Job:1-3

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* There was a man in the land of Uz , whose name was Job ; and that man was perfect and upright , and one that feared God , and eschewed evil . * And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters . * His substance also was 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 men of the east . * And his sons went and feasted in their houses , every one his day ; and sent and called for 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 cursed God in their hearts . Thus did Job continually . * Now there was a day when 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 perfect and an upright man , one that feareth God , and escheweth evil ? * Then Satan answered the LORD , and said , Doth Job fear God for nought ? * Hast not thou made an 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 substance is increased in the land . * But put forth thine hand now , and touch all that he hath , and he will curse 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 thine hand . So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD . * And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother 's house : * And there came a messenger unto Job , and said , The oxen were plowing , and the asses feeding beside them : * And the Sabeans fell upon them , 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 , The 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 made out three bands , and fell upon the camels , and have carried 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 the wilderness , and smote the four corners of the house , and it fell upon the young men , 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 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 . * In all this Job sinned not , nor charged God foolishly . * Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD , and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD . * And the LORD said unto Satan , From whence comest thou ? And 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 perfect and an upright man , one that feareth God , and escheweth evil ? and still he holdeth fast his integrity , although thou movedst me against him , to destroy him without cause . * And Satan answered the LORD , and said , Skin for skin , yea , all that a man hath will he give for his life . * But put forth thine hand now , and touch his bone and his flesh , and he will curse thee to thy face . * And the LORD said unto Satan , Behold , he is in thine hand ; but save his life . * So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD , and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown . * And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal ; and he sat down among the ashes . * Then said his wife unto him , Dost thou still retain thine integrity ? curse God , and die . * But he said unto her , Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh . What ? shall we receive good at the hand of God , and shall we not receive evil ? In all this did not Job sin with his lips . * Now when Job 's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him , they came every one from his own place ; Eliphaz the Temanite , and Bildad the Shuhite , and Zophar the Naamathite : for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him . * And when they lifted up their eyes afar off , and knew him not , they lifted up their voice , and wept ; and they rent every one his mantle , and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven . * So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights , and none spake a word unto him : for they saw that his grief was very great . * After this opened Job his mouth , and cursed his day . * And Job spake , and said , * Let the day perish wherein I was born , and the night in which it was said , There is a man child conceived . * Let that day be darkness ; let not God regard it from above , neither let the light shine upon it . * Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it ; let a cloud dwell upon it ; let the blackness of the day terrify it . * As for that night , let darkness seize upon it ; let it not be joined unto the days of the year , let it not come into the number of the months . * Lo , let that night be solitary , let no joyful voice come therein . * Let them curse it that curse the day , who are ready to raise up their mourning . * Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark ; let it look for light , but have none ; neither let it see the dawning of the day : * Because it shut not up the doors of my mother 's womb , nor hid sorrow from mine eyes . * Why died I not from the womb ? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly ? * Why did the knees prevent me ? or why the breasts that I should suck ? * For now should I have lain still and been quiet , I should have slept : then had I been at rest , * With kings and counsellors of the earth , which built desolate places for themselves ; * Or with princes that had gold , who filled their houses with silver : * Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been ; as infants which never saw light . * There the wicked cease from troubling ; and there the weary be at rest . * There the prisoners rest together ; they hear not the voice of the oppressor . * The small and great are there ; and the servant is free from his master . * Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery , and life unto the bitter in soul ; * Which long for death , but it cometh not ; and dig for it more than for hid treasures ; * Which rejoice exceedingly , and are glad , when they can find the grave ? * Why is light given to a man whose way is hid , and whom God hath hedged in ? * For my sighing cometh before I eat , and my roarings are poured out like the waters . * For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me , and that which I was afraid of is come unto me . * I was not in safety , neither had I rest , neither was I quiet ; yet trouble came . * Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said ,

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