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.

But as for me I know that my Redeemer lives, and at last he will stand up upon the earth.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. LORD gave, and LORD has taken away, blessed be the name of LORD.

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

He stretches out the north over empty space, and hangs the earth upon nothing.

Then LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

But put forth thy hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

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.

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

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

And to man he said, Behold, the fear of LORD, that is wisdom, and to depart from evil is understanding.

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

The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring out of the ground,

I made a covenant with my eyes. How then should I look upon a virgin?

that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

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

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

By his Spirit the heavens are garnished. His hand has pierced the swift serpent.

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped.

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.

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, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house.

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

who does great things past finding out, yea, marvelous things without number.

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye sees thee.

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

Let that day be darkness. Let not God from above seek for it, nor let the light shine upon it.

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.

I know that thou can do all things, and that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

In all this Job did not sin, nor foolishly accuse God.

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.

But now it comes to thee, and thou faint. It touches thee, and thou are troubled.

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

Lo, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He also passes on, but I do not perceive him.

But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt.

The eye of him who sees me shall behold me no more. Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

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

With [God] is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

Why should I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand?

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it for their own. Let a cloud dwell upon it. Let blackness come upon it.

(for we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow).

My soul refuses to touch [them]. They are as loathsome food to me.

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

How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high?

If thou set thy heart aright, and stretch out thy hands toward him,

And Satan answered LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

But now thou number my steps. Do thou not watch over my sin?

(the sojourner has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my doors to the traveler);

There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

If thou return to the Almighty, thou shall be built up, thou put away unrighteousness far from thy tents.

Shall they not teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again. He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.

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

Even that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

One man dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

Behold, he seizes; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What are thou doing?

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

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

Then thou shall lay up gold as dust, and [the gold of] Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

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

although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,

Therefore my harp has [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep.

But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will renounce thee to thy face.

who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,

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

This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before him.

And LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand, only spare his life.

Surely then thou shall lift up thy face without spot. Yea, thou shall be steadfast, and shall not fear.

He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him any more.

if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?

He leads counselors away stripped, and he makes judges fools.

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, that thou set a watch over me?

As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.

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

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

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

Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

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

if like Adam I have covered my transgressions by hiding my iniquity in my bosom

so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.

For thou shall forget thy misery. Thou shall remember it as waters that are passed away.

If I sin, then thou mark me. And thou will not acquit me from my iniquity.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou fasten up my iniquity.

In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him.

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

Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up. Again, he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

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.

Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.

To him who is ready to faint, kindness [should be] from his friend, even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

But the falling mountain comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place.

Thou renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thine indignation upon me. Changes and warfare are with me.

So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,

While it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withers before any [other] herb.

Whom, though I were righteous, yet I would not answer. I would make supplication to my judge.

He loosens the bond of kings, and he binds their loins with a belt.

Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

And thou shall be secure, because there is hope. Yea, thou shall search [about thee], and shall take thy rest in safety.

God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.

whose confidence shall break apart, and whose trust is a spider's web.

He pours contempt upon rulers, and weakens the strength of the strong.

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.

Also thou shall lie down, and none shall make thee afraid. Yea, many shall correspond with thee.

before I go where I shall not return, to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death,

Lo, let that night be barren. Let no joyful voice come in it.

Therefore I will not refrain my mouth. I will speak in the anguish of my spirit. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

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

He removes the speech of the trustworthy, and takes away the understanding of the elders.

His pails are full of milk, and the marrow of his bones is moistened.

Yet these things thou hid in thy heart. I know that this is with thee.

For he breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand. He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little

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

They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man.

He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.

Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water?

Though I be righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice.

Hear diligently my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears.

And he took a potsherd for him to scrape himself with it, and he sat among the ashes.

But surely not. Learn thou Job not to still give an answer like the foolish,

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

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him who does not know God.

If of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, who will summon me?

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

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

He frustrates the devices of the crafty so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

The caravans of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them.

And why do thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall lay down in the dust, and thou will seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

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.

Because it did not shut up the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor hide trouble from my eyes.

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

If I be wicked, woe to me. And if I be righteous, yet I shall not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking upon my affliction.

A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

His sons come to honor, and he does not know it, and they are brought low, but he does not perceive it of them.

Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breast, that I should suck?

