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 aside from evil.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you set your heart against My servant Job, because there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil?

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Have you set your heart on My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil? And still he is keeping hold of his integrity, although you moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.

Let those curse it who curse the day, who are ready to stir up Leviathan.

with kings and wise men of the earth, who built ruins for themselves,

or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver;

or as a hidden untimely birth I would not have been, like infants who did not see light.

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

who is waiting for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for treasures?

Shall one try a word with you, you who are weary? But who can hold back with words?

Your words have upheld him who was falling, and you have made strong the feeble knees.

Remember, please, who ever perished, being innocent? Or where were the righteous cut off?

As I have seen, the ones who plow iniquity and sow wickedness reap the same.

How much less in those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the saints will you turn?

Who is doing great things, even beyond searching; marvelous things without number,

who gives rain on the earth and sends waters on the field,

to set on high those who are low, so that those who mourn may be lifted up to safety;

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

To him who is afflicted, pity is due from his friend, but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

Do you intend to criticize words, and the speeches of one who is hopeless, that are as wind?

The eye of him who has seen me shall see me no more; Your eyes are on me, and I am gone.

As the cloud falls and vanishes away, so he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

So are the paths of all who forget God; and the hope of the ungodly shall perish.

Those who hate you 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 been blessed;

He who removes the mountains, and they know it not, when He overturns them in His anger;

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

who alone stretches out the heavens, and walks on the waves of the sea;

who made the Bear, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south;

who is doing great things past finding out; yea, marvelous things without number?

Behold, He takes away; who can turn Him back? Who will say to Him, What are You doing?

Whom, though I were righteous, yet I would not answer; I seek mercy for my judgment.

He who breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause;

who will not allow me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness.

If I speak of strength, lo, He is mighty! And if of judgment, who shall set me a time?

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges; if it is not He, then who is it?

They have passed away like the swift ships; like the eagle who swoops on the prey.

there is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

You know that I am not wicked; and there is none who can deliver out of Your hand.

But who will grant that God would speak, and open His lips against you,

If He passes through and shuts up, or gathers together, then who can turn Him back?

But I have understanding as well as you; I do not fall short of you; yes, who does not know such things as these?

I am a laughing-stock to his friends; who calls on God, and He answers him; the just, the upright one is a mockery;

a flaming brand despised in the thoughts of him who feels secure; it is ready for those with slipping feet.

The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, in whatever God brings to their hand.

who of all these does not know that the hand of Jehovah has done this?

Who is he that will plead for me, for now, I would be quiet and expire.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one!

Who will grant that You would hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would set me a fixed time and remember me?

How much more hateful and filthy is man, who drinks iniquity like water?

Also now, behold, my Witness is in Heaven, and He who testifies of me is on high.

Please lay down a pledge for me with Yourself; who is he who will strike hands with me?

He who for a share informs against friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he who has clean hands adds strength.

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

Those who dwell in my house, and my slave-girls, count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not a stranger's; though my heart be exhausted in my bosom.

he shall perish forever like his dung; they who see him shall say, Where is he?

Did you not ask those who go by the way? And do you not know their signs,

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

Can a man be useful to God, as he who is wise may be useful to himself?

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

But He is in one mind, and who can turn Him? Yea, what His soul desires, He does it.

Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, why do those who know Him not see His days?

They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths.

Drought and heat eat up the snow waters; so does the grave those who have sinned.

He ill-treats the women who bear no children; and does no good to the widow.

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

Is there any number of His armies? And on whom does not His light arise?

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

how much less man who is a maggot, and the son of man, who is a worm?

To whom have you spoken words? And whose spirit came from you?

The departed spirits tremble under the waters, and those who dwell in them.

Lo, these are the edges of His ways; but what a whisper of a word we hear of Him! And the thunder of His power who can understand?

Let my enemy be like the wicked, and he who rises up against me as the perverse.

Those who remain of him shall be buried in death; and his widows shall not weep.

For I delivered the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to help him.

I chose out their way, and sat as chief; and I lived like a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.

They are dried up with want and famine; they who gnaw the dry ground, which was before waste and ruin,

Did not He who made me in the womb make him? And did not One shape us in the womb?

if the men of my camp did not say, Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat?

It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged who understand judgment.

Hear my words, wise men; and give ear to me, you who have knowledge;

What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water;

who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

Who has given the earth as a deposit with Him? Or who has set the whole world in order?

Shall one who hates right govern? And will you condemn Him who is just and mighty?

Who says to a king, O worthless one; and to nobles, O evil one?

How much less to Him who does not lift up the face of rulers, nor regard the rich before the poor? For all of them are the work of His hands.

And He gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who can behold Him? And it may be against a nation and a man together;

Men of understanding will say to me, and a wise man who hears me will say,

But none says, Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night;

who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?

For truly my words are not false; He who is perfect in knowledge is with you.

He will not keep alive one who is wicked, but gives right to the afflicted.

Behold, God is exalted in His power; who teaches like Him?

Who has appointed Him His way; or who can say, You have done wrong?

Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wonderful works of Him who is perfect in knowledge?

The Almighty, whom we cannot find out, is exalted in power; and to judgment and overflowing righteousness He does no violence.