His possessions also were seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred female donkeys, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God with wrong.

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.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

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

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

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

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

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

Who knows not among all these that the hand of the LORD has done this?

Lo, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it.

Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite.

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knows not God.

Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste.

Know you not this of old, since man was placed upon the earth,

This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God.

Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolation.

This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

For this is a heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.

This also would be an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above.

Behold, in this you are not just: I will answer you, for God is greater than man.

If now you have understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words.

Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God's?

Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this have you chosen rather than affliction.

At this also my heart trembles, and is moved out of its place.

Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God.

Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge?

After this lived Job a hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.