1 Once there was a man called Job who lived in the land of Uz. He was a man of integrity who did what was right. He respected1:1. The word is "fear" but is used in the sense of reverence and awe rather than being frightened or terrified. God and avoided evil. 2 He had seven sons and three daughters. 3 He owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred teams of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, as well as many servants. He was more wealthy than anyone else in the East.