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World English Bible

Job 1 (WEBP)

[1] There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.
[2] There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
[3] His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
[4] His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
[5] It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, 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 renounced God in their hearts.” Job did so continually.
[6] Now on the day when God’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came among them.
[7] Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going back and forth on the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
[8] Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.”
[9] Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
[10] Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
[11] But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”
[12] Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out your hand.” So Satan went out from the presence of Yahweh.
[13] It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
[14] that a messenger came to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,
[15] and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
[16] While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
[17] While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and swept down on the camels, and have taken them away, yes, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
[18] While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
[19] and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.”
[20] Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
[21] He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked will I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”
[22] In all this, Job didn’t sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.

Job 1:1 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).
Job 1:6 “Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “Lord” (all caps) in other translations.
Job 1:12 “Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 1 (KJVS)

[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.
[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 asses, 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 () God in their hearts. Thus did () Job continually.
[6] Now there was a day when the sons of God 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 God, and escheweth () evil?
[9] Then Satan answered () the Lord, and said, () Doth Job fear () God 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 asses 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 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.
[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 worshipped, ()
[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 () God foolishly.

Job 1:3a Or, cattle
Job 1:3b Or, husbandry
Job 1:3c Heb. sons of the East
Job 1:5 Heb. all the days
Job 1:6a Heb. the adversary
Job 1:6b Heb. in the midst of them
Job 1:8 Heb. hast thou set thy heart on
Job 1:10 Or, cattle
Job 1:11 Heb. if he curse thee not to thy face
Job 1:12 Heb. hand
Job 1:16 Or, A great fire
Job 1:17 Heb. rushed
Job 1:19 Heb. from aside, etc
Job 1:20 Or, robe
Job 1:22 Or, attributed folly to God

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 1 (BYZ)

