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1. There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of perfect integrity, who feared God and turned away from 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. He had 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 estate included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people 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. His sons used to have banquets, each at his house in turn. They would send an invitation to their three sisters to eat and 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. Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job's regular practice.
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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. One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with 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. The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" "From roaming through the earth," Satan answered Him, "and walking around on 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. Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from 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. Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?
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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. Haven't You placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions are spread out 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 stretch out Your hand and strike everything he owns, and he will surely curse You to Your 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. "Very well," the LORD told Satan, "everything he owns is in your power. However, you must not lay a hand on Job himself." So Satan went out from the Lord's presence.
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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. One day when Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest 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. a messenger came to Job and reported: "While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,
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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. the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
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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. He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: "A lightning storm struck from heaven. It burned up the sheep and the servants, and devoured them, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
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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. That messenger was still speaking when yet another came and reported: "The Chaldeans formed three bands, made a raid on the camels, and took them away. They struck down the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
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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. He was still speaking when another messenger came and reported: "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest 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. Suddenly a powerful wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people so that they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you!"
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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 stood up, tore his robe and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
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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. saying: Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will leave this life. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. Praise 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. Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.
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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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