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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><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="/bmc//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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/job/">Job</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 align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/job/1.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/job/1.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/job/1.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/job/1.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/job/1.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/job/1.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/job/1.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Job’s Character and Wealth<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../james/5.htm#7">James 5:7–12</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He had seven sons and three daughters, <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East. <A name="5"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice. <A name="7"></a><p class="hdg">Satan’s First Attack<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> also came with them. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. <p class="reg">“From roaming through the earth,” he replied, “and walking back and forth in it.” <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.” <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing? <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.” <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” <p class="reg"> Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD. <A name="14"></a><p class="hdg">Job Loses His Children and Possessions<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!” <A name="17"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!” <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!” <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!” <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped, <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>saying: <p class="indent1stline">“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, <p class="indent2"> and naked I will return. <p class="indent1"> The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. <p class="indent2"> Blessed be the name of the LORD.” <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> That is, <i>the Accuser</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>the Adversary</i><span class="thin"> </span>; here and throughout <a href="../job/1.htm">Job 1</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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