His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

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

And show you the secrets of wisdom!
For sound wisdom has two sides.
Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity.

“With Him are strength and sound wisdom,
The misled and the misleader belong to Him.

At the scent of water it will flourish
And put forth sprigs like a plant.

“You forever overpower him and he departs;
You change his appearance and send him away.

“When he fills his belly,
God will send His fierce anger on him
And will rain it on him while he is eating.

“They send forth their little ones like the flock,
And their children skip about.

“They sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.

“You have sent widows away empty,
And the strength of the orphans has been crushed.

“Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest,
And I shall multiply my days as the sand.

“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.

“Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
And I have heard the sound of your words:

“In a dream, a vision of the night,
When sound sleep falls on men,
While they slumber in their beds,

“But if you have understanding, hear this;
Listen to the sound of my words.

“Can you send forth lightnings that they may go
And say to you, ‘Here we are’?

“Who sent out the wild donkey free?
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,