And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

Now it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan also came among them.

And it fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and they made an appointment together to come to bemoan him and to comfort him.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

Why died I not from the womb? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bare me?

Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?

In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men,

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue; Neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

What time they wax warm, they vanish; When it is hot, they are consumed out of their place.

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? And I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, My couch shall ease my complaint;

Him that removeth the mountains, and they know it not, When he overturneth them in his anger;

Should thy boastings make men hold their peace? And when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?

For when a few years are come, I shall go the way whence I shall not return.

It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, When once there is rest in the dust.

When he is about to fill his belly, God will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, And will rain it upon him while he is eating.

Even when I remember I am troubled, And horror taketh hold on my flesh.

For what careth he for his house after him, When the number of his months is cut off?

When they cast thee down, thou shalt say, There is lifting up; And the humble person he will save.

On the left hand, when he doth work, but I cannot behold him; He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

But he knoweth the way that I take; When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Therefore am I terrified at his presence; When I consider, I am afraid of him.

For what is the hope of the godless, though he get him gain, When God taketh away his soul?

Will God hear his cry, When trouble cometh upon him?

When he made a decree for the rain, And a way for the lightning of the thunder;

Oh that I were as in the months of old, As in the days when God watched over me;

When his lamp shined upon my head, And by his light I walked through darkness;

As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;

When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were about me;

When my steps were washed with butter, And the rock poured me out streams of oil!

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

For when the ear heard me , then it blessed me; And when the eye saw me , it gave witness unto me:

I smiled on them, when they had no confidence; And the light of my countenance they cast not down.

When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

If I have despised the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;

What then shall I do when God riseth up? And when he visiteth, what shall I answer him?

If I have beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness,

If I have rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, Or lifted up myself when evil found him;

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his wrath was kindled.

In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed;

When he giveth quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? Alike whether it be done unto a nation, or unto a man:

How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!

But they that are godless in heart lay up anger: They cry not for help when he bindeth them.

Desire not the night, When peoples are cut off in their place.

After it a voice roareth; He thundereth with the voice of his majesty; And he restraineth not the lightnings when his voice is heard.

How thy garments are warm, When the earth is still by reason of the south wind ?

Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

When the morning stars sang together, And all the sons of God shouted for joy?

Or who'shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb;

When I made clouds the garment thereof, And thick darkness a swaddling-band for it,

When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

When they couch in their dens, And abide in the covert to lie in wait?

Who provideth for the raven his prey, When his young ones cry unto God, And wander for lack of food?

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? Or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

Shall any take him when he is on the watch, Or pierce through his nose with a snare?

When he raiseth himself up, the mighty are afraid: By reason of consternation they are beside themselves.

And Jehovah turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: and Jehovah gave Job twice as much as he had before.