And it was so, when the days of the feasting were gone about, that Job sent and hallowed them; and he rose up early in the morning, and offered up burnt-offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

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!

That day let it be darkness, let not +God care for it from above, neither let light shine upon it:

Behold, let that night be barren; let no joyful sound come therein;

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it wait for light, and have none, neither let it see the eyelids of the dawn:

If a word were essayed to thee, wouldest thou be grieved? But who can refrain from speaking?

By the breath of +God they perish, and by the blast of his nostrils are they consumed.

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

Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh, and of the beasts of the earth thou shalt not be afraid.

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

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; therefore my words are vehement.

Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?

Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Which are turbid by reason of the ice, in which the snow hideth itself:

Now therefore if ye will, look upon me; and it shall be to your face if I lie.

Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.

If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

And why dost not thou forgive my transgression and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I lie down in the dust, and thou shalt seek me early, and I shall not be.

How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?

If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;

And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.

Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.

Behold, God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand.

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

Of a truth I know it is so; but how can man be just with God?

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.

Be it a question of strength, lo, he is strong; and be it of judgment, who will set me a time?

They pass by like skiffs of reed; as an eagle that swoops upon the prey.

Be it that I am wicked, why then do I labour in vain?

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

Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man of much talk be justified?

And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, how that they are the double of what is realised; and know that +God passeth by much of thine iniquity!

Canst thou by searching find out +God? canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?

Yet a senseless man will make bold, though man be born like the foal of a wild ass.

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

And life shall arise brighter than noonday; though thou be enshrouded in darkness, thou shalt be as the morning,

And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about thee, thou shalt take rest in safety.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and all refuge shall vanish from them, and their hope shall be the breathing out of life.

I am to be one that is a derision to his friend, I who call upon +God, and whom he will answer: a derision is the just upright man.

Oh that ye would be altogether silent! and it would be your wisdom.

Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?

This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before his face.

Behold now, I have ordered the cause; I know that I shall be justified.

For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

So man lieth down, and riseth not again; till the heavens be no more, they do not awake, nor are raised out of their sleep.

Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, that thou wouldest keep me secret until thine anger be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me, --

What is man, that he should be pure? and he that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

He wandereth abroad for bread, where may it be? He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.

Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

It shall be complete before his day, and his branch shall not be green.

For the family of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery.

I was at rest, but he hath shattered me; he hath taken me by the neck and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!

Lay down now a pledge, be thou surety for me with thyself: who is he that striketh hands with me?

And he hath made me a proverb of the peoples; and I am become one to be spit on in the face.

And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.

Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be stirred up against the ungodly;

It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when our rest shall be together in the dust.

How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.

The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;

The gin taketh him by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:

They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;

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

And be it that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself.

And if after my skin this shall be destroyed, yet from out of my flesh shall I see +God;

Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.

I hear a reproof putting me to shame; and my spirit answereth me by mine understanding.

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth and he hide it under his tongue,

That which he laboured for shall he restore, and not swallow down; its restitution shall be according to the value, and he shall not rejoice therein.

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.

It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.

If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.

This is the portion of the wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.

As for me, is my complaint to a man? or wherefore should not my spirit be impatient?

Mark me, and be astonished, and lay the hand upon the mouth.

Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand. The counsel of the wicked be far from me!

Can a man be profitable to God? surely it is unto himself that the wise man is profitable.

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

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

Then the Almighty will be thy precious ore, and silver heaped up unto thee;

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

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

Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.

There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.

In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, --

If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

And how should man be just with God? Or how should he be clean that is born of a woman?

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

By his Spirit the heavens are adorned; his hand hath formed the fleeing serpent.

Be it far from me that I should justify you; till I die I will not remove my blamelessness from me.