Part 12 (1/2)
PROLOGUE
CHAP. I. A.V.]
1 _There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared G.o.d, and eschewed evil._
2 _And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters._
3 _His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she a.s.ses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east._
4 _And his sons went and feasted_ in their _houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them._
5 _And it was so, when the days of_ their _feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings_ according _to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed G.o.d in their hearts. Thus did Job continually._
6-- _Now there was a day when the sons of G.o.d came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them._
7 _And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth and from walking up and down in it._
8 _And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that_ there is _none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth G.o.d, and escheweth evil?_
9 _Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear G.o.d for nought?_
10 _Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land._
11 _But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face._
12 _And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath_ is _in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord._
13-- _And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:_
14 _And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the a.s.ses were feeding beside them:_
15 _And the Sabeans fell_ upon them_, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee._
16 _While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of G.o.d is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee._
17 _While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee._
18 _While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters_ were _eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:
19 _And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee._
20 _Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground and wors.h.i.+pped,_
21 _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; blessed be the name of the Lord._
22 _In all this Job sinned not, nor charged G.o.d foolishly._
CHAP. II. A.V.]
1 _Again there was a day when the sons of G.o.d came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord._