Job

Job 1 Job and His Family in Uz | Satan Attacks Job’s Character | Job Loses His Property and Children

Job 1:1-5 Job and His Family in Uz
Job 1:6-12 Satan Attacks Job’s Character
Job 1:13-22 Job Loses His Property and Children

Job 1:1-3
1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God and shunned evil. 2 And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. 3 Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.

Job 1:8
8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil?”

Job 1:9-12
9 So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? 10 Have You not made a hedge around him, around his household, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.11 But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”

12 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not lay a hand on his person.”

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

Job 1:20-21
20 Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21 And he 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.”

Job 1:22
22 In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong.

Job 2 Satan Attacks Job’s Health | Job’s Three Friends

Job 2:1-10 Satan Attacks Job’s Health
Job 2:11-13 Job’s Three Friends

Job 2:3
3 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and shuns evil? And still he holds fast to his integrity, although you incited Me against him, to destroy him without cause.”

Job 2:4-5
4 So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. 5 But stretch out Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will surely curse You to Your face!”

Job 2:6
6 And the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your hand, but spare his life.”

Job 2:9
9 Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast to your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Job 2:10
10 But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Job 2:11-13
11 Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, each one came from his own place—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had made an appointment together to come and mourn with him, and to comfort him. 12 And when they raised their eyes from afar, and did not recognize him, they lifted their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe and sprinkled dust on his head toward heaven. 13 So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

Job 3 Job Deplores His Birth

Job 3:1-26 Job Deplores His Birth

Job 3:1-2
1 After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. 2 And Job spoke, and said:

Job 3:20-26
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“Why is light given to him who is in misery,
And life to the bitter of soul,
21
Who long for death, but it does not come,
And search for it more than hidden treasures;
22
Who rejoice exceedingly,
And are glad when they can find the grave?
23
Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden,
And whom God has hedged in?
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For my sighing comes before [h]I eat,
And my groanings pour out like water.
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For the thing I greatly feared has come upon me,
And what I dreaded has happened to me.
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I am not at ease, nor am I quiet;
I have no rest, for trouble comes.”