And a day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah. And Satan also came among them.

And Jehovah said to Satan, From where do you come? Then Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And a day came when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.

And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them.

While he was still speaking, there also came another and said, The fire of God has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and destroyed them. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

While he was still speaking, there also came another and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands and swooped down upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and have killed the servants with the edge of the sword. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

While he was still speaking, there also came another and said, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.

And, behold, a great wind came from the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

And he said, I came naked out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah.

And it happened that a day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah. And Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah.

And Jehovah said to Satan, From where do you come? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, and they each one came from his own place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. For they had met together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

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.

Lo, let that night be barren; let no joyful voice come in it.

Why did I not die from the womb, come from the womb and expire?

For the thing which I greatly feared has come upon me, and that which I was afraid of has come to me.

But now it has come upon you, and you faint. It touches you, and you are troubled.

fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones shake.

For affliction does not come forth from the dust, nor does trouble spring up out of the ground;

You shall come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.

They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed.

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

For He is not a man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in judgment;

Be quiet. Let me alone so that I may speak, and let come on me what may.

He also is my salvation, for an ungodly one shall not come before Him.

His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; they fall, but he does not mark it.

A dreadful sound of things is in his ears; the destroyer shall come to him in peace.

For the years that are few will come, and I shall go the way from where I shall not return.

And now all of them, go back, and please come again; and I shall not find among you a wise man.

His troops come together and raise up their way against me, and camp around my tent.

In the fullness of his plenty he shall be in trouble; every wretched one shall come on him.

Now be of service with Him, and be at peace. Good shall come to you by them.

Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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

From where then does wisdom come, and where is the place of understanding?

The blessing of the perishing came on me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing.

As through a wide break they came on; they roll under a ruin.

When I looked for good, then evil came; and when I waited for light, then darkness came.

let thorns come forth instead of wheat, and weeds instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.

so as to cause the cry of the poor to come to Him, for He hears the cry of the afflicted.

Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth as it came from the womb?

and I said, You shall come to here, but no further; and here your proud waves shall stop.

Out of whose womb came the ice? And the frost of the heavens, who fathered it?

Who can take off the surface of his skin; who can come to him with his double bridle?

one is so near to another that no air can come between them;

And came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had known him before. And they ate bread with him in his house, and consoled him and comforted him over all the evil that Jehovah had brought on him. Each one also gave him a piece of money, and each one a ring of gold.