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, 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.

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 Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand, but save his life.

But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish ones speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night which said, A man-child is conceived.

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year, Let it not come into the number of the months.

with kings and wise men of the earth, who built ruins for themselves,

or as a hidden untimely birth I would not have been, like infants who did not see light.

The small and the great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

Why is light given to one who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

who is waiting for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for treasures?

To a man whose way is hidden, God has made a hedge about him.

Is not your reverence your hope? Is not your hope the uprightness of your ways?

As I have seen, the ones who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.

How much less in those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Is not their tent cord plucked up within them? They die, but not with wisdom.

Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the saints will you turn?

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

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

Who is doing great things, even beyond searching; marvelous things without number,

He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the counsel of the wily is carried headlong.

They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.

And there is hope for the weak, and injustice shuts her mouth.

Behold, blessed is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty.

And you shall know that your tent is in peace; and you shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

And you shall know that your seed will be numerous, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

Behold this: we have searched it; it is so. Hear it and know for yourself.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their fury is drinking my spirit; the terrors of God are set against me.

Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

Can that which has no taste be eaten without salt? Or is there taste in the white of an egg?

And it is yet my comfort; yea, I would rejoice in pain, though He did not spare me; for I have not hidden the words of the Holy One.

What is my strength, that I should hope? And what is my end, that I should be patient?

Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh bronze?

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.

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a torrent; they pass away as the streams of torrents,

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

When they become warm, they go away; when it is hot, they vanish out of their place.

Do you intend to criticize words, and the speeches of one who is hopeless, that are as wind?

And now, please look on me; for if I lie, it is before your face.

Turn back, please let there be no sin; yea, return again, my righteousness is in this matter.

Is there wrong in my tongue? Cannot my taste discern desirable things?

Is there not a warfare to man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hireling?

As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling looks for his wages,

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.

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and has run afresh.

Remember that my life is a breath; my eye shall no more see good.

As the cloud falls and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

What is man, that You should magnify him, and that You should set Your heart on him,

I have sinned. What shall I do to You, O Watcher of men? Why have You set me as a target for You, so that I am a burden to myself?

While it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it dries out before any other herb.

He is moist before the sun, and his branches shoot forth in his garden.

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

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

Truly I know it is so, but how can man be just with God?

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against Him and been blessed;

who is doing great things past finding out; yea, marvelous things without number?

If I speak of strength, lo, He is mighty! And if of judgment, who shall set me a time?

It is One, therefore I said, He is consuming the perfect and the wicked.

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges; if it is not He, then who is it?

For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment;

there is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

then would I speak and not fear Him; for it is not so with me.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint on my self; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Is it good to You that You should press down, that You should despise the work of Your hands, and shine on the counsel of the wicked?

Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a man sees?

You know that I am not wicked; and there is none who can deliver out of Your hand.

Remember, I beseech You, that You have formed me as the clay; and will You bring me into the dust again?

For it increases! You hunt me as a fierce lion; and again You show Yourself marvelous on me.

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

a land of obscurity, the darkness of the shadow of death, without any order, and the shining is as darkness.

For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Your eyes.

and would tell you the secrets of His wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold? Know therefore that God forgets for you some of your iniquity.

Heights of the heavens! What can you do? It is deeper than hell, what can you know?

The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

For foolish man would be wise, and man is born a wild ass's colt.

if iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, and do not let wickedness dwell in your tents;

for you shall forget your misery, and you shall remember it as waters that pass away.

And your lifetime shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, you shall be as the morning.

And you shall be safe, because there is hope; yea, you shall look around you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

But I have understanding as well as you; I do not fall short of you; yes, who does not know such things as these?

I am a laughing-stock to his friends; who calls on God, and He answers him; the just, the upright one is a mockery;

a flaming brand despised in the thoughts of him who feels secure; it is ready for those with slipping feet.

In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all flesh, even of man?

With the aged is wisdom, and understanding in length of days.

With Him is wisdom and strength; He has wisdom and understanding.

With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.

He leads wise men away stripped, and makes the judges fools.

He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the land, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.

Is it good that He should search you out? Or as one man mocks another, do you mock Him?

He also is my salvation, for an ungodly one shall not come before Him.

Who is he that will plead for me, for now, I would be quiet and expire.

Man born of woman is of few days, and full of trouble.

He comes forth like a flower, and withers; he also flees as a shadow, and does not stand.

For his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have set his bounds so that he cannot pass;

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

For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease.

But man dies and is cut off; and man expires, and where is he?