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1:1  There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of perfect integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.
1:2  He had seven sons and three daughters.
1:3  His estate included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.
1:4  His sons used to take turns having banquets at their homes. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
1:5  Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job's regular practice.
1:6  One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.
1:7  The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" "From roaming through the earth," Satan answered Him, "and walking around on it."
1:8  Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil."
1:9  Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
1:10  Haven't You placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
1:11  But stretch out Your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will surely curse You to Your face."
1:12  "Very well," the LORD told Satan, "everything he owns is in your power. However, you must not lay a hand on Job himself." So Satan left the LORD's presence.
1:13  One day when Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,
1:14  a messenger came to Job and reported: "While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,
1:15  the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
1:16  He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: "A lightning storm struck from heaven. It burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
1:17  That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported: "The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
1:18  He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.
1:19  Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
1:20  Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
1:21  saying: Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will leave this life. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. Praise the name of Yahweh.
1:22  Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.