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 aside from evil.

And Jehovah said to Satan, From where do you come? Then Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you set your heart against My servant Job, because there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil?

And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only do not lay your hand upon him. And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.

While he was still speaking, there also came another and said, The fire of God has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and destroyed them. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

And, behold, a great wind came from the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

And Jehovah said to Satan, From where do you come? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Have you set your heart on My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil? And still he is keeping hold of his integrity, although you moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.

And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah and struck Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the top of his head.

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.

Let that day be darkness. Let not God look upon it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

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

Why did I not die from the womb, come 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 master.

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men,

They are destroyed from morning till evening; they perish forever without anyone caring.

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, nor is there any to deliver them.

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

But He saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

In famine He shall redeem you from death; and in war from the power of the sword.

You shall be hidden from the whip of the tongue; neither shall you be afraid of robbery when it comes.

Is not my help in me? And is wisdom fully driven away from me?

To him who is afflicted, pity is due from his friend, but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

torrents black from ice, in which the snow hides itself.

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

or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand; or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty?

When I lie down, I say, When shall I rise? But the night is long, and I am full of tossing to and fro until the dawning of the day.

Until when will You look away from me, nor let me alone until I swallow down my spittle?

If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen you.

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will depart from my heaviness and be of good cheer,

Let Him take His rod away from me, and let not His fear make me afraid;

If I sin, then You mark me, and You will not acquit me from my iniquity.

Why then have You brought me from the womb? Oh that I had given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me!

I should have been as though I had not been; I would have been carried from the womb to the grave.

Only do not do two things to me; then I will not hide myself from You.

Withdraw Your hand far from me, and let not Your fear make me afraid.

Will You terrify a leaf driven to and fro? Will You pursue the dry stubble?

look away from him, so that he may rest until he shall finish his day, as a hireling.

As the waters fail from the sea, and a river falls away and dries up,

that which wise men have told, and have not hidden from their fathers;

He does not believe in a return from darkness, but he is awaited by the sword.

He shall not escape from darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and at the breath of his mouth he shall turn away.

My face is reddened from weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

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

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

My eye also is dim from grief; and all my members are like a shadow.

His memory shall perish from the earth, and there is no name to him on the face of the street.

They drive him from light to darkness, and they make him flee from the world.

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

He has put my brothers far from me, and my friends have truly turned away from me.

Do you know this from days of old, from the setting of man on earth,

He shall flee from the iron weapon, a bow of bronze shall pierce him.

One draws it, and treads it from behind, even lightning from his gall; terror is on him.

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the inheritance of his word from God.

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

Behold, their good is not in their hand; the wisdom of the wicked is far from me.

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

You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have held back bread from the hungry.

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

Yet He filled their houses with substance; and the wisdom of the wicked is far from me.

Please receive the Law from His mouth and lay up His words in your heart.

If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up; you shall put away injustice far from your tents.

There the righteous might reason with Him; and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

nor have I gone back from the commandment of His lips; I treasured the words of His mouth more than my portion.

because I was not cut off before the darkness; yea, He covered the darkness from my face.

Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, why do those who know Him not see His days?

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor.

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaves from the hungry.

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God does not charge foolishness.

To whom have you spoken words? And whose spirit came from you?

Far be it from me that I should justify you; until I die I will not retract my integrity from me.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the inheritance of cruel men which they shall receive from the Almighty.

He opens a shaft far from the visitor; they are forgotten by man's foot; they hang far away from men, they swing to and fro.

He holds back the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing, He brings to light.

From where then does wisdom come, and where is the place of understanding?

Yea, it is hidden from the eyes of all living, and hidden from the birds of the heavens.

And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!

The rulers held back from talking, and laid their hand on their mouth.

Also, what profit for me was the strength of their hands, for full vigor had perished from them?

They are driven forth from the midst; they cried against them as a thief.

They despise me, and they flee far from me; they do not spare spit from my face.

For what is the portion from God above? And what is the inheritance from the Almighty on high?

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,

for from my youth he grew up with me, as with a father, and from my mother's womb I guided her;

then let my arm fall from the shoulder blade, and let my arm be broken from the elbow.

For trouble from God is a terror to me, and I could not do anything because of His highness.

And these three men ceased from answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

my words shall be from my upright heart, and my lips will clearly speak knowledge.

so that He may turn man from his act, that He might hide pride from man.

He keeps back his soul from the Pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

then He is gracious to him and says, Deliver him from going down to the Pit; for I have found a ransom.

He has redeemed my soul from passing over into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.

to bring back his soul from the Pit, to be lighted with the light of the living.

Therefore listen to me, O man of heart; far be it from God to commit iniquity; and from the Almighty, to do wrong.

because thus they turned from following Him, and they did not consider all His ways;

from the reigning of ungodly men, from being snares for the people.

If you are righteous, what do you give Him? Or what does He receive from your hand?

From the host of tyrannies they cry out; they cry out because of the arm of the multitude.

I will bring my knowledge from afar, and I will credit righteousness to my Maker.