And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”

And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from evil?

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, on the other hand, stretch out your hand and touch {all that belongs to him} [and see] {whether} he will {curse} you to your face."

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}.

It happened also upon a time, that when the servants of God came and stood before the LORD, Satan also came among them, and stood before him.

The Lord asked Satan, “Where have you come from?”

“From roaming through the earth,” Satan answered Him, “and walking around on it.”

And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from evil? and still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Then Satan answered him and said, "Skin for skin! All that {that} man has he will give for his life.

But lay thine hand upon him, touch him once upon the bone and flesh, and, I hold, he shall curse thee to thy face."

And Yahweh said unto the accuser, Behold him! in thy hand, - only, his life, preserve thou!

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with it; and he sat down among the ashes.

Then said his wife unto him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse God, and die.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they tore every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

Therefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

[Why does he give light] to a man whose way is hidden, and God has fenced him in [all] around?

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite and said unto him,

Your words have upheld him that was falling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees.

Shall a man be just above God? If a man shall be pure above him making him?

As for the foolish man, displeasure killeth him; and anger slayeth the ignorant.

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

However, if I were you, I would appeal to God
and would present my case to Him.

Lo, the happiness of mortal man, God doth reprove him: And the chastisement of the Mighty despise not,

"Will the wild donkey bray from hunger if fresh grass is beside him? Will the ox low from distress if it is near its feed?

Then should I still have comfort; yea, I would exult myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One.

To him that is afflicted pity should be shown from his friend; even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

For, now, ye have come to him, ye see something fearful, and fear.

Will ye purpose to reprove words, and for the spirit of the words of him despairing?

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

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

What is man, that you should magnify him? and that you should set your heart upon him?

And that you should visit him every morning, and test him every moment?

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

If thou shalt seek to God, if thou shalt make supplication to him;

He leaneth him upon his house, but he shall not stand; he holdeth him fast by it, yet shall he not endure.

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

Lo, thus is it with him that rejoiceth in his own doings: and as for others, they grow out of the earth.

Truly, God will not give up him who is without sin, and will not take evil-doers by the hand.

If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

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

Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

Lo, he goes by me, and I see him not: he passes on also, but I perceive him not.

Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What do you?

If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do bow before him.

How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

Though I were righteous, yet I wouldn't answer him. I would make supplication to my judge.

If I summon [him], and he should answer me, I do not believe that he will listen to my voice--

If it is a matter of strength, look, He is the Mighty One!
If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

It is all the same to me; so I say, He puts an end to the sinner and to him who has done no wrong together.

The land is given into the power of the evil-doer; the faces of its judges are covered; if not by him, then who has done it?

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in trial.

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me:

Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

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

He is higher than heaven; what wilt thou do? Deeper than hell; how wilt thou then know him?

If he cuts off, and shuts up, or gathers together, then who can hinder him?

For, he, knoweth men of falsity, and seeth iniquity, and him that doth not diligently consider.

If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him;

Then, indeed, you could lift up your face [to Him] without moral defect,
And you would be firmly established and secure and not fear.

I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls upon God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

He that is ready to slip with his feet is like a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

At peace are the tents that belong to the spoilers, and there is security to them who provoke GOD, To him who bringeth a god in his hand.

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

Truly, there is no building up of what is pulled down by him; when a man is shut up by him, no one may let him loose.

With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.

“But I wish to speak to the Almighty,
And I desire to argue with God.

Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him?

{Will you show partiality for him}? Or do you want to plead God's case?

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocks another, do you so mock him?

Shall not, his majesty, overwhelm you? and, the dread of him, fall upon you?

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will defend my own ways before him.

He also shall be my salvation: for a hypocrite shall not come before him.

And he, as a rotten thing, weareth away, As a garment hath a moth consumed him.

And yet upon such a one as this, hast thou opened thine eye? And, him, wouldst thou bring into judgment with thee?

If determined am his days, the number of his months, is with thee, Fixed times for him, thou hast appointed and he cannot go beyond.

Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him?

You prevail forever against him, and he passes: you change his countenance, and send him away.

But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn.

But you even undermine the fear of God
and hinder meditation before Him.

All the days the unjust one himself being pained, and numbering the years they were hidden to him terrifying.

A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:

Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready for battle.

He runs stubbornly against him, with his heavily embossed shield.

“He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster];
The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch,
And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.

Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for futility shall be his reward.

GOD doth abandon me to him that is perverse, and, into the hands of the lawless, he throweth me headlong.

"I was at ease, then he broke me in two, and he seized [me] by my neck; then he shattered me and set me up as a target for him.

crying for him to arbitrate between this man and God; as a human being does with his fellow neighbor.

As for him who is false to his friend for a reward, light will be cut off from the eyes of his children.

The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.

The trap shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold of him.

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

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.