Job:1

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* THERE was a man in the land of Uz , whose name was Job ; and that man was whole-hearted and upright , and one that feared God , and shunned evil . * And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters . * His possessions also were seven thousand sheep , and three thousand camels , and five hundred yoke of oxen , and five hundred she-asses , and a very great household ; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east . * And his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one upon his day ; and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them . * And it was so , when the days of their feasting were gone about , that Job sent and sanctified them , and rose up early in the morning , and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all ; for Job said : 'It may be that my sons have sinned , and blasphemed God in their hearts .' Thus did Job continually . * Now it fell upon a day , that the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD , and Satan came also among them . * And the LORD said unto Satan : 'Whence comest thou ?' Then Satan answered the LORD , and said : 'From going to and fro in the earth , and from walking up and down in it .' * And the LORD said unto Satan : 'Hast thou considered My servant Job , that there is none like him in the earth , a whole-hearted and an upright man , one that feareth God , and shunneth evil ?' * Then Satan answered the LORD , and said : 'Doth Job fear God for nought ? * Hast not Thou made a hedge about him , and about his house , and about all that he hath , on every side ? Thou hast blessed the work of his hands , and his possessions are increased in the land . * But put forth Thy hand now , and touch all that he hath , surely he will blaspheme Thee to Thy face .' * And the LORD said unto Satan : 'Behold , all that he hath is in thy power ; only upon himself put not forth thy hand .' So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD . * And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother 's house , * that there came a messenger unto Job , and said : 'The oxen were plowing , and the asses feeding beside them ; * and the Sabeans made a raid , and took them away ; yea , they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee .' * While he was yet speaking , there came also another , and said : 'A fire of God is fallen from heaven , and hath burned up the sheep , and the servants , and consumed them ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee .' * While he was yet speaking , there came also another , and said : 'The Chaldeans set themselves in three bands , and fell upon the camels , and have taken them away , yea , and slain the servants with the edge of the sword ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee .' * While he was yet speaking , there came also another , and said : 'Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother 's house ; * And , behold , there came a great wind from across the wilderness , and smote the four corners of the house , and it fell upon the young people , and they are dead ; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee .' * Then Job arose , and rent his mantle , and shaved his head , and fell down upon the ground , and worshipped ; * And he 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 ; blessed be the name of the LORD . * For all this Job sinned not , nor ascribed aught unseemly to God .

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