The Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

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.

“As for that night, let darkness seize it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come into the number of the months.

“Why did I not die at birth,
Come forth from the womb and expire?

“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,
And my cries pour out like water.

“For what I fear comes upon me,
And what I dread befalls me.

“I am not at ease, nor am I quiet,
And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes.”

“But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
It touches you, and you are dismayed.

“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.

“For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

“You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue,
And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes.

“You will come to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.

“Oh that my request might come to pass,
And that God would grant my longing!

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And come to an end without hope.

“When a cloud vanishes, it is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.

“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come on me what may.

“This also will be my salvation,
For a godless man may not come before His presence.

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers.
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

“If a man dies, will he live again?
All the days of my struggle I will wait
Until my change comes.

“Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

“But come again all of you now,
For I do not find a wise man among you.

“His troops come together,
And build up their way against me
And camp around my tent.

“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

“It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,
Even the glittering point from his gall.
Terrors come upon him,

“Yield now and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.

“Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!

“But He knows the way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

“Will God hear his cry
When distress comes upon him?

“The earth, from it comes food,
And underneath it is turned up as fire.

“Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is the place of understanding?

“As through a wide breach they come,
Amid the tempest they roll on.

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted—

“Out of the south comes the storm,
And out of the north the cold.

“Out of the north comes golden splendor;
Around God is awesome majesty.

And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;
And here shall your proud waves stop’?

“From whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

“Who can strip off his outer armor?
Who can come within his double mail?

“One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.