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          DASV: Job 1    

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 He had seven sons and three daughters.
3 He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female
donkeys, and a large number of servants. He was the greatest
of all the people of the east.
4 His sons would take turns holding a feast at their houses
and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and
drink with them.
5 When the days of their feasting were completed, Job would
send and sanctify them. He would get up early in the morning,
offer a burnt offering for each one of them. For Job said, "It
may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their
hearts." This was Job's regular habit.

6 Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to
present themselves before the LORD, that Satan also came with them.
7 The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan
answered the LORD, "From going to and fro in the earth, and
from walking up and down in it."
8 The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job?
There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright
man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil."
9 Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for no
reason?"
10 Have you not made a hedge around him, his house, and all
that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his
hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
11 But reach out your hand now, and strike all that he has,
and he will curse you to your face."
12 The LORD said to Satan, "All right, everything he has is
in your power, only do not lay a hand on Job himself." So
Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.

13 One day, when Job's sons and his daughters were eating and
drinking wine in the house of their oldest brother,
14 a messenger came to Job, and announced, "The oxen were
plowing, and the donkeys were feeding beside them;
15 and the Sabeans attacked and carried them away. They have
struck down the servants with the edge of the sword and I
am the only one who has escaped to tell you."
16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and
announced, "The fire from God has fallen from heaven, and
has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them;
I am the only one who escaped to tell you."
17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and
announced, "The Chaldeans made three raiding parties, and made
a raid on the camels and made off with them, and have struck
down the servants with the edge of the sword, and I am the
only one who has escaped to tell you."
18 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and
announced, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking
wine in the house of the oldest brother;
19 a great wind swept in from the desert, it struck the four
corners of the house, and it collapsed on the young men,
and they are dead; and I am the only one who has escaped
to tell you."

20 Then Job got up, and tore his robe, shaved his head and
fell down on the ground and worshipped.
21 He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked
I will return there. The LORD gave, and the LORD has
taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD."
22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.

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