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

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall rise on the earth at the last;

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 aside from evil.

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

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell if you have understanding!

He stretches out the north over the empty place, and He hung the earth on nothing.

And Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest, and said,

But put forth Your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face.

Have You not made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have 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 the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!

And a day came when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.

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

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

I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I look upon a virgin?

And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them.

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

Though he slay me, I will not wait, but I will maintain my own ways before Him.

Now behold behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox;

Who provides food for the raven, when its young ones cry to God and wander about without food?

By His Spirit the heavens were beautiful; His hand pierced the fleeing serpent.

And Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground and worshiped.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you set your heart against My servant Job, because there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil?

And the Sabeans fell on and took them away. Yea, they have killed the servants with the edge of the sword. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

While he was still speaking, there also came another and said, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.

While he was still speaking, there also came another and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands and swooped down upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and have killed the servants with the edge of the sword. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

who is doing great things past finding out; yea, marvelous things without number?

I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; but now my eye has seen You.

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 look upon it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

While he was still speaking, there also came another and said, The fire of God has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and destroyed them. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

I know that You can do all, and not any purpose is withheld from You.

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

And, behold, a great wind came from the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

But now it has come upon you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.

You shall call, and I will answer You; You shall have a desire to the work of Your hands.

Behold! He goes by me, and I do not see Him; He passes on also, but I do not perceive Him.

For foolish man would be wise, and man is born a wild ass's colt.

The eye of him who has seen me shall see me no more; Your eyes are on me, and I am gone.

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

With Him is wisdom and strength; He has wisdom and understanding.

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

Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it. Let a cloud dwell upon it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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

My soul refuses to touch them; they are sickening food to me.

You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have fenced me with bones and sinews.

How much more hateful and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?

Shall any teach God knowledge, since He shall judge the exalted?

If you prepare your heart and stretch out your hands toward Him;

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

For now You number my steps; do You not watch over my sin?

The stranger did not sleep in the street, for I opened my doors to the traveler.

None of his food shall be left; therefore his good will not last.

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up; you shall put away injustice far from your tents.

Shall they not teach you, and tell you, and speak words out of their heart?

Behold, He breaks down, and it can not be built up again; He shuts up a man, and no one opens.

You have granted me life and favor, and Your providence has preserved my spirit.

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that He would loose His hand and cut me off!

Is not your reverence your hope? Is not your hope the uprightness of your ways?

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

Behold, He takes away; who can turn Him back? Who will say to Him, What are You doing?

Oh that I might have my desire, and that God would grant the thing that I long for!

He shall have neither son nor kinsman among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

Then you shall lay up gold like dust, and among the rock of the torrents of Ophir.

I will show you; hear me; and what I have seen I will declare,

though no violence is in my hand, and my prayer is pure.

who gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the field,

And my lyre has turned to mourning, and my flute to the sound of weeping.

But indeed put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse You to Your face.

Who is doing great things, even beyond searching; marvelous things without number,

Have pity on me! Have pity on me, my friends! For the hand of God has touched me.

He also is my salvation, for an ungodly one shall not come before Him.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand, but save his life.

surely then you shall lift up your face without spot; yea, you 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 your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

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

He leads wise men away stripped, and makes the judges fools.

Why do you, like God, persecute me and are not satisfied with my flesh?

Am I like the sea, or a whale, that You set a watch over me?

As for that night, let 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 sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.

Oh earth, do not cover my blood, and let not my cry have a place.

As I have seen, the ones who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.

Remember, please, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?

when they crouch in dens, and sit in the cover of their hiding place?

If I covered my transgressions like Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,

to set on high those who are low, so that those who mourn may be lifted up to safety;

for you shall forget your misery, and you shall remember it as waters that pass away.

If I sin, then You mark me, and You will not acquit me from my iniquity.

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and You cover over my iniquity.

In the fullness of his plenty he shall be in trouble; every wretched one shall come on him.

Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I shall be justified.

Behold, He withholds the waters, and they dry up; also He sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

And your lifetime shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, you shall be as the morning.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no escape, and their hope shall be like the giving up of the spirit.

Those after him shall be amazed at his day; and those before were seized with horror.

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

He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.

To him who is afflicted, pity is due from his friend, but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

And surely a falling mountain crumbles away, and the rock moves out of its place.

You renew Your witnesses against me, and increase Your anger on me; changes and warfare are against me.

So are the paths of all who forget God; and the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it dries out before any other herb.

Whom, though I were righteous, yet I would not answer; I seek mercy for my judgment.

He cuts away the bonds of kings, and binds their loins with a girdle.

Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to stir up Leviathan.

And you shall be safe, because there is hope; yea, you shall look around you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

God will not withdraw His anger; the helpers of pride stoop under Him.

His hope shall be cut off, and his trust shall be in a spider's web.

He pours scorn on princes, and unties the belt of the mighty.

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none. Let it not see the eyelids of the dawn.

You shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yea, many shall seek your favor.

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

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

Therefore I will not hold my mouth; I will speak in the trouble 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 men of trust, and takes away the understanding of the aged.

His sides are full of milk, his bones are wet with marrow.

And these have You hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You.

He who breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause;

He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast to it, 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 You brought me from the womb? Oh that I had 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 drunkard.

He is moist before the sun, and his branches shoot forth in his garden.

Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the reed-grass grow without water?

If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me; though I am perfect, He shall declare me perverse.

He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the land, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.

If I had called and He had answered me, yet would I not believe that He had listened to my voice;

Listen carefully to my words, and let what I say be in your ears.

And he took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself with. And he sat down among the ashes.

Would that Job may be tried to the end because his answers are like men of iniquity.

How much less shall I answer Him, and choose my arguments with Him?

Surely these are the dwellings of the perverse, and this the place that has not known God.

If I speak of strength, lo, He is mighty! And if of judgment, who shall set me a time?

Why did I not die from the womb, come from the womb and expire?

Is not my help in me? And is wisdom fully driven away from me?

frustrating the plans of the crafty, nor did their hands do wisely.

The troops of Tema looked; the companies of Sheba hoped for them.

And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust, and You shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

And it is yet my comfort; yea, I would rejoice in pain, though He did not spare me; for I have not hidden the words of the Holy One.

For it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide sorrow from my eyes.

If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen you.

If I am wicked, woe to me; and if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, being filled with shame, and looking on my affliction.

A dreadful sound of things is in his ears; the destroyer shall come to him in peace.

His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; they fall, but he does not mark it.

Why did the knees go before me; or why the breasts, that I should suck?

Though I were perfect, yet I would not know my soul. I would despise my life.

But He saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not know him, they lifted up their voice and wept. And each one tore his robe, and they sprinkled dust upon their heads toward Heaven.

For then you shall have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.

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

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

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

They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

or as a hidden untimely birth I would not have been, like infants who did not see light.

Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

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

All darkness shall be hidden in his secret places; a fire not blown shall consume him; those left in his tent shall be broken.

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

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

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of His nostrils they are destroyed.

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

that which wise men have told, and have not hidden from their fathers;

with kings and wise men of the earth, who built ruins for themselves,

For the years that are few will come, and I shall go the way from where I shall not return.

then You scare me with dreams, and terrify me with visions;

And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights. And no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

How many are my iniquities and sins? Make known my transgressions and my sin.

And Job answered and said,

And there is hope for the weak, and injustice shuts her mouth.

And Jehovah said to Satan, From where do you come? 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 leave my complaint on my self; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

that the wicked is kept for the day of calamity? They shall be brought to the day of wrath.

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

For truly you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

He gives greatness to the nations, and destroys them. He spreads out the nations, and leads them away.

Withdraw Your hand far from me, and let not Your fear make me afraid.

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

Why is light given to one 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?

a land of obscurity, the darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and the shining is as darkness.

Only do not do two things to me; then I will not hide myself from You.

whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not a stranger's; though my heart be exhausted in my bosom.

Who is he that will plead for me, for now, I would be quiet and expire.

But his flesh is pained within him; and his soul mourns over him.

And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

He shall deliver one not innocent, and will deliver by the pureness of your hands.

Trouble and pain shall terrify him; they shall overpower him, as a king ready for the battle;

I despise them; I will not live always; let me alone, for my days are vanity.

so that my soul chooses strangling, death rather than my life.

What is man, that You should magnify him, and that You should set Your heart on him,

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

For He makes sore, and binds up; He wounds, and His hands make whole.

And Job answered and said,

Heights of the heavens! What can you do? It is deeper than hell, what can you know?

For you ought to say, Why do we persecute him, since the root of the matter is found in me?

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

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

and would tell you the secrets of His wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold? Know therefore that God forgets for you some of your iniquity.

I am a laughing-stock to his friends; who calls on God, and He answers him; the just, the upright one is a mockery;

At destruction and famine you shall laugh; neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the saints will you turn?

For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.

For You write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the sins of my youth.

And he wears out like a rotten thing, like a garment that a moth eats.

You shall be hidden from the whip of the tongue; neither shall you be afraid of robbery when it comes.

Yet he shall be brought to the grave, and watch shall be kept over his tomb.

It shall happen at the filling of his belly, God shall cast the fury of His wrath on him, and He shall rain on him while he is eating.

Also now, behold, my Witness is in Heaven, and He who testifies of me is on high.

And he lives in cut off cities, in houses where none are living, which are ready to become heaps.

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

Should your lies make men silent? And will you mock and no one make you ashamed?

who of all these does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done 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; make me know why You contend with me.

I would declare to Him the number of my steps; like a prince I would go near Him.

I have sinned. What shall I do to You, O Watcher of men? Why have You set me as a target for You, so that I am a burden to myself?

I was not in safety, nor did I have rest, nor was I quiet; yet trouble comes.

And Job spoke and said,

The small and the great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

He runs at him, with a stiff neck, with the thick layers of his shields,

Will You terrify a leaf driven to and fro? Will You pursue the dry stubble?

or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;

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

the prisoners are at rest together; they hear not the voice of the slave driver.

For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Your eyes.

For He knows vain men; and when He sees wickedness, will He not search it?

For you shall be in covenant with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

To a man whose way is hidden, God has made a hedge about him.

Does not the ear try words? And does not the mouth taste its food?

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

You put my feet also in the stocks, and look closely to all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a torrent; they pass away as the streams of torrents,

If my lands cry against me, or its furrows weep together;

How then do you comfort me in vain? Yea, in your answers remains transgression.

Why do You hide Your face, and hold me for Your enemy?

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

And you shall know that your tent is in peace; and you shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

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

If He passes through and shuts up, or gathers together, then who can turn Him back?

Remember, I beseech You, that You have formed me as the clay; and will You bring me into the dust again?

The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, in whatever God brings to their hand.

But who will grant that God would speak, and open His lips against you,

He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth hold out, nor shall he stretch out his gain on the earth.

Until when will You look away from me, nor let me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

because he has covered his face with fat; he has put fat on his loins.

until He fills your mouth with laughter, and your lips with rejoicing.

But I have understanding as well as you; I do not fall short of you; yes, who does not know such things as these?

They conceive mischief, and bring forth evil, and their belly prepares deceit.

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

who is waiting for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for treasures?

And another dies with bitter soul, and never eats with pleasure.

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

then let me tremble before a great multitude, and be terrified by the scorn of families; and I will be silent and not go out the door.

a flaming brand despised in the thoughts of him who feels secure; it is ready for those with slipping feet.

They are rejoicing to exultation. They are glad when they can find the grave.

Those who hate you 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 You that You should press down, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine on the counsel of the wicked?

In famine He shall redeem you from death; and in war from the power of the sword.

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

Behold, God will not cast away the innocent, nor will He help the evildoers,

You know that I am not wicked; and there is none who can deliver out of Your hand.

Truly I know it is so, but how can man be just with God?

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

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

Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a man sees?

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

Their harvest the hungry eats, and takes it even out of the thorns; and the snare swallows up their wealth.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their fury is drinking my spirit; the terrors of God are set against me.

Are Your days like the days of man? Are Your years like man's days,

that You seek out my iniquity, and search for my sin?

The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the strong lion's cubs are scattered abroad.

The wicked man labors in pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden for the ruthless one.

For please ask of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers,

And if your beginning was small, yet your end would greatly increase.

And you shall know that your seed will be numerous, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

And Job answered and said,

And Job answered and said,

Remember that my life is a breath; my eye shall no more see good.

I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.

His roots are wrapped around the heap, and he sees the place of stones.

Teach me, and I will be silent; and cause me to understand where I have gone astray.

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

if you would seek earnestly to God and make your prayer to the Almighty;

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

torrents black from ice, in which the snow hides itself.

Behold this: we have searched it; it is so. Hear it and know for yourself.

He 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 its judges; if it is not He, then who is it?

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, nor is there any to deliver them.

so I am made to possess months of vanity, and weary nights are appointed to me.

the One speaking to 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 been blessed;

How long will you speak these things, since the words of your mouth are like a strong wind?

