Bible Chapter Summary
Job 1 Summary
Job's Righteousness and Satan's First Test
Job is introduced as a perfectly righteous man from Uz, blessed with seven sons, three daughters, and great wealth. Satan challenges God's claim that Job fears Him faithfully, wagering that Job will curse God if his possessions are taken away. God permits Satan to test Job by destroying his cattle and children, yet Job responds with worship and acceptance, declaring the Lord gives and takes away. Job does not sin in his response to these calamities.
Key themes
Key verses
Job 1:1
“There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.”
Job 1:8-11
“And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?”
Job 1:20-21
“Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,”
Job 1:22
“In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.”
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