[There] was a man in the land of Uz whose name [was] Job. That man was blameless and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil.

So Yahweh said to Satan, "From where have you come?" Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, "From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it."

So Yahweh said to Satan, "Have you {considered} my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth--a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil."

So Yahweh said to Satan, "Look, {all that belongs to him} is in your {power}. Only do not stretch out your hand {against} him." So Satan went out from Yahweh's {presence}.

While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

And behold, a great wind came from across the desert, and it struck the four corners of the house {so that} it fell upon the young people, and they died. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

Then he said, "Naked I came out from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. Yahweh gives, and Yahweh takes. Let Yahweh's name be blessed."

So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "From where have you come?" And Satan answered Yahweh and said, "From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it."

So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "Have you {considered} my servant Job? Indeed, there is no one like him on the earth--a blameless man and upright and God-fearing and turning away from evil. And still he persists in his blamelessness {even though} you incited me against him to destroy him for nothing."

So Satan went out from {Yahweh's presence}, and he inflicted Job with loathsome skin sores from the sole of his foot up to the crown of his head.

So he said to her, "You speak like one of the foolish women speaks. Indeed, should we receive the good from God, but not receive the evil?" In all this, Job did not sin with his lips.

Thus Job's three friends heard of this calamity that had come upon him. So each set out from his [own] place: Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. And they met together to come to console him and to comfort him.

Thus they lifted up their eyes from afar, but they did not recognize him, so they raised their voice, and they wept, and each man tore his outer garment and threw dust on their heads {toward the sky}.

Let that day become darkness; may God not seek it from above, nor may daylight shine on it.

because it did not shut the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

"Why did I not die at birth? [Why] did I [not] come forth from [the] womb and expire?

There [the] wicked cease from troubling, and there [the] {weary} are at rest;

[The] small and [the] great [are] there, and [the] slave [is] free from his masters.

"[If] someone would test a word with you, would you be offended? But who can refrain from speaking?

"And a word came stealing to me, and my ear received [the] whisper from it.

Amid troubling thoughts from night visions, at [the] falling of deep sleep on men,

It stood still, but I could not recognize its appearance; a form [was] {before} my eyes; [there was] a hush, and I heard a voice:

His children are far from deliverance, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer--

whose harvest [the] hungry eats, and he takes it {from behind} [the] thorns; and [the] thirsty pants after their wealth.

Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

And he saves from the sword of their mouth, {even} [the] poor from the hand of the strong.

{From} six troubles he will deliver you, and in seven evil shall not touch you.

In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from [the] {power of} [the] sword.

From [the] scourge of [the] tongue you shall be hidden, and you shall not be afraid of destruction when it comes.

{Indeed}, my help is not in me, and [any] success is driven from me.

"Loyal love [should come] for the afflicted [from] his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

In time they dry up, they disappear; when it [is] hot, they vanish from their place.

Is it because I have said, 'Give to me,' or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?

or, 'Save me from the foe's hand,' or, 'Ransom me from the tyrants' hand'?

I loathe [my life]; I would not live forever; depart from me, for my days [are] a breath.

{How long} will you not turn away from me? [Or] not leave me alone until I swallow my spit?

Will they themselves not teach you [and] {tell you} and {utter} words from their heart?

If he destroys him from his place, then it deceives him, [saying], 'I have never seen you.'

Look, this [is] the joy of his way, and from dust others will spring up.

[He is the one] who shakes [the] earth from its place, and its pillars tremble.

whom I cannot answer, even though I am righteous? From my judge I must implore grace.

May he remove his rod from me, and let his dread not terrify me;

because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?

So why did you bring me forth from the womb? I should have passed away, {and no eye should have seen me}.

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been brought from [the] womb to the grave.

[Are] not my days few? Let him leave [me] alone; let him turn from me, and let me rejoice a little.

"Only you must not do [these] two [things] to me; then I will not hide from your face:

withdraw your hand from me, and let not your dread terrify me.

"Who can bring a clean [thing] from an unclean [thing]? No one!

