And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

But, on the other hand, stretch out your hand and touch {all that belongs to him} [and see] {whether} he will {curse} you to your face."

And Jehovah saith unto the Adversary, 'Lo, all that he hath is in thy hand, only unto him put not forth thy hand.' And the Adversary goeth out from the presence of Jehovah.

It happened also upon a time, that when the servants of God came and stood before the LORD, Satan also came among them, and stood before him.

The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Then Satan answered him and said, "Skin for skin! All that {that} man has he will give for his life.

But lay thine hand upon him, touch him once upon the bone and flesh, and, I hold, he shall curse thee to thy face."

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand, - only, his life, preserve thou!

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

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.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

[Why does he give light] to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in [all] around?

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite and said unto him,

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

Shall a man be just above God? If a man shall be pure above him making him?

As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant.

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.

“As for me, I would seek God and inquire of Him,
And I would commit my cause to God;

Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

"Will the wild donkey bray from hunger if fresh grass is beside him? Will the ox low from distress if it is near its feed?

Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

For, now, ye have come to him, ye see something fearful, and fear.

My words may seem wrong to you, but the words of him who has no hope are for the wind.

The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

If thou shalt seek to God, if thou shalt make supplication to him;

He leaneth him upon his house, but he shall not stand; he holdeth him fast by it, yet shall he not endure.

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

Lo, thus is it with him that rejoiceth in his own doings: and as for others, they grow out of the earth.

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

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?

Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him.

How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.

If I summon [him], and he should answer me, I do not believe that he will listen to my voice--

If it is a matter of strength, look, He is the Mighty One!
If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.

The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

[Are] not my days few? Let him leave [me] alone; let him turn from me, and let me rejoice a little.

He is higher than heaven; what wilt thou do? Deeper than hell; how wilt thou then know him?

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.

If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;

Then, indeed, you could lift up your face [to Him] without moral defect,
And you would be firmly established and secure and not fear.

I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.

With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding.

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.

Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him?

“Will not His majesty terrify you,
And will not the dread of Him fall upon you?

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him.

He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.

Is it on such a one as this that your eyes are fixed, with the purpose of judging him?

If his days are ordered, and you have knowledge of the number of his months, having given him a fixed limit past which he may not go;

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day.

But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him?

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away.

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

But you even undermine the fear of God
and hinder meditation before Him.

“The wicked man writhes with pain all his days,
And numbered are the years stored up for him, the ruthless one.

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’
He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand.

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers:

“He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster];
The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch,
And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence.

GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong.

At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

“Oh, that a man would mediate and plead with God [for me]
Just as a man [mediates and pleads] with his neighbor and friend.

As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.