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Job
chapter 1
1
There
was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and
upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil.
2 And there were born to him seven sons and three
daughters.
3 And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and
three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she
asses, and a family exceeding great: and this man was great among all the
people of the east.
4 And his sons went, and made a feast by houses every
one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters to eat and drink
with them.
5 And when the days of their feasting were gone about,
Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early offered holocausts
for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have
blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days.
6 Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to
stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.
7 And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou ? And he
answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it.
8 And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my
servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and upright
man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil?
9 And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain
?
10 Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his house,
and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his
possession hath increased on the earth ?
11 But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all
that he hath, and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face.
12 Then the Lord said to Satan: Behold, all that he
hath is in thy hand: only put not forth thy hand upon his person. And Satan
went forth from the presence of the Lord.
13 Now upon a certain day when his sons and daughters
were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother,
14 There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen
were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,
15 And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and
slew the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee.
16 And while he was yet speaking, another came, and
said: The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the
servants, hath consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell thee.
17 And while he also was yet speaking, there came
another, and said: The Chaldeans made three troops, and have fallen upon the
camels, and taken them, moreover they have slain the servants with the sword,
and I alone have escaped to tell thee.
18 He was yet speaking, and behold another came in, and
said: Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of
their elder brother:
19 A violent wind came on a sudden from the side of the
desert, and shook the four corners of the house, and it fell upon thy children
and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to fell thee.
20 Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having
shaven his head fell down upon the ground and worshipped,
21 And said: Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and
naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: as
it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.
22 In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor
spoke he any foolish thing against God.
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