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56 HISTORY OF TRE OLD TESTAMEET.
earth? '' Satan, answering, said : " Dot11 Job fear God in
vain ? Thou hnst blessed the work of his hands, and his
posscssioi~ hath increased on tlie earth. But etrctcll fort11
Thy hand ailcl talie away his possessioi~s, tliea Thou shalt sce
tliat he will niunilur against. Thy providcncc."
3. Then the JAortl said to Satan : "All tllal he 11nth is in
thy 11n11d ; only put not forth thy band up011 his pc~'son." Bo
it came to pass that 011 one occauion, when the Bonv nncl clnughters
of Job were feasting in the house of thcir clclest brother,
s messenger ca.me to Job, exclaiming: c' The oxen were
plougliing, arld the :isses feeding bcsidc thcm, and tbe Szltrc?axis
rushed in and took all i~.j~~.zy, and slcm the servants wit11
the word, :~nd I :&lone have esco,pod to toll tliee,"
4. While he was yet spealiing, nl~otllcr mcsseilger came to
tell Job that firc h11 from hcnven, which fitruclr the sheep and
the sbcphcrds, nncl that ho done hncl escaped. Wbilst hc
was yet speaying there came x t1lir.d ~uessengei., who ntinounced
to Job PiiLt the Chaldeans Eiad taken anray his caiuels
and s1:~in the servzrits, r~ll but himself.
5. Then came a fourth messenger, who, entering in, said to
Job: Whilst thy sons ant1 daughters were eating :u~d drii~king
in thc house of their cldcr brother, a, violent wincl eame
011 a snddcn from thc sidc of thc dcuert, ancl shook the four
corners of the honsc, ancl it fell ancl crushed thy ahiltlrcn, and
they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell the(?.''
6. Then Job rose up ancl rent his gannctnts, rind, having
shaved his head, fell down npon the ground and ~vorshi pccl,
saying : The Lord gave and the [,orcl hat,h talren away. As
it hn.th plonsed the Lord, so it is dnnc. Wcssed be the name
of thc Lortl." In all tbcsc: things Joh sinncd 1101 by liis lips,
nor spoke hc nay foolish thing against God. Ancl the Lord
sdd to Satan : '' Hnst thou consi(lcrcc1 111y servalit Job, that
there is nolie like lli~n in tlie earth ? " Satan rcplicd : "A11
tl1a.t n, man ]lath lie \rill give for his life ; but put forth Thy
hnncl, touch his bono nncl his flesh, and thcn Thou shalt sec if
be will not curse Thee.''