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THE BOOKE OF IOB

CHAPTER I

HERE was a man in the land of Uz, whose The holinesse, name was Iob, and that man was perfect riches, and religious care and upright, and one that feared God, and of Iob for his eschewed evill. And there were borne unto children. him seven sonnes, and three daughters. His substance also was seven thousand sheepe, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred shee asses, and a very great houshold; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East. And his sonnes went and feasted in their houses, every one his day, and sent and called for their three sisters, to eate and to drinke with them. And it was so, when the dayes of their feasting were gone about, that Iob sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: For Iob said, It may be that my sonnes have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts: Thus did Iob continually.

Now there was a day, when the sons of God came to present Satan appearthemselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. ing before God, And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence commest thou? Then tion obtaineth by calumniaSatan answered the LORD, and sayde, From going to and fro in leave to tempt the earth, and from walking up and downe in it. And the LORD Iob. sayd unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Iob, that there is none like him in the earth? a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evill? Then Satan answered the LORD, and sayd, Doeth Iob feare God for nought? 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 worke of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put foorth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that hee hath is in thy power, onely upon 3: A

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CHAPTER
I

Understanding
of the losse of
his goods and
children, in
his mourning

hee blesseth
GOD.

Satan appearing againe before God, obtaineth

further leave to tempt Iob.

himselfe put not foorth thine hand.
the presence of the LORD.

So Satan went forth from

And there was a day, when his sonnes and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house: and there came a messenger unto Iob, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them, and the Sabeans fell upon them, and tooke them away: yea they have slaine the servants with the edge of the sword, and I onely am escaped alone, to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burnt up the sheepe, and the servants, and consumed them, and I onely am escaped alone, to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Caldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have caried them away, yea, and slaine the servants with the edge of the sword, and I onely am escaped alone, to tell thee. While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sonnes, and thy daughters, were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brothers house. And beholde, there came a great winde from the wildernes, and smote the foure corners of the house, and it fell upon the yong men, and they are dead, and I onely am escaped alone to tell thee. Then Iob arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell downe upon the ground and worshipped, and said, Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away, blessed be the Name of the LORD. In all this Iob sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

CHAPTER II

GAINE there was a day when the sonnes of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himselfe before the LORD. And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence commest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and downe in it. And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Iob, that there is none like him in the earth; a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evill? and still hee holdeth fast his integritie, although thou moovedst mee against him, to destroy him without cause. And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skinne for skinne, yea all that a man hath, wil he give for his life. But put foorth thine hand now, and touch