{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/job/1","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:47:24.823Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":1,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":null,"nextChapter":2,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"There was a man in the land of Hus, whose name was Job, and that man was simple and upright, and fearing God, and avoiding evil. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And his possession was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a family exceeding great: and this man was great among all the people of the east. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And his sons went, and made a feast by houses every one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters to eat and drink with them. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And when the days of their feasting were gone about, Job sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising up early offered holocausts for every one of them. For he said: Lest perhaps my sons have sinned, and have blessed God in their hearts. So did Job all days. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Now on a certain day when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And the Lord said to him: Whence comest thou ? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and upright man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil? "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain ? "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Hast not thou made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth ? "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he blesseth thee not to thy face. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Then the Lord said to Satan: Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand: only put not forth thy hand upon his person. And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Now upon a certain day when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their eldest brother, "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them, "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the Sabeans rushed in, and took all away, and slew the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And while he was yet speaking, another came, and said: The fire of God fell from heaven, and striking the sheep and the servants, hath consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And while he also was yet speaking, there came another, and said: The Chaldeans made three troops, and have fallen upon the camels, and taken them, moreover they have slain the servants with the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell thee. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He was yet speaking, and behold another came in, and said: Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their elder brother: "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"A violent wind came on a sudden from the side of the desert, and shook the four corners of the house, and it fell upon thy children and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to fell thee. "},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head fell down upon the ground and worshipped, "},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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: as it hath pleased the Lord so is it done: blessed be the name of the Lord. "},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing against God. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 1 (DRB)","markdown":"[Job 1](https://primebible.com/drb/job/1)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/job/1 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}