Seven sons and three daughters had been born to him.

When their time of feasting had concluded, Job would rise early in the morning to send for them and consecrate them to God. He would offer a burnt offering for each one, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children sinned by cursing God in their hearts." Job did this time and again.

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, shaved his head, fell to the ground, bowed very low,

So Satan left the LORD's presence and struck Job with terrible boils from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

"If I had died, I would be lying down by now, undisturbed, asleep, and at rest,

Filled with waters made cold by ice, they are where the snow goes to hide.

I hate the thought of living forever! Leave me alone, because my days are pointless."

Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.

""Woe to me if I'm guilty! If I'm innocent, I cannot lift my head, because I am filled with disgrace. Look at my affliction!

But if I do lift up my head, you will hunt me like a lion! You will perform miracles in order to fight against me.

So why did you bring me out from the womb? I wish I had died, before anyone had seen me,

as if I had never existed; carried from the womb to the grave.

Zophar from Naamath had this to say:

Grant me only two things as you deal with me; then I won't hide from you.

Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

"I could also talk like you if only you were in my place! Then I would put together an argument against you. I would shake my head at you

"He has stripped me of my honor; he has stolen the crown off my head!

Even little children hate me; when I get up, they mock me.

Though he grow as tall as the sky, or though his head touches the clouds,

Because he knows the road on which I travel, when he had tested me, I'll come out like gold.

As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners.

"While the ground produces food, underneath it is torn up and burning hot,

when his lamp used to shine over my head, so I could walk through the dark,

"Whenever I went out to the city gate, a seat had been reserved for me in the plaza.

because I delivered the poor who were crying for help, along with orphans who had no one to help them.

After I spoke, they had nothing to say, when what I said hit them.

I smiled at them when they had no confidence, and no one could discourage me.

My skin turns black all over me; and my bones seem burned from the heat.

(even a poor man had grown up with me as if I were his father, and even though I had guided the widow from the time I was born),

if he hadn't thanked me from the bottom of his heart, if he had not been warmed by wool from my sheep,

"Have I rejoiced in the destruction of those who hate me, or have I been happy that evil caught up with him?

I'll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown!

But then Barachel's son Elihu from Buz, one of Ram's descendants, got really angry. He was furious with Job because he had been declaring himself righteous instead of vindicating God.

Furthermore, he was furious with his three friends because they had not answered Job, but instead had condemned him.

but when he saw that there had been no response from those three, he got even more angry.

because they've abandoned their pursuit of him and had no respect for any of his ways.

you whose garments are hot, even though the land is cooled by a south wind?

You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great!

Will you fill his flesh with harpoons, or his head with lances?

After these words had been spoken by the LORD to Job, the LORD spoke to Eliphaz from Teman: "My anger is burning against you along with your two friends, since you haven't spoken correctly about me, as did my servant Job.

So Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamath did precisely as the LORD had spoken to them, because the LORD showed favor to Job.

The LORD restored Job's prosperity after he prayed for his friends. The LORD doubled everything that Job had once possessed.

Then all his brothers and sisters and all those who knew him before arrived. They ate food with him in his house, mourned for him, and consoled him for all the trouble that the LORD had brought and placed on him. Some gave him gold bullion and some brought gold earrings.

He also had seven sons and three daughters.