And his sons have gone and made a banquet -- the house of each in his day -- and have sent and called to their three sisters to eat and to drink with them;

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

And the LORD said unto Satan, "From whence comest thou?" Satan answered the LORD, and said, "I have gone about the land and walked through it."

And the LORD said unto Satan, "From whence comest thou?" Satan answered and said, "I have gone about the land, and walked through it."

For then I might have gone to my rest in quiet, and in sleep have been in peace,

Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave?

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

‘Can [mortal] man be just before God or be more righteous than He?
Can a man be pure before his Maker or be more cleansed than He?

how much less confidence does he have in those who dwell in houses of clay; who were formed from a foundation in dust and can perish like a moth?

Name me one else, if thou can find any: yea, look about thee upon any of the holy men.

who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

He frustrates the devices of the crafty, So that their hands can't perform their enterprise.

He delivereth thee out of six troubles, so that in the seventh there can no harm touch thee.

And you will be certain that your tent is at peace, and after looking over your property you will see that nothing is gone.

Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.

They were put to shame because of their hope; they came and their hope was gone.

Teach me, and I myself will be silent; and make me understand how I have gone astray.

How painful honest words can be!
But what does your rebuke prove?

Do you think that you can disprove my words
or that a despairing man’s words are mere wind?

Is there injustice on my tongue? Or can my palate not discern calamity?

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

“The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more;
Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.

A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.

I am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.

How long wilt thou not look away from me? Wilt thou not let me alone, till I can swallow my spittle?

I have sinned, What can I do for thee, thou watcher of men? Wherefore hast thou set me as thine object of attack, or have I become, unto thee, a burden?

Why not forgive my sin
and pardon my transgression?
For soon I will lie down in the grave.
You will eagerly seek me, but I will be gone.

(For we are but of yesterday, and have no knowledge, because our days on earth are gone like a shade:)

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass!

Of a truth I know that it is so: But how can man be just with God?

If he is pleased to contend with him, he can't answer him one time in a thousand.

He is wise in heart and strong in will who can be stubborn against him and succeed?

Lo! he cometh upon me, yet can I not see him, Yea he passeth on, yet can I not discern him.

Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou?

{How much less} can I myself answer him? [How] can I choose my words with him,

Even if I'm in the right, I cannot answer him. I can only appeal for mercy.

If {it is a matter of} strength, look, [he is] mighty. But if {it is a matter of} justice, who can summon me?

As for the world, he giveth it over into the power of the wicked; and he shall cover the faces of the judges thereof. Is it not so? Where is he - or who is he - that can show the contrary?

"My days are more swift than a runner: they are gone, and have seen no good thing.

"For [he is] not a mortal like me [that] I can answer him, [that] {we can come to trial together}.

and then shall I answer him without any fear. For as long as I am in such fearfulness, I can make no answer: And why?

Do you have eyes made of flesh? Can you look at things as humans do?

Can you live only as long as a human being? Or live the years of a mortal man?

Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.

If I am wicked, woe unto me; and if I am righteous, yet can I not lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; therefore see my affliction;

Are my days not few? Stop it!
Leave me alone, so that I can smile a little

Should your babbling put others to silence,
so that you can keep on ridiculing
with no one to humiliate you?

“Can you discover the depths of God?
Can you [by searching] discover the limits of the Almighty [ascend to His heights, extend to His widths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]?

“His wisdom is as high as the heights of heaven. What can you do?
It is deeper than Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead). What can you know?

If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?

But a stupid man will gain understanding
as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!

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

But the eyes of the evil-doers will be wasting away; their way of flight is gone, and their only hope is the taking of their last breath.

Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.

“Will you show partiality for Him [and be unjust to me so that you may gain favor with Him]?
Will you contend and plead for God?

[Will it be] well, if he examines you? Or can you deceive him like deceiving a human being?

Yes, this will result in my deliverance,
for no godless person can appear before Him.

Can anyone indict me?
If so, I will be silent and die.

Then call, and I will answer,
or I will speak, and You can respond to me.

You've locked my feet in stocks; you watch all my steps; You've limited where I can walk.

As a flower he hath gone forth, and is cut off, And he fleeth as a shadow and standeth not.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with you, and you have appointed his bounds that he can't pass;

look away from him and let him rest
so that he can enjoy his day like a hired hand.

But man comes to his death and is gone: he gives up his spirit, and where is he?

Waters have gone away from a sea, And a river becometh waste and dry.

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

You overcome him for ever, and he is gone; his face is changed in death, and you send him away.

Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good?

What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, but we can the same?

"What [is] a human being, that he can be clean, or that [one] born of a woman can be righteous?

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

I am broken by his wrath, and his hate has gone after me; he has made his teeth sharp against me: my haters are looking on me with cruel eyes;

Appoint it, I pray thee - be thou surety for me with thyself, Who is there that, on my side, can pledge himself?

If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail.

where then is my hope?
Who can see any hope for me?

How long until you stop talking?
Show some sense, and then we can talk.

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

His gin being hid in the earth, and his snare upon the beaten path.

His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

He has walled up my way so that I can't pass, and has set darkness in my paths.

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree.

My relatives have gone away. My familiar friends have forgotten me.

Yea the children despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spake evil upon me.

“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’

He is gone like a dream, and is not seen again; he goes in flight like a vision of the night.

though he savors it and delays swallowing it so he can taste it again and again in his mouth,

He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce.

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

Bear [with] me, and I myself will speak; then after my speaking you can mock.

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him,
and what will we gain by pleading with Him?”

Can any teach God knowledge? And he it is that judgeth those that are high.

Have ye not asked the passers-by in the way? And, their signs, can ye not recognise?

Who can declare - to his face - his way? And, what, he, hath done, who shall recompense to him?

“The [dirt] clods of the valley are sweet to him [and gently cover him],
Moreover, all men will follow after him [to a grave],
While countless ones go before him.

“How then can you vainly comfort me with empty words,
Since your answers remain untrue?”

Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself?

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect?