Then his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east.

And so it was, when the days of the banquet came round, that Job sent and hallowed them, and rising early in the morning offered ascending-sacrifices according to the number of them all; for Job said, Peradventure my sons have sinned, and have cursed God in their hearts. Thus and thus, was Job wont to do all the days.

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.

And there came a certain day, - when his sons and his daughters were eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother.

a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

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.

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

He said,
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

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?

I was not in safety, neither had I quietness, neither was I at rest, and trouble came.

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

Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And made all my bones shake.

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.

The camel-trains go out of their way; they go up into the waste and come to destruction.

The camel-trains of Tema were searching with care, the bands of Sheba were waiting for them:

“They were disappointed for they had trusted,
They came there and were confounded.

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

If he came by me, I might not look upon him: if he went his way, I should not perceive 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.

His archers came round against me, He clave asunder my reins, and spared not, He poured out, on the earth, my gall:

His men of war came together, which made their way over me, and besieged my dwelling round about.

With whom hast thou declared words? And whose breath came forth from thee?

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 the one ready to perish came upon me,
And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

As through a wide breach, came they on, with a crashing noise, they rolled themselves along.

I have hoped for good, but evil came instead; I have hoped for light, but darkness came.

My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction came upon me.

Meekly and lowly came I in, yea and without any displeasure; I stood up in the congregation, and communed with them.

So my lyre came to be [used] for mourning, and my flute [for the] voice of [those who] weep.

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

Have I rejoiced over my enemy’s distress,
or become excited when trouble came his way?

Though I waited, yet could they not speak, Surely they came to a stand, they responded no more.

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

And also he moved thee from the mouth of the enemy to a broad, not straight place; and thy table came. down full of fatness.

Or who shut in, with double doors, the sea, when, bursting out of the womb, it came forth;

From whose belly came forth the ice? And the hoar-frost of the heavens, Who hath begotten it?

It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.

Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning, - and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

And he came to have seven sons, and three daughters;

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