And that man was perfect. Tam (תָּם), the word translated "perfect," seems to mean "complete, entire, not wanting in any respect," It corresponds to the Greek τέλειος, and the Latin integer (comp. Horace, ’Od.,’ 1.22. 1, "Integer vitro, scelerisque purus’). It does not mean" absolutely sinless," which Job was not (comp. Job_9:20; Job_40:4). And upright. This is the exact meaning of yashar (יָשָׁר). "The Book of Jasher" was "the Book of the Upright" (βιβλίον τοῦ εὐθοῦς, 2Sa_1:18). One that feared God, and eschewed evil; literally, fearing God and departing from evil. The same testimony is given of Job by God himself in verse 8, and again in Job_2:3 (comp. also Eze_14:14, Eze_14:20).