When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, “Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

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.”

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil.”

And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him.” So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord.

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,

Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said,

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.”

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.”

The Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

Satan answered the Lord and said, “Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life.

So the Lord said to Satan, “Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life.”

Then his wife said to him, “Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!”

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

And Job said,

“Let the day perish on which I was to be born,
And the night which said, ‘A boy is conceived.’

And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

"Look! We have thought all this through, and what we've said is true; So please listen and learn for your own good!"

And Job answered and said,

“Have I said, ‘Give me something,’
Or, ‘Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,’

Have I said anything that's unjust? I can discern evil, can't I?"

If I lay down, and I said, When shall I arise, and the evening be measured? And I was filled with tossings even to the twilight

For I said, My bed shall comfort me; my couch shall lift up in my complaint;

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

And Job answered and said,

Yes, I know what you’ve said is true,
but how can a person be justified before God?

If I summoned Him and He answered me,
I do not believe He would pay attention to what I said.

It is all one; therefore I said, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

If I said, “I will forget my complaint,
change my expression, and smile,”

And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

“For you have said, ‘My teaching is pure,
And I am innocent in your eyes.’

And Job answered and said,

And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Are the comforts of God not enough for you, and the gentle word which was said to you?

And Job answered and said,

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

And Job answered and said,

And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

And Job answered and said,

Yet they said unto GOD, Depart from us, and, In the knowledge of thy ways, find we no pleasure.

And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

And thou hast said, 'What -- hath God known? Through thickness doth He judge?

“They said to God, ‘Depart from us!’
And ‘What can the Almighty do to them?’

And Job answered and said,

I haven't wandered away from the commands that he has spoken; I've treasured what he has said more than my own meals."

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

And Job answered and said,

To whom have your words been said? and whose spirit came out from you?

Then Job continued his discourse and said,

The deep hath said, 'It is not in me,' And the sea hath said, 'It is not with me.'

Destruction and death have said: 'With our ears we have heard its fame.'

“And to man He said, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom;
And to depart from evil is understanding.’”

And Job again took up his discourse and said,

For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

And I said, I shall die in my nest, and multiply my days as the sand;

After I spoke, they had nothing to say, when what I said hit them.

If I have made gold my confidence, And to the pure gold have said, 'My trust,'

People in my household have said, "We cannot find anyone who has not been satisfied with his meat,' haven't they?

Barachel's son Elihu from Buz responded and said: "I'm younger than you are. Because you're older, I was terrified to tell you what I know.

I said: Days do speak, And multitude of years teach wisdom.

Therefore I have said: Hearken to me, I do shew my opinion -- even I.

“I even paid close attention to [what] you [said],
Indeed, not one of you convinced Job [nor could you refute him],
Not one of you supplied [satisfactory] answers to his words.

I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:

You said, I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and no iniquity is in me;

He keepeth back his said from the pit, and his life from passing away by a weapon.

Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption!

He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not;

Elihu continued speaking, and said:

For Job hath said, 'I have been righteous, And God hath turned aside my right,

For he hath said, 'It doth not profit a man, When he delighteth himself with God.'

Who hath said to a king -- 'Worthless,' Unto princes -- 'Wicked?'

For unto God hath any said: 'I have taken away, I do not corruptly,

In response, Elihu said:

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- 'My righteousness is more than God's?'

That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? [And], What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?

And none said, 'Where is God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

Elihu responded again and said:

“Wait for me a little, and I will show you
That there is yet more to be said in God’s behalf.

Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said - that they should turn from iniquity.

Who hath appointed unto Him his way? And who said, 'Thou hast done iniquity?'

The LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said:

and said, "You may come only this far and no more. Your majestic waves will stop here.'?

Then the Lord said to Job,

Then Job replied to the LORD. He said:

I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.

Then the Lord answered Job out of the storm and said,

Then Job answered the Lord and said,

“[You said to me] ‘Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge?’
Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

‘Hear, please, and I will speak;
I will ask You, and You instruct [and answer] me.’

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

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.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did according as Jehovah had said unto them; and Jehovah accepted Job.