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

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.

And Job spoke, and said,

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

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

To set on high those that are low: that those who mourn may be exalted to safety.

Thou shalt know also that thy seed will be great, and thy offspring as the grass of the earth.

But Job answered and said,

For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison of which drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God set themselves in array against me.

What is man, that thou shouldst magnify him? and that thou shouldst set thy heart upon him?

I have sinned; what shall I do to thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then Job answered and said,

If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead?

This is one thing, therefore I said it, he destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thy eyes.

Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yes, many shall make suit to thee.

And Job answered and said,

O that thou wouldst hide me in the grave, that thou wouldst keep me secret, until thy wrath is past, that thou wouldst appoint me a set time, and remember me!

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight.

Then Job answered and said,

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister.

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Why are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

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

Then Job answered and said,

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

He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope hath he removed like a tree.

They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Though wickedness may be sweet in his mouth, though he may hide it under his tongue;

But Job answered and said,

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

The clods of the valley will be sweet to him, and every man will draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said,

Who said to God, depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them!

Then Job answered and said,

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

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; and the stars are not pure in his sight.

But Job answered and said,

Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,

And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Moreover, Job continued his parable, and said,

When I went out to the gate through 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 as the sand.

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

But now they that are younger than I, have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

If the men of my tabernacle have not said, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

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

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

Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will show my opinion.

I said, I will answer also my part, I also will show my opinion.

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

If he should set his heart upon man, if he should gather to himself his spirit and his breath;

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

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

Elihu spoke moreover, and said,

Elihu also proceeded, and said,

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table would be full of fatness.

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellence; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

And broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set its dominion on the earth?

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Moreover, the LORD answered Job, and said,

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the 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 Job hath.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of scoffers.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said to me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me on all sides.

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call to him.

The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.

He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity.

He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.

He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it.

Why doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.

Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us?

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.