Older Testament Job chapter 1 of 42 (22 verses.)
In the [ancient] land of Uz [south of Edom, west of Arabia], a man named Job {Affliction} comes to exist. [Job lives] inoffensively and righteously. He fears Elohim. He shuns evil. [Job is] the greatest poem, whether of ancient or modern literature.—Tennyson
I call [Job] one of the grandest [works] ever written with pen.—Carlyle
[Job is] more magnificent and sublime than any other book of Scripture.—Luther
Job's [wife] births him 7 sons and 3 daughters.
Job's material wealth [grows] to include 7000 sheep, 3000 camels, 500 yoke-pair of oxen, 500 she-donkeys, and a massive household. This makes [Job] the greatest [rich] man of all the men in the Eastern [hemisphere]! 
Job's sons take turns traveling to feast in their [respective] houses. They send [messengers] to call for their 3 sisters to eat and to drink with them.
After each feast [period], Job sends [messengers to summon] his children for a sanctification [ritual]. Job rises up early in the morning. He smoke-roasts ascension-gifts [to feed needy people]. [He donates] one [animal to try to make up for the sins] of each of his children. Job reasons, “Maybe my sons have sinned, and cursed Elohim in their hearts.” Job continually performs such kind acts.
Meanwhile, one day the [angelic] sons of Elohim come to present themselves before Yahweh. But among them, Satan also comes [to face YAH's throne]. So Yahweh asks Satan, “Where are you coming from?” Satan [hisses] his answer to Yahweh, “[I come] from [flying] back and forth over the earth, from pacing up and down [across the hellish cage you've trapped me in].”
So Yahweh asks Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? [Do you see] that there's no one like him on the earth—[an] undefiled, upright man, one who fears Elohim, and [always] turns [away] from evil?” Satan [hisses] at Yahweh, “Does Job fear Elohim for nothing?
—Haven't you built a hedge around Job, and around his house, surrounding all he has on every side? You always bless the work of his hands. So his wealth piles up on the earth.
—But stretch out your hand now. Strike everything Job has. Then he'll curse you to your face.” Yahweh says to Satan, “Look: everything Job has is in your power. Just don't lay your hand on Job.” So Satan [flies] out from the presence of Yahweh. So one day Job's sons and his daughters sit eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.Then a messenger [rides his race-horse] to Job. [The messenger shouts], “[Your] oxen were plowing. [Your] donkeys were feeding beside the [oxen].
—Then the Sabeans fell on [your] animals. They stole [your] oxen and donkeys away. Worse, the Sabeans murdered [your] servants with the ‘bite’ of the sword. I'm [the] only one who escaped to tell you!” While that messenger [jumps up and down screaming], another [messenger rides] up [to Job]. [This 2nd messenger shouts], “The fire of Elohim fell from heaven. It burned up [your] sheep and [your] servants. [Flames] ate them! I'm the only [one left! I] alone escaped to tell you!” While that messenger [stands screaming], yet another messenger [storms] up [to Job. The messenger cries,] “The Chaldeans formed 3 [raiding] bands. They fell upon [your] camels and carried them away! Worse, they murdered [all your] workers with the ‘bite’ of the sword. I alone escaped to tell you!” While that messenger [writhes screaming, a 4th] messenger [crawls] up. [He moans], “[Job, while] your sons and your daughters [sat] eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's mansion… —suddenly [I] see a huge spirit [tornado] fly in from the desert! It strikes the four corners of the mansion! [The roof] falls on [your] children. They're [all] dead. I alone escaped to tell you!”
