Job’s Faithfulness

1 There once was a man in the land of Uz^[a] named Job. The man was blameless as well as upright. He feared God and kept away from evil. ² Seven sons and three daughters had been born to him. ³ His livestock included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams^[b] of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and many servants. Indeed, the man’s stature greatly exceeded that of many people who lived in the East.