1 Havia um homem na terra de Uz, por nome Jó. Era esse homem íntegro e reto, temia a Deus e desviava-se do mal.

2 Nasceram-lhe sete filhos e três filhas.

3 Possuía ele sete mil ovelhas, e três mil camelos, e quinhentas juntas de bois, e quinhentas jumentas, e família numerosíssima; de sorte que este homem era o maior de todos os filhos do Oriente.

1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job. That man was blameless and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil. 2 There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 3 His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.