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.

1 I Us' land levde en man som hette Job; han var en ostrafflig och redlig man, som fruktade Gud och flydde det onda.

2 Åt honom föddes sju söner och tre döttrar;

3 och han ägde sju tusen får, tre tusen kameler, fem hundra par oxar och fem hundra åsninnor, därtill tjänare i stor mängd. Så var denne man mäktigare än någon annan i Österlandet.