His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

But lay thine hand upon him a little, touch once all that he hath, and, I hold, he shall curse thee to thy face."

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

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

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”

Why was there a lap to hold me, and why were there breasts to nurse me?

Trying the word to thee shalt thou be weary? who shall be able to with hold in speaking?

What [is] my strength, that I should wait? And what [is] my end, that {I should hold out}?

Teach me, and I will hold my tongue; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred.

Therefore I will not hold my mouth; I will speak in the trouble of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

“He trusts in his house, but it does not stand;
He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.

Behold, God will not reject the blameless one, and he will not take hold upon the hand of those doing evil:

God does not hold back His anger;
Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear beneath Him!

I am afraid of all my sorrows; I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent.

I say unto GOD, Do not hold me guilty, Let me know, on what account thou contendest with me!

Shall not my short life come so soon to an end? O hold thee from me, let me alone, that I may ease myself a little

Should thy fictions make men hold their peace? and shouldest thou mock, and no one make thee ashamed?

then you will hold your head high, free from fault.
You will be firmly established and unafraid.

“He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt,
As prepared for those whose feet slip.

If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

“Oh, that you would be completely silent,
And that silence would be your wisdom!

Hold your peace from me, and I will speak, and let come on me what will!

Who is it that shall contend with me? For, now, if I should hold my peace, why! I should breathe my last!

Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy?

He shall not be rich, nor shall his wealth hold out, nor shall he stretch out his gain on the earth.

I will strengthen you with my month, the moving of my lips shall hold back

“If I speak, my pain is not lessened,
And if I hold back, what has left me?

“You have taken a firm hold on me and have shriveled me up,
It has become a witness [against me];
And my leanness [and infirmity] rises up [as evidence] against me,
It testifies to my face [about my guilt].

At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

And the righteous layeth hold on his way, And the clean of hands addeth strength, And -- dumb are they all.

The gin taketh him by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;

Others were astonished at his day, and the ancient took hold on shuddering.

Though he desires it and will not let it go,
But holds it in his mouth,

“Even when I remember, I am disturbed,
And horror takes hold of my flesh.

Their days glided on in good, and in a moment they will lay hold of hades.

Who were laid hold of, and no time a river will pour out their foundation?

On His step hath my foot laid hold, His way I have kept, and turn not aside,

“He wraps the waters in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once],
And the cloud does not burst under them.

Taking hold of the face of the throne, Spreading over it His cloud.

The pillars that hold up the sky tremble,
astounded at His rebuke.

On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

“Its stones are the bed of sapphires;
It holds dust of gold.

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

But now they that are younger than I hold me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

And now my soul is poured out in me; days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction],
And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

“Pay attention, Job, listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will speak.

“If not [and you have nothing to say], listen to me;
Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”

"Hold thee still a little, and I shall show thee what I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

Even so shall he keep thee - if thou wilt be content - from the bottomless pit that is beneath: and if thou wilt hold the quiet, he shall fill thy table with plenteousness.

“But you were full of judgment on the wicked;
Judgment and justice take hold of you.

After it roar doth a voice -- He thundereth with the voice of His excellency, And He doth not hold them back, When His voice is heard.

To take hold on the skirts of the earth, And the wicked are shaken out of it,

which I hold in reserve for times of trouble,
for the day of warfare and battle?

Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness?
Will it plow the valleys behind you?

Can you draw out the leviathan with a hook, or hold down his tongue with a cord?

For when thou thinkest to have hold upon him, he shall beguile thee: Every man also that seeth him, shall go back.

They will adhere each in his brotherhood, they will hold together, and they will not be separated.

If any reach him with a sword, it cannot hold; neither spear, nor dart, nor harpoon.