There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before LORD, that Satan also came among them.

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.

Then Satan answered LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God fell from heaven, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and only I alone have escaped to tell thee.

In all this Job did not sin, nor foolishly accuse God.

Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before LORD, that Satan came also among them to present himself before LORD.

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou m

Then his wife said to him, Do thou still hold fast thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.

But he said to her, Thou speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Let that day be darkness. Let not God from above seek for it, nor let the light shine upon it.

For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest

[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?

I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, neither have I rest, but trouble comes.

Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which my spirit drinks up. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

O that I might have my request, and that God would grant [me] the thing that I long for!

Even that it would please God to crush me, that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Teach me, and I will be quiet. And cause me to understand how I have erred.

O remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.

Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?

if thou would seek diligently to God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty,

While it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withers before any [other] herb.

So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, nor will he uphold the evil-doers.

Of a truth I know that it is so. But how can man be just with God?

God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.

Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good,

If I say, I will forget my complaint. I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer,

I will say to God, Do not condemn me. Show me why thou contend with me.

Is it good to thee that thou should oppress, that thou should despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

But O that God would speak, and open his lips against thee,

and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.

Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

I am as a man who is a laughing-stock to his neighbor. I who called upon God, and he answered. The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].

With [God] is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God.

Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?

Is it good that he should search you out? Or as deceiving a man, will ye deceive him?

Be quiet. Let me alone that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He too flees as a shadow, and does not continue.

For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch of it will not cease.

Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?

Yea, thou do away with fear, and hinder devotion before God.

Have thou heard the secret counsel of God? And do thou limit wisdom to thyself?

Are the consolations of God too small for thee, even the word that is gentle toward thee?

that against God thou turn thy spirit, and let words go out of thy mouth?

Because he has stretched out his hand against God, and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty.

He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of [God's] mouth he shall go away.

God delivers me to the perverse, and casts me into the hands of the wicked.

My friends scoff at me. My eye pours out tears to God

that he would maintain the right of a man with God, and of a son of man with his neighbor!

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him who does not know God.

know now that God has subverted me, and has encompassed me with his net.

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends, for the hand of God has touched me.

Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh?

And after my skin, this [body], is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,

He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again. God will cast them out of his belly.

When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God.

Their houses are safe from fear, nor is the rod of God upon them.

And they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of thy ways.

How often is it that the lamp of the profane is put out, that their calamity comes upon them, that [God] distributes sorrows in his anger,

[Ye say], God lays up his iniquity for his sons. Let him recompense it to himself that he may know it.

For what does he care for his house after him when the number of his months is cut off?

Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high?

One man dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

And another man dies in bitterness of soul, and never tastes of good.

Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

And thou say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?

Yet he filled their houses with good things. But the counsel of the wicked is far from me.

[Saying], Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them, the fire has consumed.

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee.

For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.

For God has made my heart faint, and the Almighty has terrified me,

because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

They cut their provender in the field, and they glean the vintage of the wicked.

From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out. Yet God does not regard the folly.

He devours the barren who do not bear, and does no good to the widow.

Yet [God] preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

[God] gives them to be in security, and they rest in it. And his eyes are upon their ways.

They are exalted. Yet a little while, and they are gone. Yea, they are brought low. They are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman?

Sheol is naked before [God], and Abaddon has no covering.

As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul.

(For my life is yet whole in me. And the spirit of God is in my nostrils.)

For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?