3FOR MORDECAI THE JEW [WAS] SECOND TO THE KING AHASUERUS AND [WAS] GREAT TO THE JEWS AND WAS ACCEPTABLE TO [THE] MULTITUDE OF BROTHERS HIS SEEKING GOOD FOR PEOPLE HIS AND SPEAKING PEACE TO ALL OFFSPRING HIS 3For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
1A MAN HE WAS IN [THE] LAND OF UZ [WAS] JOB NAME HIS AND HE WAS THE MAN <THE> THAT BLAMELESS AND UPRIGHT AND FEARING <OF> GOD AND TURNING ASIDE FROM EVIL Job’s Character and Wealth (James 5:7–12) 1There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil.
3AND IT WAS LIVESTOCK HIS SEVEN THOUSAND<S> SHEEP AND THREE THOUSAND<S> CAMELS AND FIVE HUNDRED<S> PAIR[S] OF OX[EN] AND FIVE HUNDRED<S> FEMALE DONKEYS AND SERVICE MUCH VERY AND HE WAS THE MAN <THE> THAT GREAT MORE THAN ALL [THE] PEOPLE OF [THE] EAST 3and he owned 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 of all the people of the East.
4AND THEY WENT SONS HIS AND THEY MADE A FEAST [THE] HOUSE OF EACH ONE DAY HIS AND THEY SENT AND THEY INVITED <TO> [THE] THREE SISTERS THEIR TO EAT AND TO DRINK WITH THEM 4Job’s sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
5AND IT WAS THAT THEY HAD GONE ROUND [THE] DAYS OF THE FEAST AND HE SENT JOB AND HE SANCTIFIED THEM AND HE ROSE EARLY IN THE MORNING AND HE OFFERED UP BURNT OFFERINGS [THE] NUMBER OF ALL OF THEM FOR HE SAID JOB PERHAPS THEY HAVE SINNED CHILDREN MY AND THEY HAVE BLESSED GOD IN HEART THEIR THUS HE DID JOB ALL THE DAYS 5And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send for his children to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.
6AND IT WAS THE DAY AND THEY CAME [THE] SONS OF <THE> GOD TO PRESENT THEMSELVES ON YAHWEH AND HE CAME ALSO THE ADVERSARY IN MIDST OF THEM Satan’s First Attack 6One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan*NoteCloseThat is, the Accuser or the Adversary; here and throughout Job 1 also came with them.
7AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO THE ADVERSARY FROM WHERE? ARE YOU COMING AND HE ANSWERED THE ADVERSARY <OBJ.> YAHWEH AND HE SAID FROM ROVING ABOUT ON THE EARTH AND FROM GOING ABOUT ON IT 7“Where have you come from?” said the LORD to Satan. “From roaming through the earth,” he. replied, “and walking back and forth in it.”
8AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO THE ADVERSARY ¿ HAVE YOU SET HEART YOUR ON SERVANT MY JOB FOR THERE NOT [IS] LIKE HIM ON THE EARTH A MAN BLAMELESS AND UPRIGHT FEARING <OF> GOD AND [WHO] TURNS ASIDE FROM EVIL 8Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
9AND HE ANSWERED THE ADVERSARY <OBJ.> YAHWEH AND HE SAID ¿ IN VAIN HAS HE FEARED JOB GOD 9Satan answered the LORD, “Does Job fear God for nothing?
10¿ NOT YOU HAVE YOU PUT A HEDGE BEHIND HIM AND BEHIND HOUSE HIS AND BEHIND ALL THAT [BELONGS] TO HIM FROM ROUND ABOUT [THE] WORK OF HANDS HIS YOU HAVE BLESSED AND LIVESTOCK HIS IT HAS SPREAD OUT IN THE LAND 10Have You not placed a hedge on every side around him and his household and all that he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.
