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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1There once was a man in the land of Uz named Job. The man was blameless as well as upright. He feared God and kept away from evil. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Seven sons and three daughters had been born to him. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3His livestock included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and many servants. Indeed, the man's stature greatly exceeded that of many people who lived in the East. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4His sons used to travel to each other's houses in turn on a regular schedule and hold festivals, inviting their three sisters to celebrate with them. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5When their time of feasting had concluded, Job would rise early in the morning to send for them and consecrate them to God. He would offer a burnt offering for each one, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children sinned by cursing God in their hearts." Job did this time and again. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6One day, divine beings presented themselves to the LORD, and Satan accompanied them. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" In response, Satan answered the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth and walking back and forth throughout it." |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Then the LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil." |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9But in response, Satan asked the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing? |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Haven't you surrounded him with a fence on all sides, around his house, and around all that he owns? You have blessed everything he puts his hands on and you have increased his livestock in the land. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11However, stretch out your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will curse you to your face." |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Then the LORD told Satan, "Very well then, everything he owns is under your control, only you may not extend your hand against him." So Satan left the LORD's presence. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Some time later, when his children were celebrating in their oldest brother's house, |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14a messenger approached Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys were grazing nearby |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15when the Sabeans attacked, captured the servants, and killed them with swords. I alone escaped to tell you!" |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16While this messenger was still speaking, another came and announced, "A lightning storm struck and incinerated the flock and the servants while they were eating. I alone escaped to tell you!" |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17While this messenger was still speaking, another came and announced, "The Chaldeans formed three companies, raided the camels, captured the servants, and killed them with swords. Only I alone escaped to tell you." |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18While this messenger was still speaking, another came and announced, "Your children were celebrating in their oldest brother's house |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19when a strong wind came straight out of the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people, and they died. I alone escaped to tell you!" |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Then Job stood up, tore his robe, shaved his head, fell to the ground, bowed very low, |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21and exclaimed: "I left my mother's womb naked, and I will return to God naked. The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken. May the name of the LORD be blessed." |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Job neither sinned nor charged God with wrongdoing in all of this. |
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