Have not you made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has on every side? you have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions are increased in the land.

But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power; only upon himself put not forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

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

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

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

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

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

So the poor has hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.

Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? or the ox lows over its fodder?

The eye of him that has seen me shall see me no more: your eyes are upon me, and I am not.

If your children have sinned against him, and he has cast them away for their transgression;

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and has prospered?

You have granted me life and favor, and your care has preserved my spirit.

Who knows not among all these that the hand of the LORD has done this?

With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.

Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.

But now he has made me weary: you have made desolate all my company.

God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

I was at ease, but he has broken me asunder: he has also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

He has made me also a byword of the people; and I was as one before whom men spit.

The righteous also shall hold to his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.

Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net.

He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my paths.

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

He has destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope has he removed like a tree.

He has also kindled his wrath against me, and he counts me unto him as one of his enemies.

He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me.

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

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

Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away a house which he built not;

For what pleasure has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst?

Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he has done?

But he knows the way that I take: when he has tested me, I shall come forth as gold.

My foot has held fast to his steps, his way have I kept, and not turned aside.

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face.

How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength?

How have you counseled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is?

Sheol is naked before him, and destruction has no covering.

He has drawn a circle on the waters at the boundary where the day and night come together.

By his spirit he has adorned the heavens; his hand has pierced the fleeing serpent.

As God lives, who has taken away my right; and the Almighty, who has made bitter my soul;

For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul?

The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it has dust of gold.

There is a path which no fowl knows, and which the falcon's eye has not seen:

Yea, how might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom vigor has perished?

Because he has loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also cast off restraint before me.

He has cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hastened to deceit;

If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any spot has cleaved to my hands;

If my heart has been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor's door;

Or have eaten my morsel alone, and the fatherless has not eaten of it;

If his heart has not blessed me, and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep;

And my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand:

Now he has not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches.

Behold, my belly is as wine which has no vent; it is ready to burst like new wineskins.

Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue has spoken in my mouth.

The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life.

For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my justice.

For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

Who has given him charge over the earth? or who has laid on him the whole world?

Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom.

But now, because it is not so, he has visited in his anger; yet he knows it not in a great extreme:

Who has prescribed him his way? or who can say, You have worked iniquity?

Who has determined the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line upon it?

Who has divided a channel for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder;

Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew?

Out of whose womb came the ice? and the frost from heaven, who has given it birth?

Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart?

Who has let the wild donkey go free? or who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey?

Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding.

Who has given to me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends: for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has.