and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city, and these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

in order to confirm these days of Purim in their set times, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had ordered them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed the matters of the fastings and of their cry.

For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus and great among the Jews, and pleasing to the multitude of his brothers, seeking the wealth of his people and speaking peace to all his seed.

And when they had gone around the day of feasting, 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. So Job did always.

And Jehovah said to Satan, From where do you come? Then Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you set your heart against My servant Job, because there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil?

And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Does Job fear God for nothing?

Have You not made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power. Only do not lay your hand upon him. And Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.

And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them.

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 he said, I came naked out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away. Blessed be the name of Jehovah.

And Jehovah said to Satan, From where do you come? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Have you set your heart on My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil? And still he is keeping hold of his integrity, although you moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.

And Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man has he will give for his life.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand, but save his life.

And he took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself with. And he sat down among the ashes.

And his wife said to him, Do you still hold to your integrity? Curse God and die!

But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish ones speak. What? Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

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.

And Job spoke and said,

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

to set on high those who are low, so that those who mourn may be lifted up to safety;

And you shall know that your seed will be numerous, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.

And Job answered and said,

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, their fury is drinking my spirit; the terrors of God are set against me.

Am I like the sea, or a whale, that You set a watch over me?

What is man, that You should magnify him, and that You should set Your heart on him,

I have sinned. What shall I do to You, O Watcher of men? Why have You set me as a target for You, so that I am a burden to myself?

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

And Job answered and said,

If I speak of strength, lo, He is mighty! And if of judgment, who shall set me a time?

It is One, therefore I said, He is consuming the perfect and the wicked.

And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in Your eyes.

And Job answered and said,

Behold now, I have set my cause in order; I know that I shall be justified.

You put my feet also in the stocks, and look closely to all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet.

For his days are fixed, the number of his months is with You, and You have set his bounds so that he cannot pass;

Who will grant that You would hide me in the grave, that You would keep me secret, until Your wrath is past, that You would set me a fixed time and remember me?

And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Behold, He puts no trust in His saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in His sight.

And Job answered and said,

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 set night for day; the light is near in the face of darkness.

I have said to corruption, You are my father; to the worm, My mother and my sister!

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

Until when will you set a snare for words? Understand, and afterwards we will speak.

Why are we counted as cattle, or seem stupid in your sight?

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall dash him at his feet.

His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and trouble shall be ready at his side.

And Job answered and said,

He has fenced up my way so that I cannot pass, and He has set darkness in my paths.

He has broken me on every side, and I am gone, and He has uprooted my hope like a tree.

Those who dwell in my house, and my slave-girls, count me as a stranger; I am a foreigner in their sight.

And Zophar the Naamathite answered and said,

Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue;

And Job answered and said,

Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes.

And the clods of the valley shall be sweet to him and every man shall draw after him, as there is no numbering of those before him.

And Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

who said to God, Depart from us; and, What can the Almighty do to them?

And Job answered and said,

Oh that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat!

They are of those who rebel against the light; they know not His ways, nor stay in His paths.

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

Look even to the moon, and it shines not; yea, the stars are not pure in His sight;

But Job answered and said,

And Job continued the lifting up of His speech, and said,

There is a path which no bird knows, nor has the vulture's eye caught sight of it;

And to man He said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom! And to depart from evil is understanding!

And Job continued the lifting up of his speech, and said,

when I went out to the gate by the city; when I prepared my seat in the street!

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the sand.

I chose out their way, and sat as chief; and I lived like a king in the army, as one who comforts the mourners.

But now those younger laugh at me, whose fathers I would have refused to set with the dogs of my flock.

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.

I said, Days should speak, and the multitude of years should teach wisdom.

If you can, answer me; set yourself in order before me, stand up.

You said, I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and no iniquity is in me;

And Elihu answered and said,

For Job has said, I am righteous; and God has taken away my right;

For he has said, It profits a man nothing when he is accepted with God.

Who has given the earth as a deposit with Him? Or who has set the whole world in order?

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their place.

For has any said to God, I have taken away; I will not pervert?

And Elihu answered and said,

Elihu went on and said,

He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous, but they are like kings on the throne; yes, He causes them to sit forever, and they are very high.

If your cry for help is set in order, then it will not be in distress, but with all the forces of strength.

And Jehovah answered Job out of the tempest, and said,

Who has set its measurements, for you know? Or who has stretched the line on it?

and set My limit on it, and set bars and doors,

and I said, You shall come to here, but no further; and here your proud waves shall stop.

Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you set up their rulership on the earth?

when they crouch in dens, and sit in the cover of their hiding place?

Will you trust him, that he will return your seed and gather it to your grain-floor?

And Jehovah answered Job and said,