Job 1

A man there hath been in the land of Uz -- Job his name -- and that man hath been perfect and upright -- both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters ,

and his substance is seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred pairs of oxen, and five hundred she - asses, and a service very abundant ; and that man is greater than any of the sons of the east.

And his sons have gone and made a banquet -- the house of each ` in ' his day -- and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them ;

and it cometh to pass , when they have gone round the days of the banquet , that Job doth send and sanctify them, and hath risen early in the morning, and caused to ascend burnt - offerings -- the number of them all -- for Job said, `Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed God in their heart . ' Thus doth Job all the days .

And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah , and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst .

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary , ` Whence comest thou? ' And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith , ` From going to and fro in the land , and from walking up and down on it. '

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary , ` Hast thou set thy heart against My servant Job because there is none like him in the land , a man perfect and upright, fearing God, and turning aside from evil? '

And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith , `For nought is Job fearing God?

Hast not Thou made a hedge for him, and for his house, and for all that he hath -- round about ?

The work of his hands Thou hast blessed, and his substance hath spread in the land, and yet, put forth , I pray Thee, Thy hand, and strike against anything that he hath -- if not: to Thy face he doth bless Thee!'

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary , `Lo , all that he hath ` is ' in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand. ' And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah .

And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating , and drinking wine , in the house of their brother, the first-born.

And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith , ` The oxen have been plowing, and the she- asses feeding by their sides,

and Sheba doth fall , and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword , and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee. '

While this `one' is speaking another also hath come and saith , ` Fire of God hath fallen from the heavens , and burneth among the flock , and among the young men , and consumeth them , and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee. '

While this `one' is speaking another also hath come and saith , ` Chaldeans made three heads , and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword , and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee. '

While this `one' is speaking another also hath come and saith , ` Thy sons and thy daughters are eating , and drinking wine , in the house of their brother, the first-born.

And lo , a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead , and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee. '

And Job riseth , and rendeth his robe , and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth , and doth obeisance ,

and he saith , ` Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother , and naked I turn back thither: Jehovah hath given and Jehovah hath taken : let the name of Jehovah be blessed . '

In all this Job hath not sinned, nor given folly to God.