Job 1

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¹There 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. ✦ ²And seven sons and three daughters were born to him. ✦ ³Also, 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. ✦ ⁴And his sons would go and feast in their houses, each on his appointed day, and would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. ✦ ⁵So it was, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer 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 Job did regularly. ✦ ⁶Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them. ✦ ⁷And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” So Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.” ✦ ⁸Then 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?” ✦ ⁹So Satan answered the Lord and said, “Does Job fear God for nothing? ✦ ¹⁰Have 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. ✦ ¹¹But now, stretch out Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face!” ✦ ¹²And 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. ✦ ¹³Now there was a day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house; ✦ ¹⁴and a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, ✦ ¹⁵when the Sabeans raided them and took them away—indeed they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to tell you!” ✦ ¹⁶While he was still speaking, another also 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 also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels and took them away, yes, 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 daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, ✦ ¹⁹and suddenly 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 are dead; and I alone have escaped to tell you!” ✦ ²⁰Then Job arose, tore his robe, and shaved his head; and he fell to the ground and worshiped. ✦ ²¹And 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.” ✦ ²²In all this Job did not sin nor charge God with wrong. ✦

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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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