And there are borne to him seven sons and three daughters,

Haven’t You placed a hedge around him, his household, and everything he owns? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.

And the day is, that his sons and his daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

While this one is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Thy sons and thy daughters are eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their brother, the first-born.

And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Then his wife said to him, "Are you still persisting in your blamelessness? {Curse} God and die."

And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.

And three of the friends of Job hear of all this evil that hath come upon him, and they come in each from his place -- Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite -- and they are met together to come in to bemoan him, and to comfort him;

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

Wherefore have knees been before me? And what are breasts, that I suck?

along with kings and counselors of the earth, who used to build for themselves what are now only ruins,

Or with princes -- they have gold, They are filling their houses with silver.

There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest.

There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.

Who are waiting for death, and it is not, And they seek it above hid treasures.

Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

Should anyone try to speak with you
when you are exhausted?
Yet who can keep from speaking?

“But now adversity comes upon you, and you are impatient and intolerant;
It touches you, and you are horrified.

"{Think} now, who has perished [who is] innocent? Or where [are] the upright destroyed?

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad.

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth?

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

Are their tent cords not pulled up?
They die without wisdom.

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His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.

but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward.

which doeth things, that are unsearchable, and marvelous without number.

So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

Who makes the designs of the wise go wrong, so that they are unable to give effect to their purposes.

[He] is capturing [the] wise in their craftiness, and the schemes of the wily are rushed.

Therefore there is hope for those who are poor, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

And you shall know that your offspring [are] many, and your descendants like the vegetation of the earth.

You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season.

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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

My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed; like a streambed of wadis they flow away,

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

They are ashamed at their hope; they come thither, and are confounded.

For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid.

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

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

Anger on the fatherless ye cause to fall, And are strange to your friend.

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling?

So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

“What is man that You magnify him,
And that You are concerned about him,

And that your hand is on him every morning, and that you are testing him every minute?

How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?

How long will you go on saying these things?
Your words are a blast of wind.

Then, if you are pure and upright,
Surely now He will awaken for you
And restore your righteous place.

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant.

So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

Surely God won't reject those who are blameless or hold hands with those who practice evil.

Who is moving the earth out of its place, so that its pillars are shaking:

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

“Behold, He snatches away; who can restrain or turn Him back?
Who will say to Him, ‘What are You doing?’

"God doesn't restrain his anger. Rahab's assistants are humiliated under him.

“The earth is given into the hands of the wicked;
He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blind to justice].
If it is not He, then who is it [that is responsible for all this injustice]?

Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good.

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

I'll say to God, "Don't condemn me! Let me know why you are fighting me.

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

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me.

Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

Are your words of pride to make men keep quiet? and are you to make sport, with no one to put you to shame?

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

They are higher than the heavens—what can you do?
They are deeper than Sheol—what can you know?

They are longer than the earth's circumference, and broader than the ocean.

For he knows {those who are worthless}; {when he sees} iniquity, {he will not consider it}.

For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,

And the eyes of the wicked are consumed, And refuge hath perished from them, And their hope is a breathing out of soul!

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

But I also have a mind;
I am not inferior to you.
Who doesn’t know the things you are talking about?

The one who is at ease holds calamity in contempt
and thinks it is prepared for those whose feet are slipping.

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

“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,

Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

With Him are wisdom and might, To him are counsel and understanding.

Lo, He keepeth in the waters, and they are dried up, And he sendeth them forth, And they overturn the land.

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.

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

But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value.

He will, severely rebuke, you, if ye are secretly partial.

Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin.

Are you a god who would make a leaf tremble or who would prosecute a dry straw?

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