Helpful Saints Corpus Reader
Job
KJV with Apocrypha
Unverified edition · Chapter 1
Reading language: English · Original language (catalog): Hebrew / Aramaic
Reading display
Display preferences stay on this browser when storage is available.
Resume in the Library keeps only your last public work, edition and passage on this browser.
Saved Places
Saved only on this browser. Places do not synchronize between devices. Only work, edition and passage identifiers are kept; passage text is not stored.
Remove all Saved Places from this browser? Resume reading and display preferences will stay.
Chapter 1 · All reading sections
Choose an edition
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.
Study this passage
Job 1:2
And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.
Study this passage
Job 1:3
His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.
Source notes · Job 1:3
Notes from this edition, separate from the reading. Original source text is retained.
- 3 household: or, husbandry
Study this passage
Job 1:4
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Study this passage
Job 1:5
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Study this passage
Job 1:6
Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.
Source notes · Job 1:6
Notes from this edition, separate from the reading. Original source text is retained.
- 6 among: Heb. in the midst of
Study this passage
Job 1:7
And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Study this passage
Job 1:8
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?
Study this passage
Job 1:9
Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?
Study this passage
Job 1:10
Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
Study this passage
Job 1:11
But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Study this passage
Job 1:12
And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.
Study this passage
Job 1:13
And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
Study this passage
Job 1:14
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Study this passage
Job 1:15
And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Study this passage
Job 1:16
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Study this passage
Job 1:17
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Study this passage
Job 1:18
While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother’s house:
Study this passage
Job 1:19
And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Study this passage
Job 1:20
Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,
Study this passage
Job 1:21
And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
Study this passage
Job 1:22
In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.
Study this passage
Compare this section in another edition
Read the editions separately. Matching section labels do not establish word or phrase alignment.
Only publicly readable editions are offered. An original-language parallel requires an admitted source edition; a retained private witness is not displayed here.
About this edition
Completeness: not verified. Available reading sections are listed below.
Available body coverage · English
42 chapter/reading unit(s) · 1070 nonempty passage record(s).
Supported chapters & passages
- Chapter 1 · 22 passage record(s)
- Chapter 2 · 13 passage record(s)
- Chapter 3 · 26 passage record(s)
- Chapter 4 · 21 passage record(s)
- Chapter 5 · 27 passage record(s)
- Chapter 6 · 30 passage record(s)
- Chapter 7 · 21 passage record(s)
- Chapter 8 · 22 passage record(s)
- Chapter 9 · 35 passage record(s)
- Chapter 10 · 22 passage record(s)
- Chapter 11 · 20 passage record(s)
- Chapter 12 · 25 passage record(s)
- Chapter 13 · 28 passage record(s)
- Chapter 14 · 22 passage record(s)
- Chapter 15 · 35 passage record(s)
- Chapter 16 · 22 passage record(s)
- Chapter 17 · 16 passage record(s)
- Chapter 18 · 21 passage record(s)
- Chapter 19 · 29 passage record(s)
- Chapter 20 · 29 passage record(s)
- Chapter 21 · 34 passage record(s)
- Chapter 22 · 30 passage record(s)
- Chapter 23 · 17 passage record(s)
- Chapter 24 · 25 passage record(s)
- Chapter 25 · 6 passage record(s)
- Chapter 26 · 14 passage record(s)
- Chapter 27 · 23 passage record(s)
- Chapter 28 · 28 passage record(s)
- Chapter 29 · 25 passage record(s)
- Chapter 30 · 31 passage record(s)
- Chapter 31 · 40 passage record(s)
- Chapter 32 · 22 passage record(s)
- Chapter 33 · 33 passage record(s)
- Chapter 34 · 37 passage record(s)
- Chapter 35 · 16 passage record(s)
- Chapter 36 · 33 passage record(s)
- Chapter 37 · 24 passage record(s)
- Chapter 38 · 41 passage record(s)
- Chapter 39 · 30 passage record(s)
- Chapter 40 · 24 passage record(s)
- Chapter 41 · 34 passage record(s)
- Chapter 42 · 17 passage record(s)
Body coverage is separate from textual verification. Counts do not establish complete chapters or textual completeness.
Evidence Intelligence
Know what kind of evidence you are looking at.
Helpful Saints keeps direct biblical text, language evidence, ancient witnesses, historical context, research models, and open questions visibly distinct.Direct Biblical Text
The explicit wording and literary context of canonical Scripture.
Original-Language Evidence
Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, morphology, lemmas, semantic range, and textual comparison.
Ancient Witness
Septuagint, Dead Sea Scrolls, ancient Jewish literature, and early Christian writings—clearly classified.
Historical Context
Geography, material culture, chronology ranges, institutions, customs, and reception history.
Research Model
A configured chronology, theological synthesis, typological pattern, or proposed relationship.
Open Question
Evidence is incomplete, debated, or insufficient for a settled conclusion.