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

And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from evil?

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

And the LORD said unto Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a blameless and an upright man, one that fears God, and turns away from evil? and still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but spare his life.

But he said unto her, You 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 did not Job sin with his lips.

Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a male child conceived.

As for that night, let 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 as a hidden untimely birth, I had not been; as infants who never saw light.

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

Therefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

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

But now it is come upon you, and you faint; it touches you, and you are troubled.

Is not this your fear, your confidence, your hope, and the uprightness of your ways?

Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.

How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed before the moth?

Does not their excellence which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

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

Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their wealth.

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the cunning is quickly ended.

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

Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty:

You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

Lo this, we have searched it out, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good.

Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

The things that my soul refused to touch are as loathsome food to me.

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of bronze?

Is not my help within me? and is wisdom driven quite from me?

To him that is afflicted pity should be shown from his friend; even though he forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks that pass away;

Which are black by reason of the ice, and in which the snow is hid:

At what time they become warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they vanish out of their place.

Do you intend to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind?

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

Return, I pray you, let it not be injustice; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things?

Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of a hireling?

As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as a hireling looks for the reward of his work:

My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome.

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 that goes down to the grave shall come up no more.

What is man, that you should magnify him? and that you should set your heart upon him?

I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O you preserver of men? why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?

While it is yet green, and not cut down, it withers before any other plant.

Whose confidence shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, I have not seen you.

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

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just before God?

He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and has prospered?

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of justice, who shall set me a time to plead?

This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroys the blameless and the wicked.

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

They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hastens to the prey.

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

Neither is there any mediator between us, that might lay his hand upon us both.

Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Is it good unto you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile upon the counsel of the wicked?

Have you eyes of flesh? or see you as man sees?

Are your days as the days of man? are your years as man's days,

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

Remember, I beseech you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again?

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

And these things have you hid in your heart: I know that this is with you.

For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again you show yourself awesome against me.

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

A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.

For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes.

And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves.

It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than Sheol; what can you know?

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

For a vain man will be wise, when a man is born a wild donkey's colt.

Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

And your life shall be brighter than the noonday; you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning.

And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yea, you shall dig about you, and take your rest in safety.

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as one dying.

But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knows not such things as these?

I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls upon God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn.

He that is ready to slip with his feet is like a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

The tents of robbers prosper, and they that 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.

With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.

With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding.

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

He takes away the heart of 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 one man mocks another, do you so mock him?

Who is he that will contend with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall die.

And he, like a rotten thing, consumes, as a garment that is moth-eaten.

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

He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not.

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

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

But man dies, and wastes away: yea, man expires, and where is he?

As the waters fail from the sea, and the river decays and dries up:

O that you would hide me in the grave, that you would conceal me, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and you sew up my iniquity.

And surely the mountain falling, comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place.

Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?