The Daily Meditation

The Book of Job

Chapter 1 Verses 12-22

12 Then the Lord said unto Satan, Lo, all that he

hath is in thine hand: only upon himself shalt thou

not stretch out thine hand. So Satan departed from

the presence of the Lord.

13 And on a day, when his sons and his daughters

were eating and drinking wine in their eldest

brother’s house,

14 There came a messenger unto Job, and said,

The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding in

their places,

15 And the Sabeans came violently, and took them:

yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the

sword: but I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

16 And while he was yet speaking, another came,

and said, The fire of God is fallen from the heaven,

and hath burnt up the sheep and the servants, and

devoured them: but I only am escaped alone to

tell thee.

17 And while he was yet speaking, another came,

and said, The Chaldeans set on three bands, and fell

upon the camels, and have taken them, and have slain

the servants with the edge of the sword: but I only

am escaped alone to tell thee.

18 And while he was yet speaking, came another,

and said, Thy sons, and thy daughters were eating,

and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s

house,

19 And behold, there came a great wind from

beyond the wilderness, and smote the four corners

of the house, which fell upon the children, and they

are dead, and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

20 Then Job arose, and rent his garment, and

shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground,

and worshiped,

21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s

womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord

hath given, and the Lord hath taken it: blessed be

the Name of the Lord.

22 In all this did not Job sin, nor charge God

foolishly.

Related Scripture

Genesis 37:29, 34;

Exodus 34:8;

Joshua 7:6;

Ezra 9:3;

1 Peter 5:6;

Ecclesiastes 5:14, 19;

1 Timothy 6:7;

Psalm 49:17;

James 1:17;

Genesis 31:16;

1 Samuel 2:6;

Ephesians 5:20;

1 Thessalonians 5:18;

Ezekiel 3:21;

Psalm 119:11;

Romans 6:12;