Surely now you are like them; you see my casting down, and are afraid.

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

And Eliphaz the Temanite answered:

The waters wear away the stones; the outpouring of it washes the dust of the earth; and You cause the hope of man to perish.

Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

Did I say, Give to me? or, Offer a bribe for me from your wealth;

and visit him every morning, trying him every moment?

When I lie down, I say, When shall I rise? But the night is long, and I am full of tossing to and fro until the dawning of the day.

You overpower him forever, and he passes; You change his face, and send him away.

He who removes the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturns them in His anger;

Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

When they become warm, they go away; when it is hot, they vanish out of their place.

Yea, the Almighty shall be your gold and silver, and strength to you.

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

If your sons have sinned against Him, and if He has cast them away for their transgression,

Oh that my grief were but weighed, and my ruin laid in the balances together!

My friends scorn me; my eye pours out tears to God.

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and has run afresh.

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

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

if you were pure and upright, surely now He would awake for you, and make the dwelling-place of your righteousness blessed.

For he adds rebellion to his sins; he claps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God.

It is One, therefore I said, He is consuming the perfect and the wicked.

The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing and are lost.

He shall flee from the iron weapon, a bow of bronze shall pierce him.

And a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little of it.

You shall also order a thing, and it shall be fulfilled to you; and the light shall shine on your ways.

If the whip kills suddenly, He will mock at the calamity of the innocent.

They have passed away like the swift ships; like the eagle who swoops on the prey.

Behold, He puts no trust in His servants, and His angels He charges with folly!

Yea, you cause anger to fall on the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.

they are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm steals away.

Right words are powerful, but what does your arguing argue?

They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed.

or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand; or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

Do you intend to criticize words, and the speeches of one who is hopeless, that are as wind?

And Job answered Jehovah and said,

You shall make your prayer to Him, and He shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows.

Is there wrong in my tongue? Cannot my taste discern desirable things?

And now, please look on me; for if I lie, it is before your face.

If he will argue with Him, he cannot answer Him one of a thousand.

But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish ones speak. 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 You will not hold me innocent.

They lodge the naked without clothing, and give no covering in the cold.

But a spirit is in man giving them perception, even the breath of the Almighty.

And his possessions were 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 men of the east.

And it happened after Jehovah had spoken these words to Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you and your two friends. For you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has.

Turn back, please let there be no sin; yea, return again, my righteousness is in this matter.

I have been condemned; why then should I labor in vain?

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will depart from my heaviness and be of good cheer,

Can you by searching find out God? Can you perfectly find out the Almighty?

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!

And it happened that a day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah. And Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only do not lay your hand upon him. And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.

And when they had gone around the day of feasting, 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 cursed God in their hearts. So Job did always.

How much less in those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

And Jehovah said to Satan, From where do you come? 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 revive? All the days of my warfare I will wait, until my change comes.

Behold, I know your thoughts, and the plots which you wrongfully hatch against me.

He does not believe in a return from darkness, but he is awaited by the sword.

And 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. Also Jehovah added to Job all that had been his, to double.

For the thing which I greatly feared has come upon me, and that which I was afraid of has come to me.

They are destroyed from morning till evening; they perish forever without anyone caring.

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

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

And his wife said to him, Do you still hold to your integrity? Curse God and die!

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Have you set your heart on My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil? And still he is keeping hold of his integrity, although you moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.

But now ask the animals, and they shall teach you; and the birds of the air, and they shall tell you;

Is not their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, but not with wisdom.

Your words have upheld him who was falling, and you have made strong the feeble knees.

And came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had known him before. And they ate bread with him in his house, and consoled him and comforted him over all the evil that Jehovah had brought on him. Each one also gave him a piece of money, and each one a ring of gold.

and even after they corrupt my skin, yet this: in my flesh I shall see God,

They lie down together in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.

For they have humiliated you, and you shall say, Pride! And He shall save the lowly of eyes.

Can you bind the bands of the Pleiades, or loosen the cords of Orion?

Will you hunt the prey for the lion, or fill the appetite of the young lions,

And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah and struck Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

For his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have set his bounds so that he cannot pass;

nor have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion.

It stood still, but I could not tell the form of it. An image was before my eyes; silence; then I heard a voice,

And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

And Jehovah answered Job and said,

Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my mark. Let the Almighty answer me, and my Accuser write an indictment.

