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| Job 1:1 | There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil. | 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. |
| Job 1:2 | And he had seven sons and three daughters. | And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. |
| Job 1:3 | And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east. | 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. |
| Job 1:4 | His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these times they sent for their three sisters to take part in their feasts with them. | 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. |
| Job 1:5 | And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round. | 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. |
| Job 1:6 | And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them. | Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them. |
| Job 1:7 | And the Lord said to the Satan, Where do you come from? And the Satan said in answer, From wandering this way and that on the earth, and walking about on it. | And Jehovah said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. |
| Job 1:8 | And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? | And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil. |
| Job 1:9 | And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man? | Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? |
| Job 1:10 | Have you yourself not put a wall round him and his house and all he has on every side, blessing the work of his hands, and increasing his cattle in the land? | Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. |
| Job 1:11 | But now, put out your hand against all he has, and he will be cursing you to your face. | But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face. |
| Job 1:12 | And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord. | And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah. |
| Job 1:13 | And there was a day when his sons and daughters were feasting in the house of their oldest brother, | And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, |
| Job 1:14 | And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side: | that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them; |
| Job 1:15 | And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news. | 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 thee. |
| Job 1:16 | And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news. | While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. |
| Job 1:17 | And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news. | 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 thee. |
| Job 1:18 | And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house, | 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; |
| Job 1:19 | When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news. | 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 thee. |
| Job 1:20 | Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said, | Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped; |
| Job 1:21 | With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised. | and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah. |
| Job 1:22 | In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish. | In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. |
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