And LORD said to Satan, From where do thou come? Then Satan answered LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

Then Satan answered LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

Then Job arose, and tore his robe, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped.

Then his wife said to him, Do thou still hold fast thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.

For now I should have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept. Then I would have been at rest

who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures,

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his maker?

Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Then Job answered and said,

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas. Therefore my words have been rash.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope.

The eye of him who sees me shall behold me no more. Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

Then thou scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions,

so that my soul chooses strangling and death rather than [these] my bones.

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.

Then Job answered and said,

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not [he], who then is it?

Now my days are swifter than a runner. They flee away. They see no good,

I shall be condemned. Why then do I labor in vain?

Then I would speak, and not be afraid of him, for I am not so in myself.

If I sin, then thou mark me. And thou will not acquit me from my iniquity.

Thou renew thy witnesses against me, and increase thine indignation upon me. Changes and warfare are with me.

Why then have thou brought me forth out of the womb? I would have given up the spirit, and no eye had seen me.

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

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,

For thou say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.

It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know?

The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him?

For he knows FALSE men. He also sees iniquity. Will he not then consider it?

Surely then thou shall lift up thy face without spot. Yea, thou shall be steadfast, and shall not fear.

And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

Then Job answered and said,

Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would keep silent and give up the spirit.

Only do not do two things to me, then I will not hide myself from thy face:

Then call thou, and I will answer, or let me speak, and answer thou me.

Why do thou hide thy face, and reckon me for thine enemy?

And do thou open thine eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with thee?

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

For thine iniquity teaches thy mouth. And thou choose the tongue of the crafty.

Thine own mouth condemns thee, and not I. Yes, thine own lips testify against thee.

With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much older than thy father.

Why does thy heart carry thee away? And why do thine eyes flash,

Then Job answered, and said,

where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

Thou who tear thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Then Job answered, and said,

And after my skin, this [body], is destroyed, then outside my flesh I shall see God,

Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, and said,

Then Job answered, and said,

How then ye comfort me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood?

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, and said,

Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

Then thou shall lay up gold as dust, and [the gold of] Ophir as the stones of the brooks.

For then shall thou delight thyself in the Almighty, and shall lift up thy face to God.

Then Job answered and said,

Even today my complaint is rebellious. My stroke is heavier than my groaning.

I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips, I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, and said,

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman?

Then Job answered, and said,

Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it. Why then have ye become altogether vain?

Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding?

then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yea, and searched it out.

For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me.

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

When I looked for good, then evil came. And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

I made a covenant with my eyes. How then should I look upon a virgin?

then let me sow, and let another eat, yea, let the produce of my field be rooted out.

then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

what then shall I do when God rises up? And when he visits, what shall I answer him?

then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and my arm be broken from the bone.

Then the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled. His anger was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God.

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job, because they were older than he.

Behold, I will answer thee. In this thou are not just, for God is greater than man.

Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction

then [God] is gracious to him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom.

His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth.

who does not respect the persons of rulers, nor regards the rich more than the poor. For they all are the work of his hands.

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? [It is] the same whether to a nation, or to a man,

That thou said, What advantage will it be to thee? [And], What profit shall I have more than if I had sinned?

Look to the heavens, and see. And behold the skies, which are higher than thou.

who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

then he shows them their work, and their transgressions, that they have behaved themselves proudly.

Then the beasts go into coverts, and remain in their dens.

Then LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Thou know, for thou were born then, and the number of thy days is great!

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

Then Job answered LORD, and said,

I know that thou can do all things, and that no purpose of thine can be restrained.

Then there came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that LORD ha

So LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning. And he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she-donkeys.