12874 | JOB 1:1 | In the land of Uz lived a man whose name was Job. He was an upright and good man, fearing God and departing from evil. |
12875 | JOB 1:2 | He had seven sons and three daughters. |
12876 | JOB 1:3 | His substance was seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred she-asses, and a great number of servants; so that he was the greatest of all the inhabitants of the East. |
12877 | JOB 1:4 | Now it was the custom of his sons to make a feast in their houses, each on his day, and to send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. |
12878 | JOB 1:5 | And when the days of their feasting had gone round, Job used to send for them and sanctify them, and to rise up early in the morning and offer burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and have renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. |
12880 | JOB 1:7 | And Jehovah said to Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From wandering over the earth, and walking up and down in it. |
12881 | JOB 1:8 | And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou observed my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, an upright and good man, fearing God and departing from evil? |
12882 | JOB 1:9 | Then Satan answered Jehovah, Is it for nought that Job feareth God? |
12883 | JOB 1:10 | Hast thou not placed a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all his possessions? Thou hast prospered the work of his hands, and his herds are greatly increased in the land. |
12884 | JOB 1:11 | But only put forth thy hand, and touch whatever he possesseth, and to thy face will he renounce thee. |
12885 | JOB 1:12 | And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; but upon him lay not thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah. |
12886 | JOB 1:13 | Now on a certain day the sons and daughters of Job were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, |
12887 | JOB 1:14 | when a messenger came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them, |
12888 | JOB 1:15 | and the Sabaeans fell upon them, and took them away; the servants also they slew with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. |
12889 | JOB 1:16 | While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God hath fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. |
12890 | JOB 1:17 | While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldaeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and carried them away; the servants also they slew with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. |
12891 | JOB 1:18 | While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house; |
12892 | JOB 1:19 | and, lo! there came a great wind from the desert, 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 thee. |
12893 | JOB 1:20 | Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped; |
12894 | JOB 1:21 | and said, Naked came I forth from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah! |
12895 | JOB 1:22 | In all this Job sinned not, nor uttered vain words against God. |
12897 | JOB 2:2 | And Jehovah said to Satan, Whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From wandering over the earth, and walking up and down in it. |
12898 | JOB 2:3 | Then said Jehovah to Satan, Hast thou observed my servant Job, that there is none like him upon the earth, an upright and good man, fearing God and departing from evil? And still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou didst excite me against him to destroy him without a cause. |
12900 | JOB 2:5 | But put forth now thy hand, and touch his bone and his flesh, and to thy face will he renounce thee. |
12901 | JOB 2:6 | And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; but spare his life. |
12904 | JOB 2:9 | Then said his wife to him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? Renounce God, and die. |
12905 | JOB 2:10 | But he said to her, Thou talkest like one of the foolish women. What! shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this, Job sinned not with his lips. |
12906 | JOB 2:11 | Now three friends of Job heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and came each one from his home; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; for they had agreed to come to mourn with him, and to comfort him. |
12907 | JOB 2:12 | And they lifted up their eyes at a distance, and knew him not; then they raised their voices and wept, and rent each one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. |
12908 | JOB 2:13 | And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word to him; for they saw that his grief was very great. |
12909 | JOB 3:1 | At length Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth. |
12912 | JOB 3:4 | Let that day be darkness; Let not God seek it from above; Yea, let not the light shine upon it! |
12913 | JOB 3:5 | Let darkness and the shadow of death redeem it; Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let whatever darkeneth the day terrify it! |
12914 | JOB 3:6 | As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months! |
12915 | JOB 3:7 | O let that night be unfruitful! Let there be in it no voice of joy; |
12916 | JOB 3:8 | Let them that curse the day curse it, Who are skilful to stir up the leviathan! |
12918 | JOB 3:10 | Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, And hid not trouble from mine eyes. |
12920 | JOB 3:12 | Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I might suck? |
12921 | JOB 3:13 | For now should I lie down and be quiet; I should sleep; then should I be at rest, |
12922 | JOB 3:14 | With kings and counsellors of the earth, Who built up for themselves—ruins! |
12923 | JOB 3:15 | Or with princes that had gold, And filled their houses with silver; |
12924 | JOB 3:16 | Or, as a hidden untimely birth, I had perished; As infants which never saw the light. |
12925 | JOB 3:17 | There the wicked cease from troubling; There the weary are at rest. |