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, 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.

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

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;

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Or as a hidden untimely birth I had not been, As infants that never saw light.

According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.

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

He frustrateth the devices of the crafty, So that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Am I a sea, or a sea-monster, That thou settest a watch over me?

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is all one; therefore I say, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

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

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my'sad countenance, and be of good cheer;

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

Then would I speak, and not fear him; For I am not so in myself.

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

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

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

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

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee; And the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee.

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

So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

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

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.

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.

They change the night into day: The light,'say they , is near unto the darkness.

Where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

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

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

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.

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

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

The eye which saw him shall see him no more; Neither shall his place any more behold him.

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

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

Ye say , God layeth up his iniquity for his children. Let him recompense it unto himself, that he may know it:

Let his own eyes see his destruction, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

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

Or darkness, so that thou canst not see, And abundance of waters cover thee.

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he seeth not; And he walketh on the vault of heaven.

The righteous see it, and are glad; And the innocent laugh them to scorn,

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

I would know the words which he would answer me, And understand what he would say unto me.

There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

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

They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.

So that they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

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

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

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

My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: My heart shall not reproach me'so long as I live.

That path no bird of prey knoweth, Neither hath the falcon's eye seen it:

The deep saith, It is not in me; And the sea saith, It is not with me.

Destruction and Death say, We have heard a rumor thereof with our ears.

Then did he see it, and declare it; He established it, yea, and searched it out.

The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the aged rose up and stood;

For when the ear heard me , then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me , it gave witness unto me:

The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

By God's great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

Doth not he see my ways, And number all my steps?

Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

If my heart hath been enticed unto a woman, And I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

(Nay, from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And her have I guided from my mother's womb);

If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, Because I saw my help in the gate:

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-

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

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

Behold, I waited for your words, I listened for your reasonings, Whilst ye searched out what to say.

Beware lest ye say, We have found wisdom; God may vanquish him, not man:

They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.

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

So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food.

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