While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; And thou wilt seek me diligently, but I shall not be.

He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.

Let him take his rod away from me, And let not his terror make me afraid:

Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search about thee , and shalt take thy rest in safety.

Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?

I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.

A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him.

He hath stripped me of my glory, And taken the crown from my head.

For he hath oppressed and forsaken the poor; He hath violently taken away a house, and he shall not build it up.

For thou hast taken pledges of thy brother for nought, And stripped the naked of their clothing.

But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.

There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

As God liveth, who hath taken away my right, And the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul:

Iron is taken out of the earth, And copper is molten out of the stone.

And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

In the night season my bones are pierced in me, And the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

For I know not to give flattering titles; Else would my Maker soon take me away.

For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:

In a moment they die, even at midnight; The people are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without hand.

And if they be bound in fetters, And be taken in the cords of afflictions;

But thou art full of the judgment of the wicked: Judgment and justice take hold on thee .

Take heed, regard not iniquity: For this hast thou chosen rather than affliction.

That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it?

That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, And that thou shouldest discern the paths to the house thereof?

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

Will he make a covenant with thee, That thou shouldest take him for a servant for ever?

Now therefore, take unto you seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt-offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you; for him will I accept, that I deal not with you after your folly; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.