Job 1:13-22

13Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 14a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys feeding beside them, 15and 1the 2Sabeans 3attacked and took them. They also 4killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and 5I alone have escaped to tell you.” 16While he was still speaking, another came and said, “6The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 17While he was still speaking, another came and said, “The 7Chaldeans formed three units and made a raid on the camels and took them, and 8killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.” 18While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, 19and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

20Then Job got up, 9tore his robe, and shaved his head; then he fell to the ground and worshiped. 21He said, “10Naked I came from my mother’s womb, And naked I shall return there. The 11Lord gave and the Lord has taken away. Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

2212Despite all this, Job did not sin, nor did he 13blame God.