Dual Panel1There was <01961> a man <0376> in the land <0776> of Uz <05780> whose name <08034> was <01961> Job <0347>. And that <01931> man <0376> was pure <08535> and upright <03477>, one who feared <03373> God <0430> and turned away <05493> from evil <07451>.
2Seven <07651> sons <01121> and three <07969> daughters <01323> were born <03205> to him.
3His possessions <04735> included <01961> 7,000 <0505> <07651> sheep <06629>, 3,000 <0505> <07969> camels <01581>, 500 <03967> <02568> yoke <06776> of oxen <01241>, and 500 <03967> <02568> female donkeys <0860>; in addition he had a very <03966> great <07227> household <05657>. Thus he <01931> <0376> was <01961> the greatest <01419> of all <03605> the people <01121> in the east <06924>.
4Now his sons <01121> used to go <01980> and hold <06213> a feast <04960> in the house <01004> of each one <0376> in turn <03117>, and they would send <07971> and invite <07121> their three <07969> sisters <0269> to eat <0398> and to drink <08354> with <05973> them.
5When <03588> the days <03117> of their feasting <04960> were finished <05362>, Job <0347> would send <07971> for them and sanctify <06942> them; he would get up early <07925> in the morning <01242> and offer <05927> burnt offerings <05930> according to the number <04557> of them all <03605>. For <03588> Job <0347> thought <0559>, “Perhaps <0194> my children <01121> have sinned <02398> and cursed <01288> God <0430> in their hearts <03824>.” This <03602> was Job’s <0347> customary <03117> <03605> practice <06213>.
6Now the day <03117> came <01961> when the sons <01121> of God <0430> came <0935> to present <03320> themselves before <05921> the Lord <03068>– and Satan <07854> also <01571> arrived <0935> among <08432> them.
7The Lord <03069> said <0559> to <0413> Satan <07854>, “Where <0370> have you come <0935> from?” And Satan <07854> answered <06030> the Lord <03069>, “From roving about <07751> on the earth <0776>, and from walking back and forth across <01980> it.”
8So the Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Satan <07854>, “Have you considered <03820> <07760> my servant <05650> Job <0347>? There is no <0369> one like <03644> him on the earth <0776>, a pure <08535> and upright <03477> man, one who fears <03373> God <0430> and turns away <05493> from evil <07451>.”
9Then Satan <07854> answered <06030> the Lord <03068>, “Is it for nothing <02600> that Job <0347> fears <03372> God <0430>?
10Have you <0859> not <03808> made a hedge <07753> around <01157> him and his household <01004> and all <03605> that <0834> he has on every side <05439>? You have blessed <01288> the work <04639> of his hands <03027>, and his livestock <04735> have increased <06555> in the land <0776>.
11But <0199> extend <07971> your hand <03027> and strike <05060> everything <03605> he has, and he will no <03808> doubt curse <01288> you to your face <06440>!”
12So the Lord <03068> said <0559> to <0413> Satan <07854>, “All right then, everything <03605> he has is in your power <03027>. Only <07535> do not <0408> extend <07971> your hand <03027> against <0413> the man himself!” So Satan <07854> went out <03318> from <05973> the presence <06440> of the Lord <03068>.
13Now the day <03117> came <01961> when Job’s sons <01121> and daughters <01323> were eating <0398> and drinking <08354> wine <03196> in their oldest <01060> brother’s <0251> house <01004>,
14and a messenger <04397> came <0935> to <0413> Job <0347>, saying <0559>, “The oxen <01241> were <01961> plowing <02790> and the donkeys <0860> were grazing <07462> beside <03027> <05921> them,
15and the Sabeans <07614> swooped down <05307> and carried <03947> them all away <03947>, and they killed <05221> the servants <05288> with the sword <02719>! And I– only <07535> I <0589> alone <0905>– escaped <04422> to tell <05046> you!”
16While this <02088> one was still <05750> speaking <01696>, another <02088> messenger arrived <0935> and said <0559>, “The fire <0784> of God <0430> has fallen <05307> from <04480> heaven <08064> and has burned up <01197> the sheep <06629> and the servants <05288>– it has consumed <0398> them! And I– only <07535> I <0589> alone <0905>– escaped <04422> to tell <05046> you!”
17While this <02088> one was still <05750> speaking <01696> another messenger <02088> arrived <0935> and said <0559>, “The Chaldeans <03778> formed <07760> three <07969> bands <07218> and made <06584> a raid <06584> on <05921> the camels <01581> and carried <03947> them all away <03947>, and they killed <05221> the servants <05288> with the sword <02719> <06310>! And I– only <07535> I <0589> alone <0905>– escaped <04422> to tell <05046> you!”
18While <05704> this <02088> one was still speaking <01696> another messenger <02088> arrived <0935> and said <0559>, “Your sons <01121> and your daughters <01323> were eating <0398> and drinking <08354> wine <03196> in their oldest <01060> brother’s <0251> house <01004>,
19and suddenly <02009> a great <01419> wind <07307> swept <0935> across <05676> the wilderness <04057> and struck <05060> the four <0702> corners <06438> of the house <01004>, and it fell <05307> on <05921> the young people <05288>, and they died <04191>! And I– only <07535> I <0589> alone <0905>– escaped <04422> to tell <05046> you!”
20Then Job <0347> got up <06965> and tore <07167> his robe <04598>. He shaved <01494> his head <07218>, and then he threw <05307> himself down <05307> with his face to the ground <0776>.
21He said <0559>, “Naked <06174> I came <03318> from my mother’s <0517> womb <0990>, and naked <06174> I will return <07725> there <08033>. The Lord <03068> gives <05414>, and the Lord <03068> takes away <03947>. May the name <08034> of the Lord <03068> be blessed <01288>!”
22In all <03605> this <02063> Job <0347> did not <03808> sin <02398>, nor <03808> did he charge <05414> God <0430> with moral impropriety <08604>.