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JobChapitre 1

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There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright; he feared God and turned away from evil.
Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.
He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred donkeys, and he had a great many servants. He was the greatest of all the people of the East.
His sons used to go and hold a feast, each in his own house on his appointed day, and they would send word and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.
When the days of feasting had run their course, Job would send for them and consecrate them. He would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings, one for each of them, for Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This is what Job always did.
One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them.
The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Satan answered the LORD, "From roaming the earth and walking back and forth on it."
The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth—a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil."
Satan answered the LORD, "Is it for nothing that Job fears God?
Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and everything he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have spread out across the land.
But stretch out your hand now and touch everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face." [Footnote: The Hebrew verb here is literally "bless," used as a reverent substitute for "curse."]
The LORD said to Satan, "Very well, everything he has is in your hands. Only do not lay a hand on the man himself." Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD.
One day, while Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,
a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
when the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
He was still speaking when another came and said, "The fire of God fell from heaven and burned among the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
He was still speaking when another came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties, swept down on the camels and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
He was still speaking when yet another came and said, "Your sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house,
when 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."
Then Job stood up, tore his robe, and shaved his head. He fell to the ground in worship
and said: "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."
Through all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.
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