11AND BUT STRETCH OUT PLEASE HAND YOUR AND TOUCH <IN> ALL THAT [BELONGS] TO HIM IF NOT ON FACE YOUR HE WILL BLESS YOU 11But stretch out Your hand and strike all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.”
12AND HE SAID YAHWEH TO THE ADVERSARY THERE! ALL THAT [BELONGS] TO HIM [IS] IN HAND YOUR ONLY AGAINST HIM MAY NOT YOU STRETCH OUT HAND YOUR AND HE WENT OUT THE ADVERSARY FROM WITH [THE] PRESENCE OF YAHWEH 12“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “Everything he has is in your hands, but you must not lay a hand on the man himself.” Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
13AND IT WAS THE DAY AND SONS HIS AND DAUGHTERS HIS [WERE] EATING AND DRINKING WINE IN [THE] HOUSE OF BROTHER THEIR THE FIRSTBORN Job Loses His Children and Possessions 13One day, while Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
14AND A MESSENGER HE CAME TO JOB AND HE SAID THE OX[EN] THEY WERE PLOWING AND THE FEMALE DONKEYS [WERE] GRAZING ON HANDS THEIR 14a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
15AND IT FELL SABEAN[S] AND IT TOOK THEM AND <OBJ.> THE SERVANTS THEY STRUCK TO [THE] MOUTH OF [THE] SWORD AND I HAVE ESCAPED! ONLY I TO ALONE ME TO TELL TO YOU 15the Sabeans swooped down and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
16STILL THIS [ONE] [WAS] SPEAKING AND THIS [ONE] HE CAME AND HE SAID [THE] FIRE OF GOD IT FELL FROM THE HEAVENS AND IT BURNED <ON> THE SHEEP AND <ON> THE SERVANTS AND IT CONSUMED THEM AND I HAVE ESCAPED! ONLY I TO ALONE ME TO TELL TO YOU 16While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The fire of God fell from heaven. It burned and consumed the sheep and the servants, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
17STILL THIS [ONE] [WAS] SPEAKING AND THIS [ONE] HE CAME AND HE SAID [THE] CHALDEANS THEY FORMED THREE COMPANIES AND THEY MADE A RAID ON THE CAMELS AND THEY TOOK THEM AND <OBJ.> THE SERVANTS THEY STRUCK TO [THE] MOUTH OF [THE] SWORD AND I HAVE ESCAPED! ONLY I TO ALONE ME TO TELL TO YOU 17While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “The Chaldeans formed three bands, raided the camels, and took them away. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
18UNTIL THIS [ONE] [WAS] SPEAKING AND THIS [ONE] HE CAME AND HE SAID SONS YOUR AND DAUGHTERS YOUR [WERE] EATING AND DRINKING WINE IN [THE] HOUSE OF BROTHER THEIR THE FIRSTBORN 18While he was still speaking, another messenger came and reported: “Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,
19AND THERE! A WIND GREAT IT CAME FROM [THE] OTHER SIDE OF THE WILDERNESS AND IT TOUCHED <IN> [THE] FOUR [THE] CORNERS OF THE HOUSE AND IT FELL ON THE YOUTHS AND THEY DIED AND I HAVE ESCAPED! ONLY I TO ALONE ME TO TELL TO YOU 19when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
20AND HE AROSE JOB AND HE TORE <OBJ.> ROBE HIS AND HE SHAVED <OBJ.> HEAD HIS AND HE FELL [THE] EARTH TOWARDS AND HE BOWED DOWN 20Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground and worshiped,
21AND HE SAID NAKED I CAME OUT FROM [THE] WOMB OF MOTHER MY AND NAKED I WILL RETURN THERE TOWARDS YAHWEH HE GAVE AND YAHWEH HE HAS TAKEN MAY IT BE [THE] NAME OF YAHWEH BLESSED 21saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
22IN ALL THIS NOT HE SINNED JOB AND NOT HE ASCRIBE UNSEEMLINESS TO GOD 22In all this, Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.