Satan Tests Job

1 There was a man named Job, living in the land of Uz,^[a] who worshiped God and was faithful to him. He was a good man, careful not to do anything evil. ² He had seven sons and three daughters, ³ and owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, one thousand head of cattle, and five hundred donkeys. He also had a large number of servants and was the richest man in the East.

⁴ Job's sons used to take turns giving a feast, to which all the others would come, and they always invited their three sisters to join them.

²² In spite of everything that had happened, Job did not sin by blaming God.