Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them.

The Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

He said,
“Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
And naked I shall return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the Lord.

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it.”

Now when Job’s three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him.

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

“Why did I not die at birth,
Come forth from the womb and expire?

“But now it has come to you, and you are impatient;
It touches you, and you are dismayed.

“By the breath of God they perish,
And by the blast of His anger they come to an end.

Dread came upon me, and trembling,
And made all my bones shake.

“For affliction does not come from the dust,
Nor does trouble sprout from the ground,

“You will come to the grave in full vigor,
Like the stacking of grain in its season.

“Oh that my request might come to pass,
And that God would grant my longing!

“They were disappointed for they had trusted,
They came there and were confounded.

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle,
And come to an end without hope.

“When a cloud vanishes, it is gone,
So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up.

“Be silent before me so that I may speak;
Then let come on me what may.

“This also will be my salvation,
For a godless man may not come before His presence.

“But come again all of you now,
For I do not find a wise man among you.

“His troops come together,
And build up their way against me
And camp around my tent.

“In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped;
The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him.

“It is drawn forth and comes out of his back,
Even the glittering point from his gall.
Terrors come upon him,

“Yield now and be at peace with Him;
Thereby good will come to you.

“Oh that I knew where I might find Him,
That I might come to His seat!

“But He knows the way I take;
When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

“Where then does wisdom come from?
And where is the place of understanding?

“The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me,
And I made the widow’s heart sing for joy.

“As through a wide breach they come,
Amid the tempest they roll on.

“When I expected good, then evil came;
When I waited for light, then darkness came.

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,
And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted—

And I said, ‘Thus far you shall come, but no farther;
And here shall your proud waves stop’?

“From whose womb has come the ice?
And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth?

“Who can strip off his outer armor?
Who can come within his double mail?

“One is so near to another
That no air can come between them.

It came about after the Lord had spoken these words to Job, that the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has.

Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold.