Job’s Character and Wealth

(James 5:7–12)

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name [was] Job. And this man was blameless and upright, fearing God and shunning evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters, 3 and he owned 7,000 {} sheep, 3,000 {} camels,500 yoke of oxen,500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. [Job was] the greatest man of all the people of the East.

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[Job’s] sons would take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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And when the days of feasting were over, Job would send [for his children] to purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them. For Job thought,“ Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s regular practice.

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