Job 1:1-8

1There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man1 was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil. 2And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3His substance2 also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household;3 so that this man was the greatest of all the men4 of the east.

4And 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. 5And it was so, when the days of their feasting were ended, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose 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 cursed5 God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.6

6Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.78 7And the LORD said to Satan, From where comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said,9 fFrom going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down upon it. 8And the LORD said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil?10