5 Quando se encerrava um ciclo de banquetes, Jó chamava os seus filhos e os santificava; levantava-se de madrugada e oferecia holocaustos segundo o número de todos eles. Pois Jó pensava assim: "Talvez os meus filhos tenham pecado e blasfemado contra Deus em seu coração." Jó fazia isso continuamente.

5 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's regular custom.