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.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were completed, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, It may be that my so

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

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

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, The fire of God fell from heaven, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and only I alone have escaped to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and only I alone have escaped

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Let the stars of the twilight of it be dark. Let it look for light, but have none, nor let it behold the eyelids of the morning.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

And be it still my consolation, yea, let me exult (in pain that does not spare), that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Be quiet. Let me alone that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

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

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

Though the root of it grows old in the earth, and the trunk of it dies in the ground,