There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-donkeys, and a very great household, so that this man was the greatest of all the sons of the east.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were completed, 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 so

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God fell from heaven, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and only I alone have escaped 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 only I alone have escaped

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.

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

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

Thy words have upheld him who was falling, and thou have made firm the feeble knees.

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

It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes. [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],

And though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end would greatly increase.

If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands ever so clean,

The waters wear the stones. The overflowings of it wash away the dust of the earth. So thou destroy the hope of man.

Are thou the first man who was born? Or were thou brought forth before the hills?

to whom alone the land was given, and no stranger passed among them:

I was at ease, and he broke me apart. Yea, he has taken me by the neck, and dashed me to pieces. He has also set me up for his mark.

Know thou this of old time, since man was placed upon earth,

There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream,

because I was not cut off before the darkness, nor did he cover the thick darkness from my face.

as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,

when the Almighty was yet with me, and my sons were about me,

The voice of the ranking men was hushed, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth.

The blessing of him who was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.

I was eyes to the blind, and I was feet to the lame.

I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the case of him whom I did not know.

Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Was not my soul grieved for the needy?

if I have rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much;

So these three men ceased to answer Job because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Then the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was kindled. His anger was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God.

His anger was also kindled against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his anger was kindled.

Yea, I attended to you. And, behold, there was none who convinced Job, or who answered his words among you.

He sings before men, and says, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me.

And it was so, that, after LORD had spoken these words to Job, LORD 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 Jo