His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the children of the east.

In all this, Job did not sin, nor charge God with wrongdoing.

But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job didn't sin with his lips.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come on him, they each came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and to comfort him.

After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed the day of his birth.

Look this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know it for your good."

Behold, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others shall spring.

Yet you hid these things in your heart. I know that this is with you:

Who doesn't know that in all these, the hand of Yahweh has done this,

"Behold, my eye has seen all this. My ear has heard and understood it.

This also shall be my salvation, that a godless man shall not come before him.

You have shriveled me up. This is a witness against me. My leanness rises up against me. It testifies to my face.

Upright men shall be astonished at this. The innocent shall stir up himself against the godless.

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God."

Don't you know this from old time, since man was placed on earth,

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, the heritage appointed to him by God."

"Listen diligently to my speech. Let this be your consolation.

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

this also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judges; for I should have denied the God who is above.

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

"If now you have understanding, hear this. Listen to the voice of my words.

"Do you think this to be your right, or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

Take heed, don't regard iniquity; for you have chosen this rather than affliction.

"Yes, at this my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.

"Listen to this, Job. Stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

"Who is this who darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

You asked, 'Who is this who hides counsel without knowledge?' therefore I have uttered that which I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I didn't know.

After this Job lived one hundred forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, to four generations.