Job 1:1-6

Job 1:1-6

[1] There was a man  in the land  of Uz,  whose name  was Job;  and that man  was perfect  and upright,  and one that feared  God,  and eschewed  evil.  [2] And there were born  unto him seven  sons  and three  daughters.  [3] His substance  also was seven  thousand  sheep,  and three  thousand  camels,  and five  hundred  yoke  of oxen,  and five  hundred  she asses,  and a very  great  household;  so that this man  was the greatest  of all the men  of the east.  [4] And 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. [5] And it was so, when the days  of their feasting  were gone about,  that Job  sent  and sanctified  them, and rose up 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 cursed  God  in their hearts.  Thus did  Job  continually.  [6] Now there was a day  when the sons  of God  came  to present  themselves before the LORD,  and Satan  came  also among