Though I were perfect, I do not regard myself. I despise my life.

But he saves from the sword of their mouth, even the needy from the hand of the mighty.

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.

For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.

that they were engraved in the rock forever with an iron pen and lead!

He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good,

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.

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

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, and of a son of man with his neighbor!

What is my strength that I should wait? And what is my end that I should be patient?

All darkness is laid up for his treasures. A fire not blown shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

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

He wanders abroad for bread, [saying], Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.

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

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built waste places for themselves,

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

Then thou scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions,

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

How many are my iniquities and sins? Make me to know my transgression and my sin.

Then Job answered and said,

So a poor man has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth.

And LORD said to Satan, From where did thou come? And Satan answered LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

My soul is weary of my life. I will give free reign to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.

No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.

He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

Withdraw thy hand far from me, and do not let thy dread make me afraid.

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

Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done?

the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as midnight.

Only do not do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from thy face:

whom I, even I, shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would keep silent and give up the spirit.

But his flesh upon him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,

He will deliver [even] him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.

I loathe [my life]. I would not live always. Let me alone, for my days are vanity.

so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than [these] my bones.

What is man, that thou should magnify him, and that thou should set thy mind upon him,

Then call thou, and I will answer, or let me speak, and answer thou me.

For he injures, and binds up. He wounds, and his hands make whole.

Then Job answered and said,

It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know?

If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me,

Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them:

and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.

I am as a man who is a laughing-stock to his neighbor. I who called upon God, and he answered. The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

At destruction and dearth thou shall laugh, nor shall thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Call now, is there any who will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones will thou turn?

For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.

For thou write bitter things against me, and make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth.

Though I am like a rotten thing that decays, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

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

Yet he shall be borne to the grave, and men shall keep watch over the tomb.

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 now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who vouches for me is on high.

And he has dwelt in desolate cities, in houses which no man inhabited, which were ready to become heaps.

He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive tree.

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

Who does not know in all these, that the hand of LORD has wrought this,

Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk be justified?

I will say to God, Do not condemn me. Show me why thou contend with me.

I would declare to him the number of my steps. I would go near to him as a prince.

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?

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

And Job answered and said,

The small and the great are there. And the servant is free from his master.

He runs upon him with a [stiff] neck, with the thick studs of his bucklers,

Will thou harass a driven leaf? And will thou pursue the dry stubble?

or with rulers who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken.

There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.

For thou say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

For he knows FALSE men. He also sees iniquity. Will he not then consider it?

For thou shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?

Does not the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?

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

Thou also put my feet in the stocks, and mark all my paths. Thou set a bound to the soles of my feet.

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

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

If my land cries out against me, and the furrows of it weep together;

How then ye comfort me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood?

Why do thou hide thy face, and reckon me for thine enemy?

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others shall spring.

And thou shall know that thy tent is in peace, and thou shall visit thy fold, and shall miss nothing.

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

If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him?

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

The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].

But O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee,

He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall their possessions be extended on the earth.

How long will thou not look away from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

because he has covered his face with his fatness, and gathered fat upon his loins.

He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with shouting.

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

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, and their heart prepares deceit.

The increase of his house shall depart, flowed away in the day of his wrath.

who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures,

And another man dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.

He will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

because I feared the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me so that I kept silence, and did not go out of the door--

In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for those whose foot slips.

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

Those who hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

Is it good to thee that thou should oppress, that thou should despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

In famine he will redeem thee from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

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

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will he uphold the evil-doers.

although thou know that I am not wicked. And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

Of a truth I know that it is so. But how can man be just with God?

Thou shall come to thy grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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

For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like water.

whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's days,

that thou inquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin,

The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

The wicked man travails with pain all his days, even the number of years that are laid up for the oppressor.

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

And though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.

Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Then Job answered and said,

Then Job answered and said,

O remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.

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

His roots are wrapped around the [stone] heap. He beholds the place of stones.

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

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

if thou would seek diligently to God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

which are black because of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.

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

who shakes the earth out of its place, and the pillars of it tremble,

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not [he], who then is it?

His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

so I am made to possess months of misery, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.

who commands the sun, and it does not rise, and seals up the stars,

[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

How long will thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind?

For now ye are nothing. Ye see a terror, and are afraid.

