And it fortuned that when they had passed over the time of their banqueting round about; Job sent for them, and sanctified them, and gat up early, and offered for every one a burnt offering. For Job thought thus: "Peradventure my sons have done some offense, and have been unthankful to God in their hearts." And thus did Job everyday.

and suddenly there came a mighty great wind out of the South, and smote the four corners of the house: which fell upon thy children, so that they are dead, and I alone am gotten away, to tell thee."

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.

"Alas, why died I not in the birth? Why did not I perish, as soon as I came out of my mother's womb?

like as if one withdrew a good deed from his friend, and forsook the fear of the Almighty God?

"Did I desire you to come hither? Or to give me any of your substance?

that my soul wisheth rather to be strangled, and my bones to be dead.

When thy sons sinned against him, did not he punish them for their wickedness?

"If I did sin, thou haddest an eye unto me, and shalt not declare me innocent because of mine offense.

For though a root be waxen old and dead in the ground,

But as for man; when he is dead, perished and consumed away, what becometh of him?

May a dead man live again? All the days of this my pilgrimage am I looking, till my changing shall come.

Did not ye say, "Why doth he suffer persecution?" Is there found an occasion against me?

The bread that he did eat is turned to the poison of serpents, within his body.

Yet shall he be brought to his grave, and dwell among the heap of the dead.

which said unto God, 'Go from us.' And what did the Almighty do with them?

Then did he see her, then declared he her, prepared her and knew her.

They were children of fools and villains, which are dead away from the world.

Did not I weep in the time of trouble? Had not my soul compassion upon the poor?

Did I ever think scorn to do right unto my servants and maidens, when they had any matter against me?

Did I ever lift up my hand to hurt the fatherless; yea, in the gates where I saw myself to be in authority?

Did I ever greatly regard the rising of the sun? Or, had I the going down of the moon in great reputation?

Hath my heart meddled privily with any deceit? Or, did I ever kiss mine own hand?

"Have I kept secret my sin, and hid mine iniquity as Adam did?

Such a respect hath he unto men. Therefore let a man confess, and say, 'I offended, but he hath chastened and reformed me: I did unrighteously nevertheless he hath not recompensed me thereafter.

His young ones are fed with blood, and where any dead body lieth, there is he immediately."

So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went their way, and did according as the LORD commanded them. The LORD also accepted the person of Job,