[1] Ἄνθρωπός () τις () ἦν () ἐν () χώρᾳ () τῇ () Αυσίτιδι, ᾧ () ὄνομα () Ιωβ, () καὶ () ἦν () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ἐκεῖνος () ἀληθινός, () ἄμεμπτος, () δίκαιος, () θεοσεβής, () ἀπεχόμενος ἀπὸ () παντὸς () πονηροῦ () πράγματος. ()
[2] Ἐγένοντο () δὲ () αὐτῷ () υἱοὶ () ἑπτὰ () καὶ () θυγατέρες () τρεῖς. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἦν () τὰ () κτήνη () αὐτοῦ () πρόβατα () ἑπτακισχίλια, () κάμηλοι () τρισχίλιαι, () ζεύγη () βοῶν () πεντακόσια, () ὄνοι () θήλειαι () νομάδες πεντακόσιαι, () καὶ () ὑπηρεσία πολλὴ () σφόδρα () καὶ () ἔργα () μεγάλα () ἦν () αὐτῷ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς· () καὶ () ἦν () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ἐκεῖνος () εὐγενὴς () τῶν () ἀφ’ () ἡλίου () ἀνατολῶν. ()
[4] Συμπορευόμενοι () δὲ () οἱ () υἱοὶ () αὐτοῦ () πρὸς () ἀλλήλους () ἐποιοῦσαν () πότον () καθ’ () ἑκάστην () ἡμέραν () συμπαραλαμβάνοντες () ἅμα () καὶ () τὰς () τρεῖς () ἀδελφὰς () αὐτῶν () ἐσθίειν () καὶ () πίνειν () μετ’ () αὐτῶν. ()
[5] Καὶ () ὡς () ἂν () συνετελέσθησαν () αἱ () ἡμέραι () τοῦ () πότου, () ἀπέστελλεν () Ιωβ () καὶ () ἐκαθάριζεν () αὐτοὺς () ἀνιστάμενος () τὸ () πρωῒ () καὶ () προσέφερεν () περὶ () αὐτῶν () θυσίας () κατὰ () τὸν () ἀριθμὸν () αὐτῶν () καὶ () μόσχον () ἕνα () περὶ () ἁμαρτίας () περὶ () τῶν () ψυχῶν () αὐτῶν· () ἔλεγεν () γὰρ () Ιωβ () Μήποτε () οἱ () υἱοί () μου () ἐν () τῇ () διανοίᾳ () αὐτῶν () κακὰ () ἐνενόησαν πρὸς () θεόν. () Οὕτως () οὖν () ἐποίει () Ιωβ () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας. ()
[6] Καὶ () ὡς () ἐγένετο () ἡ () ἡμέρα () αὕτη, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἦλθον () οἱ () ἄγγελοι () τοῦ () θεοῦ () παραστῆναι () ἐνώπιον τοῦ () κυρίου, () καὶ () ὁ () διάβολος () ἦλθεν () μετ’ () αὐτῶν. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἶπεν ὁ () κύριος () τῷ () διαβόλῳ () Πόθεν () παραγέγονας; () Καὶ () ἀποκριθεὶς () ὁ () διάβολος () τῷ () κυρίῳ () εἶπεν Περιελθὼν () τὴν () γῆν () καὶ () ἐμπεριπατήσας () τὴν () ὑπ’ () οὐρανὸν () πάρειμι. ()
[8] Καὶ () εἶπεν αὐτῷ () ὁ () κύριος () Προσέσχες () τῇ () διανοίᾳ () σου () κατὰ () τοῦ () παιδός () μου () Ιωβ, () ὅτι () οὐκ () ἔστιν () κατ’ () αὐτὸν () τῶν () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς () ἄνθρωπος () ἄμεμπτος, () ἀληθινός, () θεοσεβής, () ἀπεχόμενος ἀπὸ () παντὸς () πονηροῦ () πράγματος; ()
[9] Ἀπεκρίθη () δὲ () ὁ () διάβολος () καὶ () εἶπεν ἐναντίον () τοῦ () κυρίου () Μὴ () δωρεὰν () σέβεται () Ιωβ () τὸν () θεόν; ()
[10] Οὐ () σὺ () περιέφραξας τὰ () ἔξω () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰ () ἔσω () τῆς () οἰκίας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰ () ἔξω () πάντων () τῶν () ὄντων () αὐτῷ () κύκλῳ; () Τὰ () ἔργα () τῶν () χειρῶν () αὐτοῦ () εὐλόγησας () καὶ () τὰ () κτήνη () αὐτοῦ () πολλὰ () ἐποίησας () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς. ()
[11] Ἀλλὰ () ἀπόστειλον () τὴν () χεῖρά () σου () καὶ () ἅψαι () πάντων, () ὧν () ἔχει· () εἰ () μὴν () εἰς () πρόσωπόν () σε () εὐλογήσει. ()
[12] Τότε () εἶπεν ὁ () κύριος () τῷ () διαβόλῳ () Ἰδοὺ () πάντα, () ὅσα () ἔστιν () αὐτῷ, () δίδωμι () ἐν () τῇ () χειρί () σου, () ἀλλὰ () αὐτοῦ () μὴ () ἅψῃ. () Καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () ὁ () διάβολος () παρὰ () τοῦ () κυρίου. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἦν () ὡς () ἡ () ἡμέρα () αὕτη, () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ιωβ () καὶ () αἱ () θυγατέρες () αὐτοῦ () ἔπινον () οἶνον () ἐν () τῇ () οἰκίᾳ () τοῦ () ἀδελφοῦ () αὐτῶν () τοῦ () πρεσβυτέρου. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ἄγγελος () ἦλθεν () πρὸς () Ιωβ () καὶ () εἶπεν αὐτῷ () Τὰ () ζεύγη () τῶν () βοῶν () ἠροτρία, () καὶ () αἱ () θήλειαι () ὄνοι () ἐβόσκοντο () ἐχόμεναι () αὐτῶν· ()
[15] καὶ () ἐλθόντες () οἱ () αἰχμαλωτεύοντες () ᾐχμαλώτευσαν () αὐτὰς () καὶ () τοὺς () παῖδας () ἀπέκτειναν () ἐν () μαχαίραις· () σωθεὶς () δὲ () ἐγὼ () μόνος () ἦλθον () τοῦ () ἀπαγγεῖλαί () σοι. ()
[16] Ἔτι () τούτου () λαλοῦντος () ἦλθεν () ἕτερος () ἄγγελος () καὶ () εἶπεν πρὸς () Ιωβ () Πῦρ () ἔπεσεν () ἐκ () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () κατέκαυσεν () τὰ () πρόβατα () καὶ () τοὺς () ποιμένας () κατέφαγεν () ὁμοίως· () καὶ () σωθεὶς () ἐγὼ () μόνος () ἦλθον () τοῦ () ἀπαγγεῖλαί () σοι. ()
[17] Ἔτι () τούτου () λαλοῦντος () ἦλθεν () ἕτερος () ἄγγελος () καὶ () εἶπεν πρὸς () Ιωβ () Οἱ () ἱππεῖς () ἐποίησαν () ἡμῖν () κεφαλὰς () τρεῖς () καὶ () ἐκύκλωσαν () τὰς () καμήλους () καὶ () ᾐχμαλώτευσαν () αὐτὰς () καὶ () τοὺς () παῖδας () ἀπέκτειναν () ἐν () μαχαίραις· () ἐσώθην () δὲ () ἐγὼ () μόνος () καὶ () ἦλθον () τοῦ () ἀπαγγεῖλαί () σοι. ()
[18] Ἔτι () τούτου () λαλοῦντος () ἄλλος () ἄγγελος () ἔρχεται () λέγων () τῷ () Ιωβ () Τῶν () υἱῶν () σου () καὶ () τῶν () θυγατέρων () σου () ἐσθιόντων () καὶ () πινόντων () παρὰ () τῷ () ἀδελφῷ () αὐτῶν () τῶν () πρεσβυτέρῳ ()
[19] ἐξαίφνης () πνεῦμα () μέγα () ἐπῆλθεν () ἐκ () τῆς () ἐρήμου () καὶ () ἥψατο () τῶν () τεσσάρων () γωνιῶν () τῆς () οἰκίας, () καὶ () ἔπεσεν () ἡ () οἰκία () ἐπὶ () τὰ () παιδία () σου, () καὶ () ἐτελεύτησαν· () ἐσώθην () δὲ () ἐγὼ () μόνος () καὶ () ἦλθον () τοῦ () ἀπαγγεῖλαί () σοι. ()
[20] Οὕτως () ἀναστὰς () Ιωβ () διέρρηξεν () τὰ () ἱμάτια () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐκείρατο () τὴν () κόμην () τῆς () κεφαλῆς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πεσὼν () χαμαὶ () προσεκύνησεν () καὶ () εἶπεν
[21] Αὐτὸς () γυμνὸς () ἐξῆλθον () ἐκ () κοιλίας () μητρός () μου, () γυμνὸς () καὶ () ἀπελεύσομαι () ἐκεῖ· () ὁ () κύριος () ἔδωκεν, () ὁ () κύριος () ἀφείλατο· () ὡς () τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἔδοξεν, () οὕτως () καὶ () ἐγένετο· () εἴη () τὸ () ὄνομα () κυρίου () εὐλογημένον. ()
[22] Ἐν () τούτοις () πᾶσιν () τοῖς () συμβεβηκόσιν () αὐτῷ () οὐδὲν () ἥμαρτεν () Ιωβ () ἐναντίον () τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔδωκεν () ἀφροσύνην () τῷ () θεῷ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.