And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.

Have thou not made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has, on every side? Thou have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

and the Sabeans fell [upon them], and took them away. Yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and only I alone have escaped to tell thee.

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

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and only I alone have escaped

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 only I alone have escaped to tell thee.

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou m

Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, nor let it behold the eyelids of the morning.

For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest

Or I should have been as a hidden untimely birth, as infants that never saw light.

I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, neither have I rest, but trouble comes.

Behold, thou have instructed many, and thou have strengthened the weak hands.

Thy words have upheld him who was falling, and thou have made firm the feeble knees.

According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas. Therefore my words have been rash.

O that I might have my request, and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!

And be it still my consolation, yea, let me exult (in pain that does not spare), that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Is it not that I have no help in me, and that wisdom is driven quite from me?

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away,

Teach me, and I will be quiet. And cause me to understand how I have erred.

If I have sinned, what do I do to thee, O thou watcher of men? Why have thou set me as a mark for thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,

For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out

If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.

Have thou eyes of flesh? Or do thou see as man sees?

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me together round about, yet thou destroy me.

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?

Have thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

Thou have clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.

Thou have granted me life and loving kindness, and thy visitation has preserved my spirit.

Why then have thou brought me forth out of the womb? I would have given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.

I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee. And their hope shall be the giving up of the spirit.

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who does not know such things as these?

Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

Behold now, I have set my case in order. I know that I am righteous.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,

Thou would call, and I would answer thee. Thou would have a desire to the work of thy hands.

Have thou heard the secret counsel of God? And do thou limit wisdom to thyself?

I will show thee. Hear thou me, and that which I have seen I will declare,

which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it,

I have heard many such things. Miserable comforters are ye all.

Shall vain words have an end? Or what provokes thee that thou answer?

But now he has made me weary. Thou have made desolate all my company.

And thou have laid fast hold on me, [which] is a witness [against me]. And my leanness rises up against me; it testifies to my face.

They have gaped upon me with their mouth. They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully. They gather themselves together against me.

I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and have laid my horn in the dust.

O earth, do not cover thou my blood, and let my cry have no [resting] place.

For thou have hid their heart from understanding. Therefore thou shall not exalt [them].

If I look for Sheol as my house, if I have spread my couch in the darkness,

if I have said to corruption, Thou are my father, to the worm, My mother, and my sister,

Why are we counted as beasts, [and] have become unclean in your sight?

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned.

These ten times ye have reproached me. Ye are not ashamed that ye deal hardly with me.

And be it indeed that I have erred, my error remains with myself.

My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me.

My bone cleaves to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin of my teeth.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.

I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame, and the spirit of my understanding answers me.

yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?

Allow me, and I also will speak, and after I have spoken, mock on.

What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him?

Have ye not asked wayfaring men? And do ye not know their evidences,

For thou have taken pledges from thy brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Thou have not given water to the weary to drink, and thou have withheld bread from the hungry.

Thou have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Will thou keep the old way which wicked men have trodden?

My foot has held fast to his steps. I have kept his way, and not turned aside.

I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips, I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters, [and] Sheol [those who] have sinned.

How thou have helped him who is without power! How thou have saved the arm that has no strength!

How thou have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

To whom have thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it. Why then have ye become altogether vain?

The proud beasts have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed thereby.

Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor of it with our ears.

But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

And now I have become their song, Yea, I am a byword to them.

For he has loosed his cord, and afflicted me. And they have cast off the bridle before me.

They mar my path. They set forward my calamity, [even] men who have no helper.

And now my soul is poured out within me. Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

He has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes.

Thou have turned to be cruel to me. With the might of thy hand thou persecute me.

My heart is troubled, and does not rest. Days of affliction have come upon me.

If I have walked with falsehood, and my foot has hastened to deceit

If my heart has been enticed to a woman, and I have laid wait at my neighbor's door,

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

If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it

(no, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, and her I have guided from my mother's womb);

if I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;

if his loins have not blessed me, and if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

if I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, because I saw my help in the gate,

If I have made gold my hope, and have said to the fine gold, [Thou are] my confidence;

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

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