Verse 3
Job 1:3
World English Bible
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His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֣י מִ֠קְנֵ/הוּ שִֽׁבְעַ֨ת אַלְפֵי צֹ֜אן וּ/שְׁלֹ֧שֶׁת אַלְפֵ֣י גְמַלִּ֗ים וַ/חֲמֵ֨שׁ מֵא֤וֹת צֶֽמֶד בָּקָר֙ וַ/חֲמֵ֣שׁ מֵא֣וֹת אֲתוֹנ֔וֹת וַ/עֲבֻדָּ֖ה רַבָּ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וַ/יְהִי֙ הָ/אִ֣ישׁ הַ/ה֔וּא גָּד֖וֹל מִ/כָּל בְּנֵי קֶֽדֶם
English Translation
And he had livestock of seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. And that man was the greatest of all the people of the East.
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Chapter 1 Context
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There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one w...
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There were born to him seven sons and three daughters.
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His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, fi...
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His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called fo...
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It was so, when the days of their feasting had run their course, that Job sent and sanctified them,...
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Now on the day when God (Elohim)’s sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, Satan also came am...
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Yahweh said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “From going...
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Yahweh said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant, Job? For there is no one like him in the eart...
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Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, “Does Job fear God (Elohim) for nothing?
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10
Haven’t you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side...
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But stretch out your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face.”
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12
Yahweh said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only on himself don’t stretch out y...
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13
It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest broth...
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that there came a messenger to Job, and said, “The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside...
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and the Sabeans attacked, and took them away. Yes, they have killed the servants with the edge of th...
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While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, “The fire of God (Elohim) has fallen...
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While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “The Chaldeans made three bands, and...
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18
While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, “Your sons and your daughters were e...
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and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, a...
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Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshiped.
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He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yah...
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In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God (Elohim) with wrongdoing.
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