Job 1:13–22

The Adversary’s Attack on Job’s Possessions

¹³And then there was one day when^q his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother’s house. ¹⁴And a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the female donkeys were feeding beside them.^{r 15}Then^s the Sabeans attacked,^t and they took them, and they slew the servants by the edge of the sword.^u But^v I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

¹⁶While this one was still speaking, another^w came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

¹⁷While this one was still speaking, another^x came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants by the edge of the sword,^y but I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

¹⁸At the time^z this one was speaking, another^a came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother’s house. ¹⁹And behold,^b a great wind came from across the desert, and it struck the four corners of the house so that^c it fell upon the young people, and they died. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”

²⁰Then^d Job arose and tore his outer garment^e and shaved his head; then^f he fell upon the ground and he worshiped. ²¹Then^g he said, “Naked I came out from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. Yahweh gives, and Yahweh takes. Let Yahweh’s name be blessed.” ²²In all this, Job did not sin and did not charge God with wrongdoing.^h