The Book of Job, verse by verse (2)

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Job 1:1 (KJV) 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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Job 1:2 And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

 

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Job 1:3 (KJV) 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.

 

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Job 1:4 (KJV) 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.

 

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Job 1:5 (KJV) 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.

 

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[bible]Job 1:6[/bible]

 

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Job 1:7 (KJV) 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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Job 1:8 The LORD asked Satan, "Have you thought about my servant Job? No one in the world is like him! He is a man of integrity: He is decent, he fears God, and he stays away from evil."

 

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[bible]Job 1:9[/bible]

 

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Job 1:10 (KJV) 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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Job 1:11 (KJV) But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

 

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[bible]Job 1:12[/bible]

 

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Job 1:13 (KJV) And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

 

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Job 1:14 a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

 

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Job 1:15 (KJV) 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.

 

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[bible]Job 1:16[/bible]

 

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Job 1:17 (KJV) 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.

 

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Job 1:18 (KJV) 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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Job 1:19 (KJV) 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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Job 1:20 And Job rose up and tore his robe, and shaved his head. And he fell down on the ground and worshiped.