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Job 1 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:2 - And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:6 - Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:7 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - 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?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:9 - Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:10 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:11 - But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:12 - 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.

Satan Allowed to Test Job

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:13 - And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:14 - And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:15 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:16 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:17 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:18 - 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:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:19 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:20 - Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:21 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:22 - In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
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The Authorized Version or King James Version (KJV), 1611, 1769.
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