14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them: 15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have stain the servants. 16 There came another, and said, fire is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep. 17 There came also another, and said, The Chaldeans fell upon the camels, and have carried them away. 18 There came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking. 19 And, behold there came a great wind and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon, the young men, and they are dead. 20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshiped. Job ii. 9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God and die. 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? Job xlii. 11 Then came there unto him his brethren, and his sisters, and they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. 12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning; for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. 13 He had also seven sons and three daughters. 15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job; and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. 16 After this lived Job a hundred and forty years. 17 So Job died, being old and full of days. The Book of Job opens with an imaginary discussion between the Lord and Satan as to the true character of Job. Satan hates him because he is good, and envies him because he is a favorite of the Lord, who expresses unbounded faith in his steadfastness to religious principles. Satan replies that Job is all right in prosperity, when surrounded with every comfort; but stripped of his blessings, his faith in a superintending Providence would vanish like dew before the rising sun. The Lord said, "You may test Job. I give you permission to do your worst and to see if he will not remain as true in adversity as he is in prosperity."