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Job 1

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1There 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.

2And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

3His 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.

4And 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.

5And 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.

6Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

7And 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.

8And 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?

9Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

10Hast 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.

11But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

12And 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.

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

14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

15And 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.

16While 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.

17While 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.

18While 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:

19And, 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.

20Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

21And 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.

22In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אָמַרʼâmarH55911× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306810× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19619× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • אִיּוֹבʼÎyôwbH3479× in this chapter

    Ijob, the patriarch famous for his patience

  • בּוֹאbôwʼH9358× in this chapter

    to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

  • בֵּןbênH11217× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • כֹּלkôlH36057× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4307× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • שָׂטָןsâṭânH78547× in this chapter

    an opponent; especially (with the article prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good

  • זֶהzehH20886× in this chapter

    the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

  • עַלʻalH59216× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • אֵתʼêthH8536× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • בַּיִתbayithH10045× in this chapter

    a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

  • יָדyâdH30275× in this chapter

    a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

  • יוֹםyôwmH31175× in this chapter

    a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3765× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • אֵלʼêlH4135× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • רַקraqH75355× in this chapter

    properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH7765× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • בָרַךְbârakH12884× in this chapter

    to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)

  • לֹאlôʼH38084× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • אָכַלʼâkalH3984× in this chapter

    to eat (literally or figuratively)

  • מָלַטmâlaṭH44224× in this chapter

    properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks

  • נָגַדnâgadH50464× in this chapter

    properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise

  • נַעַרnaʻarH52884× in this chapter

    (concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)

  • נָפַלnâphalH53074× in this chapter

    to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)

  • אֲנִיʼănîyH5894× in this chapter

    I

  • שָׁלוֹשׁshâlôwshH79694× in this chapter

    three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice

  • שָׁלַחshâlachH79714× in this chapter

    to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

  • בַּדbadH9054× in this chapter

    properly, separation; by implication, a part of the body, branch of atree, bar forcarrying; figuratively, chief of a city; especially (with prepositional prefix) as an adverb, apart, only, besides

  • בְּעַדbᵉʻadH11573× in this chapter

    in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.

  • בַּתbathH13233× in this chapter

    a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

  • דָבַרdâbarH16963× in this chapter

    perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

  • כִּיkîyH35883× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • לָקַחlâqachH39473× in this chapter

    to take (in the widest variety of applications)

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8343× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • שָׁתָהshâthâhH83543× in this chapter

    to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

  • בְּכוֹרbᵉkôwrH10602× in this chapter

    firstborn; hence, chief

  • בָּקָרbâqârH12412× in this chapter

    beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd

  • גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14192× in this chapter

    great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

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