Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, And thou hast made firm the feeble knees.

Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake.

They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

Oh that I might have my request; And that God would grant me the thing that I long for!

So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.

There is no umpire betwixt us, That might lay his hand upon us both.

With God is wisdom and might; He hath counsel and understanding.

But now he hath made me weary: Thou hast made desolate all my company.

But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

There the upright might reason with him; So should I be delivered for ever from my judge.

For God hath made my heart faint, And the Almighty hath terrified me;

No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal: Yea, the price of wisdom is above rubies.

When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

Thou art turned to be cruel to me; With the might of thy hand thou persecutest me.

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

The Spirit of God hath made me, And the breath of the Almighty giveth me life.

He sealeth up the hand of every man, That all men whom he hath made may know it .

When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?

Hast thou given the horse his might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?

Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.

Behold now, behemoth, which I made as well as thee; He eateth grass as an ox.

He is the chief of the ways of God: He only that made him giveth him his sword.

Upon earth there is not his like, That is made without fear.