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

The waters wear the stones. The overflowings of it wash away the dust of the earth. So thou destroy the hope of man.

Job speaks without knowledge, and his words are without wisdom.

Did I say, Give to me? Or, Offer a present for me from your substance?

and that thou should visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

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.

Thou prevail forever against him, and he passes. Thou change his countenance, and send him away.

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

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.

Yea, the Almighty will be thy treasure, and precious silver to thee.

As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling who looks for his wages,

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

O that my grief were but weighed, and all my calamity laid in the balances!

My friends scoff at me. My eye pours out tears to God

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.

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

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

if thou were pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

so that we may not add to our sins, and lawlessness will be reckoned against us, speaking many words before LORD.

It is all one thing. Therefore I say, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.

The caravans [that travel] by the way of them turn aside. They go up into the waste, and perish.

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.

Thou shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to thee. And light shall shine upon thy ways.

If the scourge kills suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

They are passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.

Behold, he puts no trust in his servants, and he charges his [heavenly] agents with folly.

Yea, ye would cast [lots] upon the fatherless, and make merchandise of your friend.

that they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away?

How forcible are words of uprightness! But your reproof, what does it reprove?

They were put to shame because they had hoped. They came there, and were confounded.

Or, Deliver me from the adversary's hand? Or, Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors?

Do ye think to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of a man who is desperate are as wind?

Then Job answered LORD, and said,

Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.

Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

Now therefore be pleased to look upon me, for truly I shall not lie to your face.

If he is pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

But he said to her, Thou speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands ever so clean,

I am afraid of all my sorrows. I know that thou will not hold me innocent.

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

But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household, so that this man was the greatest of all the sons of the east.

And it was so, that, after LORD had spoken these words to Job, LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends. For ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Jo

Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice. Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

If I say, I will forget my complaint. I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer,

Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

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.

And LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in thy power, only upon himself do not put forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD.

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

How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

And LORD said to Satan, From where do thou come? Then Satan answered LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

If a man dies, shall he live [again]? All the days of my warfare I would wait till my release should come.

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices with which ye would wrong me.

He does not believe that he shall return out of darkness. And he is awaited by the sword.

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.

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.

For the thing which I fear comes upon me, and that which I am afraid of comes to me.

Between morning and evening they are destroyed. They perish forever without any regarding it.

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.

For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch of it will not cease.

Then his wife said to him, Do thou still hold fast thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.

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

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee, and the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee.

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

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

Then there came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that LORD ha

And after my skin, this [body], is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,

They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm covers them.

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

Can thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Can thou hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions

So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD, and smote Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.

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

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.

It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes. [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],

Then Satan answered LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

O that I had someone to hear me (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me), and [that I had] the indictment which my adversary has written!

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.

Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

Therefore I abhor [myself], and repent in dust and ashes.

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

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

And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day, and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

who alone stretches out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea,

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

Have thou entered the treasuries of the snow, or have thou seen the treasures of the hail,

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

Can thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?

be ye afraid of the sword. For wrath [brings] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding?

so man lays down and does not rise. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.

Why do the wicked live, become old, yea, grow mighty in power?

If a man tries to converse with thee, will thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

Yet the righteous shall hold on his way. And he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He too flees as a shadow, and does not continue.

Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? And where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt?

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee.

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

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

Then Job answered, and said,

There is no umpire between us who might lay his hand upon us both.

in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

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

What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

But ye are forgers of lies. Ye are all physicians of no value.

If there be with him a [heavenly] agent, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,

Then Job answered, and said,

(For my life is yet whole in me. And the spirit of God is in my nostrils.)

He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Under the whole heaven is mine.

Sheol is naked before [God], and Abaddon has no covering.

For God speaks once, yea twice, [though man] does not regard it.

Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?

But man dies, and is laid low. Yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?

Then Job answered, and said,

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

Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.

Upon what were the foundations of it fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone of it

O that thou would hide me in Sheol, that thou would keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou would appoint for me a set time, and remember me!

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

let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.

who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south,

O that my words were now written! O that they were inscribed in a book,

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his day.

So LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.

If he sets his heart upon himself, [if] he gathers his spirit and his breath to himself,

He has described a boundary upon the face of the waters, to the confines of light and darkness.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

Those who are deceased tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants of it.

