There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one that feared God, and turned away from evil.

Have not you made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has on every side? you have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions are increased in the land.

Before I go where I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death;

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them.

Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living.

If my land cries against me, and its furrows likewise complain;

He causes it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy.

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

And in all the land were no women found so beautiful as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.