Now there was a day when the sons of God (angels) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (adversary, accuser) also came among them.

While he was still speaking, another [messenger] also came and said, “The fire of God (lightning) has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another [messenger] also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and have taken them away and have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

While he was still speaking, another [messenger] also came and said, “Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother’s house,

Again there was a day when the sons of God (angels) came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (adversary, accuser) also came among them to present himself before the Lord.

But he said to her, “You speak as one of the [spiritually] foolish women speaks [ignorant and oblivious to God’s will]. Shall we indeed accept [only] good from God and not [also] accept adversity and disaster?” In [spite of] all this Job did not sin with [words from] his lips.

“You will know also that your descendants will be many,
And your offspring as the grass of the earth.

“Behold, He passes by me, and I do not see Him;
He moves past me, but I do not perceive Him.

“What you know I also know;
I am not inferior to you.

“You also put my feet in the stocks [as punishment]
And [critically] observe all my paths;
You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep],

“Like a flower he comes forth and withers;
He also flees like a shadow and does not remain.

“I also could speak like you,
If you were in my place;
I could compose and join words together against you
And shake my head at you.

“He has also kindled His wrath [like a fire] against me
And He considers and counts me as one of His adversaries.

“Bear with me, and I also will speak;
And after I have spoken, you may [continue to] mock [me].

“You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways.

“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
And he covers his face.

This also would have been [a heinous] sin calling for judgment,
For I would have denied God above.

So these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes [and could not be persuaded otherwise by them].

Elihu’s anger burned against Job’s three friends because they had found no answer [and were unable to determine Job’s error], and yet they had condemned Job and declared him to be in the wrong [and responsible for his own afflictions].

“Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me;
I also will give you my opinion [about Job’s situation] and tell you plainly what I think.’

“I too will give my share of answers;
I too will express my opinion and share my knowledge.

“Behold, I belong to God like you;
I too was formed out of the clay.

“He opens their ears to instruction and discipline,
And commands that they return from evil.

“Indeed, at His thundering my heart trembles
And leaps out of its place.

“Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void?
Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?

“[If you can do all this, Job, proving your divine power] then I [God] will also praise you and acknowledge
That your own right hand can save you.

“Clubs [also] are regarded as stubble;
He laughs at the rushing and the rattling of the javelin.

The Lord restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.

Then all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him over all the [distressing] adversities that the Lord had brought on him. And each one gave him a piece of money, and each a ring of gold.

He had seven sons and three daughters.