Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's customary practice.

But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.

at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant.

You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away.

They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute.

you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed.

"Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping.

"Indeed, you have said in my hearing (I heard the sound of the words!):

Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you, 'Here we are'?

At the sound of the trumpet, it says, 'Aha!' And from a distance it catches the scent of battle, the thunderous shouting of commanders, and the battle cries.