There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou m

Let them curse it who curse the day, who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

with kings and counselors of the earth, who built waste places for themselves,

or with rulers who had gold, who filled their houses with silver.

Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

who long for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hid treasures,

who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave?

[Why is light given] to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in?

If a man tries to converse with thee, will thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

Thy words have upheld him who was falling, and thou have made firm the feeble knees.

Remember, I pray thee, who [ever] perished, being innocent? Or where were the upright cut off?

According as I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth!

Call now, is there any who will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones will thou turn?

who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number,

who gives rain upon the earth, and sends waters upon the fields,

so that he sets up on high those who are low, and those who mourn are exalted to safety.

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects. Therefore do not despise thou the chastening of the Almighty.

To him who is ready to faint, kindness [should be] from his friend, even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Do ye think to reprove words, seeing that the speeches of a man who is desperate are as wind?

As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling who looks for his wages,

The eye of him who sees me shall behold me no more. Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol shall come up no more.

So are the paths of all who forget God. And the hope of the profane man shall perish,

Those who hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

[He] who removes the mountains, and they do not know it when he overturns them in his anger,

who shakes the earth out of its place, and the pillars of it tremble,

who commands the sun, and it does not rise, and seals up the stars,

who alone stretches out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea,

who makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the chambers of the south,

who does great things past finding out, yea, marvelous things without number.

Behold, he seizes; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What are thou doing?

Whom, though I were righteous, yet I would not answer. I would make supplication to my judge.

If of strength, lo, [he is] mighty! And if of justice, who will summon me?

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked. He covers the faces of the judges of it. If not [he], who then is it?

There is no umpire between us who might lay his hand upon us both.

If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him?

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Yes, who does not know such things as these?

I am as a man who is a laughing-stock to his neighbor. I who called upon God, and he answered. The just, the perfect man is a laughing-stock.

In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for those whose foot slips.

The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].

Who does not know in all these, that the hand of LORD has wrought this,

Who is he who will contend with me? For then I would keep silent and give up the spirit.

Man, who is born of a woman, is of few days, and full of trouble.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?

What is man, that he should be clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous?

How much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!

to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them:

Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and he who vouches for me is on high.

Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself. Who is there that will strike hands with me?

He who denounces his friends for a prey, even the eyes of his sons shall fail.

Yet the righteous shall hold on his way. And he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger.

where then is my hope? And as for my hope, who shall see it?

Thou who tear thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him who does not know God.

Those who dwell in my house, and my maids, reckon me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

All my familiar friends abhor me, and those whom I loved are turned against me.

whom I, even I, shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?

In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him.

Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing he judges those who are high?

Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done?

Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?

[Saying], Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and the remnant of them, the fire has consumed.

He will deliver [even] him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do those who know him not see his days?

There are [men] who remove the landmarks. They take away flocks violently, and feed them.

There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.

Drought and heat consume the snow waters, [and] Sheol [those who] have sinned.

He devours the barren who do not bear, and does no good to the widow.

Yet [God] preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?

Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom does his light not arise?

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman?

How much less man, who is a worm! And the son of man, who is a worm!

How thou have helped him who is without power! How thou have saved the arm that has no strength!

How thou have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

To whom have thou uttered words? And whose spirit came forth from thee?

Those who are deceased tremble beneath the waters and the inhabitants of it.

Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

As God lives, who has taken away my right, and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul.

Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

Those who remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation.

Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.

The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of him whom I did not know.

I chose out their way, and sat [as] chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as a man who comforts the mourners.

But now those who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Yea, the strength of their hands, to what should it profit me? Men in whom ripe age is perished.

They mar my path. They set forward my calamity, [even] men who have no helper.

Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?