And the LORD said unto Satan, "From whence comest thou?" Satan answered the LORD, and said, "I have gone about the land and walked through it."

And the LORD said unto Satan, "Lo, all that he hath, be in thy power: only upon himself see that thou lay not thine hand." Then went Satan forth from the LORD.

And while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The fire of God is fallen from heaven, it hath consumed, and burnt up all thy sheep and servants: and I only ran my way, to tell thee."

And the LORD said unto Satan, "From whence comest thou?" Satan answered and said, "I have gone about the land, and walked through it."

So went Satan forth from the LORD, and smote Job with marvelous sore boils, from the sole of the foot unto his crown;

Now when Job's friends heard of all the trouble that happened to him, there came three of them, every one from his own place: namely, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they were agreed together to come, to shew their compassion on him, and to comfort him.

The same day be turned to darkness, and not regarded of God from above, neither let the light shine upon it:

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

There, must the wicked cease from their tyranny, there such as are overlaboured be at rest.

There, are small and great; the bondman, and he that is free from his master.

That should be joy to the man whose way is hid, which God keepeth back from him.

"If we begin to commune with thee, peradventure thou wilt be discontent; but who can withhold himself from speaking?

They shall be destroyed from morning unto the evening: yea, they shall perish everlastingly, and no man think thereon.

And so he delivereth the poor from the sword, from the threatenings of the ungodly, and from the hand of the cruel;

In the midst of hunger he saveth thee from death: and when it is war, from the power of the sword.

He shall keep thee from the perilous tongue so that when trouble cometh, thou shalt not need to fear.

Am I able to help my self? Is not my strength gone from me,

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

To deliver me from the enemy's hand, or to save me from the power of the mighty?

Why goest thou not from me, nor lettest me alone, so long till I swallow down my spittle?

Let him take his rod away from me; yea, let him make me no more afraid of him,

Shall not my short life come so soon to an end? O hold thee from me, let me alone, that I may ease myself a little

before I go thither, from whence I shall not turn again. Namely, to that land of darkness and shadow of death:

He taketh away the subjection of the people from their kings, and girdeth their loins with a bond.

He taketh the verity from out of the mouth, and disappointeth the aged of their wisdom.

Nevertheless, grant me two things, and then will I not hide myself from thee.

Withdraw thine hand from me, and let not the fearful dread of thee make me afraid.

Who can make it clean, that cometh from an unclean thing? Nobody.

Go from him, that he may rest until his day come: which he looketh for, like as a hireling doth.

Thou prevailest against him, so that he passeth away; thou changes his estate, and puttest him from thee.

which wise men have told, and hath not been hid from their fathers:

He shall be plucked off as an untimely grape from the vine, and shall let his flower fall, as the olive doth.

"But what shall I do? For all my words, my sorrow will not cease: and though I hold my tongue, yet will it not depart from me.

yet the number of my years are come - and I must go the way from whence I shall not turn again.

Thou hast withholden their hearts from understanding, therefore shall they not be set up on high.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and his name shall not be praised in the streets:

he shall be driven from the light into darkness, and cast clean out of the world.

He hath spoiled me of mine honour, and taken the crown away from my head.

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am undone: My hope hath he taken away from me, as it were a tree plucked up by the root.

He hath put my brethren far away from me, and such as were of mine acquaintance, are become strangers unto me.

Yea the children despised me, and when I was gone from them, they spake evil upon me.

Knowest thou not this, namely: that from the beginning - ever since the creation of man upon earth -

From his youth his bones are full of vice; but now shall it lie down with him in the earth.

Their houses are safe from all fear, for the rod of God doth not smite them.

They say unto God, 'Go from us: we desire not the knowledge of thy ways!

And though God save their children from such sorrow, yet will he so reward themselves, that they shall know it.

Thou hast taken the pledge from thy brethren for naught, and robbed the naked of their clothing;

To such as were weary, hast thou given no water to drink, and thou hast withdrawn bread from the hungry.

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

He filled their houses with good things. But the council of the ungodly is far from me.

For if thou wilt turn to the Almighty, thou shalt stand fast, and all unrighteousness shall be far from thy dwelling:

Considering then that there is no time hid from the Almighty, how happeneth it, that they which know him, will not regard his days?

They are the cause that so many men are naked and bare, having no clothes to cover them and keep them from cold;

yea, and all they which dwell beneath in the hell are not hid from him, and the very destruction itself cannot be kept out of his sight.

"As truly as God liveth, which hath taken away my power from me; and the Almighty, that hath vexed my mind;

God forbid, that I should grant your cause to be right! As for me, until mine end come will I never go from my innocence.

"I will teach you in the name of God: and the thing that I have of the Almighty, will I not keep from you.

It rusheth in upon him, and spareth him not, he may not escape from the power thereof.

"From where then cometh wisdom? And where is the place of understanding?

She is hid from the eyes of all men; yea, and from the fouls of the air.

plucking up herbs from among the bushes, and the Juniper's root was their meat.

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

they abhor me, they flee far from me, and stain my face with spittle,

For how great a portion shall I have of God from above? And what inheritance from the Almighty on high?

For mercy grew up with me from my youth, and compassion from my mother's womb.

Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder, and mine arm holes be broken from the joints.

that it is he, which withdraweth man from evil, delivereth him from pride,

keepeth his soul from destruction, and his life from the sword.

Yea, he hath delivered my soul from destruction, and my life, that it seeth the light.'

that he keepeth his soul from perishing, and letteth him enjoy the light of the living.

"Therefore hearken unto me, ye that have understanding. Far be it from God, that he should meddle with wickedness: and far be it from the Almighty, that he should meddle with unrighteous dealing:

There is no darkness, nor thick shadow, that can hide the wicked doers from him.

Therefore turned they back traitorously and unfaithfully from him, and would not receive his ways.

From the wickedness and sin of the people, he maketh a hypocrite to reign over them.

He turneth not his eyes away from the righteous; he setteth up kings in their throne, and confirmeth them, so that they alway sit therein.

He with punishing and nurturing of them, roundeth them in the ears, warneth them to leave off from their wickedness, and to amend.

Even so shall he keep thee - if thou wilt be content - from the bottomless pit that is beneath: and if thou wilt hold the quiet, he shall fill thy table with plenteousness.

Gold is brought out of the North, but the praise and honour of God's fear cometh from God himself.

Huntest thou the prey from the lion, or feedest thou his whelps

And that because God hath taken wisdom from her, and hath not given her understanding.

From thence may he behold his pray, and look far about with his eyes.