His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these times they sent for their three sisters to take part in their feasts with them.

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 the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

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

For then its weight would be more than the sand of the seas: because of this my words have been uncontrolled.

Then you send dreams to me, and visions of fear;

If I had sent for him to be present, and he had come, I would have no faith that he would give ear to my voice.

Let him take away his rod from me and not send his fear on me:

O keep in mind that you made me out of earth; and will you send me back again to dust?

That you would send new witnesses against me, increasing your wrath against me, and letting loose new armies on me.

Then at the sound of your voice I will give answer; or let me put forward my cause for you to give me an answer.

For you put bitter things on record against me, and send punishment on me for the sins of my early years;

At the sound of your voice I would give an answer, and you would have a desire for the work of your hands.

You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.

A sound of fear is in his ears; in time of peace destruction will come on him:

He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

They send out their young ones like a flock, and their children have pleasure in the dance,

They make songs to the instruments of music, and are glad at the sound of the pipe.

You say, God keeps punishment stored up for his children. Let him send it on the man himself, so that he may have the punishment of it!

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.

Then I said, I will come to my end with my children round me, my days will be as the sand in number;

They are sent out from among their townsmen, men are crying after them as thieves

For he has made loose the cord of my bow, and put me to shame; he has sent down my flag to the earth before me.

For I am certain that you will send me back to death, and to the meeting-place ordered for all living.

And my music has been turned to sorrow, and the sound of my pipe into the noise of weeping.

Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;

If now there may be an angel sent to him, one of the thousands which there are to be between him and God, and to make clear to man what is right for him;

Give ear to the rolling noise of his voice; to the hollow sound which goes out of his mouth.

Which is the way to the place where the wind is measured out, and the east wind sent out over the earth?

Is your voice sent up to the cloud, so that you may be covered by the weight of waters?

Do you send out the thunder-flames, so that they may go, and say to you, Here we are?

Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

Send destruction on all who are lifted up, pulling down the sinners from their places.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; 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.