Look away from him, and let him desist until he enjoys his days like a laborer.

[As] water disappears from a lake, and a river withers away and dries up,

"But a mountain falls; it crumbles away, and a rock moves away from its place.

what wise men have told, and they have not hidden [that which is] from their ancestors,

{He cannot trust that he will return} from darkness, and he himself is destined for [the] sword.

"He will not escape from darkness; a flame will dry up his new shoot, and by the wind of his mouth he shall be removed.

Indeed, [after] {a few years} have come, then I will go [the] way [from which] I will not return.

Indeed, you have closed their mind from understanding; therefore, you will not let [them] triumph.

And my eye has grown dim from grief, and the limbs of my body [are] all like a shadow.

"[You who] are tearing {yourself} in your anger, will [the] earth be forsaken because of you? Or will [the] rock be removed from its place?

He is torn from his tent {in which he trusted}, and it brought him to the king of terrors.

His remembrance perishes from [the] earth, and [there is] not a name for him on [the] street.

"They thrust him from light into darkness, and they drive him out from [the] world.

He has taken my glory from me, and he has removed the crown of my head.

"He has removed my kinsfolk from me, and my acquaintances have only turned aside from me.

And after my skin has been thus destroyed, but from my flesh I will see God,

"Did you know this from of old, since the setting of [the] human being on earth,

His children will seek favors from [the] poor, and his hands will return his wealth.

He swallows riches, but he vomits them [up]; God drives them out from his stomach.

"He will flee from an iron weapon, [but] an arrow of bronze will pierce him.

He draws [it] forth, and it comes out from [his] body, and [the] glittering point comes from his gall-bladder; terrors come upon him.

This [is] a wicked human being's portion from God and the inheritance of his decree from God."

And they say to God, 'Turn away from us, for we do not desire to know your ways.

Let his eyes see his decay, and let him drink from the wrath of Shaddai,

Indeed, [the] wicked is spared from [the] day of disaster; he is delivered from [the] day of wrath.

"Indeed, you have required a pledge from your family for nothing, and you have stripped off [the] clothes of [the] naked.

You have given no water [for the] weary to drink, and you withheld food from [the] hungry.

[Those] who said to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can Shaddai do to us?'

Please receive instruction from his mouth, and place his words in your heart.

If you return to Shaddai, you will be restored; [if] you remove wickedness from your tent,

[From] the commandment of his lips, indeed I have not departed; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily food.

They are wet from the rainstorm of the mountains, and they cling to the rock {without} refuge.

"They snatch [the] orphan from [the] breast, and they take a pledge against [the] needy.

From [the] city people groan, and [the] throat of [the] wounded cries for help; yet God does not {regard it as unseemly}.

{With whose help} have you uttered words, and whose breath has come forth from you?

Far be it from me that {I would say that you are right}; until I pass away, I will not put away from me my blamelessness.

"This [is the] portion of [the] wicked human being with God, and they receive from Shaddai [the] inheritance of [the] ruthless.

[The] east wind lifts him up, and he is gone, and it sweeps him away from his place.

And it hurls at him, and it has no compassion; he will quickly flee from its power.

It claps its hands over him, and it hisses at him from its place.

Iron is taken from dust, and he pours out copper [from] ore.

He breaks open a mine shaft {away from where people dwell}; [those] who are forgotten {by travelers}, they dangle, they sway [far away] from human beings.

[As for the] earth, from it comes food, but underneath it, it is turned up as [by] fire.

He dams up rivers from [their] sources, and he brings secret things to [the] light.

"But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

It is hidden from [the] eyes of all living, and it is concealed from [the] birds of the heaven.

And to the human beings he said, 'Look, the fear of the Lord [is] wisdom, and to depart from evil [is] understanding.'"

Officials refrained from talking, and they laid [their] hand on their mouth.

And I broke [the] evil one's jaw bones, and I made [his] prey drop from his teeth.

They were driven out from fellow people; they shout at them as [at] a thief,