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There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of perfect integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.

His estate included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.

Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought: Perhaps my children have sinned, having cursed God in their hearts. This was Job's regular practice.

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil."

Satan answered the Lord , "Does Job fear God for nothing?

"Very well," the Lord told Satan, "everything he owns is in your power. However, you must not lay a hand on Job himself." So Satan left the Lord 's presence.

a messenger came to Job and reported: "While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,

Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.

Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him, to destroy him without just cause."

So Satan left the Lord 's presence and infected Job with terrible boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

"You speak as a foolish woman speaks," he told her. "Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?" Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.

After this, Job began to speak and cursed the day he was born.

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