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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 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/job/1.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Job’s Character and Wealth</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the east. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The Hebrew word bless is used euphemistically for curse in 1:5, 11; 2:5, 9">a</a></sup></span> God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.</p> <p class="heading">Satan Allowed to Test Job</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, and Satan<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew the Accuser or the Adversary; so throughout chapters 1-2">b</a></sup></span> also came among them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Satan answered the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil?” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then Satan answered the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> and said, “Does Job fear God for no reason? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>But stretch out your hand and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your hand. Only against him do not stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.</p> <p class="heading">Satan Takes Job’s Property and Children</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>and there came a messenger to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>and the Sabeans fell upon them and took them and struck down the servants<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew the young men; also verses 16, 17">c</a></sup></span> with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “The Chaldeans formed three groups and made a raid on the camels and took them and struck down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>and behold, a great wind came across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people, and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head and fell on the ground and worshiped. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And he said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return. The <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> gave, and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has taken away; blessed be the name of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrong.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">5</span> The Hebrew word <i>bless</i> is used euphemistically for <i>curse</i> in 1:5, 11; 2:5, 9<br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">6</span> Hebrew <i>the Accuser</i> or <i>the Adversary</i>; so throughout chapters 1 - 2<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Hebrew <i><span class="catch-word">the</span> young men</i>; also verses 16, 17<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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