Job 1:13–22

¹³And ^jthere was a day ^swhen his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: ¹⁴and there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: ¹⁵and ^tthe Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. ¹⁶While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burnt up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. ¹⁷While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, ^uThe Chaldeans made out ^vthree ^wbands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. ¹⁸While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, ^xThy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house: ¹⁹and behold, there came a great wind from ^ythe wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. ²⁰Then Job ^zarose, and ^arent his mantle, and ^bshaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, ²¹and said,

^cNaked came I out of my mother’s womb,

And naked shall I return thither:

The ^dLord ^egave, and the Lord hath taken away;

^fBlessed be the name of the Lord.

^22gIn all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

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