The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Job 01
1 There was a man in the land of Uz,
whose name was Job. That man was
blameless and upright, and one who
feared God,† and turned away from evil.
2 There were born to him seven sons and
three daughters.
3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five
hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household;
so that this man was the greatest of all the
children of the east.
4 His sons went and held a feast in the
house of each one on his birthday; and
they sent and called for their three sisters
to eat and to drink with them.
5 It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course,
that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the
morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number
of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned,
and renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.
6 Now on the day when God’s sons came
to present themselves before Yahweh,‡ Satan also came among them.
7 Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you
come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said,
“From going back and forth in the earth,
and from walking up and down in it.”
8 Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no
one like him in the earth, a blameless and
an upright man, one who fears God, and
turns away from evil.”
9 Then Satan answered Yahweh, and
said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
10 Haven’t you made a hedge around
him, and around his house, and around
all that he has, on every side? You have
blessed the work of his hands, and his
substance is increased in the land.
11 But stretch out your hand now, and
touch all that he has, and he will renounce
you to your face.”
12 Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold,§ all
that he has is in your power. Only on
himself don’t stretch out your hand.”
So Satan went out from the presence of
Yahweh.
13 It fell on a day when his sons and his
daughters were eating and drinking wine
in their oldest brother’s house,
14 that amessenger came to Job, andsaid,
“The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys
feeding beside them,
15 and the Sabeans attacked, and took
them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the
edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
16 While he was still speaking, another
also came and said, “The fire of God has
fallen from the sky, and has burned up
the sheep and the servants, and consumed
them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
17 While he was still speaking, another
also came and said, “The Chaldeans made
three bands, and swept down on the
camels, and have taken them away, yes,
and killed the servants with the edge of
the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell
you.”
18 While he was still speaking, there
came also another, and said, “Your sons
and your daughters were eating and
drinking wine in their oldest brother’s
house,
19 and behold, there came a great wind
from the wilderness, and struck the four
corners of the house, and it fell on the
young men, and they are dead. I alone
have escaped to tell you.”
20 Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and
shaved his head, and fell down on the
ground, and worshiped.
21 He said, “Naked I came out of my
mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has
taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”
22 In all this, Job didn’t sin, nor charge
God with wrongdoing.