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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 God, and eschewed evil.
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1. There was H1961 a man H376 in the land H776 of Uz H5780 , whose name H8034 was Job H347 ; and that H1931 man H376 was H1961 perfect H8535 and upright H3477 , and one that feared H3373 God H430 , and eschewed H5493 evil H4480 H7451 .
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2. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
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2. And there were born H3205 unto him seven H7651 sons H1121 and three H7969 daughters H1323 .
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3. His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she�asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
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3. His substance H4735 also was H1961 seven H7651 thousand H505 sheep H6629 , and three H7969 thousand H505 camels H1581 , and five H2568 hundred H3967 yoke H6776 of oxen H1241 , and five H2568 hundred H3967 she asses H860 , and a very H3966 great H7227 household H5657 ; so that this H1931 man H376 was H1961 the greatest H1419 of all H4480 H3605 the men H1121 of the east H6924 .
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4. And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
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4. And his sons H1121 went H1980 and feasted H6213 H4960 in their houses H1004 , every one H376 his day H3117 ; and sent H7971 and called H7121 for their three H7969 sisters H269 to eat H398 and to drink H8354 with H5973 them.
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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 burn offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
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5. And it was H1961 so, when H3588 the days H3117 of their feasting H4960 were gone about H5362 , that Job H347 sent H7971 and sanctified H6942 them , and rose up early H7925 in the morning H1242 , and offered H5927 burnt offerings H5930 according to the number H4557 of them all H3605 : for H3588 Job H347 said H559 , It may be H194 that my sons H1121 have sinned H2398 , and cursed H1288 God H430 in their hearts H3824 . Thus H3602 did H6213 Job H347 continually H3605 H3117 .
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6. Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
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6. Now there was H1961 a day H3117 when the sons H1121 of God H430 came H935 to present themselves H3320 before H5921 the LORD H3068 , and Satan H7854 came H935 also H1571 among H8432 them.
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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.
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7. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Satan H7854 , Whence H4480 H370 comest H935 thou? Then Satan H7854 answered H6030 H853 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , From going to and fro H4480 H7751 in the earth H776 , and from walking up and down H4480 H1980 in it.
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8. And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an uptight man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil.
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8. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Satan H7854 , Hast thou considered H7760 H3820 H5921 my servant H5650 Job H347 , that H3588 there is none H369 like him H3644 in the earth H776 , a perfect H8535 and an upright H3477 man H376 , one that feareth H3373 God H430 , and escheweth H5493 evil H4480 H7451 ?
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9. Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
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9. Then Satan H7854 answered H6030 H853 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , Doth Job H347 fear H3372 God H430 for naught H2600 ?
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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.
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10. Hast not H3808 thou H859 made a hedge H7753 about H1157 him , and about H1157 his house H1004 , and about H1157 all H3605 that H834 he hath on every side H4480 H5439 ? thou hast blessed H1288 the work H4639 of his hands H3027 , and his substance H4735 is increased H6555 in the land H776 .
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11. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will renounce thee to thy face.
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11. But H199 put forth H7971 thine hand H3027 now H4994 , and touch H5060 all H3605 that H834 he hath, and H518 he will curse H1288 thee to H5921 thy face H6440 .
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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.
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12. And the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Satan H7854 , Behold H2009 , all H3605 that H834 he hath is in thy power H3027 ; only H7535 upon H413 himself put not forth H408 H7971 thine hand H3027 . So Satan H7854 went forth H3318 from H4480 H5973 the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068 .
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13. And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother�s house,
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13. And there was H1961 a day H3117 when his sons H1121 and his daughters H1323 were eating H398 and drinking H8354 wine H3196 in their eldest H1060 brother H251 's house H1004 :
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14. that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
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14. And there came H935 a messenger H4397 unto H413 Job H347 , and said H559 , The oxen H1241 were H1961 plowing H2790 , and the asses H860 feeding H7462 beside H5921 H3027 them:
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15. and the Sabeans fell {cf15i 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.
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15. And the Sabeans H7614 fell H5307 upon them , and took them away H3947 ; yea , they have slain H5221 the servants H5288 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 ; and I H589 only H7535 am escaped H4422 alone H905 to tell H5046 thee.
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16. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God 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.
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16. While he H2088 was yet H5750 speaking H1696 , there came H935 also another H2088 , and said H559 , The fire H784 of God H430 is fallen H5307 from H4480 heaven H8064 , and hath burned up H1197 the sheep H6629 , and the servants H5288 , and consumed H398 them ; and I H589 only H7535 am escaped H4422 alone H905 to tell H5046 thee.
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17. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
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17. While he H2088 was yet H5750 speaking H1696 , there came H935 also another H2088 , and said H559 , The Chaldeans H3778 made H7760 out three H7969 bands H7218 , and fell H6584 upon H5921 the camels H1581 , and have carried them away H3947 , yea , and slain H5221 the servants H5288 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719 ; and I H589 only H7535 am escaped H4422 alone H905 to tell H5046 thee.
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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:
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18. While he H2088 was yet H5750 speaking H1696 , there came H935 also another H2088 , and said H559 , Thy sons H1121 and thy daughters H1323 were eating H398 and drinking H8354 wine H3196 in their eldest H1060 brother H251 's house H1004 :
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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.
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19. And, behold H2009 , there came H935 a great H1419 wind H7307 from H4480 H5676 the wilderness H4057 , and smote H5060 the four H702 corners H6438 of the house H1004 , and it fell H5307 upon H5921 the young men H5288 , and they are dead H4191 ; and I H589 only H7535 am escaped H4422 alone H905 to tell H5046 thee.
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20. Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;
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20. Then Job H347 arose H6965 , and rent H7167 H853 his mantle H4598 , and shaved H1494 H853 his head H7218 , and fell down H5307 upon the ground H776 , and worshiped H7812 ,
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21. and he 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.
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21. And said H559 , Naked H6174 came I out H3318 of my mother's womb H4480 H990 H517 , and naked H6174 shall I return H7725 thither H8033 : the LORD H3068 gave H5414 , and the LORD H3068 hath taken away H3947 ; blessed H1288 be H1961 the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 .
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22. In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God with foolishness.
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22. In all H3605 this H2063 Job H347 sinned H2398 not H3808 , nor H3808 charged H5414 God H430 foolishly H8604 .
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