Job 1: Satan’s Challenge to God – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | Job’s Suffering, Faith, and God’s Ultimate Blessing

Listen to the powerful story of Job 1 in this clear and engaging audio recording. Follow the challenge of Satan to God and the testing of Job’s faith. Discover how Job suffered the loss of everything important to him, how he continued to trust in God, and how God ultimately blessed him. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, immerse yourself in this life-changing chapter and let the Scriptures come alive.

JOB 1 (NIV)

1 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was
blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

2 He had seven sons and
three daughters,

3 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels,
five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of
servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East.

4 His sons used to hold feasts in their homes on their birthdays, and they
would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

5 When a period
of feasting had run its course, Job would make arrangements for them to be
purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of
them, thinking, “Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their
hearts.” This was Job’s regular custom.

6 One day the angels came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan
also came with them.

7 The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?”
Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and
forth on it.”

8 Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is
no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and
shuns evil.”

9 “Does Job fear God for nothing?” Satan replied.

10 “Have you not put a hedge
around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work
of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land.

11
But now stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely
curse you to your face.”

12 The Lord said to Satan, “Very well, then, everything he has is in your
power, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.”
Then Satan went out from the presence of the Lord.

13 One day when Job’s sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at
the oldest brother’s house,

14 a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen
were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,

15 and the Sabeans attacked
and made off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only
one who has escaped to tell you!”

16 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The fire of
God fell from the heavens and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am
the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

17 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, “The
Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and made
off with them. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who
has escaped to tell you!”

18 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, “Your
sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother’s
house,

19 when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the
four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am
the only one who has escaped to tell you!”

20 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to
the ground in worship

21 and said:
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will depart.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
may the name of the Lord be praised.”

22 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing.