Old/New Testament
Job’s Character and Greatness
1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose[a] name was Job. That[b] man was blameless and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. 2 And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 Then[c] his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs[d] of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east. 4 And his sons used to go and hold a feast at each other’s house[e] on his day, and they would send, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 Then when[f] the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send,[g] and he would sanctify them. Thus[h] he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of all of them, because Job thought,[i] “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed[j] God in their heart.” This is what Job used to do all the time.[k]
6 And it happened one day[l] that[m] the sons of God[n] came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan[o] also came into their midst. 7 So[p] Yahweh said to Satan,[q] “From where have you come?”
Then[r] Satan[s] answered Yahweh and said, “From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it.”
8 So[t] Yahweh said to Satan,[u] “Have you considered[v] my servant Job? Indeed,[w] there is no one like him on the earth—a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil.”
9 Then[x] Satan[y] answered Yahweh and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? 10 Have you[z] not put a fence around him and his household and around all that belongs to him[aa] on every side?[ab] You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock[ac] has increased in the land. 11 But,[ad] on the other hand, stretch out[ae] your hand and touch all that belongs to him[af] and see whether[ag] he will curse[ah] you to your face.”
12 So[ai] Yahweh said to Satan,[aj] “Look, all that belongs to him[ak] is in your power.[al] Only do not stretch out your hand against[am] him.” So[an] Satan[ao] went out from Yahweh’s presence.[ap]
The Adversary’s Attack on Job’s Possessions
13 And then there was one day when[aq] his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother’s house. 14 And a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the female donkeys were feeding beside them.[ar] 15 Then[as] the Sabeans attacked,[at] and they took them, and they slew the servants by the edge of the sword.[au] But[av] I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”
16 While this one was still speaking, another[aw] came and said, “The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”
17 While this one was still speaking, another[ax] came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants by the edge of the sword,[ay] but I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”
18 At the time[az] this one was speaking, another[ba] came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother’s house. 19 And behold,[bb] a great wind came from across the desert, and it struck the four corners of the house so that[bc] it fell upon the young people, and they died. But I escaped, even I alone, to tell you.”
20 Then[bd] Job arose and tore his outer garment[be] and shaved his head; then[bf] he fell upon the ground and he worshiped. 21 Then[bg] he said, “Naked I came out from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. Yahweh gives, and Yahweh takes. Let Yahweh’s name be blessed.” 22 In all this, Job did not sin and did not charge God with wrongdoing.[bh]
The Adversary’s Attack on Job’s Person
2 And then[bi] one day the sons of God[bj] came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan[bk] also came into their midst to present himself before Yahweh. 2 So[bl] Yahweh asked[bm] Satan,[bn] “From where have you come?”
And Satan[bo] answered Yahweh and said, “From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it.”
3 So[bp] Yahweh asked[bq] Satan,[br] “Have you considered[bs] my servant Job? Indeed,[bt] there is no one like him on the earth—a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness even though[bu] you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing.”
4 Then[bv] Satan[bw] answered him and said, “Skin for skin! All that that[bx] man has he will give for his life. 5 But stretch out[by] your hand and touch his bones and his flesh, and see whether[bz] he will curse[ca] you to your face.”[cb]
6 So[cc] Yahweh said to Satan,[cd] “All right,[ce] he is in your power.[cf] Only spare his life.”
Job’s Blameless Behavior
7 So[cg] Satan[ch] went out from Yahweh’s presence,[ci] and he inflicted Job with loathsome skin sores from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head. 8 So[cj] he took for himself a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat in the midst of the ashes.
9 Then[ck] his wife said to him, “Are you still persisting in your blamelessness? Curse[cl] God and die.”
10 So[cm] he said to her, “You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but[cn] not receive the evil?” In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.
11 Thus[co] Job’s three friends heard of this calamity that had come upon him. So[cp] each set out from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. And they met[cq] together to come to console him and to comfort him.
12 Thus[cr] they lifted up their eyes[cs] from afar, but[ct] they did not recognize him, so[cu] they raised their voice, and they wept, and each man tore his outer garment[cv] and threw dust on their heads toward the sky.[cw] 13 Then[cx] they sat with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, but[cy] no one spoke[cz] a word to him because they saw that his[da] suffering was very great.
22 And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was powerful in his words and deeds.
23 “But when he was forty years old,[a] it entered in his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel. 24 And when he[b] saw one of them being unjustly harmed, he defended him[c] and avenged[d] the one who had been oppressed by[e] striking down the Egyptian. 25 And he thought his[f] brothers would understand that God was granting deliverance to them by his hand, but they did not understand. 26 And on the following day, he made an appearance to them while they[g] were fighting and was attempting to reconcile[h] them in peace, saying, ‘Men and brothers, why are you doing wrong to one another?’ 27 But the one who was doing wrong to his[i] neighbor pushed him aside, saying, ‘Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 You do not want to do away with me the same way[j] you did away with the Egyptian yesterday, do you?’[k] 29 And at this statement, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30 “And when[l] forty years had been completed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flame of a burning bush. 31 And when[m] Moses saw it,[n] he was astonished at the sight, and when[o] he approached to look at it,[p] the voice of the Lord came: 32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob!’[q] So Moses began trembling and[r] did not dare to look at it.[s] 33 And the Lord said to him, ‘Untie the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground. 34 I have certainly seen[t] the mistreatment of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’[u] 35 This Moses whom they had repudiated, saying, ‘Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?’[v]—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer with the help[w] of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
37 “This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’[x] 38 This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and who with our fathers received living oracles to give to us, 39 to whom our fathers were not willing to become obedient, but rejected him[y] and turned back in their hearts to Egypt, 40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go on before us! For this Moses, who led us out from the land of Egypt—we do not know what has happened to him!’[z] 41 And they manufactured a calf in those days, and offered up a sacrifice to the idol, and began rejoicing[aa] in the works of their hands. 42 But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, just as it is written in the book of the prophets:
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