Syria; Edom, south of the Dead Sea; and Western Arabia (note that Pope has a full discussion). There are three references to Uz in Genesis, one in Lamentations, and one in Jeremiah, but none of these throws any light on the location of Job’s land. Since it is impossible to provide a map showing where Job’s homeland was, translators may wish to follow TEV’s note: “UZ: an area whose exact location is unknown.” In translation it will often be necessary to say, as TEV does, that Job “lived in the land