Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Hast thou not considered my servant Job, how that he is an innocent and virtuous man such one as feareth God, and escheweth evil, and that there is none like him in the land? But thou movedst me against him, to punish him: yet is it in vain, for he continueth still in his godliness."

Then should I now have lain still; I should have slept, and been at rest,

when the mighty kept still their voice, and when their tongues cleaved to the roof of their mouths;

"But insomuch as ye will not speak, standing still like dumb men, and making no answer:

Mark well, O Job, and hear me: hold thee still until I have spoken.

"Hold thee still a little, and I shall show thee what I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

"Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

And how thy clothes are warm, when the land is still through the South wind?

Will the unicorn be so tame as to do the service, or to abide still by thy crib?