1 Havia um homem na terra de Uz, cujo nome era Jó. Era homem íntegro e reto, que temia a Deus e se desviava do mal.

2 Nasceram-lhe sete filhos e três filhas.

3 Possuía ele sete mil ovelhas, três mil camelos, quinhentas juntas de bois e quinhentas jumentas, tendo também muitíssima gente ao seu serviço; de modo que este homem era o maior de todos os do Oriente.

1 There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and abstained from evil.

2 And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

3 And his substance was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children of the east.