The land of Uz] a district to the E. of Palestine, and near Arabia and Edom: cp. Jeremiah 25:20; Lamentations 4:21. The word Uz occurs (a) as the name of a son of Aram (Genesis 10:23); (b) as a descendant of Seir (Genesis 36:28); (c) as a son of Nahor (Genesis 22:21). The names 'Aram' and 'Seir' seem to point to the lands of Syria and Edom, but the exact position of Uz cannot be exactly defined. From various allusions in the book we must probably think of 'the red sandstones of Edom' (the 'red' land),' and of the remote desert city in the hollow of the hills—Sela, afterwards Petra; of the broad grey plain of the Arabah to the west; of the dark rugged peaks rising high to the east, their summits white with snow in winter, and beyond this the high desert plateau with its great pilgrim and trading road to Arabia' (see on Job 6:15-20;). 'a region with few springs, where the white broom grows' (see on Job 30:4); 'and where the ostrich still runs and the wild ass scours the plain seeking the scanty green patches in spring' (Job 39:5-8; Job 39:13-18). (Conder.)
Job] Meaning uncertain; either 'persecuted' or 'pious.' Perfect] Not sinless; rather, 'single-hearted,' blameless: cp. Noah (Genesis 6:9).