There once was a man in the land of Uz named Job. The man was blameless as well as upright. He feared God and kept away from evil.

Then the LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil."

The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm him without cause."

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? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Let darkness and death-shade redeem it, Let a cloud tabernacle upon it, Let them terrify it as the most bitter of days.

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

As for that night, let it have no fruit; let no voice of joy be sounded in it;

Why was I not stillborn;
why didn’t I die as I came from the womb?

like as the kings and lords of the earth, which build themselves special places:

As the princes that have great substance of gold, and their houses full of silver.

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

There, must the wicked cease from their tyranny, there such as are overlaboured be at rest.

For before my food, my sighing cometh, And poured out as waters are my roarings.

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed as the moth!

As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant.

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

Lo! as for this, we have searched it out - so, it is, Hear it, and know, thou, for thyself.

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

Am I as strong as a rock? Am I some kind of iron man?

like as if one withdrew a good deed from his friend, and forsook the fear of the Almighty God?

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away;

By the time they begin to thaw, they are dried up, as soon as it is warm, they have vanished out of their place.

When did I ever ask you for anything, say "Offer a bribe for me from your wealth?'

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

Truly, you are such as would give up the child of a dead man to his creditors, and would make a profit out of your friend.

Is there not a warfare to man on earth? And as the days of an hireling his days?

As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work:

As soon as I lie down, I say, When shall I arise? yet he lengtheneth out the evening, and I am wearied with tossings until the breeze of twilight.

My days pass as swiftly as a hand-loom; they come to their conclusion without hope.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more.

I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

“How long will you say these things?
And will the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

But if you earnestly seek God
and ask the Almighty for mercy,

For, ask I pray thee of a former generation, And prepare to a search of their fathers,

“For we are only of yesterday and know nothing,
Because our days on earth are as a shadow.

“If he is snatched from his place [in the garden],
Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’

Lo, thus is it with him that rejoiceth in his own doings: and as for others, they grow out of the earth.

“Behold, God will not reject a man of integrity,
Nor will He strengthen or support evildoers.

He commandeth the sun, and it riseth not: he closeth up the stars, as it were under a signet.

He made Ash-Chesil and Cimah, and the chambers of the south;

He doth great things, such as are unsearchable, yea and wonders without number.

If He snatches something, who can stop Him?
Who can ask Him, “What are You doing?”

As for GOD, if he withdraw not his anger, under him, will have submitted themselves - the proud helpers.

Though I'm in the right, my own mouth will condemn me; though I'm blameless, he'll pronounce me as guilty.

As for the world, he giveth it over into the power of the wicked; and he shall cover the faces of the judges thereof. Is it not so? Where is he - or who is he - that can show the contrary?

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

and then shall I answer him without any fear. For as long as I am in such fearfulness, I can make no answer: And why?

I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth?

Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days,

Thy hands have bound me together and made me as one, round about; yet dost thou swallow me up!

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me.

‘You renew Your witnesses against me
And increase Your indignation and anger toward me;
Hardship after hardship is with me [attacking me time after time].

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know?

For in his eyes men are as nothing; he sees evil and takes note of it.

For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

As for you, if you redirect your heart
and lift up your hands to Him in prayer—

Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost.

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee:

or ask the earth, and it will teach you, and the fishes of the sea will declare to you.

“Who among all these does not recognize [in all these things that good and evil are randomly scattered throughout nature and human life]
That the hand of the Lord has done this,

The life of every living thing is in His hand,
as well as the breath of all mankind.

Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?

Who leadeth away counsellors as a spoil, and, judges, He befooleth:

“He makes priests walk barefoot,
And He overturns men firmly seated and secure.

They feel darkness, and not light, He causeth them to wander as a drunkard.

The same things are in my mind as in yours; I am equal to you.

"But as for you, you whitewash with lies; all of you are worthless quacks.

“Will you show partiality for Him [and be unjust to me so that you may gain favor with Him]?
Will you contend and plead for God?

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ash;
your defenses are made of clay.

I have this as my salvation: the godless person won't be appearing before him.

Grant me only two things as you deal with me; then I won't hide from you.

“Why do You hide Your face [as if offended]
And consider me Your enemy?

And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten.

As for man, the son of woman, his days are short and full of trouble.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.

But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him?

As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:

Thou hast sealed up mine offenses, as it were in a bag: but be merciful unto my wickedness.