And his sons went and held a feast in the house of each one upon his day; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

and the Sabeans fell upon them , and took them away: yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

and, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

There the prisoners are at ease together; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.

Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?

According as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, And sow trouble, reap the same.

By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of his anger are they consumed.

Betwixt morning and evening they are destroyed: They perish for ever without any regarding it.

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

My soul refuseth to touch them ; They are as loathsome food to me.

What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.

Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?

They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

Now my days are swifter than a post: They flee away, they see no good,

They are passed away as the swift ships; As the eagle that swoopeth on the prey.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee; And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly .

But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; And the birds of the heavens, and they shall tell thee:

Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up; Again, he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth.

They grope in the dark without light; And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.

So man lieth down and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be roused out of their sleep.

His sons come to honor, and he knoweth it not; And they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them.

Distress and anguish make him afraid; They prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.

They conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity, And their heart prepareth deceit.

They have gaped upon me with their mouth; They have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully: They gather themselves together against me.

But he hath made me a byword of the people; And they spit in my face.

They change the night into day: The light,'say they , is near unto the darkness.

They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.

They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

Even young children despise me; If I arise, they speak against me.

All my familiar friends abhor me, And they whom I loved are turned against me.

Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book!

That with an iron pen and lead They were graven in the rock for ever!

Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: They that have seen him shall say, Where is he?

They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children dance.

They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

They spend their days in prosperity, And in a moment they go down to Sheol.

And they say unto God, Depart from us; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

That they are as stubble before the wind, And as chaff that the storm carrieth away?

They lie down alike in the dust, And the worm covereth them.

That the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity? That they are led forth to the day of wrath?

Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are!

Saying , Surely they that did rise up against us are cut off, And the remnant of them the fire hath consumed.

When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

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.

They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children.

They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.

They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

So that they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.

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

These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.

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.

They that are deceased tremble Beneath the waters and the inhabitants thereof.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, And the heritage of oppressors, which they receive from the Almighty:

Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.

He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; They are forgotten of the foot; They hang afar from men, they swing to and fro.

He bindeth the streams that they trickle not; And the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

After my words they spake not again; And my speech distilled upon them.

And they waited for me as for the rain; And they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain.

I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.

They pluck salt-wort by the bushes; And the roots of the broom are their food.

They are driven forth from the midst of men ; They cry after them as after a thief;

So that they dwell in frightful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks.

Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

They are children of fools, yea, children of base men; They were scourged out of the land.

They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, And spare not to spit in my face.

For he hath loosed his cord, and afflicted me; And they have cast off the bridle before me.

Upon my right hand rise the rabble; They thrust aside my feet, And they cast up against me their ways of destruction.

They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, Even men that have no helper.

As through a wide breach they come: In the midst of the ruin they roll themselves upon me .

Terrors are turned upon me; They chase mine honor as the wind; And my welfare is passed away as a cloud.

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

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

They are amazed, they answer no more: They have not a word to say.

And shall I wait, because they speak not, Because they stand still, and answer no more?

My words'shall utter the uprightness of my heart; And that which my lips know they shall speak sincerely.

That respecteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor; For they all are the work of his hands.

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

Therefore he taketh knowledge of their works; And he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.

Because they turned aside from following him, And would not have regard in any of his ways:

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him, And he heard the cry of the afflicted.