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

But He is in one mind, and who can turn Him? Yea, what His soul desires, He does it.

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

Therefore I despise myself, and repent in dust and ashes.

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

Behold, you have instructed many, and you have made the weak hands strong.

And his sons went and feasted in the house of each one on 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 shape us in the womb?

who alone stretches out the heavens, and walks on the waves of the sea;

But now those younger laugh at me, whose fathers I would have refused to set with the dogs of my flock.

Have you entered into the storehouses of the snow? Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail,

And Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and they each one came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had met together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, or hold down his tongue with a cord?

Fear for yourselves because of the sword; for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.

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

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

Why do the wicked live? They grow old and become mighty in power.

Shall one try a word with you, you who are weary? But who can hold back with words?

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he who has clean hands adds strength.

He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.

Is there not a warfare to man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hireling?

For you say, Where is the house of the noble, and where the dwelling-places of the wicked?

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

Now be of service with Him, and be at peace. Good shall come to you by them.

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as it came from the womb?

And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

And Job answered and said,

there is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh, even of man?

if I looked to the light when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

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

But you are imputers of lies; you are all worthless healers.

If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to declare for man his uprightness,

And Job answered and said,

As long as my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils,

He will deliver you in six troubles; yea, in seven no evil shall touch you.

Who has gone before Me that I should repay? All that is the heavens is Mine.

Hell is naked before Him, and the Pit has no covering.

For God speaks once, yea, twice, but not one takes notice.

Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or spend the night by your feed-trough?

But man dies and is cut off; and man expires, and where is he?

Behold, I am vile! What shall I answer You? I will lay my hand on my mouth.

And Job answered and said,

Your hands have made me and shaped me, together all around; yet You destroy me.

Can a man be useful to God, as he who is wise may be useful to himself?

As the cloud falls and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

On what are its bases sunk, or who cast its cornerstone,

Who will grant that You would hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would set me a fixed time and remember me?

when I washed my steps with curds, and the rock poured out rivers of oil for me;

let thorns come forth instead of wheat, and weeds 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 Your ways;

who made the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

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

After this Job opened his mouth and cursed his day.

And Jehovah blessed the latter days of Job more than the beginning. For he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.

If He sets His heart on man, if He gathers to Himself his spirit and his breath,

He has described a circle on the surface of the waters to the boundary of light with darkness.

And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

The departed spirits tremble under the waters, and those who dwell in them.

Have you beat out the expanse with Him, hard like a cast mirror?

Who is he who hides counsel without knowledge? Therefore I have spoken what I did not understand; things too wonderful for me; yea, I did not know.

Truly, I would seek to God, and to God I would put my plea,

And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

Did you not ask those who go by the way? And do you not know their signs,

If I wait for the grave as my home, I have made my bed in the darkness;

One draws it, and treads it from behind, even lightning from his gall; terror is on him.

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

when I went out to the gate by the city; when I prepared my seat in the street!

how much less man who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm?

If I despised the cause of my man servant or of my slave-girl, when they argued with me;

Have you commanded the morning from your days, and caused the dawn to know its place,

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

For I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

It shall devour the parts of his skin; the first-born of death consumes his parts.

My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the graves are 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; the number of His years cannot be searched out.

Behold, He puts no trust in His saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.

And now take to yourselves seven young bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering. And My servant Job will pray for you. Surely I will lift up his face so as not to do with you according to your foolishness, in that you have not spoken of Me what is right, like My servant Job.

Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

He quiets the sea with His power, and by His understanding He shatters the proud.

The wing of the ostrich beats joyously; though not like the stork's pinions for flight.

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment?

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

His anger has torn and hated me; He gnashes on me with His teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes at me;

Therefore listen to me, O man of heart; far be it from God to commit iniquity; and from the Almighty, to do wrong.

They remove the landmarks; they seize flocks and feed them.

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

In a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men; while they slumber on the bed;

And Job continued the lifting up of his speech, and said,

And have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His?

Lo, these are the edges of His ways; but what a whisper of a word we hear of Him! And the thunder of His power who can understand?

And the clods of the valley shall be sweet to him and every man shall draw after him, as there is no numbering of those before him.

Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot see Him;

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

Have you gone to the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in search of the depths?

For He draws up the drops of water; they distill rain into mist,

Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, and bind it like crowns to me.

