Job 1:10
Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.
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11 But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
12 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
13 Job’s Integrity in Adversity Now the day came when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
7 The LORD said to Satan,“Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”
8 So the LORD said to 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,“Is it for nothing that Job fears God?
2 And the LORD said to Satan,“Where do you come from?” Satan answered the LORD,“From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”
3 Then the LORD said to Satan,“Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”
4 But Satan answered the LORD,“Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!
5 But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!”
6 So the LORD said to Satan,“All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life.”
40 You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins.
1 Job’s Confession Then Job answered the LORD:
21 He said,“Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. May the name of the LORD be blessed!”
22 In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety.
9 Then his wife said to him,“Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!”
10 But he replied,“You’re talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?” In all this Job did not sin by what he said.
1 Job’s Reply to God’s Challenge Then the LORD answered Job:
3 Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked?
12 So the LORD blessed the second part of Job’s life more than the first. He had 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys.
7 After the LORD had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite,“My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.
8 So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.”
1 Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job replied:
30 Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The LORD has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?”
1 Job’s Reply to Zophar Then Job answered:
1 IV. Job’s Concluding Soliloquy(29:1-31:40)Job Recalls His Former Condition Then Job continued his speech:
2 You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure.
14 “Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.
10 So the LORD restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the LORD doubled all that had belonged to Job.
13 So do not say,‘We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!’
6 But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident– who carry their god in their hands.
13 when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth?
39 if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners,
8 Do you listen in on God’s secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
11 Bless, O LORD, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand.
11 You clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews.
3 For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head.
1 ¶ I. The Prologue(1:1-2:13)Job’s Good Life There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.
8 The LORD will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do– yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you.
1 Job’s Reply to Zophar Then Job answered:
4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength– who has resisted him and remained safe?
37 For he adds transgression to his sin; in our midst he claps his hands, and multiplies his words against God.”
3 Then Job answered the LORD:
2 What then would be one’s lot from God above, one’s heritage from the Almighty on high?
1 Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job answered:
5 Since man’s days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it.
1 Job’s Reply to Bildad Then Job answered:
11 The LORD will greatly multiply your children, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he promised your ancestors he would give you.
1 A Protest of Innocence And Job took up his discourse again:
5 When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought,“Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.