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. |
12879 | JOB 1:6 | Now on a certain day the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, and Satan also came among them. |
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, |