Job 1
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There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and
upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.
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And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
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His 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 children of the east.
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And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they
sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
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And 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 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. Thus did Job continually.
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Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before
YHWH, that Satan also came among them.
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And YHWH said to Satan, Whence come you? Then Satan answered YHWH, and said, From
going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
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And YHWH said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job? for there is none like
him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away
from evil.
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Then Satan answered YHWH, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?
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Have not you made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has,
on every side? you have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased
in the land.
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But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to
your face.
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And YHWH said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself
put not forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of YHWH.
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And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine
in their eldest brother`s house,
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that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses
feeding beside them;
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and the 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 you.
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While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen
from heaven, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and
I only am escaped alone to tell you.
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While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three
bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants
with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell you.
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While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Your sons and your daughters
were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother`s house;
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and, behold, there came a great wind from the 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 you.
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Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground,
and worshiped;
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and he said, Naked came I out of my mother`s womb, and naked shall I return there:
YHWH gave, and YHWH has taken away; blessed be the name of YHWH.
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In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.