And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

And then [there] was one day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother's house.

And a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the female donkeys were feeding {beside them}.

At the time this one was speaking, {another} came and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their firstborn brother's house.

"Were you born the firstborn of the human race? And were you brought forth {before} [the] hills?

I myself also could talk as you, if {you were in my place}; I could join against you with words, and I could shake at you with my head.

His bones were full of his vigor, but it will lie down with him on [the] dust.

You have sent widows away empty-handed, and [the] arms of orphans were crushed.

who were snatched away {before their time}, whose foundation was washed away [by] a current?

By his breath {the heavens were made clear}; his hand pierced [the] fleeing snake.

"{O that I were} as [in] the months before, as [in] the days [when] God watched over me,

when Shaddai[was] still with me, my children [were] all around me,

when my paths were washed in sour milk, and [the] rock poured out streams of oil for me.

[The] voices of nobles were hushed, and their tongue stuck to their palate.

My roots [were] open to water, and dew spent the night on my branches;

They were driven out from fellow people; they shout at them as [at] a thief,

{A senseless crowd}, yes, {a disreputable brood}, they were cast out from the land.

Thus Elihu had waited for Job {to speak} because {they were older than he}.

Would that Job were tested up to [the] end because [his] answers [are] like [those from] men of mischief,

"Where were you at my laying the foundation of [the] earth? Tell [me], if you possess understanding.

On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone,

when [the] morning stars were singing together and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

You know, for you were born then, and the number of your days [is] great.

It deals cruelly with its young ones, as [if] [they were] not its [own], as [if] without fear [that] its labor [were] in vain,

And beautiful women were not found in all the land like Job's daughters, and their father gave to them an inheritance in the midst of their brothers.