And so it was, when the days of the banquet came round, that Job sent and hallowed them, and rising early in the morning offered ascending-sacrifices according to the number of them all; for Job said, Peradventure my sons have sinned, and have cursed God in their hearts. Thus and thus, was Job wont to do all the days.

Now there came a certain day, when the sons of God entered in to present themselves unto Yahweh, - so the accuser also entered, in their midst.

And there came a certain day, - when his sons and his daughters were eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother.

And, a messenger, came in unto Job, and said, - The oxen, were plowing, and, the asses, feeding beside them;

Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, - A fire of God, fell out of the heavens, and burned up the sheep and the young men, and consumed them; and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.

Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, The Chaldeans, appointed three chiefs, and spread out against the camels, and took them, and, the young men, smote they with the edge of the sword; and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.

Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, - Thy sons and thy daughters, were eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother;

when lo! a great wind, came from over the desert, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they died, - and escaped am, only I alone, to tell thee.

and said - Naked came I forth from the womb of my mother, and naked must I return thither, Yahweh, gave, and, Yahweh, hath taken away, - The name of Yahweh be blessed!

And there came a certain day when the sons of God entered in, to present themselves unto Yahweh - so the accuser also entered in their midst, to present himself unto Yahweh.

Now when the three friends of Job heard of all this misfortune which had befallen him, - they came, every man from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, - for they had by appointment met together to come to shew sympathy with him, and to comfort him.

Wherefore, in the womb, did I not die? From the womb, come forth and cease to breathe?

Or that, like an untimely birth hidden away, I had not come into being, like infants that never saw light:

For, a dread, I dreaded, and it hath come upon me, and, that from which I shrank, hath overtaken me.

I was not careless, nor was I secure, nor had I settled down, - when there came - consternation!

Dread, came upon me, and trembling, The multitude of my bones, it put in dread:

Thus to the poor hath come hope, and, perversity, hath shut her mouth.

Thou shalt come, yet robust, to the grave, as a stack of sheaves mounteth up in its season.

Oh that my request would come! and, my hope, oh that GOD would grant!

They are ashamed that they had trusted, They have come up to one of them, and are confounded.

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

A cloud faileth, and is gone, So, he that descendeth to hades, shall not come up:

For he is not a man like myself, whom I might answer, nor could we come together into judgment:

Quietly let me alone, that, I, may speak out, then let come on me, what may.

Even he, will be on my side - unto salvation, For, not before his face, shall any impious person come.

If a man die, can he live again? All the days of my warfare, would I wait, until my relief should come: -

His sons, come to honour, and he knoweth it not, Or they are brought low, and he perceiveth it not of them.

He hath no confidence to come back out of darkness, he, being destined to the power oft the sword;

His archers came round against me, He clave asunder my reins, and spared not, He poured out, on the earth, my gall:

When, a few years, come, then, by a path by which I shall not return, shall I depart.

Over his day, have they been astounded who come behind, and, them who are in advance, a shudder hath seized.

When his abundance is gone, he shall be in straits, All the power of distress, shall come upon him.

He hath drawn it out, and it hath come forth out of his back, - yea the flashing arrow-head, out of his gall, There shall march on him - terrors:

Shew thyself to be one with him - I pray thee - and prosper, thereby, shall there come on thee blessing.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! I would come even unto his dwelling-place;

But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth.

Whom hast thou taught speech? Whose inspiration hath come from thee?

His survivors, by pestilence, shall come to the grave, and, his widows, shall not weep;

As through a wide breach, came they on, with a crashing noise, they rolled themselves along.

Surely, for good, I looked, but there came in evil, And I waited for light, but there came in darkness;

Instead of wheat, let there come forth bramble, and, instead of barley, a bad-smelling weed! Ended are the words of Job.

Though I waited, yet could they not speak, Surely they came to a stand, they responded no more.

Mine utterances come straight from mine own heart, and, what I know, my lips have truly spoken;

Whether, as a rod, or for his earth, or in lovingkindness, he causeth it to come.

Or who shut in, with double doors, the sea, when, bursting out of the womb, it came forth;

And said - Hitherto, shalt thou come, and no further, - and, here, shalt thou set a limit to the majesty of thy waves?

Out of whose womb, came forth the ice? And, the hoar-frost of the heavens, who hath given it birth?

And it came to pass, after Yahweh had spoken these words unto Job, that Yahweh, said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, Kindled is mine anger against thee and against thy two friends, for ye have not spoken concerning me the thing that is right, like my servant Job.

Then came unto him all his brethren and all his sisters, and all his former acquaintances, and they did eat bread with him in his house, - and shewed sympathy with him and comforted him, over all the calamity which Yahweh had brought upon him, - and they gave him, every one a weight of money, and every one, a ring of gold.

And, Yahweh, blessed the latter end of Job, more than his beginning, - and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

And he came to have seven sons, and three daughters;