Job 1
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Job 1
Job and His Family
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Gen 6.9; 17.1; Ex 18.21; Jer 25.20; Ezek 14.14; Jas 5.11 There was once a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. 2#Job 42.13There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3#Job 42.12He had seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred donkeys, and very many servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East. 4His sons used to go and hold feasts in one another’s houses in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 5#Gen 8.20; Ex 19.10; 1 Kings 21.10, 13And when the feast days had run their course, Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all, for Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This is what Job always did.
Attack on Job’s Character
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1 Chr 21.1; Job 38.7 One day the heavenly beings#1.6 Heb sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and the accuser#1.6 Heb the satan also came among them. 7#1 Pet 5.8The Lord said to the accuser,#1.7 Heb the satan “Where have you come from?” The accuser#1.7 Heb the satan answered the Lord, “From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it.” 8#v 1; Job 42.7, 8The Lord said to the accuser,#1.8 Heb the satan “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and turns away from evil.” 9#1 Tim 6.5Then the accuser#1.9 Heb the satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing? 10#Job 29.2–6; 31.25; Ps 128.1, 2Have you not put a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. 11#Job 2.5; 19.21But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.” 12The Lord said to the accuser,#1.12 Heb the satan “Very well, all that he has is in your power; only do not stretch out your hand against him!” So the accuser#1.12 Heb the satan went out from the presence of the Lord.
Job Loses Property and Children
13One day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the eldest brother’s house, 14a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were feeding beside them, 15#Job 6.19and the Sabeans fell on them and carried them off and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; I alone have escaped to tell you.” 16#Gen 19.24; Lev 10.2; Num 11.1–3; 2 Kings 1.10While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them; I alone have escaped to tell you.” 17#Gen 11.28, 31While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three columns, made a raid on the camels and carried them off, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; I alone have escaped to tell you.” 18#vv 4, 13While he was still speaking, another came and said, “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house, 19#Jer 4.11; 13.24and suddenly a great wind came across the desert, struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they are dead; I alone have escaped to tell you.”
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Gen 37.29; 1 Pet 5.6 Then Job arose, tore his robe, shaved his head, and fell on the ground and worshiped. 21#Job 2.10; Eccl 5.15; Eph 5.20; 1 Thess 5.18; 1 Tim 6.7He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
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Job 2.10
In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
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