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And sending, they called their three sisters, to eat and drink with them.", "citation": "Job 1:4 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 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.", "citation": "Job 1:5 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 6, "text": "Now on a certain day, when the sons of God came to stand before the Lord, Satan also was present among them.", "citation": "Job 1:6 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 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.", "citation": "Job 1:7 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 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?", "citation": "Job 1:8 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 9, "text": "And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear God in vain?", "citation": "Job 1:9 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 10, "text": "Hast thou not 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?", "citation": "Job 1:10 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 11, "text": "But stretch forth thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he bless thee not to thy face.", "citation": "Job 1:11 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 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.", "citation": "Job 1:12 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 13, "text": "Now upon a certain day, when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother,", "citation": "Job 1:13 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 14, "text": "There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,", "citation": "Job 1:14 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 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.", "citation": "Job 1:15 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 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.", "citation": "Job 1:16 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 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.", "citation": "Job 1:17 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 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 eldest brother,", "citation": "Job 1:18 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 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 tell thee.", "citation": "Job 1:19 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 20, "text": "Then Job rose up, and rent his garments, and having shaven his head, fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,", "citation": "Job 1:20 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 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.", "citation": "Job 1:21 (Douay-Rheims)" }, { "verse": 22, "text": "In all these things Job sinned not by his lips, nor spoke he any foolish thing against God.", "citation": "Job 1:22 (Douay-Rheims)" } ] }