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.

Have thou not made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has, on every side? Thou have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.

And LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in thy power, only upon himself do not put forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of LORD.

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

And LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand, only spare his life.

But he said to her, Thou speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Let the day perish in which I was born, and the night which said, There is a man-child conceived.

As for that night, let thick darkness seize upon it. Let it not rejoice among the days of the year. Let it not come into the number of the months.

Or I should have been as a hidden untimely birth, as infants that never saw light.

The small and the great are there. And the servant is free from his master.

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

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

Is not thy fear [of God] thy confidence, the integrity of thy ways thy hope?

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!

Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.

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

His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.

but man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

But as for me, I would seek to God. And to God I would commit my cause,

He takes the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.

They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.

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

And thou shall know that thy tent is in peace, and thou shall visit thy fold, and shall miss nothing.

Thou shall know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth.

Lo this, we have searched it, so it is. Hear it, and know thou it for thy good.

Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

My soul refuses to touch [them]. They are as loathsome food to me.

What is my strength that I should wait? And what is my end that I should be patient?

Is my strength the strength of stones? Or is my flesh of brass?

Is it not that I have no help in me, and that wisdom is driven quite from me?

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

My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away,

which are black because of the ice, in which the snow hides itself.

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

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

Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice. Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

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

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust. My skin closes up, and breaks out afresh.

O remember that my life is a breath. My eye shall no more see good.

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

What is man, that thou should magnify him, and that thou should set thy mind upon him,

If I have sinned, what do I do to thee, O thou watcher of men? Why have thou set me as a mark for thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

While it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, it withers before any [other] herb.

whose confidence shall break apart, and whose trust is a spider's web.

He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.

If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.

Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others shall spring.

Of a truth I know that it is so. But how can man be just with God?

If he is pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

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

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

It is all one thing. Therefore I say, He destroys the perfect and the wicked.

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?

They are passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

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

My soul is weary of my life. I will give free reign to my complaint. I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Is it good to thee that thou should oppress, that thou should despise the work of thy hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked?

Have thou eyes of flesh? Or do thou see as man sees?

Are thy days as the days of man, or thy years as man's days,

although thou know that I am not wicked. And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou have fashioned me as clay. And will thou bring me into dust again?

Have thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

Yet these things thou hid in thy heart. I know that this is with thee.

And if [my head] exalts itself, thou hunt me as a lion. And again thou show thyself marvelous upon me.

I should have been as though I had not been. I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

the land dark as midnight, of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as midnight.

For thou say, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes.

and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom! For he is manifold in understanding. Know therefore that God exacts of thee less than thine iniquity deserves.

It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know?

The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

But vain man is void of understanding. Yea, man is born [as] a wild donkey's colt.

if iniquity is in thy hand, put it far away, and let not unrighteousness dwell in thy tents.

For thou shall forget thy misery. Thou shall remember it as waters that are passed away.

And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

And thou shall be secure, because there is hope. Yea, thou shall search [about thee], and shall take thy rest in safety.

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].

in whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind?

Does not the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?

With aged men is wisdom, and in length of days understanding.

With [God] is wisdom and might. He has counsel and understanding.

With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

Is it good that he should search you out? Or as deceiving a man, will ye deceive him?

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

Though I am like a rotten thing that decays, like a garment that is moth-eaten.

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

He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down. He too flees as a shadow, and does not continue.

Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, and thou have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass,

look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch of it will not cease.

But man dies, and is laid low. Yea, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?