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Job 1
There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job,
and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God,
and avoiding evil.
And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three
thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and
five hundred she asses, and a family exceeding great:
and this man was great among all the people of the east.
And his sons went, and made a feast by houses every
one in his day. And sending they called their three
sisters to eat and drink with them.
And when the days of their feasting were gone about,
Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up
early offered holocausts for every one of them. For
he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have
blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days.
Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to stand
before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.
And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou ? And he
answered and said: I have gone round about the earth,
and walked through it.
And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant
Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple
and upright man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil?
And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain
?
Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his house, and
all his substance round about, blessed the works of
his hands, and his possession hath increased on the
earth ?
But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that
he hath, and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face.
Then the Lord said to Satan: Behold, all that he hath
is in thy hand: only put not forth thy hand upon his
person. And Satan went forth from the presence of the
Lord.
Now upon a certain day when his sons and daughters were
eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest
brother,
There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were
ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,
And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew
the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped
to tell thee.
And while he was yet speaking, another came, and said:
The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep
and the servants, hath consumed them, and I alone have
escaped to tell thee.
And while he also was yet speaking, there came another,
and said: The Chaldeans made three troops, and have
fallen upon the camels, and taken them, moreover they
have slain the servants with the sword, and I alone
have escaped to tell thee.
He was yet speaking, and behold another came in, and
said: Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking
wine in the house of their elder brother:
A violent wind came on a sudden from the side of the
desert, and shook the four corners of the house, and
it fell upon thy children and they are dead, and I alone
have escaped to fell thee.
Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having
shaven his head 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: as it hath pleased the Lord so
is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord.
In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor
spoke he any foolish thing against God.
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