1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man
was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
2
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His
substance also was 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.
4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and
sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that
Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and
offered 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 did Job continually.
6 Now there was a day when the sons
of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also
among them. 7 And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then
Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and fro in the earth,
and from walking up and down in it.
8 And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast
thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the
earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth
evil?
9 Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for
nought? 10 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 work of
his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. 11 But put forth
thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to
thy face.
12 And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is
in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went
forth from the presence of the Lord.
13 And there was a day when his
sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest
brother's house: 14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The
oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: 15 And the Sabeans
fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants
with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
16
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire
of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the
servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The
Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have
carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the
sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
18 While he was yet
speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters
were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: 19 And,
behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four
corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead;
and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
20 Then Job arose, and rent
his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and
worshipped, 21 And said,
Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
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(All we can see with our natural eye is temporary, subject to being destroyed. But those things of the Spirit can never be destroyed.)
2 Corinthians 4:18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.