There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and abstained from evil.

And his substance was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and very many servants; and this man was greater than all the children of the east.

And it was so, when the days of the feasting were gone about, that Job sent and hallowed them; and he rose up early in the morning, and offered up burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and 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 another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn;

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

And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.

And they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that his anguish was very great.

Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night that said, There is a man child conceived.

I was not in safety, neither had I quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came.

Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:

Remember, I pray thee, who that was innocent has perished? and where were the upright cut off?

Now to me a word was secretly brought, and mine ear received a whisper thereof.

It stood still; I could not discern the appearance thereof: a form was before mine eyes; I heard a slight murmur and a voice:

And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.

And these things didst thou hide in thy heart; I know that this was with thee.

The waters wear the stones, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man.

Art thou the first man that was born? and wast thou brought forth before the hills?

Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

Knowest thou not this, that of old, since man was placed upon earth,

Who were carried off before the time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood;

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he hidden the gloom from me.

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of +God was over my tent,

When the Almighty was yet with me, my young men round about me;

The voice of the nobles was hushed, and their tongue cleaved to their palate.

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

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was as a mantle and a turban.

I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame;

I was a father to the needy, and the cause which I knew not I searched out;

Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?

For calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his excellency I was powerless.

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

And these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Then was kindled the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel, the Buzite, of the family of Ram: against Job was his anger kindled, because he justified himself rather than God;

and against his three friends was his anger kindled, because they found no answer, and yet condemned Job.

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

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are aged; wherefore I was timid, and feared to shew you what I know.

Yea, I gave you mine attention, and behold, there was none of you that confuted Job, that answered his words;

He will sing before men, and say, I have sinned, and perverted what was right, and it hath not been requited to me;

Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

Thou knowest, for thou wast then born, and the number of thy days is great!