Then his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east.

And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

And there came a certain day, - when his sons and his daughters were eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother.

And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath 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.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

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.

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly?

I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.

"And a word came stealing to me, and my ear received [the] whisper from it.

Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.

The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them:

They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed.

He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

If he came by me, I might not look upon him: if he went his way, I should not perceive it.

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.

His archers came round against me, He clave asunder my reins, and spared not, He poured out, on the earth, my gall:

His men of war came together, which made their way over me, and besieged my dwelling round about.

To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee?

For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction came upon me.

Meekly and lowly came I in, yea and without any displeasure; I stood up in the congregation, and communed with them.

So my lyre came to be [used] for mourning, and my flute [for the] voice of [those who] weep.

A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?

Though I waited, yet could they not speak, Surely they came to a stand, they responded no more.

But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

And also he moved thee from the mouth of the enemy to a broad, not straight place; and thy table came. down full of fatness.

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it?

And it came to pass after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, that Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, Mine anger is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken rightly of me, like my servant Job.

Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

And he came to have seven sons, and three daughters;

And Job came to his end, old and full of days.