And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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 Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped,

and sat with Job on the ground for a full week without saying a word, since they could see the great extent of his anguish.

but let it be stained with darkness, and the shadow of death. Let the dim cloud fall upon it, and let it be lapped in with sorrow.

or with high officials {who have gold}, who fill up their houses [with] silver.

Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;

For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water.

because the dread that I {feel} has come upon me, and what I feared befalls me.

"The lioness may roar, and the lion cub may growl; but even the ivory teeth of the full grown lion are broken.

Full grown lions die when they cannot find prey; that's when the lion cubs are scattered.

Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;

For vexation will slay the fool, and jealousy will kill [the] simple.

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.

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

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

But they that fear the hoarfrost, the snow shall fall upon them.

In the time they will flow of they became extinct: in its heat they were extinguished from their place.

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

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

Then, even if your beginnings were modest,
your final days will be full of prosperity.

He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;

Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.

For, with a tempest, would he fall upon me, and would multiply my wounds without need;

He will not allow me to {catch} my breath; rather, he will fill me with bitterness.

If the scourge shall fall suddenly, he will deride at the trial of the innocent

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

You would still plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would hate me [and refuse to cover my foul body].

“I loathe my own life;
I will give full vent to my complaint;
I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction;

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified?

Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born like the foal of a wild ass.

“Then you would trust [with confidence], because there is hope;
You would look around you and rest securely.

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.

I also, have a mind like you, I, fall not short, of you, But who hath not such things as these?

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowl of the heavens, and they shall tell thee;

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

Just as ye know, I too, know, I, fall not short, of you.

Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you?

“Listen carefully to my speech,
And let my declaration fill your ears.

Wilt thou be so cruel and extreme unto a flying leaf, and follow upon dry stubble?

Whereas I, notwithstanding, must consume like as a foul carrion, and as a cloth that is moth eaten.

Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

And as a flower he will come forth, and will be cut down: and he will flee as a shadow, and shall not stand.

"But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.

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

“My transgression is sealed up in a bag,
And You cover my wickedness [from Your view].

"Mountains fall and crumble; rocks are dislodged from their places.

His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; they fall, but he does not mark it.

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

With us are men who are grey-haired and full of years, much older than your father.

How much more then an abominable and vile man, which drinketh wickedness like water?

Dreadful sounds fill his ears;
when he is at peace, a robber attacks him.

“It will be fulfilled while he still lives,
And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away].

“He will fail to bring his grapes to maturity [leaving them to wither unnourished] on the vine,
And will cast off blossoms [and fail to bring forth fruit] like the olive tree.

They gaped upon me with their mouth; with reproach they struck upon my cheek; they will fill out together against me.

My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.

He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall.

They drive him from light to darkness, and they make him flee from the world.

As a dream he shall fly away, and they shall not find him: and he shall flee away as the vision of the night

His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust.

Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

At the height of his success distress will come to him;
the full weight of misery will crush him.

When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through.

The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

His bull breeds and does not fail; his cow calves and does not miscarry.

What manner of fellow is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What profit should we have, to submit ourselves unto him?'

"How often do the wicked have their lights put out? Does calamity ever fall on them? Will God in his anger ever apportion their destruction?

“You say, ‘God stores away [the punishment of] man’s wickedness for his children.’
Let God repay him so that he may know and experience it.

Let his eyes see his trouble, and let him be full of the wrath of the Ruler of all!

One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow.

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

“How then will you vainly comfort me,
For your answers remain full of falsehood?”

Clouds veil Him so that He cannot see,
as He walks on the circle of the sky.”

Though he made their houses full of good things: but the purpose of the evil-doers is far from me!

I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs

What counsel you provide to the fool! What insight you provide so abundantly!

The underworld is uncovered before him, and Destruction has no veil.

[He] covers [the] face of [the] full moon; [he] spreads his cloud over it.

“Yet these are just the fringes of His ways [mere samples of His power],
The faintest whisper of His voice!
Who can contemplate the thunder of His [full] mighty power?”

He goes to rest full of wealth, but does so for the last time: on opening his eyes, he sees it there no longer.

For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen:

Rivers flow out of the rocks, and look: what is pleasant, his eye seeth it.

For it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and concealed from the fowl of the heavens.

the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths.

I put on righteousness as my clothing, and was full of it; right decisions were to me a robe and a head-dress.

After my words they didn't speak again. My speech fell on them.

I laugh unto them -- they give no credence, And the light of my face cause not to fall.

Also, what profit for me was the strength of their hands, for full vigor had perished from them?