# Job 01 📖: Job's Prosperity and First Test [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Job Overview]] | [[Esther 10]] | [[Job 02]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) # **I. The Prologue (1:1-2:13)** ## Job’s Good Life [[#Verse 01.]] There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.  [[#Verse 02.]] Seven sons and three daughters were born to him.  [[#Verse 03.]] His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east. [[#Verse 04.]] Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.  [[#Verse 05.]] When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice. ## Satan’s Accusation of Job [[#Verse 06.]] Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord—and Satan also arrived among them.  [[#Verse 07.]] The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the Lord, “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.” [[#Verse 08.]] So the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.” [[#Verse 09.]] Then Satan answered the Lord, “Is it for nothing that Job fears God?  [[#Verse 10.]] Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.  [[#Verse 11.]] But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!” [[#Verse 12.]] So the Lord said to Satan, “All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!” So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. ## Job’s Integrity in Adversity [[#Verse 13.]] Now the day came when Job’s sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house, [[#Verse 14.]] and a messenger came to Job, saying, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,  [[#Verse 15.]] and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I—only I alone—escaped to tell you!” [[#Verse 16.]] While this one was still speaking, another messenger arrived and said, “The fire of God has fallen from heaven and has burned up the sheep and the servants—it has consumed them! And I—only I alone—escaped to tell you!” [[#Verse 17.]] While this one was still speaking, another messenger arrived and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I—only I alone—escaped to tell you!” [[#Verse 18.]] While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,  [[#Verse 19.]] and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I—only I alone—escaped to tell you!” [[#Verse 20.]] Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground.  [[#Verse 21.]] He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!” [[#Verse 22.]] In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ###### Verse 12. ###### Verse 13. ###### Verse 14. ###### Verse 15. ###### Verse 16. ###### Verse 17. ###### Verse 18. ###### Verse 19. ###### Verse 20. ###### Verse 21. ###### Verse 22. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. The exact location of Uz is uncertain. Lamentations 4:21 connects Uz with Edom, southeast of Israel. 2. In Hebrew the accuser is called *ha-satan*, literally "the adversary" or "the accuser." 3. The "sons of God" (1:6) are heavenly beings who appear before the Lord, as in 38:7. 4. The Hebrew word normally meaning "bless" is used in 1:5 and 1:11 as a polite way of saying "curse." 5. The Sabeans (1:15) came from Sheba in southern Arabia, while the Chaldeans (1:17) came from Mesopotamia. 6. The "fire of God" (1:16) was likely lightning. 7. Job's losses alternate between human raiders (1:15, 1:17) and natural disasters (1:16, 1:19). 8. Each messenger ends the same way, "only I alone escaped to tell you," creating a rhythm of rising grief. 9. Tearing the robe and shaving the head (1:20) were common signs of mourning in the ancient world. 10. Job acted as priest for his family (1:5), which many take as a sign the story is set in the time of the patriarchs, before the Law of Moses. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is our Advocate who silences the accuser. Satan accused Job before the Lord (1:9-11), but Jesus defends His people, and the accuser of our brothers and sisters has been thrown down (Revelation 12:10; 1 John 2:1). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. God Himself calls Job blameless and upright (1:1, 1:8). What does a life like that look like today? 2. Satan asks whether Job fears God for nothing (1:9). Why do you think God allowed Job's faith to be tested? 3. After losing everything, Job worshiped and blessed the name of the Lord (1:20-21). What helps a person worship in the middle of loss? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 1: Job is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and turns away from evil. - 📖 verses 9-11: Satan accuses Job of serving God only for what he gets. - 📖 verses 21-22: The Lord gives and the Lord takes away; Job blesses God's name and does not sin. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[James 05#Verse 11.|James 5:11]] - You have heard of Job's endurance and the Lord's compassion. - 🔗 [[Ezekiel 14#Verse 14.|Ezekiel 14:14]] - Job named with Noah and Daniel as righteous men. - 🔗 [[Revelation 12#Verse 10.|Revelation 12:10]] - The accuser of the brothers has been thrown down. - 🔗 [[Luke 22#Verse 31.|Luke 22:31-32]] - Satan demanded to sift Peter, but Jesus prayed for him. - 🔗 [[1 Timothy 06#Verse 07.|1 Timothy 6:7]] - We brought nothing into the world and can take nothing out. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Job 01 - SOAP|What Greatness Looks Like]] ## 📂 Internal Notes