And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and renounced God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil.

Then Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought?

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

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

that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

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

and he said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah hath taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

And Satan answered Jehovah, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself therewith; and he sat among the ashes.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. 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.

So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.

And Job answered and said:

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

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

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

Then Job answered and said,

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him, And that thou shouldest set thy mind upon him,

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

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then Job answered and said,

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my'sad countenance, and be of good cheer;

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

If thou set thy heart aright, And stretch out thy hands toward him;

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

Then Job answered and said,

Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I am righteous.

Oh that thou wouldest hide me in Sheol, That thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, That thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Behold, he putteth no trust in his holy ones; Yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight:

Then Job answered and said,

I was at ease, and he brake me asunder; Yea, he hath taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces: He hath also set me up for his mark.

If I have said to corruption, Thou art my father; To the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister;

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.

His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

Then Job answered and said,

He hath walled up my way that I cannot pass, And hath set darkness in my paths.

He hath broken me down on every side, and I am gone; And my hope hath he plucked up like a tree.

They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger; I am an alien in their sight.

Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side, And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger. My heart is consumed within me.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,

Then Job answered and said,

Their seed is established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes.

The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, And all men shall draw after him, As there were innumerable before him.

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Who said unto God, Depart from us; And, What can the Almighty do for us?

Then Job answered and said,

Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!

I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Behold, even the moon hath no brightness, And the stars are not pure in his sight:

Then Job answered and said,

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

When I went forth to the gate unto the city, When I prepared my seat in the street,

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand:

I chose out their way, and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king in the army, As one that comforteth the mourners.

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

They mar my path, They set forward my calamity, Even men that have no helper.

If I have made gold my hope, And have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

If the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one that hath not been filled with his meat?

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

I said, Days should speak, And multitude of years should teach wisdom.

Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show mine opinion.

If thou canst, answer thou me; Set thy words in order before me, stand forth.

Moreover Elihu answered and said,

For Job hath said, I am righteous, And God hath taken away my right:

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing That he should delight himself with God.

If he set his heart upon himself, If he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

He striketh them as wicked men In the open sight of others;

For hath any said unto God, I have borne chastisement , I will not offend any more :

Moreover Elihu answered and said,

Elihu also proceeded, and said,

Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress Into a broad place, where there is no straitness; And that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.

Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.

Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

And marked out for it my bound, And set bars and doors,

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; And here shall thy proud waves be stayed?

Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?

Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Will not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,

And it was so, that, after Jehovah had spoken these words unto Job, Jehovah said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends; for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.