Job 1:13–22

¹³And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn. ¹⁴And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them; ¹⁵and they of Sheba fell upon them and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee. ¹⁶While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and burned 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 another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee. ¹⁸While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn; ¹⁹and behold, there came a great wind from over the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they died; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

²⁰And Job rose up, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped; ²¹and he said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah! ²²In all this Job sinned not, nor ascribed anything unseemly to God.