Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.

But as for me I know that my Redeemer liveth, 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 that feared God, and turned away from evil.

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

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

He stretcheth out the north over empty space, And hangeth the earth upon nothing.

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

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

Hast not thou made a 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.

When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

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

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the 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 hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.

For affliction cometh not forth from the dust, Neither doth trouble spring out of the ground;

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

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

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

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

Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.

Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?

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

Then Job arose, and rent his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped;

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

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 I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

That doeth great things past finding out, Yea, marvellous things without number.

I had heard of thee by the hearing of the ear; But now mine eye seeth thee:

But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Let that day be darkness; Let not God from above seek for it, Neither let the light shine upon it.

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.

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

In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly.

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.

But now it is come unto thee, and thou faintest; It toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

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

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

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

The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, And I am escaped with the skin of my teeth.

With God is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.

Wherefore 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 all that maketh black the day terrify it.

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

My soul refuseth to touch them ; They are as loathsome food to me.

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

How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!

Shall any teach God knowledge, Seeing he judgeth those that are high?

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

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

But now thou numberest my steps: Dost thou not watch over my sin?

(The sojourner hath not lodged in the street; But I have opened my doors to the traveller);

There was nothing left that he devoured not; Therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

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

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

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again; He shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath 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, And the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

One dieth in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and quiet:

Behold, he seizeth the prey , who can hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

Oh 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.

And lay thou thy treasure in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among 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 giveth rain upon the earth, And sendeth waters upon the fields;

Therefore is my harp turned to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.

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

Who doeth great things and unsearchable, Marvellous things without number:

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; For the hand of God hath touched me.

This also shall be my salvation, That a godless man shall not come before him.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.

Surely then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; Yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear:

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

If iniquity be 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 nothing worth?

He leadeth counsellors away stripped, And judges maketh he 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 settest 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, cover not thou my blood, And let my cry have no resting -place.

According as I have seen, they that 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 mine iniquity in my bosom,

So that he setteth up on high those that are low, And those that mourn are exalted to safety.

For thou shalt forget thy misery; Thou shalt remember it as waters that are passed away,

If I sin, then thou markest me, And thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And thou fastenest up mine iniquity.

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: The hand of every one that is in misery shall come upon him.

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

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth 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 ghost.

They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.

He uncovereth deep things out of darkness, And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.

He leadeth priests away stripped, And overthroweth the mighty.

To him that is ready to faint kindness'should be showed from his friend; Even to him that forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

But the mountain falling cometh to nought; And the rock is removed out of its place;

Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, And increasest thine indignation upon me: Changes and warfare are with me.

So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.

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

He looseth the bond of kings, And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.

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

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

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

Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.

He poureth contempt upon princes, And looseth the belt of the strong.

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark: Let it look for light, but have none; Neither let it behold the eyelids of the morning:

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;

Lo, let that night be barren; Let no joyful voice come therein.

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 removeth the speech of the trusty, And taketh away the understanding of the elders.

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

Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:

For he breaketh me with a tempest, And multiplieth 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,

Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me.

They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh 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 the flag grow without water?

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

He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

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

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

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

Would that Job were tried unto the end, Because of his answering like wicked men.

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 that knoweth not God.

If we speak of strength, lo, he is mighty! And if of justice, Who,'saith he , will summon me?

Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

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

He frustrateth 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 dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, Nor hid trouble from mine eyes.

If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him,'saying , I have not seen thee.

If I be wicked, woe unto me; And if I be righteous, yet shall I not lift up my head; Being filled with ignominy, And looking upon mine affliction.

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

His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

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

I am perfect; I regard not myself; I despise my life.

But he saveth 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 knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

For then shalt thou delight thyself in the Almighty, And shalt lift up thy face unto God.

That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

He taketh the wise in their own craftiness; And the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,

They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, 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 mine end, that I should be patient?

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

For now should I have lain down and been quiet; I should have slept; then had I been at rest,

He wandereth abroad for bread,'saying , Where is it? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they 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 counsellors of the earth, Who built up waste places for themselves;

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

Then thou scarest me with dreams, And terrifiest me through visions:

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.

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

Then Job answered and said,

So the poor hath hope, And iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course 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 increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.

Withdraw thy hand far from me; And let not thy terror make me afraid.

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

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

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

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

Only do not two things unto me; Then will I not hide myself from thy face:

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

Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.

But his flesh upon him hath pain, And his soul within him mourneth.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

He will deliver even him that 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 alway: Let me alone; for my days are vanity.

So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than these my bones.

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

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

For he maketh sore, and bindeth up; He woundeth, and his hands make whole.

