1 Na terra de Uz morava um homem chamado Jó. Ele era bom e honesto, temia a Deus e procurava não fazer nada que fosse errado. 2 Jó tinha sete filhos e três filhas 3 e era dono de sete mil ovelhas, três mil camelos, mil bois e quinhentas jumentas. Tinha também um grande número de escravos. Enfim, Jó era o homem mais rico de todo o 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.