Uz, a region mentioned in the Bible as the homeland of Job, possibly located in Edom or Arabia (Job.1.1; Jer. 25:20; Lam. 4:21).
Uz is a region mentioned in the Bible, most prominently as the homeland of Job, the righteous man whose faith was tested through great suffering (Job.1.1). The exact location of Uz is uncertain, but it is believed to be situated east of the land of Israel and Edom, possibly in northern Arabia or southern Jordan. Job's story describes Uz as a place near the desert (Job.1.19) but also fertile for farming and raising livestock (Job.1.3, 14; 42:12). The people of Uz are referred to as "the people of the East" (Job.1.3), and the land was vulnerable to Chaldean raiding parties (Job.1.17). Uz is also mentioned in Jeremiah 25:20 among the nations that will drink the cup of God's wrath, and in Lamentations 4:21, where Edom is addressed as dwelling in the land of Uz. Some scholars propose that Uz may be a fictional place serving the story of Job rather than a physical land, with the name "Uz" in Hebrew meaning "counsel" or "advice."
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UZ, THE LAND OF (fertile land). Uz, or, more correctly, "Huz," was the country of Job. Job 1:1. It is mentioned in the ethnographical tables. Gen 10:23, and it was settled by a son of Aram. Comp. 1 Chr 1:17. Job was "the greatest of all the men of the East" - in Hebrew, Bene-Kedem, the people who dwelt in Arabia. Job 1:3, Job 1:15-17. Uz is grouped with Egypt, Philistia, and Moab, Jer 25:20, and with Edom. Jer Lam, 4:21. Situation. - The position of the land of Uz has been a subject of much dispute. According to Josephus, Uz was the father of the inhabitants of Damascus and Trachonitis. Many traditions put it at Orfah, on the Euphrates. See Ur. Near the Haran-gate in that city is "Job's well," which is a sacred shrine to the people because the patriarch drank of its waters. Porter found many traditions of Job in the Hauran, and numerous places named after the patriarch. The land of Uz seems most likely to have been in general that portion of Arabia Deserta east of Edom and south of Trachonitis, extending indefinitely toward the Euphrates.
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3 verses in 3 books · English text: BSB (change it from the menu at the top) · Strong’s H5780
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
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