1 Havia um homem na terra de Uz, cujo nome era Jó; e era este homem íntegro, reto e temente a Deus e desviava-se do mal.

2 E nasceram-lhe sete filhos e três filhas.

3 E o seu gado era de sete mil ovelhas, três mil camelos, quinhentas juntas de bois e quinhentas jumentas; eram também muitíssimos os servos a seu serviço, de maneira que este homem era maior do que todos os do oriente.

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

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

3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household, so that this man was the greatest of all the sons of the east.