Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?

Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD.

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God's sudden terrors are arrayed against me.

Is my strength that of stone,
or my flesh made of bronze?

His roots are wrapped about the'stone -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

When disaster brings sudden death,
He mocks the despair of the innocent.

Then, indeed, you could lift up your face [to Him] without moral defect,
And you would be firmly established and secure and not fear.

“His wrath has torn me and hunted me down,
He has gnashed at me with his teeth;
My adversary sharpens His gaze and glares [with piercing eyes] at me.

“God hands me over to criminals
And tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.

“I was [living] at ease, but He crushed me and broke me apart,
And He has seized me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces;
He has also set me up as His target.

“His arrows surround me.
He pierces my kidneys (vital organs) without mercy;
He pours out my gall on the ground.

“He attacks me, making wound after wound;
He runs at me like a warrior.

"Sudden terrors terrify him all around, and they chase him at his heels.

In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

“Oh, that the words I now speak were written!
Oh, that they were recorded in a scroll!

or were inscribed in stone forever
by an iron stylus and lead!

Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,

Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee;

Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

An end hath he set to darkness, And to all perfection he is searching, A stone of darkness and death-shade.

they abhor me, they flee far from me, and stain my face with spittle,

If my goings have swerved from the way, - and, after mine eyes, hath gone my heart, and, to my hands, hath adhered any stain,

Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof;

The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.

His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone.