His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these times they sent for their three sisters to take part in their feasts with them.

In all these things did Job not offend, nor murmured foolishly against God.

But Job said unto her, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman. Seeing we have received prosperity at the hand of God, wherefore should we not be content with adversity also?" In all these things, did not Job sin with his lips.

When Job's three friends heard all these tragedies that happened to him, they each traveled from their home towns to visit him. Eliphaz came from Teman, Bildad came from Shuah, and Zophar came from Naamath. They met together and went to console and comfort him.

because it shut not up the womb that bare me. For then should these sorrows have been hid from mine eyes.

With kings and counsellors of earth, These building wastes for themselves.

“My soul refuses to touch them;
Such things are like loathsome food to me [sickening and repugnant].

The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them.

For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid.

So that my soul chooseth strangling, Death, rather than these my bones!

“How long will you say these things,
And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

And these Thou hast laid up in Thy heart, I have known that this is with Thee.

Are all these words to go unanswered? and is a man seen to be right because he is full of talk?

These things are higher than the heavens, so what can you do? They are deeper than Sheol, so what can you know?

I also have a heart like you, I am not fallen more than you, And with whom is there not like these?

'Who hath not known in all these, That the hand of Jehovah hath done this?

Only grant these two things to me, God,
so that I will not have to hide from Your presence:

“Let him not trust in vanity (emptiness, futility) and be led astray;
For emptiness will be his reward [for such living].

"I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all!

These men change night into day; they say, 'The light is near in the face of darkness.'

Only these are tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.

These ten times ye put me to shame, ye blush not. Ye make yourselves strange to me --

All the men of mine intimate circle abhor me, and, these whom I loved, have turned against me;

Yea, I myself shall behold him - not with other, but with these same eyes, though my reins are consumed within me.

“If you say, ‘How shall we [continue to] persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find [since we claim the root of these afflictions is found in him]?’

He will certainly accomplish what He has decreed for me,
and He has many more things like these in mind.

But I am not silenced by the darkness [of these woes that fell on me],
Nor by the thick darkness which covers my face.

These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;

They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor stay in its paths.

To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth?

Lo, these are the borders of His way, And how little a matter is heard of Him, And the thunder of His might Who doth understand?

"As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me,

For disaster from God terrifies me,
and because of His majesty I could not do these things.

And these three men cease from answering Job, for he is righteous in his own eyes,

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouths of these three men, he burned with anger.

I will not put forward words like these, or make use of your sayings in answer to him.

Surely you have spoken in my hearing,
and I have heard these very words:

"Behold, unto these unreasonable words of thine will I make answer. Should God be reproved of man?

"He'll sing to mankind with these words: "I've sinned. I have twisted what is right. Yet he has not repaid me like I deserve.

Lo, all these doth God work, Twice -- thrice with man,

“For by these He judges peoples;
He gives food in abundance.

Art thou of counsel with God, when he doth these things? When he causeth the light to come forth of his clouds?

For who can keep his own counsel so secret, but it shall be known? Therefore have I spoken unwisely, seeing these things are so high, and pass mine understanding.

And it cometh to pass after Jehovah's speaking these words unto Job, that Jehovah saith unto Eliphaz the Temanite, 'Burned hath Mine anger against thee, and against thy two friends, because ye have not spoken concerning Me rightly, like My servant Job.