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Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.3.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.1.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> This was Job’s regular practice.</p><h3 class="head1">Satan’s First Test of Job</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>One day the sons of God<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> came to present themselves before the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, and Satan<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.1.6.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> also came with them. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> asked Satan, “Where have you come from? ”</p><p class="scripture">“From roaming through the earth,”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> Satan answered him, “and walking around on it.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> who fears God and turns away from evil.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.8.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Satan answered the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>, “Does Job fear God for nothing? <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Haven’t you placed a hedge around<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.11" /> <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<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> everything he owns, and he will surely curse you to your face.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“Very well,” the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> told Satan, “everything he owns is in your power. However, do not lay a hand on Job himself.” So Satan left the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s presence.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>One day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>a messenger came to Job and reported, “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>the Sabeans<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported, “God’s fire fell from heaven.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> It burned the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you! ”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Then Job stood up, tore<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> his robe, and shaved<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.20.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>saying:</p><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem">Naked I came from my mother’s womb,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and naked I will leave this life.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.1.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.21.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a></p><p class="poem">The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> gives, and the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> takes away.</p><p class="poem">Blessed be the name of the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.21.3"><span class="xrfAlphabet">c</span></a></p></blockquote><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.1.22" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/1-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.1.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.1.22.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.1" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.1.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.5">1:5</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">for the number of</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.1.6.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.6">1:6</a></span> Or <span class="italic">the adversary</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.1.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.21">1:21</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">will return there</span> ; Ps 139:13,15</aside><aside id="fn.Job.1.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.22">1:22</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">or ascribe blame to God</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.1" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.1.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.1">1:1</a></span> Jr 25:20; Lm 4:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.1.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.1">1:1</a></span> Ezk 14:14,20; Jms 5:11</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.1.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.1">1:1</a></span> Jb 2:3; 8:20; 9:20–22</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.1.4"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.1">1:1</a></span> Jb 28:28; Pr 3:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.2">1:2</a></span> Jb 42:13</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.3">1:3</a></span> Jb 42:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.3.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.3">1:3</a></span> 1Kg 4:30; Is 11:14; Jr 49:28; Ezk 25:4,10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.5">1:5</a></span> Jb 42:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.6">1:6</a></span> Gn 6:2,4; Jb 2:1; 38:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.7">1:7</a></span> 1Pt 5:8</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.8">1:8</a></span> Ps 25:21; Pr 29:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.8.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.8">1:8</a></span> Jb 28:28; Pr 3:7; 13:19; 14:16; 16:6,17</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.10">1:10</a></span> Ps 34:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.11">1:11</a></span> Jb 2:5; 4:5; 5:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.15">1:15</a></span> Gn 10:7; Jb 6:19; Is 45:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.16">1:16</a></span> Gn 19:24; 1Kg 18:38; 2Kg 1:10–14</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.20">1:20</a></span> Gn 37:29,34; Jos 7:6; Jb 2:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.20.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.20">1:20</a></span> Jr 7:29; Ezk 7:18; Mc 1:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.21">1:21</a></span> Jb 3:10–11; 10:17–18; Jr 20:17–18</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.21.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.21">1:21</a></span> Ps 139:13,15</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.21.3"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.21">1:21</a></span> Jb 38:1; Ps 113:2; 118:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.1.22.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.1.22">1:22</a></span> Jb 2:10</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.1" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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