Until when will you set a snare for words? Understand, and afterwards we will speak.

and I said, You shall come to here, but no further; and here your proud waves shall stop.

They spend their days in good, and in a moment go down to the grave.

Let not he being deceived trust in vanity; for vanity shall be his reward.

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

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God watched over me;

For His eyes are on the ways of man, and He sees all his steps.

The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at His rebuke.

And burned the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. His wrath burned against Job, because he had justified himself rather than God.

And Elihu answered and said,

Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, why do those who know Him not see His days?

Would you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him?

They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our descent together is in the dust.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his word from God.

Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Can you observe the calving of deer?

Can you bring the constellations in their season? Or can you guide the Bear with its sons?

They lift up voice at the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the flute.

He shall not escape from darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and at the breath of his mouth he shall turn away.

Clouds are a covering to Him, so that He does not see; and He walks in the circuit of Heaven.

Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue;

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my judgment was like a robe and a diadem.

My heart trembles at this also, and it leaps out of its place.

Where is the way where light dwells? And where is the place of darkness,

Listen to this, Job; stand still, and consider the wonderful works of God.

His hope shall be rooted out of his tent, and you marched to the king of terrors.

Is not God high in Heaven? And behold the leading stars, for they are high.

Shall a reprover contend with the Almighty? He who reproves God, let him answer it.

Do you keep to the old way which wicked men have walked?

making a weight for the winds, and measuring out the waters by measure.

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

Rule and fear are with Him; He makes peace in His high places.

I also could speak as you do; if your soul were in my soul's place. I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you.

Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

If I have made gold my hope, or have called fine gold my trust;

Drought and heat eat up the snow waters; so does the grave 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, you do away with fear, and take away prayer 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 daughters of the ostrich.

Have you given the horse strength? Have you clothed his neck with a mane?

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

Golden splendor comes out of the north; God is awesome in His majesty.

For the ear tries words, as the palate tastes food.

Have you heard the secret counsel of God? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

And Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest, and said,

Now gird up your loins like a man; for I will ask of you, and you teach Me.

They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths.

How much less to Him who does not lift up the face of rulers, nor regard the rich before the poor? For all of them are the work of His hands.

For the company of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall devour the tents of bribery.

For what is the hope of the ungodly when He cuts off, when God takes away his soul?

I have heard many such things. You are all miserable comforters.

His flesh shall be fresher than in vigor; he shall return to the days of his youth;

Is not your wickedness great, and your iniquity without measure?

He binds up the waters in His thick clouds; and the cloud is not torn under them.

How long will you torment my soul and break me in pieces with words?

Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

I was at ease, but He has broken me in pieces; yea, He has also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for His mark.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and bronze is melted out of the stone.

For He looks to the end of the earth, and sees under all the heavens;

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

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

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, and their trouble comes on them! He shares out pains in His anger;

I will not now lift up the face of a man, nor eulogize any man,

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

Are not mockeries with me? Yea, my eye rests on their insults.

look away from him, so that he may rest until he shall finish his day, as a hireling.

Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear make me afraid;

My skin is black on me, and my bones are burned with heat.

All the men of my counsel detest me, even this one I loved has turned against me.

Is it good that He should search you out? Or as one man mocks another, do you mock Him?

I have sewed sackcloth on my skin and thrust my horn in the dust.

With us are both the gray-headed and aged, mightier than your father as to days.

if I have eaten its strength without silver, or have caused its owner to expire,

Pour forth the rage of your wrath; and behold everyone who is proud, and abase him.

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case before God.

Will you also set aside My judgment? Will you condemn Me so that you may be justified?

What you know, I know also; I do not fall short of you.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and you are very old; therefore I was afraid, and dared not show you my opinion.

yet You will plunge me into the ditch and my own clothes shall despise me.

God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things, and we do not understand.

because he stretches out his hand against God, and sets himself against the Almighty.

Oh that you would stop speaking entirely! And it would be your wisdom.

Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set up their rulership on the earth?

He has broken me on every side, and I am gone, and He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

As God lives, He has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty has made my soul bitter.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor.

He is also chastened with pain on his bed, and enduring strife in his bones;

He has put my brothers far from me, and my friends have truly turned away from me.

As the waters fail from the sea, and a river falls away and dries up,

Far be it from me that I should justify you; until I die I will not retract my integrity from me.

No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls; and the price of wisdom is above rubies.

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