Job 1 (NET)

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Job 1:1¹There 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jas 5:11 Ezek 14:14 Ezek 14:20 Job 28:28 Job 2:3 Gen 6:9 Job 1:8 Job 23:11-12 Gen 17:1 Gen 22:12

Job 1:3³His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 29:25 Job 42:12 Judg 6:3 1 Kgs 4:30 Num 23:7 Prov 10:22 Gen 12:16 Gen 12:5 Job 29:9-10 Gen 13:6

Job 1:4⁴Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Heb 13:1 Ps 133:1

Job 1:5⁵When 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 42:8 Gen 8:20 1 Sam 16:5 Eph 6:18 Gen 35:2-3 Job 8:4 1 Kgs 21:10 1 Kgs 21:13 Acts 8:22 1 Cor 4:5

Job 1:6⁶Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord —and Satan also arrived among them.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 2:1 Job 38:7 Zech 3:1 Rev 12:9-10 1 Kgs 22:19 1 Chr 21:1 Gen 6:4 John 6:70 Matt 18:10 Gen 6:2

Job 1:7⁷The 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.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:8 Job 2:2 Matt 12:43 Rev 12:12-17 Rev 12:9 Rev 20:8 2 Kgs 5:25 Zech 1:10-11 Zech 6:7

Job 1:8⁸So 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.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 2:3 Job 1:1 Num 12:7-8 2 Kgs 23:25 Prov 8:13 Isa 1:16 Job 8:20 Job 23:11-12 Num 12:3 Ps 84:11

Job 1:10¹⁰Have 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ps 34:7 Zech 2:5 1 Pet 1:5 Deut 28:2-6 Prov 10:22 Job 31:25 Zech 2:8 Gen 15:1 Ps 107:38 Deut 7:13

Job 1:12¹²So 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.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 22:31-32 2 Cor 12:7 John 3:35-36 1 Cor 10:13 John 19:11 Isa 27:8 Job 2:4-7 Luke 8:32-33 1 Kgs 22:23 Gen 16:6

Job 1:13¹³Now the day came when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Luke 21:34 Prov 27:1 Eccl 9:12 Job 1:4 Luke 12:19-20 Luke 17:27-29

Job 1:14¹⁴and a messenger came to Job, saying, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Sam 4:17 Jer 51:31 2 Sam 15:13

Job 1:15¹⁵and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I—only I alone —escaped to tell you!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 10:7 Job 6:19 1 Sam 22:20-21 Ezek 23:42 Gen 10:28 Gen 25:3 Isa 45:14 Job 1:16-17 Job 1:19 Joel 3:8

Job 1:16¹⁶While this one was still speaking, another messenger arrived and said, “The fire of God has fallen from heaven and has burned up the sheep and the servants—it has consumed them! And I—only I alone—escaped to tell you!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:2 Kgs 1:12 Gen 19:24 1 Kgs 18:38 Lev 10:2 2 Kgs 1:10 Amos 7:4 Lev 9:24 Num 11:1-3 Rev 13:13 1 Sam 14:15

Job 1:17¹⁷While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I—only I alone—escaped to tell you!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Gen 11:28 Hab 1:6 Gen 11:31 Isa 23:13 2 Sam 1:3 Job 1:15

Job 1:18¹⁸While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Job 1:4 Job 1:13 2 Sam 13:28 Amos 4:6-11 Eccl 9:2 Isa 28:19 Jer 51:31 Job 16:14 Job 19:9-10 Job 23:2

Job 1:19¹⁹and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I—only I alone—escaped to tell you!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Kgs 20:30 2 Sam 18:33 Acts 28:4 Eph 2:2 Gen 37:32-33 Gen 42:36 Jer 4:11-12 Judg 16:30 Luke 13:1-5 Matt 7:27

Job 1:20²⁰Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Pet 5:6 2 Sam 12:16-20 Ezra 9:3 Gen 37:29 Gen 37:34 Deut 9:18 2 Chr 7:3 Matt 26:39

Job 1:21²¹He 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!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Eccl 5:15 1 Tim 6:7 1 Thess 5:18 Jas 1:17 Job 2:10 Ps 49:17 Eccl 12:7 Eph 5:20 1 Sam 2:7 Gen 3:19

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