(Job 1:13-22)
One day when Job's children were having a feast at the home of their oldest brother, a messenger came running to Job. "We were plowing the fields with the oxen," he said, "and the donkeys were in a nearby pasture. Suddenly the Sabeans attacked and stole them all. They killed every one of your servants except me. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."
Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, "Lightning struck the sheep and the shepherds and killed them all. I am the only who escaped to tell you."
Before he had finished speaking, another servant came and said, "Your children were having a fest at home of your oldest son, when the storm swept in from the desert. It blew the house down and killed them all. I am the only one who escaped to tell you."
Then Job got up and tore his clothes in grief. He shaved his head and threw himself face downward on the ground. He said, "I was born with nothing, and I will die with nothing. The Lord gave, and now he has taken away. May his name be praised!"
In spite of everything that had happened, Job did not sin by blaming God.
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