And his wife said to him, Dost thou still remain firm in thine integrity? curse God and die.

And three friends of Job heard of all this evil that was come upon him. And they came each one from his place: Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him.

And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice and wept. And they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward the heavens.

And they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that his anguish was very great.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in trouble, and life to those bitter of soul,

Thy words have upholden him that was stumbling, and thou hast braced up the bending knees:

For him that is fainting kindness is meet from his friend; or he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

The eye of him that hath seen me shall behold me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.

He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him again.

What is man, that thou makest much of him? and that thou settest thy heart upon him?

And that thou visitest him every morning, triest him every moment?

If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.

If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!

If he shall choose to strive with him, he cannot answer him one thing of a thousand.

He is wise in heart and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and had peace?

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not; and he passeth along, and I perceive him not.

Behold, he taketh away: who will hinder him? Who will say unto him, What doest thou?

+God withdraweth not his anger; the proud helpers stoop under him:

How much less shall I answer him, choose out my words to strive 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 will speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

If he pass by, and shut up, and call to judgment, who can hinder him?

If thou prepare thy heart and stretch out thy hands toward him,

He that is ready to stumble with the foot is a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease.

With him is wisdom and might; he hath counsel and understanding.

With him is strength and effectual knowledge; the deceived and the deceiver are his.

Will ye speak unrighteously for God? and for him speak deceit?

Will it be well if he should search you out? or as one mocketh at a man, will ye mock at him?

Behold, if he slay me, yet would I trust in him; but I will defend mine own ways before him.

Look away from him; and let him rest, till he accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth away; thou changest his countenance, and dismissest him.

The sound of terrors is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer cometh upon him.

Distress and anguish make him afraid; they prevail against him, as a king ready for the battle.

He runneth against him, with outstretched neck, with the thick bosses of his bucklers;

Let him not trust in vanity: he is deceived, for vanity shall be his recompense;

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

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

The gin taketh him by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;

A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.

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

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:

Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.

And he hath kindled his anger against me, and hath counted me unto him as one of his enemies.

I called my servant, and he answered not; I entreated him with my mouth.

If ye say, How shall we persecute him? when the root of the matter is found in me,

Like his own dung doth he perish for ever; they which have seen him shall say, Where is he?

The eye which saw him shall see him not again; and his place beholdeth him no more.

His bones were full of his youthful strength; but it shall lie down with him in the dust.

His food is turned in his bowels; it is the gall of asps within him.

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

In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits; every hand of the wretched shall come upon him.

It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.

If he have fled from the iron weapon, the bow of brass shall strike him through.

He draweth it forth; it cometh out of his body, and the glittering point 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 feed upon what is left in his tent.

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

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

What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what are we profited if we pray unto him?

+God layeth up the punishment of his iniquity for his children; he rewardeth him, and he shall know it:

For what pleasure should he have in 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 hath done?

The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.

Is it any pleasure to the Almighty if thou art righteous? And is it gain to him that thou makest thy ways perfect?

Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh on the vault of the heavens.

Reconcile thyself now with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.

Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he will hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows;

When they are made low, then thou shalt say, Rise up! and he shall save him that is of downcast eyes.

Even him that is not innocent shall he deliver; yea, he shall be delivered by the pureness of thy hands.

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

I would order the cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments;

There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.

Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;

On the left hand, where he doth work, but I behold him not; he hideth himself on the right hand, and I see him not.

But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? And what his soul desireth, that will he do.

For he will perform what is appointed for me; and many such things are with him.

Therefore am I troubled at his presence; I consider, and I am afraid of him.

Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?

The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, --

God setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.

Dominion and fear are with him; he maketh peace in his high places.

How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom, and abundantly declared the thing as it is!

Sheol is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering.

Lo, these are the borders of his ways; but what a whisper of a word do we hear of him! And the thunder of his power, who can understand?

For what is the hope of the ungodly, when God cutteth him off, when +God taketh away his soul?

Will God hear his cry when distress cometh upon him?

Those that remain of him shall be buried by death, and his widows shall not weep.

Terrors overtake him like waters; a whirlwind stealeth him away in the night.

The east wind carrieth him away and he is gone; and as a storm it hurleth him out of his place.

And God shall cast upon him and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

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

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

Did not I weep for him whose days were hard? was not my soul grieved for the needy?

What then should I do when God riseth up? and if he visited, what should I answer him?

Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not One fashion us in the womb?

If I rejoiced at the destruction of him that hated me, and exulted when evil befell him;

I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I come near to him.

That ye may not say, We have found out wisdom; God will make him yield, not man.

Now he hath not directed his words against me; and I will not answer him with your speeches. ...

Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.