And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.

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

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou m

And he took a potsherd for him to scrape himself with it, and he sat among the ashes.

Then his wife said to him, Do thou still hold fast thine integrity? Renounce God, and die.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that came upon him, they came each one from his own place--Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite--and they made an appointment together to come t

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voice, and wept. And each one tore his robe, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.

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.

Why is light given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul,

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

To him who is ready to faint, kindness [should be] from his friend, even to him who forsakes the fear of the Almighty.

The eye of him who sees me shall behold me no more. Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

He shall return no more to his house, nor shall his place know him any more.

What is man, that thou should magnify him, and that thou should set thy mind upon him,

and that thou should visit him every morning, and try him every moment?

If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,

If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.

If he is pleased to contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.

[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?

Lo, he goes by me, and I do not see him. He also passes on, but I do not perceive him.

Behold, he seizes; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What are thou doing?

God will not withdraw his anger. The helpers of Rahab stoop under him.

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

For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.

Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his terror make me afraid.

Then I would speak, and not be afraid of him, for I am not so in myself.

If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him?

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

In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for those whose foot slips.

With him is strength and wisdom. The deceived and the deceiver are his.

Will ye speak unrighteously for God, and talk deceitfully for him?

Will ye show partiality to him? Will ye contend for God?

Is it good that he should search you out? Or as deceiving a man, will ye deceive him?

Behold, he will kill me; I have no hope. Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.

This also shall be my salvation, that a profane man shall not come before him.

look away from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

Thou prevail forever against him, and he passes. Thou change his countenance, and send him away.

But his flesh upon him has pain, and his soul within him mourns.

A sound of terrors is in his ears. In prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.

Distress and anguish make him afraid. They prevail against him as a king ready to the battle.

He runs upon him with a [stiff] neck, with the thick studs of his bucklers,

Let him not trust in vanity, deceiving himself. For vanity shall be his recompense.

The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be put out.

The steps of his strength shall be restricted, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

A trap shall take [him] by the heel. A snare shall lay hold on him.

A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

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

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him who does not know God.

He has also kindled his wrath against me. And he considers me to him as his adversaries.

I call to my servant, and he gives me no answer. I entreat him with my mouth.

If ye say, How we will persecute him! And that the root of the matter is found in me,

yet he shall perish forever like his own dung. Those who have seen him shall say, Where is he?

The eye which saw him shall see him no more, neither shall his place any more behold him.

His bones are full of his youth, but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

yet his food in his bowels is turned. It is the gall of asps within him.

He shall suck the poison of asps. The viper's tongue shall kill him.

Because he knew no quietness within him, he shall not save any of that in which he delights.

In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits. The hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him.

When he is about to fill his belly, [God] will cast the fierceness of his wrath upon him, and will rain it upon him while he is eating.

He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of brass shall strike him through.

He draws it forth, and it comes out of his body, yea, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors are upon him.

All darkness is laid up for his treasures. A fire not blown shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.

The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him.

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

What is the Almighty that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray to him?

[Ye say], God lays up his iniquity for his sons. Let him recompense it to himself that he may know it.

Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty.

For what does he care for his house after him when the number of his months is cut off?

Who shall declare his way to his face? And who shall repay him what he has done?

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

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou are righteous? Or is it gain [to him] that thou make thy ways perfect?

Is it for thy fear [of him] that he reproves thee, that he enters with thee into judgment?

Thick clouds are a covering to him, so that he does not see, and he walks on the vault of heaven.

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace. By this good shall come to thee.

Thou shall make thy prayer to him, and he will hear thee, and thou shall pay thy vows.

He will deliver [even] him who is not innocent. Yea, he shall be delivered through the cleanness of thy hands.

O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat!

I would set my case in order before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.

There the upright might reason with him. So I should be delivered forever from my judge.

Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there], and backward, but I cannot perceive him,

on the left hand, when he works, but I cannot behold him. He hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.

But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.

For he performs that which is appointed for me. And many such things are with him.

Therefore I am terrified at his presence. When I consider, I am afraid of him.

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do those who know him not see his days?

The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.

Dominion and fear are with him. He makes peace in his high places.

How thou have helped him who is without power! How thou have saved the arm that has no strength!

How thou have counseled him who has no wisdom, and plentifully declared sound knowledge!

Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.

For what is the hope of the profane, though he gets him gain, when God takes away his soul?

Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him?

Those who remain of him shall be buried in death, and his widows shall make no lamentation.

Terrors overtake him like waters. A tempest steals him away in the night.

The east wind carries him away, and he departs, and it sweeps him out of his place.

For [God] shall hurl at him, and not spare. He would gladly flee out of his hand.

Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

Because I delivered the poor who cried, also the fatherless who had none to help him.