Job Chapter 1

Job’s Family and wealth


1:1 There was a man in the land of Uz, his name was Jobאִיּוֹב
Transliteration ‘îyôḇ Pronunciation ee-yobe’ Greek: Ἰώβ – Iṓb “hated” . For more info click here
; and that man was perfect and upright, and fearing Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator
, and turning away from evil.
1:2 And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
1:3 His possessions were 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.
1:4 And his sons feasted in their house of each one his day. And [they] sent and called their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
1:5 And it so happened, when the days of feasting had gone around, Job would send and sanctified them, and he would rise early in the morning and offered burnt offerings [according] to the number of them all. Because Jobאִיּוֹב
Transliteration ‘îyôḇ Pronunciation ee-yobe’ Greek: Ἰώβ – Iṓb “hated” . For more info click here
said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator
in their hearts. This
Jobאִיּוֹב
Transliteration ‘îyôḇ Pronunciation ee-yobe’ Greek: Ἰώβ – Iṓb “hated” . For more info click here
did continually.
1:6 Now there was a day when the sons of Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator
came to present themselves before YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and Satanשָׂטָן
śāṭān is a generic noun meaning “accuser” or “adversary” and is derived from a verb meaning primarily “to obstruct, oppose”.For more info click here
came also among them.
1:7 And YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
said to Satanשָׂטָן
śāṭān is a generic noun meaning “accuser” or “adversary” and is derived from a verb meaning primarily “to obstruct, oppose”.For more info click here
, From where have you come? Then Satanשָׂטָן
śāṭān is a generic noun meaning “accuser” or “adversary” and is derived from a verb meaning primarily “to obstruct, oppose”.For more info click here
answered YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
1:8 And YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
said to Satanשָׂטָן
śāṭān is a generic noun meaning “accuser” or “adversary” and is derived from a verb meaning primarily “to obstruct, oppose”.For more info click here
, Have you set your heart on My servant Jobאִיּוֹב
Transliteration ‘îyôḇ Pronunciation ee-yobe’ Greek: Ἰώβ – Iṓb “hated” . For more info click here
, because there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ‎ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator. For more info click here
, and turning away from evil?
1:9 Then Satanשָׂטָן
śāṭān is a generic noun meaning “accuser” or “adversary” and is derived from a verb meaning primarily “to obstruct, oppose”.For more info click here
answered YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and said, does Jobאִיּוֹב
Transliteration ‘îyôḇ Pronunciation ee-yobe’ Greek: Ἰώβ – Iṓb “hated” . For more info click here
fear Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator
for nothing?
1:10 Haven’t you made an hedge for him, and his house, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions is increased in the land.
1:11 But put out Y
our hand now, and touch against all that is his, [and see] if he will not curse You to Your face.
1:12 And YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
said to Satanשָׂטָן
śāṭān is a generic noun meaning “accuser” or “adversary” and is derived from a verb meaning primarily “to obstruct, oppose”.For more info click here
, Look, all that he has is in your hand! Only don’t lay 
your hand on him. So Satanשָׂטָן
śāṭān is a generic noun meaning “accuser” or “adversary” and is derived from a verb meaning primarily “to obstruct, oppose”.For more info click here
went out from the presence of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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Job’s great loses


1:13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
1:14 And there came a messenger to Jobאִיּוֹב
Transliteration ‘îyôḇ Pronunciation ee-yobe’ Greek: Ἰώβ – Iṓb “hated” . For more info click here
, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
1:15 And the Sabaeansסְבָאִים
romanized: Səḇāʾīm The Sabaeans or Sabeans were an ancient group of South Arabians. They spoke Sabaic, one of the Old South Arabian languages. They founded the kingdom of Sabaʾ (Arabic: سَبَأ) in modern-day Yemen, which is considered to be the biblical land of Sheba and “the oldest and most important of the South Arabian kingdoms For more info click here
fell on them, and took them away. And they have killed the young men with the edge of the sword; and I
alone have escaped to tell you.
1:16 While this one was still speaking, 
another came also , and said, The fire of Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator
is fallen from the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִם
Transliteration:haššāmayim – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – the visible heavens, the abode of the stars like the visible universe, the sky, the atmosphere For more info click here
, and has burned up the sheep, and the young men, and it has destroyed them; and I
alone have escaped to tell you.
1:17 [While] this [one was] still speaking,
another also came and said, the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּים
Transliteration: kaśdîm – Chaldea or Chaldeans = “clod-breakers” or “Clod Busters” – 1. a territory in lower Mesopotamia bordering on the Persian Gulf (n pr m)
2. the inhabitants of Chaldea, living on the lower Euphrates and Tigris
3. those persons considered the wisest in the land (by extension)
For more info click here
made out three bands, and swooped down on the camels, And have carried them away. And killed the young men with the edge of the sword; and I
alone escaped  to tell you.
1:18 While he was still speaking, another
also came and said, your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
1:19 And, lo and behold, there came a great wind from the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּר
Transliteration: hammiḏbār in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, where cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs): —desert, south, speech, wilderness. For more info click here
, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead; and I
alone escaped to tell you.
1:20 Then Jobאִיּוֹב
Transliteration ‘îyôḇ Pronunciation ee-yobe’ Greek: Ἰώβ – Iṓb “hated” . For more info click here
got up, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped,
1:21 And he said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there: YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
gave, and YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has taken away. Blessed be the name of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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1:22 In all this Jobאִיּוֹב
Transliteration ‘îyôḇ Pronunciation ee-yobe’ Greek: Ἰώβ – Iṓb “hated” . For more info click here
didn’t sinחָטָא
Transliteration:ḥāṭā’ Pronunciation:khaw-taw’ – A primitive root From an archery term meaning to miss the mark – For more info click here
, or charged wrong to Elohimאֱלֹהִים
romanized: ʾĔlōhīm: [(ʔ)eloˈ(h)im]), the plural of אֱלוֹהַּ (ʾĔlōah), is a Hebrew word meaning “gods”. Although the word is plural, in the Hebrew Bible it most often takes singular verbal or pronominal agreement and refers to a single deity particularly the God of Israel In other verses it refers to the singular gods of other nations or to deities in the plural A name for GOD — God The Creator
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