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 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 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 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.

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.

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

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

And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!

When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, then darkness came.

For that would be an evil purpose; yea, it would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

If I rejoiced at the ruin of my hater, and I was excited when evil found him;

Who says to a king, O worthless one; and to nobles, O evil one?

He strikes them for evil deeds in the place of the watchers,

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.