Then Job answered and said,

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

Unto 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 exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth.

I am as one that 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 shalt laugh; Neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

For vexation killeth the foolish man, And jealousy slayeth the silly one.

For thou writest bitter things against me, And makest me to inherit the iniquities of my youth:

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

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Yet shall he 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 that voucheth for me is on high.

And he hath 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 mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

Who knoweth not in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath wrought this,

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

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; Show me wherefore thou contendest with me.

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; As a prince would I go near unto him.

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

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.

And Job answered and said:

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

He runneth upon him with a'stiff neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;

Wilt thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt thou pursue the dry stubble?

Or with princes that 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 hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

For thou sayest, My doctrine is pure, And I am clean in thine eyes.

For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.

For thou shalt 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 hath hedged in?

Doth not the ear try words, Even as the palate tasteth its food?

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

Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, And markest all my paths; Thou settest a bound to the soles of my feet:

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, As the channel of brooks that pass away;

If my land crieth out against me, And the furrows thereof weep together;

How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth only falsehood?

Wherefore hidest thou thy face, And holdest me for thine enemy?

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

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

Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?

If he pass through, and shut up, And all unto judgment, then who can hinder him?

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly .

But oh 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 wilt thou not look away from me, Nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

Because he hath 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: Yea, who knoweth not such things as these?

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

The increase of his house shall depart; His goods'shall flow away in the day of his wrath.

Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures;

And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.

He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.

Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, So that I kept silence, and went not out of the door-

In the thought of him that is at ease there is contempt for misfortune; It is ready for them whose foot slippeth.

Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

The measure thereof is longer than the earth, And broader than the sea.

Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, That thou shouldest 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 falleth on men,

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.

Although thou knowest 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 shalt come to thy grave in a full age, Like as a shock of grain cometh in in its season.

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

Hast thou eyes of flesh? Or seest thou as man seeth?

For my sighing cometh before I eat, And my groanings are poured out like water.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

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

That thou inquirest after mine iniquity, And searchest after my sin,

The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad.

The wicked man travaileth 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 shalt 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,

Oh remember that my life is a breath: Mine eye shall no more see good.

I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

His roots are wrapped about the'stone -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

Teach me, and I will hold my peace; And cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

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

If thou wouldest seek diligently unto 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 by reason of the ice, And wherein the snow hideth itself:

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

That shaketh the earth out of its place, And the pillars thereof tremble;

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covereth the faces of the judges thereof: If it be not he , who then is it?

His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

That commandeth the sun, and it riseth not, And sealeth up the stars;

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

How long wilt 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.

Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

The waters wear the stones; The overflowings thereof wash away the dust of the earth: So thou destroyest the hope of man.

Job speaketh without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom.

Did I say, Give unto me? Or, Offer a present for me of your substance?

And that thou shouldest 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 tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

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

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

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

And the Almighty will be thy treasure, And precious silver unto thee.

As a servant that earnestly desireth the shadow, And as a hireling that looketh for his wages:

If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;

Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

My friends scoff at me: But mine eye poureth out tears unto God,

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; My skin closeth up, and breaketh out afresh.

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

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

If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

For he addeth rebellion unto his sin; He clappeth his hands among us, And multiplieth his words against God.

It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth 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 mine ear received a whisper thereof.

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

If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

Behold, he putteth no trust in his servants; And his angels he chargeth 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 carrieth away?

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

They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, 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 one that is desperate are as wind?

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee; And thou shalt pay thy vows.

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

Now therefore be pleased to look upon me; For surely I shall not lie to your face.

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

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

If I wash myself with snow water, And make my hands never so clean;

I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt 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 giveth them understanding.

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

And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah 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 Job hath.

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;

Canst thou by searching find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto 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 Jehovah, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, 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 sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

How much more them that dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth!

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

If a man die, shall he live again ? All the days of my warfare would I wait, Till my release should come.

Behold, I know your thoughts, And the devices wherewith ye would wrong me.

He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, And he is waited for of the sword.

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

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.

For the thing which I fear cometh upon me, And that which I am afraid of cometh unto me.

Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.

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

For there is hope of a tree, If it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.

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

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 upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees.

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 concerning all the evil that Jehovah had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one a ring of gold.

And after my skin, even this body , is destroyed, Then without my flesh shall I see God;

They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.

When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

Canst thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, Or loose the bands of Orion?

Canst thou hunt the prey for the lioness, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions,

So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Seeing his days are determined, The number of his months is with thee, And thou hast 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 thereof; A form was before mine eyes: There was'silence, and I heard a voice,'saying ,

Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

Oh that I had one to hear me! (Lo, here is my signature, let the Almighty answer me); And that I had the indictment which mine adversary hath 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 desireth, even that he doeth.