Can thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?

Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,

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

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

He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body, yea, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors are upon him.

Lo, my eye has seen all [this]. My ear has heard and understood it.

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

How much less man, who is a worm! And the son of man, who is a worm!

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

Have thou commanded the morning since thy days [began], [and] caused the dayspring to know its place

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

Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.

The members of his body shall be devoured. The first-born of death shall devour his body-parts.

My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, the grave is [ready] for me.

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

Behold, God is great, and we do not know him. The number of his years is unsearchable.

Behold, he puts no trust in his holy ones. Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

Now therefore, take to you seven bullocks and seven rams. And go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for him I will accept, that I not deal with you after your fol

O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

He stirs up the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through Rahab.

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, [but] are they the pinions and plumage of love?

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

that the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the profane but for a moment?

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman?

He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed upon me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes upon me.

Therefore hearken to me, ye men of understanding. Far be it from me to sin before LORD, and pervert righteousness before the Almighty.

There are [men] who remove the landmarks. They take away flocks violently, and feed them.

But none says, Where is God my maker who gives songs in the night,

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

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. And all men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there], and backward, but I cannot perceive him,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

Have thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or have thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

For he draws up the drops of water, which distil in rain from his vapor,

Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder. I would bind it to me as a crown.

How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

and said, This far thou shall come, but no further, and here thy proud waves shall be stayed?

They spend their days in prosperity, and in a moment they go down to Sheol.

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

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

For his eyes are upon the ways of a man, and he sees all his goings.

The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his rebuke.

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

Moreover Elihu answered, and said,

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do those who know him not see his days?

Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

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

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.

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 lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train?

They sing to the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of [God's] mouth he shall go away.

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

Yea, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.

Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And as for darkness, where is the place of it

Hearken to this, O Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

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

to make a weight for the wind. Yea, he distributes the waters by measure.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.

Dominion and fear are with him. He makes peace in his high places.

I also could speak as ye do, if your soul were in my soul's stead. I could join words together against you, and shake my head at you.

Do thou know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him who is perfect in knowledge?

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

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

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

Yea, thou do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.

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

I am a brother to jackals, and a companion to ostriches.

Have thou given the horse [his] might? Have thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

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

Out of the north comes golden splendor. God has upon him awesome majesty.

For the ear tries words as the palate tastes food.

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

Gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and declare thou to me.

These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.

who does not respect the persons of rulers, nor regards the rich more than the poor. For they all are the work of his hands.

For the company of the hypocrites shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

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

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

His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth.

Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

He binds up the waters in his thick clouds, and the cloud is not rent under them.

How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words?

Should a wise man make answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?

I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yea, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his mark.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is molten out of the stone.

For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven,

It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green.

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

How often is it that the lamp of the profane is put out, that their calamity comes upon them, that [God] distributes sorrows in his anger,

Let me not, I pray you, respect any man's person. Neither will I give flattering titles to any man.

He shall suck the poison of asps. The viper's tongue shall kill him.

Surely there are mockers with me, and my eye dwells upon their provocation.

look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid.

My skin is black, [and falls] from me. And my bones are burned with heat.

All my familiar friends abhor me, and those whom I loved are turned against me.

Is it good that he should search you out? Or as deceiving a man, will ye deceive him?

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

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.

if I have eaten the fruits of it without money, or have caused the owners of it to lose their lives,

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

What ye know, I also know; I am not inferior to you.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old. Therefore I held back, and dared not show you my opinion.

yet thou will plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.

God thunders marvelously with his voice. He does great things which we cannot comprehend.

Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty.

O that ye would altogether be silent! And it would be your wisdom.

Do thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Can thou establish the dominion of it on the earth?

He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone. And he has plucked up my hope like a tree.

As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul.

There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

He also is chastened with pain upon his bed, and with continual strife in his bones,

He has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

[As] the waters fail from the sea, and the river wastes away and dries up,

Far be it from me that I should justify you. Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal. Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? Or who has given understanding to the mind?

Hear diligently my speech, And let this be your consolations.

Who has cleft a channel for the water flood, or the way for the lightning of the thunder,

Thou who tear thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

and marked out for it my bound, and set bars and doors,

all flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust.

My days are past. my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart.

He puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock. He overturns the mountains by the roots.