And his sons went and feasted in the house of each one on his day. And they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

And when they had gone around the day of feasting, Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts. So Job did always.

And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

And Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and they each one came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had met together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights. And no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief was very great.

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

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none. Let it not see the eyelids of the dawn.

For it did not shut up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hide sorrow from my eyes.

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

with kings and wise men of the earth, who built ruins for themselves,

who is waiting for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for treasures?

For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.

For the thing which I greatly feared has come upon me, and that which I was afraid of has come to me.

The strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the strong lion's cubs are scattered abroad.

It stood still, but I could not tell the form of it. An image was before my eyes; silence; then I heard a voice,

For vexation kills the fool, and envy slays the simple one.

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring up out of the ground;

And there is hope for the weak, and injustice shuts her mouth.

For He makes sore, and binds up; He wounds, and His hands make whole.

For you shall be in covenant with the stones of the field; and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

Behold this: we have searched it; it is so. Hear it and know for yourself.

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their fury is drinking my spirit; the terrors of God are set against me.

Oh that I might have my desire, and that God would grant the thing that I long for!

And it is yet my comfort; yea, I would rejoice in pain, though He did not spare me; for I have not hidden the words of the Holy One.

The troops of Tema looked; the companies of Sheba hoped for them.

Did I say, Give to me? or, Offer a bribe for me from your wealth;

Yea, you cause anger to fall on the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend.

And now, please look on me; for if I lie, it is before your face.

As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling looks for his wages,

I despise them; I will not live always; let me alone, for my days are vanity.

I have sinned. What shall I do to You, O Watcher of men? Why have You set me as a target for You, so that I am a burden to myself?

And why do You not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I shall sleep in the dust, and You shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

If your sons have sinned against Him, and if He has cast them away for their transgression,

if you were pure and upright, surely now He would awake for you, and make the dwelling-place of your righteousness blessed.

For please ask of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers,

for we are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.

Whom, though I were righteous, yet I would not answer; I seek mercy for my judgment.

For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment;

then would I speak and not fear Him; for it is not so with me.

that You seek out my iniquity, and search for my sin?

For it increases! You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous on me.

For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Your eyes.

and would tell you the secrets of His wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold? Know therefore that God forgets for you some of your iniquity.

For He knows vain men; and when He sees wickedness, will He not search it?

For foolish man would be wise, and man is born a wild ass's colt.

for you shall forget your misery, and you shall remember it as waters that pass away.

For truly you are the people, and wisdom will die with you.

a flaming brand despised in the thoughts of him who feels secure; it is ready for those with slipping feet.

Would you speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for Him?

Will you lift up His person, or contend for God?

He also is my salvation, for an ungodly one shall not come before Him.

Who is he that will plead for me, for now, I would be quiet and expire.

Why do You hide Your face, and hold me for Your enemy?

For You write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the sins of my youth.

You put my feet also in the stocks, and look closely to all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

For his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have set his bounds so that he cannot pass;

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

For now You number my steps; do You not watch over my sin?

For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

The wicked man labors in pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden for the ruthless one.

He wanders for bread, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.

Trouble and pain shall terrify him; they shall overpower him, as a king ready for the battle;

Let not he being deceived trust in vanity; for vanity shall be his reward.

For the company of the ungodly shall be barren, and fire shall devour the tents of bribery.

And You have plucked me, for it is a witness, and my failure rises up against me, and it answers to my face.

I was at ease, but He has broken me in pieces; yea, He has also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for His mark.

Oh that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor!

For the years that are few will come, and I shall go the way from where I shall not return.

My spirit is broken, my days are ended, the graves are ready for me.

Please lay down a pledge for me with Yourself; who is he who will strike hands with me?

For You have hidden their heart from understanding; therefore You shall not lift them up.

He who for a share informs against friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

They set night for day; the light is near in the face of darkness.

If I wait for the grave as my home, I have made my bed in the darkness;

And where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

Until when will you set a snare for words? Understand, and afterwards we will speak.

He tears himself in his anger; shall the earth be forsaken for you? And shall the rock be moved out of its place?

For he is thrown into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a net.

The pitfall is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

Have pity on me! Have pity on me, my friends! For the hand of God has touched me.

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and He shall rise on the earth at the last;

whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not a stranger's; though my heart be exhausted in my bosom.

For you ought to say, Why do we persecute him, since the root of the matter is found in me?

Fear for yourselves because of the sword; for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.

that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the ungodly is for a moment?

For he pressed down and forsook the poor; he stole a house, but he had not built it.

As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should my spirit not be troubled?

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

God lays up his iniquity for his children. He repays him, and he knows.

For what is his pleasure in his house after him, and the number of his months is cut off?

For you say, Where is the house of the noble, and where the dwelling-places of the wicked?

that the wicked is kept for the day of calamity? They shall be brought to the day of wrath.

For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

But as for the mighty man, he had the earth, and the honored man lived in it.

Is not God high in Heaven? And behold the leading stars, for they are high.

For then you shall have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God.

For they have humiliated you, and you shall say, Pride! And He shall save the lowly of eyes.

For He fulfilled my lot, and many things like these are with Him.