And it was so, when the days of their feasting were completed, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, It may be that my so

Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before LORD, that Satan also came among them.

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

Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before LORD, that Satan came also among them to present himself before LORD.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that came upon him, they came each one from his own place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they made an appointment together to come t

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voice, and wept. And each one tore his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Why did I not die from the womb? Why did I not give up the spirit when my mother bore me?

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

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder?

What time they grow warm, they vanish. When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

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

When I say, My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint.

[He] who removes the mountains, and they do not know it when he overturns them in his anger,

Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mock, shall no man make thee ashamed?

For when a few years are come, I shall go the way where I shall not return.

It shall go down to the bars of Sheol when once there is rest in the dust.

When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating.

Even when I remember, I am troubled, and horror takes hold on my flesh.

For what does he care for his house after him when the number of his months is cut off?

When they cast [thee] down, thou shall say, [There is] lifting up, and he will save the humble man.

on the left hand, when he works, but I cannot behold him. He hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.

For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder,

O that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me,

when his lamp shone upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness,

as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,

when the Almighty was yet with me, and my sons were about me,

when my steps were washed with butter, and the rock poured out streams of oil to me,

when I went forth to the gate to the city, when I prepared my seat in the street.

For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me.

I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and they did not cast down the light of my countenance.

When I looked for good, then evil came. And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

If I have despised the case of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me,

what then shall I do when God rises up? And when he visits, what shall I answer him?

if I have beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

if I have rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his anger was kindled.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed.

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? [It is] the same whether to a nation, or to a man,

How much less when thou say thou do not behold him. The case is before him, and thou wait for him!

But those who are godless in heart lay up anger. They do not cry for help when he binds them.

Do not desire the night, when peoples are cut off in their place.

After it a voice roars. He thunders with the voice of his majesty, and he does not restrain [the lightnings] when his voice is heard.

How thy garments are warm when the earth is still because of the south [wind]?

Where were thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou have understanding.

when the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Or [who] shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth, [like] it had issued out of the womb,

when I made clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

when the dust runs into a mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

when they couch in their dens, [and] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Who provides for the raven his prey when his young ones cry to God, [and] wander for lack of food?

Do thou know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] can thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Can thou number the months that they fulfill? Or do thou know the time when they bring forth?

When he raises himself up the mighty are afraid. Because of consternation they are beside themselves.

And LORD turned [back] the captivity of Job when he prayed for his friends. And LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before.