Job 1

1There 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. ²And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. ³His ^||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. ⁴And 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. ⁵And 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.

⁶Now ^jthere was a day when ^kthe sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and ^†Satan came also ^†among them. ⁷And 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. ⁸And 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? ⁹Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? ¹⁰Hast not thou ⁿmade an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? ^othou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his ^||substance ^pis increased in the land. ^11qBut put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, ^†and he will curse thee ^rto thy face. ¹²And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy ^†power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.

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 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 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.