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

Wherefore I abhor myself , And repent in dust and ashes.

But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

Behold, thou hast instructed many, And thou hast 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 that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

That alone stretcheth out the heavens, And treadeth upon the waves of the sea;

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Hast thou entered the treasuries of the snow, Or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

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, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath bringeth 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 lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

If one assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

Yet shall the righteous hold on his way, And he that hath clean hands shall wax stronger and stronger.

He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.

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 wherein the wicked dwelt?

Who is this that darkeneth counsel By words without knowledge?

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: Thereby good shall come unto thee.

Or who'shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Then Job answered and said,

There is no umpire betwixt us, That 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 shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

What is man, that he should be clean? And he that 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 an angel, An interpreter, one among a thousand, To show unto 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 hath first given unto me, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

Sheol is naked before God , And Abaddon hath no covering.

For God speaketh once, Yea twice, though man regardeth it not.

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

But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Behold, I am of small account; What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

Then Job answered and said,

Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me Together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.

Can a man be profitable unto God? Surely he that is wise is profitable unto himself.

As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away, So he that goeth down to Sheol shall come up no more.

Whereupon were the foundations thereof fastened? Or who laid the corner-stone thereof,

Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!

Let thistles grow instead of wheat, And cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

That maketh the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south;

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

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

So Jehovah 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-asses.

If he set his heart upon himself, If he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

He hath described a boundary upon the face of the waters, Unto the confines of light and darkness.

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

Canst thou with him spread out the sky, Which is strong as a molten mirror?

Who is this that hideth counsel without knowledge? Therefore have I uttered that which I understood not, Things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, 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 draweth it forth, and it cometh out of his body; Yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall: Terrors are upon him.

Lo, mine eye hath seen all this , Mine ear hath heard and understood it.

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

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

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

Hast 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 that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea , the first-born of death shall devour his members.

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 know him not; The number of his years is unsearchable.

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

Now therefore, take unto 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 will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

He stirreth up the sea with his power, And by his understanding he smiteth through Rahab.

The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; But are they the pinions and plumage of love?

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?

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

He hath torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me; He hath gnashed upon me with his teeth: Mine adversary sharpeneth his eyes upon me.

Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

But none saith, Where is God my Maker, Who giveth songs in the night,

In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Or hast thou an arm like God? And canst thou thunder with a voice like him?

Lo, these are but the outskirts 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 unto 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 answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? Or hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

Surely I would carry it upon my shoulder; I would bind it unto me as a crown:

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

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves 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.

Oh 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 seeth all his goings.

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

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

Moreover Elihu answered and said,

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him 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 unto him by God.

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or canst 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 shall he go away.

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh 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 trembleth, And is moved out of its place.

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

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

He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; 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!

Shall he that cavilleth contend with the Almighty? He that argueth with God, let him answer it.

Wilt thou keep the old way Which wicked men have trodden?

To make a weight for the wind: Yea, he meteth out the waters by measure.

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

Dominion and fear are with him; He maketh 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.

Dost thou know the balancings 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 art my confidence;

Drought and heat consume the snow waters:'so doth'sheol those that have sinned.

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

Yea, thou doest away with fear, And hinderest 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.

Hast thou given the horse his might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

Out of the north cometh golden splendor: God hath upon him terrible majesty.

For the ear trieth words, As the palate tasteth food.

Hast thou heard the secret counsel of God? And dost thou limit wisdom to thyself?

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

Gird up now thy loins like a man; For I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.

These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

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

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

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

He bindeth 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 brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.

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

For he looketh to the ends of the earth, And seeth under the whole heaven;

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

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

How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That God distributeth sorrows in his anger?

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

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

Surely there are mockers with me, And mine eye dwelleth 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 falleth from me, And my bones are burned with heat.

All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.

Is it good that he should search you out? Or as one deceiveth 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 elder than thy father.

If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:

Pour forth the overflowings of thine anger; And look upon every one that is proud, and abase him.

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

Wilt thou even annul my judgment? Wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be justified?

What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

Yet wilt thou plunge me in the ditch, And mine own clothes shall abhor me.

God thundereth marvellously with his voice; Great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend.

Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty;

Oh that ye would altogether hold your peace! And it would be your wisdom.

Knowest thou the ordinances of the heavens? Canst thou establish the dominion thereof in the earth?

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

As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

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

He hath put my brethren far from me, And mine acquaintance are wholly estranged from me.

As the waters fail from the sea, And the river wasteth and drieth up;

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

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

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