Job 1

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¹There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. ✦ ²Seven sons and three daughters were born to him. ✦ ³His possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east. ✦ ⁴His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send word and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. ✦ ⁵When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send word to them and consecrate them, getting up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job did so continually. ✦ ⁶Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. ✦ ⁷The Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Satan answered the Lord and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.” ✦ ⁸The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.” ✦ ⁹Then Satan answered the Lord, “Does Job fear God for nothing? ✦ ¹⁰Have You not made a fence around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. ✦ ¹¹But reach out with Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will certainly curse You to Your face.” ✦ ¹²Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power; only do not reach out and put your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord. ✦ ¹³Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, ✦ ¹⁴a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys feeding beside them, ✦ ¹⁵and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” ✦ ¹⁶While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” ✦ ¹⁷While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three units and made a raid on the camels and took them, and killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” ✦ ¹⁸While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, ✦ ¹⁹and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” ✦ ²⁰Then Job got up, tore his robe, and shaved his head; then he fell to the ground and worshiped. ✦ ²¹He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked I shall return there. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.” ✦ ²²Despite all this, Job did not sin, nor did he blame God. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Job 1 ·15 Job 2 ·11 Job 42 ·5 Ps 34 ·4 Gen 6 ·4 Job 23 ·3 Eccl 9 ·3 Gen 37 ·3

Christ at the center

Job's cry for a mediator who can lay his hand on both God and man, and his confidence that 'my Redeemer lives' and will stand on the earth, reaches forward to Jesus the living Redeemer.

How Job 1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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CommentaryEnduring Word — Job 1David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
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