Then his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east.

And it happened {one day} {that} the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst.

So Yahweh said to Satan, "From where have you come?" Then Satan answered Yahweh and said, "From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it."

And a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the female donkeys were feeding {beside them}.

While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The fire of God fell from the heavens, and it blazed up against the sheep and goats and against the servants, and it consumed them. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants {by the edge of the sword}, but I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

At the time this one was speaking, {another} came and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother's house.

And behold, a great wind came from across the desert, and it struck the four corners of the house {so that} it fell upon the young people, and they died. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

Then he said, "Naked I came out from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. Yahweh gives, and Yahweh takes. Let Yahweh's name be blessed."

{And then} one day the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst to present himself before Yahweh.

So Yahweh {asked} Satan, "From where have you come?" And Satan answered Yahweh and said, "From roaming on the earth and from walking about in it."

Thus Job's three friends heard of this calamity that had come upon him. So each set out from his [own] place: Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite. And they met together to come to console him and to comfort him.

"Why did I not die at birth? [Why] did I [not] come forth from [the] womb and expire?

who wait for death, but {it does not come}, and search [for] it more than [for] treasures,

because the dread that I {feel} has come upon me, and what I feared befalls me.

I am not at ease, and I am not at peace, and I do not have rest, thus turmoil has come."

But now it has come to you, and you are worn out; it touches you, and you are horrified.

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they come to an end.

"And a word came stealing to me, and my ear received [the] whisper from it.

Indeed, mischief does not come from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the earth.

You shall come in maturity to [the] grave, as the raising up of a stack of sheaves in its season.

"{O that} my request may come, and [that] God may grant my hope,

"Loyal love [should come] for the afflicted [from] his friend, even if he forsakes the fear of Shaddai.

They are disappointed, because they trusted; they came {here} and they are confounded.

"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end {without hope}.

A cloud vanishes, and it goes away, so [he who] goes down to Sheol will not come up.

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

"{Let me have silence}, and I myself will speak, and let come over me whatever [may].

Moreover, this [is] salvation to me, that [the] godless would not come {before him}.

His children may [come to] honor, but he does not know [it]; or they may become lowly, but he does not realize it.

Sounds of terror [are] in his ears; in prosperity [the] destroyer will come [against] him.

Indeed, [after] {a few years} have come, then I will go [the] way [from which] I will not return.

But {all of you must return}--{please come}! But I shall not find a wise [person] among you.

His troops have come together and have thrown up their rampart against me and have encamped around my tent.

In the fullness of his excess {he will be in distress}; all of misery's power will come [upon] him.

He draws [it] forth, and it comes out from [his] body, and [the] glittering point comes from his gall-bladder; terrors come upon him.

"Please reconcile yourself with him, and be at peace; {in this way}, good will come to you.

{O that} I knew and [that] I might find him; [O that] I might come to his dwelling.

But he knows {the way that I take}; he tests me--I shall come out like gold.

{With whose help} have you uttered words, and whose breath has come forth from you?

Indeed, from where does wisdom come? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

[The] blessing of [the] wretched came upon me, and I caused [the] widow's heart to sing for joy.

As [through] a wide breach they come; amid a crash they rush on.

Indeed, I hoped for good, but evil came, and I waited for light, but darkness came.

My bowels are in turmoil, and they are not still; days of misery come to confront me.

So my lyre came to be [used] for mourning, and my flute [for the] voice of [those who] weep.

so that [they] cause [the] cry of distress from [the] helpless to come to him, and he hears [the] cry of distress from [the] needy,

and I said, 'You shall come up to here, but you shall not go further, and here it will set [a boundary] {for your proud surging waves}'?

From whose womb did the ice come forth, and who fathered [the] frost of heaven?

Who has come to confront me, that I should repay [him]? Under all the heavens, {it belongs to me}.

They are close {to one another}-- even [the] air cannot come between them.

So all his brothers and all his sisters and all [those who] had known him {before} came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house and showed sympathy to him and comforted him for all the disaster that Yahweh had brought upon him. Then each one gave to him one piece of money, and each one [gave to him] one ornamental ring of gold.