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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 1 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/job/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Job 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../esther/10.htm" title="Esther 10">◄</a> Job 1 <a href="../job/2.htm" title="Job 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Job and His Family</h3><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.1" class="v18_1_1">1</span>Many years ago, a man named Job lived in the land of Uz.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.1.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> He was a truly good person, who respected God and refused to do evil.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.2" class="v18_1_2">2</span>Job had 7 sons and 3 daughters. </span><span class="v18_1_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.3" class="v18_1_3">3</span>He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 pair of oxen, 500 donkeys, and a large number of servants. He was the richest person in the East.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.4" class="v18_1_4">4</span>Job's sons took turns having feasts in their homes, and they always invited their three sisters to join in the eating and drinking. </span><span class="v18_1_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.5" class="v18_1_5">5</span>After each feast, Job would send for his children and perform a ceremony, as a way of asking God to forgive them of any wrongs they may have done. He would get up early the next morning and offer a sacrifice for each of them, just in case they had sinned or silently cursed God.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Angels, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, and Satan</h3><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.6" class="v18_1_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.1.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> One day, when the angels<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.1.6!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> had gathered around the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, and Satan<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.1.6!f.3" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> was there with them, </span><span class="v18_1_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.7" class="v18_1_7">7</span>the <span class="nd">Lord</span> asked, “Satan, where have you been?”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_7">Satan replied, “I have been going all over the earth.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.8" class="v18_1_8">8</span>Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> asked, “What do you think of my servant Job? No one on earth is like him—he is a truly good person, who respects me and refuses to do evil.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.9" class="v18_1_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.1.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Why shouldn't he respect you?” Satan remarked. </span><span class="v18_1_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.10" class="v18_1_10">10</span>“You are like a wall protecting not only him, but his entire family and all his property. You make him successful in whatever he does, and his flocks and herds are everywhere. </span><span class="v18_1_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.11" class="v18_1_11">11</span>Try taking away everything he owns, and he will curse you to your face.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.12" class="v18_1_12">12</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> replied, “All right, Satan, do what you want with anything that belongs to him, but don't harm Job.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_12">Then Satan left.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Job Loses Everything</h3><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.13" class="v18_1_13">13</span>Job's sons and daughters were having a feast in the home of his oldest son, </span><span class="v18_1_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.14" class="v18_1_14">14</span>when someone rushed up to Job and said, “While your servants were plowing with your oxen, and your donkeys were nearby eating grass, </span><span class="v18_1_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.15" class="v18_1_15">15</span>a gang of Sabeans<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.1.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> attacked and stole the oxen and donkeys! Your other servants were killed, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.16" class="v18_1_16">16</span>That servant was still speaking, when a second one came running and said, “God sent down a fire that killed your sheep and your servants. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.17" class="v18_1_17">17</span>Before that servant finished speaking, a third one raced up and said, “Three gangs of Chaldeans<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.1.17!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> attacked and stole your camels! All of your other servants were killed, and I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.18" class="v18_1_18">18</span>That servant was still speaking, when a fourth one dashed up and said, “Your children were having a feast and drinking wine at the home of your oldest son, </span><span class="v18_1_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.19" class="v18_1_19">19</span>when suddenly a windstorm from the desert blew the house down, crushing all of your children. I am the only one who escaped to tell you.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.20" class="v18_1_20">20</span>When Job heard this, he tore his clothes and shaved his head because of his great sorrow. He knelt on the ground, then worshiped God </span><span class="v18_1_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.21" class="v18_1_21">21</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Job.1.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and said:</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_1_21">“We bring nothing at birth;</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_1_21">we take nothing</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_1_21">with us at death.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_1_21">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> alone gives and takes.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_1_21">Praise the name of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>!”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="par"><span class="v18_1_22"><span class="reftext" id="Job.1.22" class="v18_1_22">22</span>In spite of everything, Job did not sin or accuse God of doing wrong.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Uz: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The exact location of this place is unknown, though it was possibly somewhere in northwest Arabia.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">angels: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 15.8.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Satan: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Hebrew “the accuser.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Sabeans: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Perhaps the people of Sheba in what is now southwest Arabia (see Isaiah 60.6).</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">1.17 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Chaldeans: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">People from the region of Babylonia, northeast of Palestine.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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