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

And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.

And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, and Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah.

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 mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward the heavens.

Who rejoice even exultingly and are glad when they find the grave? --

In thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men: --

Thou shalt be hidden from the scourge of the tongue; and thou shalt not be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

At the time they diminish, they are dried up; when heat affecteth them, they vanish from their place:

If I lie down, I say, When shall I rise up, and the darkness be gone? and I am full of tossings until the dawn.

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

Who removeth mountains, and they know it not, when he overturneth them in his anger;

For he knoweth vain men, and seeth wickedness when man doth not consider it;

It shall go down to the bars of Sheol, when our rest shall be together in the dust.

If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,

Even when I think thereon, I am affrighted, and trembling taketh hold of my flesh.

For what pleasure should he have in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off?

When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?

Will God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?

Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when +God preserved me;

When his lamp shone over my head, and by his light I walked through darkness;

As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret counsel of +God was over my tent,

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

When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil! ...

When I went out to the gate by the city, when I prepared my seat on the broadway,

When the ear heard me, then it blessed me, and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me;

Indeed, no prayer availeth when he stretcheth out his hand: though they cry when he destroyeth.

If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

If I beheld the sun when it shone, or the moon walking in brightness,

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

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 will disturb? and when he hideth his face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike;

But the godless in heart heap up anger; they cry not when he bindeth them:

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency, and holdeth not back the flashes when his voice is heard.

How thy garments become warm when he quieteth the earth by the south wind?

Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.

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

And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?

When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;

When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,

When the waters lie hidden as in stone, and the face of the deep holdeth fast together.

When the dust runneth as into a molten mass, and the clods cleave fast together?

When they crouch in their dens, and abide in the thicket to lie in wait?

Who provideth for the raven his food, when his young ones cry unto God, and they wander for lack of meat?

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? dost thou mark the calving of the hinds?

Dost thou number the months that they fulfil? and knowest thou the time when they bring forth?

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

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