And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters.

Now his sons were wont to go, and make a banquet, at the house of each one upon his day, - and to send and call their three sisters, to eat and to drink with them.

And there came a certain day, - when his sons and his daughters were eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother.

And, a messenger, came in unto Job, and said, - The oxen, were plowing, and, the asses, feeding beside them;

Yet was this one speaking, when, another, came in and said, - Thy sons and thy daughters, were eating, and drinking wine, in the house of their eldest brother;

For what reason, were there prepared for me - knees? and why - breasts, that I might suck?

When there were thoughts, from visions of the night, - When deep sleep falleth upon men,

Though, man, to trouble, were born, as, sparks, on high, do soar,

By day, they encounter darkness, and, as though it were night, they grope at high noon.

Oh that, weighed, were my vexation, and, my engulfing ruin - into the balances, they would lift up all at once!

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, to be absolved, I would make supplication.

And had inhabited demolished cities, houses, wherein men would not dwell, that were destined to become heaps.

I also, like you, could speak, - If your soul were in the place of my soul, I could string together words against you, and could therewith shake over you my head.

Pleasant to him are the mounds of the torrent-bed, - and, after him, doth every man march, as, before him, there were without number.

Who were snatched away before the time, and, a stream, washed away their foundation?

As for the earth, out of it, cometh forth bread, and, under it, is upturned, as it were fire;

Oh that it were with me as in the months of old, as in the days, when, GOD, used to watch over me;

While yet the Almighty was with me, round about me, were my young men;

When my steps were bathed in milk, and, the rock, poured out beside me, rivulets of oil:

In want and hunger, they were lean, - who used to gnaw the dry ground, a dark night of desolation!

Out of the midst, were they driven, men shouted after them, as after a thief;

Among the bushes, used they to shriek, Under the bramble, were they huddled together:

Sons of the base, yea sons of the nameless, they were scourged out of the land.

But, Elihu, had waited for Job with words, because the others were older than he.

They were dismayed, they responded no more, they suffered speech to forsake them;

Then hath he declared to them their deed, and their transgressions - that they were wont to behave themselves proudly;

Shall it be declared to him - that I would speak? Were any man to say aught, he might he destroyed?

Whereon were the pedestals thereof sunk? Or who laid the corner stone thereof; -

And there were found no women so fair as the daughters of Job, in all the land, - and their father gave them an inheritance, in the midst of their brethren.