There was a man in the land of aUz, whose name was bJob; and that man was cperfect and upright, and one that dfeared God, and eeschewed evil. 2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His ||substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great ||household; so that this man was the greatest of all the †men of the east. 4 And his sons went and ffeasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and gcalled for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and hoffered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and icursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job †continually.

6 Now jthere was a day when kthe sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and †Satan came also †among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, lFrom going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 8 And the Lord said unto Satan, †Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, ma perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?