And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one on his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were finished, 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 cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.

And the LORD said unto Satan, From where come you? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

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

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

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

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

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

And the LORD said unto Satan, From where come you? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it.

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.

Let the day perish on which I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a male child conceived.

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

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 solitary, let no joyful voice come into it.

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to arouse leviathan.

Let the stars of its twilight be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from my eyes.

Why died I not from the womb? why did I not expire when I came out of the womb?

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then would I have been at rest,

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary are at rest.

Who long for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like the waters.

I was not at ease, neither had I quiet, neither was I at rest; yet trouble came.

But now it is come upon you, and you faint; it touches you, and you are troubled.

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it.

It stood still, but I could not discern its form: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish forever without any regarding it.

Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their wealth.

For affliction comes not forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.

You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

For you shall be in covenant with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.

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

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? or the ox lows over its fodder?

Can that which is tasteless be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life?

At what time they become warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they vanish out of their place.

How forceful are right words! but what does your arguing prove?

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

Return, I pray you, let it not be injustice; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

I loathe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity.

What is man, that you should magnify him? and that you should set your heart upon him?

I have sinned; what shall I do unto you, O you preserver of men? why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself?

Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase.

Shall not they teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their heart?

While it is yet green, and not cut down, it withers before any other plant.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, I have not seen you.

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

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just before God?

Who shakes the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

Who commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars.

Who alone spreads out the heavens, and treads upon the waves of the sea.

Who does great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What do you?

How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?

For, though I were righteous, yet could I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am blameless, it shall also prove me perverse.

Though I were blameless, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life.

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

If the scourge slays suddenly, he will laugh at the plight of the innocent.

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covers the faces of its judges; if not he, who then is it?

Yet shall you plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me.

Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

Is it good unto you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and smile upon the counsel of the wicked?

You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of your hand.

Your hands have made me and fashioned me together totally; yet you do destroy me.

Have you not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese?

If I am wicked, woe unto me; and if I am righteous, yet can I not lift up my head. I am full of disgrace; therefore see my affliction;

For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again you show yourself awesome against me.

Why then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had died, and no eye had seen me!

Can you by searching find out God? can you find out the limits of the Almighty?

It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than Sheol; what can you know?

The measure of it is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.

For he knows vain men: he sees wickedness also; will he not then consider it?

If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him;

If iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tents.

Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away:

He that is ready to slip with his feet is like a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fish of the sea shall declare unto you.

Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.

Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth.

He uncovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death.

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

What you know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you.

O that you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom.

Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocks another, do you so mock him?

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will.

Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will defend my own ways before him.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? no one.

For there is hope for a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender shoots thereof will not cease.

Yet at the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth branches like a plant.

So man lies down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

If a man dies, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change comes.

And surely the mountain falling, comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of its place.