ECB(i)
1 There was a man in the land of Us, his name, Iyob; and that man being integrious and straight; and one awing Elohim and turning aside from evil.
2 And seven sons and three daughters are birthed to him;
3 and his chattel: seven thousand flocks and three thousand camels and five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred she burros and a mighty great servantry; so that this man is the greatest of all the men of the east.
4 And his sons go and work a banquet in their houses - each man on his day; and they send and call for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
5 And so be it, as the days of banqueting revolve, Iyob sends and hallows them; and starts early in the morning and holocausts holocausts according to their number; for Iyob says, Perhaps my sons have sinned, yet blessed Elohim in their hearts. - thus worked Iyob continually.
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THE FIRST CHALLENGE OF SATAN
And so be it, a day arrives when the sons of Elohim come to station themselves by Yah Veh; and Satan also comes in their midst. 7 And Yah Veh says to Satan, Whence come you? And Satan answers Yah Veh and says, From flitting to and fro in the earth and from walking forth and back in it. 8 And Yah Veh says to Satan, Have you set your heart on my servant Iyob, that there is none like him in the earth? - an integrious and straight man, one who awes Elohim and turns aside from evil? 9 And Satan answers Yah Veh and says, Iyob, fears he Elohim gratuitously? 10 Make you not a hedge about him and throughout his house and throughout all he has all around? You bless the work of his hands and his chattel break forth in the land. 11 And yet, spread your hand, I beseech, and touch all that he has, whether he blesses you to your face. 12 And Yah Veh says to Satan, Behold, all he has is in your hand; only spread not your hand on his self. - and Satan goes from the face of Yah Veh. 13
THE FIRST TEST OF IYOB
And so be it, a day his sons and his daughters are eating and drinking wine in the house of their firstbirthed brother; 14 and an angel comes to Iyob and says, The oxen were plowing and the she burros tending at their hands; 15 and the Sabeans felled them and took them away; yes, they smote the lads with the mouth of the sword; and I - I only escaped alone to tell you. 16 While he is yet wording, another also comes and says, The fire of Elohim fell from the heavens and burned up the flocks and the lads and consumed them; and I - I only escaped alone to tell you. 17 While he is yet wording, another also comes and says, The Kesediym set out three heads and stripped the camels and took them away; yes, and smote the servants with the mouth of the sword; and I - I only escaped alone to tell you. 18 While he is yet wording, another also comes and says, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their firstbirthed brother; 19 and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and touched the four corners of the house and it fell upon the lads and they are dead; and I - I only escaped alone to tell you. 20 Then Iyob rises and rips his mantle and shears his head and falls down on the earth and prostrates 21 and says, Naked came I from the belly of my mother and naked I return; Yah Veh gives and Yah Veh takes; blessed - the name of Yah Veh. 22 In all this Iyob neither sinned nor attributed Elohim with frivolity.
THE FIRST CHALLENGE OF SATAN
And so be it, a day arrives when the sons of Elohim come to station themselves by Yah Veh; and Satan also comes in their midst. 7 And Yah Veh says to Satan, Whence come you? And Satan answers Yah Veh and says, From flitting to and fro in the earth and from walking forth and back in it. 8 And Yah Veh says to Satan, Have you set your heart on my servant Iyob, that there is none like him in the earth? - an integrious and straight man, one who awes Elohim and turns aside from evil? 9 And Satan answers Yah Veh and says, Iyob, fears he Elohim gratuitously? 10 Make you not a hedge about him and throughout his house and throughout all he has all around? You bless the work of his hands and his chattel break forth in the land. 11 And yet, spread your hand, I beseech, and touch all that he has, whether he blesses you to your face. 12 And Yah Veh says to Satan, Behold, all he has is in your hand; only spread not your hand on his self. - and Satan goes from the face of Yah Veh. 13
THE FIRST TEST OF IYOB
And so be it, a day his sons and his daughters are eating and drinking wine in the house of their firstbirthed brother; 14 and an angel comes to Iyob and says, The oxen were plowing and the she burros tending at their hands; 15 and the Sabeans felled them and took them away; yes, they smote the lads with the mouth of the sword; and I - I only escaped alone to tell you. 16 While he is yet wording, another also comes and says, The fire of Elohim fell from the heavens and burned up the flocks and the lads and consumed them; and I - I only escaped alone to tell you. 17 While he is yet wording, another also comes and says, The Kesediym set out three heads and stripped the camels and took them away; yes, and smote the servants with the mouth of the sword; and I - I only escaped alone to tell you. 18 While he is yet wording, another also comes and says, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their firstbirthed brother; 19 and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and touched the four corners of the house and it fell upon the lads and they are dead; and I - I only escaped alone to tell you. 20 Then Iyob rises and rips his mantle and shears his head and falls down on the earth and prostrates 21 and says, Naked came I from the belly of my mother and naked I return; Yah Veh gives and Yah Veh takes; blessed - the name of Yah Veh. 22 In all this Iyob neither sinned nor attributed Elohim with frivolity.