His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these times they sent for their three sisters to take part in their feasts with them.

And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?

With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.

And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, he is in your hands, only do not take his life.

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.

Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world.

That day--let it be dark; let not God take note of it from on high, and let not the light be shining on it;

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

That night--let the thick dark take it; let it not have joy among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months.

Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?

Why did the knees take me, or why the breasts that they might give me milk?

By the breath of God destruction takes them, and by the wind of his wrath they are cut off.

Between morning and evening they are completely broken; they come to an end for ever, and no one takes note.

Now his children have no safe place, and they are crushed before the judges, for no one takes up their cause.

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

He takes the wise in their secret designs, and the purposes of the twisted are cut off suddenly.

You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time.

See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?

And why do you not take away my sin, and let my wrongdoing be ended? for now I go down to the dust, and you will be searching for me with care, but I will be gone.

If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.

If he is taken away from his place, then it will say, I have not seen you.

Such is the joy of his way, and out of the dust another comes up to take his place.

Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.

It is he who takes away the mountains without their knowledge, overturning them in his wrath:

If he puts out his hand to take, by whom may it be turned back? who may say to him, What are you doing?

He would not let me take my breath, but I would be full of bitter grief.

You will not let me be clear of sin! why then do I take trouble for nothing?

Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

That you take note of my sin, searching after my wrongdoing,

Though you see that I am not an evil-doer; and there is no one who is able to take a man out of your hands?

That, if I did wrong, you would take note of it, and would not make me clear from sin:

Why then did you make me come out of my mother's body? It would have been better for me to have taken my last breath, and for no eye to have seen me,

And for me to have been as if I had not been; to have been taken from my mother's body straight to my last resting-place.

But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

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

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

And you will be safe because there is hope; after looking round, you will take your rest in quiet;

He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

He makes the words of responsible persons without effect, and takes away the good sense of the old;

He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;

He takes away the wisdom of the rulers of the earth, and sends them wandering in a waste where there is no way.

Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

I will take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand.

Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

Take your hand far away from me; and let me not be overcome by fear of you.

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

I was in comfort, but I have been broken up by his hands; he has taken me by the neck, shaking me to bits; he has put me up as a mark for his arrows.

For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.

His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.

Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.

Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

He has put off my glory from me, and taken the crown from my head.

He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;

Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

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

How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?

How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

Have you not put the question to the travellers, and do you not take note of their experience?

He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.

For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:

Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.

For he has knowledge of the way I take; after I have been tested I will come out like gold.

The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.

They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.

The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.

From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;

For what is the hope of the sinner when he is cut off, when God takes back his soul?

Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?

He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

Fears overtake him like rushing waters; in the night the storm-wind takes him away.

The east wind takes him up and he is gone; he is forced violently out of his place.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

With great force he takes a grip of my clothing, pulling me by the neck of my coat.

You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.

The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;