The Book of
Job
1
1 There
was a man
in the land of
Uz, whose name
was Job. That man
was blameless and
upright, and one
who feared God,
and turned away
from evil.
2 There were
born to him
seven sons and
three daughters.
3 His
possessions also
were seven thousand
sheep, three thousand
camels, five
hundred yoke of
oxen, five
hundred female donkeys, and
a very great
household; so that
this man was
the greatest of
all the children
of the east.
4 His
sons went and
held a feast
in the house
of each one
on his birthday;
and they sent
and called for
their three sisters
to eat and to
drink with them.
5 It
was so, when
the days of
their feasting
had run their course,
that Job sent and
sanctified them,
and rose up
early in the
morning, and
offered burnt
offerings according
to the number
of them all.
For Job said, “It
may be that
my sons have
sinned, and renounced
God in their
hearts.” Job did
so continually.
6 Now
on the day
when God’s sons
came to present
themselves before
the LORD,
Satan also came
among them.
7 The
LORD said to
Satan, “Where have
you come from?”
Then Satan
answered the LORD,
and said, “From
going back and
forth in the earth,
and from walking
up and down
in it.”
8 The
LORD said to Satan,
“Have you
considered my
servant, Job? For
there is no
one like him
in the earth, a
blameless and an
upright man, one
who fears God,
and turns away
from evil.”
9 Then
Satan answered the
LORD, and said, “Does
Job fear God for
nothing?
10 Haven’t you
made a hedge
around him, and
around his house,
and around all
that he has,
on every side?
You have blessed
the work of
his hands, and
his substance is
increased in
the land.
11 But
stretch out your
hand now, and
touch all that
he has, and
he will renounce
you to your
face.”
12 The
LORD said to
Satan, “Behold,
all that he
has is in
your power. Only
on himself don’t
stretch out your
hand.”
So Satan went
out from the
presence of the
LORD.
13 It
fell on a
day when his
sons and his
daughters were eating
and drinking wine
in their
oldest brother’s house,
14 that
a messenger came
to Job, and said,
“The oxen were
plowing, and
the donkeys feeding
beside them,
15 and
the Sabeans
attacked, and took
them away. Yes,
they have killed
the servants with
the edge of
the sword, and
I alone have
escaped to tell
you.”
16 While
he was still
speaking, another
also came and
said, “The fire of
God has fallen
from the sky,
and has burned
up the sheep
and the servants,
and consumed them,
and I alone
have escaped to
tell you.”
17 While
he was still
speaking, another
also came and
said, “The
Chaldeans made
three bands,
and swept down on
the camels, and
have taken them
away, yes, and
killed the
servants with the
edge of the
sword; and I
alone have escaped
to tell you.”
18 While
he was still
speaking, there
came also another,
and said, “Your
sons and your
daughters were eating
and drinking wine
in their
oldest brother’s house,
19 and
behold, there came
a great wind
from the
wilderness, and
struck the four
corners of the
house, and it
fell on the
young men, and
they are dead.
I alone have
escaped to tell
you.”
20 Then Job
arose, and tore
his robe, and
shaved his head,
and fell down
on the ground, and
worshiped.
21 He
said, “Naked I
came out of
my mother’s womb, and
naked will I
return there. The
LORD gave, and
the LORD has
taken away.
Blessed be the
LORD’s name.”
22 In
all this,
Job didn’t sin,
nor charge God
with wrongdoing.