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 aside from evil.

And his possessions were seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.

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 they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights. And no one 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, A man-child is conceived.

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

I was not in safety, nor did I have rest, nor was I quiet; yet trouble comes.

Your words have upheld him who was falling, and you have made strong the feeble knees.

And a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little of it.

It stood still, but I could not tell the form of it. An image was before my eyes; silence; then I heard a voice,

And if your beginning was small, yet your end would greatly increase.

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

And these have You hidden in Your heart; I know that this was with You.

to them alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.

I was at ease, but He has broken me in pieces; yea, He has also taken me by my neck and shaken me to pieces and set me up for His mark.

They were seized, but there was not time; their foundation was poured out by a flood;

because I was not cut off before the darkness; yea, He covered the darkness from my face.

as I was in the days of my harvest, when the secret of God was on my tent;

when the Almighty was yet with me, and my children were around me;

The noble's voice was subdued, and their tongue clung to the roof of their mouth.

I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my judgment was like a robe and a diadem.

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

I was a father to the poor; and the cause which I did not know, I searched out.

My root was open to the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch.

My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.

Also, what profit for me was the strength of their hands, for full vigor had perished from them?

They are dried up with want and famine; they who gnaw the dry ground, which was before waste and ruin,

Did I not weep for him whose day was hard; and my soul grieved for the poor?

if I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or there was no covering for the needy;

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

If I rejoiced at the ruin of my hater, and I was excited when evil found him;

And these three men ceased from answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Also his wrath was kindled against his three friends, because they had found no answer and had condemned Job.

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and you are very old; therefore I was afraid, and dared not show you my opinion.

He will observe to men, and say, I have sinned and perverted righteousness; and it was not equally repaid to me,