ## The words "blameless" and "upright" are similar and are used together for emphasis. AT: "He did what was right before God." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]]) ## one who honored God and turned from evil ## AT: "He honored God and did not do what was evil." ## seven sons and three daughters ## "7 sons and 3 daughters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]]) ## He possessed seven thousand sheep ## "He had 7000 sheep" ## three thousand camel ## "3000 camels" ## five hundred pairs of oxen ## "500 pairs of oxen" ## all the people in the East ## AT: "all the people who live in lands that are east of Canaan." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])