Help QuickNav Adv. Options
AMP

AMP

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Format by: Verse Paragraph
Strong's
Red Letter
Audio Bibles
The Blue Letter Bible

Job 1 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

toggle collapse
Choose a new font size and typeface
Audio Bibles

Job’s Character and Wealth

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 -

[fn]There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God [with reverence] and abstained from and turned away from evil [because he honored God].

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:2 - Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - He also possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke (pairs) of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very great number of servants, so that this man was the greatest [and wealthiest and most respected] of all the men of the east (northern Arabia).

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - His sons used to go [in turn] and feast in the house of each one on his [fn]day, and they would send word and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When the days of their feasting were over, Job would send [for them] and consecrate them, rising early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “It may be that my sons have sinned and [fn]cursed God in their hearts.” Job did this at all [such] times.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:6 -

Now there was a day when the sons of God (angels) came to present themselves before the [fn]LORD, and Satan (adversary, accuser) also came among them.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” Then Satan answered the LORD, “From roaming around on the earth and from walking around on it.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - The LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered and reflected on My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God [with reverence] and abstains from and turns away from evil [because he honors God].”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9 - Then Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:10 - “Have You not put a hedge [of protection] around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands [and conferred prosperity and happiness upon him], and his possessions have increased in the land.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:11 - “But put forth Your hand now and touch (destroy) all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:12 - Then the LORD said to Satan, “Behold, all that Job has is in your power, only do not put your hand on the man himself.” So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD.

Satan Allowed to Test Job

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:13 -

Now there was a day when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were feeding beside them,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:15 - and the [fn]Sabeans attacked and swooped down on them and took away the animals. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - While he was still speaking, another [messenger] also came and said, “The fire of God (lightning) has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - While he was still speaking, another [messenger] also came and said, “The [fn]Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and have taken them away and have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:18 - While he was still speaking, another [messenger] also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - and suddenly, a great wind came from across the desert, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:20 -

Then Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head [in mourning for the children], and he fell to the ground and worshiped [God].

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - He said,

“Naked (without possessions) I came [into this world] from my mother’s womb,

And naked I will return there.

The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away;

Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:22 -

Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God.

See the AMP Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
AMP Footnotes
The written structure of this book is unusual because it combines prose and poetry. No other book in the Bible uses this prose-poetry-prose pattern. Chapters 1 and 2 are prose, and introduce the poetic monologues and dialogues that comprise the essence of the story of Job. The opening verse of each of the intervening chapters is also prose as is the denouement in ch 42:7-17. A slightly longer introductory prose section is in ch 32:1-6a. Job is probably the most ancient book in the Bible and in addition to its biblical message it is highly regarded as a literary masterpiece.
Lit house of each man his day. It has been inferred by some that his refers to Job, and that his day was Job’s birthday or some other special occasion for him. But the Hebrew wording indicates instead that his refers to each of the brothers in turn, and since there were seven of them, it follows that they held a banquet every day of the week, rotating from house to house, as is also indicated in v 5. This is evidence both of the brothers’ prosperity and the close relationship they maintained with one another.
Lit blessed, a euphemism for “cursed.” The very idea of cursing God was so repugnant and sacrilegious to the godly that they would not use the word in speech or thought.
Heb YHWH (Yahweh), and so throughout chs 1, 2, 12, 38, 40, 42.
Terrorizing robbers from SW Arabia.
Marauding nomads from the Arabian desert. Much later the Chaldeans became the dominant people in the Babylonian Empire.
AMP

Amplified Bible Copyright (c) 2015 by

The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, CA 90631 All rights reserved.

For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.

BLB Searches
Search the Bible
AMP
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
AMP
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.