And the LORD said unto Satan, "From whence comest thou?" Satan answered the LORD, and said, "I have gone about the land and walked through it."

Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Hast thou not considered my servant Job, and how that he is an innocent and virtuous man: such one as feareth God, and escheweth evil, and that there is none like him in the land?"

Satan answered, and said unto the LORD, "Doth Job fear God for naught?

Hast thou not preserved him, his house, and all his substance on every side? Hast thou not blessed the work of his hands? Is not his possession increased in the land?

And the LORD said unto Satan, "Lo, all that he hath, be in thy power: only upon himself see that thou lay not thine hand." Then went Satan forth from the LORD.

there came a messenger unto Job, and said, "While the oxen were a plowing, and the asses going in the pasture beside them,

And while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The fire of God is fallen from heaven, it hath consumed, and burnt up all thy sheep and servants: and I only ran my way, to tell thee."

In the mean season while he was yet speaking, there came another, and said, "The Chaldeans made three armies, and fell upon thy camels, which they have carried away: yea, and slain thy servants with the sword, and I only am gotten away, to tell thee."

While he was speaking, there came yet another, and said, "Thy sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,

and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn thither again. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; now blessed be the name of the LORD."

And the LORD said unto Satan, "From whence comest thou?" Satan answered and said, "I have gone about the land, and walked through it."

Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Hast thou not considered my servant Job, how that he is an innocent and virtuous man such one as feareth God, and escheweth evil, and that there is none like him in the land? But thou movedst me against him, to punish him: yet is it in vain, for he continueth still in his godliness."

Satan answered the LORD, and said, "Skin for skin? Yea, a man will give all that ever he hath, for his life.

Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Lo, there hast thou him in thy power, but spare his life."

so that he sat upon the ground in the ashes, and scraped off the filth of his sores with a potsherd.

Then said his wife unto him, "Dost thou yet continue in thy perfectness? Curse God, and die."

But Job said unto her, "Thou speakest like a foolish woman. Seeing we have received prosperity at the hand of God, wherefore should we not be content with adversity also?" In all these things, did not Job sin with his lips.

They sat them down by him also upon the ground seven days and seven nights. Neither was there any of them that spake one word unto him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

and said, "Let the day perish, wherein I was born,

and the night in the which it was said, 'There is a man child conceived.'

Why set they me upon their knees? Why gave they me suck with their breasts?

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite and said unto him,

Thy words have set up those that were fallen, thou hast refreshed the weak knees.

Thou shalt see also, that thy seed shall increase, and that thy posterity shall be as the grass upon the earth.

Job answered, and said, "Oh that my misery were weighed, and my punishment laid in the balances:

When their time cometh, they shall be destroyed and perish: and when they be set on fire, they shall be removed out of their place,

When I laid me down to sleep, I said, 'O when shall I rise?' Again, I longed sore for the night. Thus am I full of sorrow, till it be dark.

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Job answered, and said,

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Wilt thou say unto God, 'The thing that I take in hand is perfect, and I am clean in thy sight'?

Then shouldest thou take thy rest, and no man to make thee afraid, yea many one should set much by thee.

So Job answered, and said,

Godliness is a light despised in the hearts of the rich, and is set for them to stumble upon.

If he break down a thing, who can set it up again? If he shut a thing, who will open it?

Lo, though he slay me, yet will I put my trust in him. But if I shew and reprove mine own ways in his sight,

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

As for shame, thou hast set it aside - else wouldest thou not make so many words before God.

Behold, he doth not trust his saints; yea, the very heavens are not clean in his sight.

Job answered, and said,

I was some time in wealth, but suddenly hath he brought me to naught. He hath taken me by the neck, he hath rent me, and set me, as it were a mark for him to shoot at.

O deliver me and set me by thee: who shall then be able to thrust my hands together?

Thou hast withholden their hearts from understanding, therefore shall they not be set up on high.

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed so vile in your sight?

"Fearfulness shall make him afraid on every side, that he shall not know where to get out.

Job answered, and said,

"He hath hedged up my way, that I cannot pass; he hath set darkness in my gate.

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am undone: My hope hath he taken away from me, as it were a tree plucked up by the root.

The servants and maids of mine own house take me for a stranger, and I am become as an alien in their sight.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

So that the eye which saw him before, getteth now no sight of him, and his place knoweth him no more.

When wickedness was sweet in his mouth, he hid it under his tongue.

Though he had plenteousness of everything, yet was he poor, and therefore he is but a wretch on every side.

Job answered, and said,

Their children's children live in their sight, and their generation before their eyes.

So Eliphaz the Temanite gave answer, and said,

Therefore art thou compassed about with snares on every side, and suddenly vexed with fear.

which said unto God, 'Go from us.' And what did the Almighty do with them?

For who so humbleth himself, him shall he set up: and who so looketh meekly, shall be healed.

Job answered, and said,

O that I might see him and find him: O that I might come before his seat,

If I go on the left side to ponder his works, I can not attain unto them. Again, if I go on the rightside, he hideth himself, that I cannot see him.

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Behold, the Moon shineth nothing in comparison to him, and the stars are unclean in his sight.

Job answered, and said,

yea, and all they which dwell beneath in the hell are not hid from him, and the very destruction itself cannot be kept out of his sight.

No, neither gold nor Crystal, neither sweet odours nor golden plate.

When he set the rain in order, and gave the mighty floods a law;

And unto man he said, 'Behold, to fear the LORD is wisdom: and to forsake evil, is understanding.'"

When I went through the city unto the gate, and when they set me a chair in the street;

For my root was spread out by the water's side, and the dew lay upon my corn.

When I agreed unto their way, I was the chief, and sat as a king among his servants; and when they were in heaviness, I was their comforter.

But now, they that are mine inferiors and younger than I, have me in derision; yea even they, whose fathers I would have thought scorn to have set with the dogs of my cattle.

In times past thou didst set me up on high, as it were above the wind, but now hast thou given me a very sore fall.

But seeing that God will sit in judgment, what shall I do? And for so much as he will needs visit me, what answer shall I give him?

"Have I put my trust in gold? Or, have I said to the finest gold of all, 'Thou art my confidence?'

So that he gave answer himself, and said, "Considering that I am young, and ye be men of age, I was afraid, and durst not show forth my mind,

Yea, when I had diligently pondered what ye said, I found not one of you that made any good argument against Job, or that directly could make answer unto his words,

Elihu, proceeding forth in his communication, said,

And why? Job hath said, 'I am righteous, but God doth me wrong.'

Who ruleth the earth in his stead? Or whom hath he set to govern the whole world?

Elihu spake moreover, and said,

Elihu proceeded forth in his talking, and said,

He turneth not his eyes away from the righteous; he setteth up kings in their throne, and confirmeth them, so that they alway sit therein.

Prolong not thou the time, till there come a night for thee, to set other people in thy stead.

He distributeth also on every side, according as it pleaseth him to deal out his works, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them through the whole world:

When spake the LORD unto Job out of the storm, and said,

Their tokens and weapons hast thou turned like clay, and set them up again as the changing of a garment.

Knewest thou the course of heaven, that thou mayest set up the ordinance thereof upon the earth?

Moreover, God spake unto Job, and said,

Then spake the LORD unto Job out of the storm, and said,

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

Now when the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, he said unto Eliphaz the Temanite, "I am displeased with thee and thy two friends, for ye have not spoken the thing that is right before me, like as my servant Job hath done.