Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him, to destroy him without just cause.”

His wife said to him, “Do you still retain your integrity? Curse God and die!”

“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept only good from God and not adversity?” Throughout all this Job did not sin in what he said.

He said:

May the day I was born perish,
and the night when they said,
“A boy is conceived.”

Have I ever said: “Give me something”
or “Pay a bribe for me from your wealth”

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.

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

You have said, “My teaching is sound,
and I am pure in Your sight.”

They were the ones who said to God, “Leave us alone!”
and “What can the Almighty do to us?”

He said to mankind,
“The fear of the Lord is this: wisdom.
And to turn from evil is understanding.”

Haven’t the members of my household said,
“Who is there who has not had enough to eat at Job’s table?”

For he has said, “A man gains nothing
when he becomes God’s friend.”

Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.

Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind. He said:

You said, “Listen now, and I will speak.
When I question you, you will inform Me.”

After the Lord had finished speaking to Job, He said to Eliphaz the Temanite: “I am angry with you and your two friends, for you have not spoken the truth about Me, as My servant Job has.