And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:

And the men of Sheba came against them and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The fire of God came down from heaven, burning up the sheep and the goats and the young men completely, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, Your sons and your daughters were feasting together in their oldest brother's house,

When a great wind came rushing from the waste land against the four sides of the house, and it came down on the young men, and they are dead; and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

With nothing I came out of my mother's body, and with nothing I will go back there; the Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; let the Lord's name be praised.

And there was a day when the sons of the gods came together before the Lord, and the Satan came with them.

And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.

Why did death not take me when I came out of my mother's body, why did I not, when I came out, give up my last breath?

A word was given to me secretly, and the low sound of it came to my ears.

Fear came on me and shaking, and my bones were full of trouble;

Something was present before me, but I was not able to see it clearly; there was a form before my eyes: a quiet voice came to my ears, saying:

I have seen the foolish taking root, but suddenly the curse came on his house.

They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.

He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?

For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

For I was looking for good, and evil came; I was waiting for light, and it became dark.

A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

But you said in my hearing, and your voice came to my ears:

Or where were you when the sea came to birth, pushing out from its secret place;

Out of whose body came the ice? and who gave birth to the cold mist of heaven?

And it came about, after he had said these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, I am very angry with you and your two friends, because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

And all his brothers and sisters, and his friends of earlier days, came and took food with him in his house; and made clear their grief for him, and gave him comfort for all the evil which the Lord had sent on him; and they all gave him a bit of money and a gold ring.

And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

And Job came to his end, old and full of days.