While this one was still speaking, {another} came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three divisions, and they made a raid on the camels, and they carried them away, and they struck your servants {by the edge of the sword}, but I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

And behold, a great wind came from across the desert, and it struck the four corners of the house {so that} it fell upon the young people, and they died. But I escaped, [even] I alone, to tell you."

Then said the LORD unto Satan, "Hast thou not considered my servant Job, how that he is an innocent and virtuous man such one as feareth God, and escheweth evil, and that there is none like him in the land? But thou movedst me against him, to punish him: yet is it in vain, for he continueth still in his godliness."

But Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.

And he took a broken bit of a pot, and, seated in the dust, was rubbing himself with the sharp edge of it.

And his wife said to him, Are you still keeping your righteousness? Say a curse against God, and put an end to yourself.

But he said unto 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.

Thus they lifted up their eyes from afar, but they did not recognize him, so they raised their voice, and they wept, and each man tore his outer garment and threw dust on their heads {toward the sky}.

Then they sat with him on the ground [for] seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that {his} suffering was very great.

but let it be stained with darkness, and the shadow of death. Let the dim cloud fall upon it, and let it be lapped in with sorrow.

Let it be cursed by those who put a curse on the day; who are ready to make Leviathan awake.

Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day:

With kings and the wise ones of the earth, who put up great houses for themselves;

“Or like a miscarriage which is hidden and put away, I would not exist,
Like infants who never saw light.

Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;

I sigh when food is put before me,
and my groans pour out like water.

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; But trouble cometh.

If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?

But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled.

The lion may roar and the fierce lion growl,
but the fangs of young lions are broken.

But, unto me, something was brought by stealth, - and mine ear caught a whispering of the same:

Dread, came upon me, and trembling, The multitude of my bones, it put in dread:

It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying,

Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:

How much more then shall they that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is but earth: which shall be consumed by the moth?

[Is] not their tent cord pulled up within them? They die, but not in wisdom.'

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

But man is born unto trouble, As the sparks fly upward.

But as for me, I would seek unto God, And unto God would I commit my cause;

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

“For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief;
He wounds, but His hands also heal.

But the castles in the land shall be confederate with thee, and the beasts of the field shall give thee peace.

But Job answered and said,

Oh that my vexation were but weighed, And all my calamity laid in the balances!

But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild.

Because the arrows of the Almighty are within me,
My spirit drinks their poison;
The terrors of God are arrayed against me.

If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

But it will still be my consolation, and I would recoil in {unrelenting} pain, for I have not denied [the] words of [the] Holy One.

To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty.

My companions are treacherous like a torrent-bed; like a streambed of wadis they flow away,

But they that fear the hoarfrost, the snow shall fall upon them.

But then the snow melts, and they disappear; when warmed, they evaporate from their stream beds.

Consider the paths of Tema, and the ways of Sheba, wherein they have put their trust.

They were put to shame because they had hoped; They came thither, and were confounded.

Even so are ye also come unto me: but now that ye see my misery, ye are afraid.

How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

“Do you intend to reprove my words [with a convincing argument],
When the words of one in despair belong to the wind [and go ignored]?

Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend.

But now, please look at me;
would I lie to your face?

Even so have I laboured whole months long - but in vain - and many a careful night have I told.

When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I rise?' But [the] night is long, and I have my fill of tossing until dawn.

“Remember that my life is but breath [a puff of wind, a sigh];
My eye will not see good again.

The eye of him that seeth me shall behold me no more; Thine eyes shall be upon me, but I shall not be.

Therefore I will not spare my mouth, but will speak in the trouble of my spirit; in that bitterness of my mind will I talk.

Am I a sea, or a sea monster, that you put a guard over me?

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

But then you scared me with dreams; you terrified me with visions.

I loathe my life. I don't want to live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath.

You inspect him every morning,
and put him to the test every moment.

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be.

But if you earnestly seek God
and ask the Almighty for mercy,

Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.

Put the question now to the past generations, and give attention to what has been searched out by their fathers:

(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

No: but before it be shot forth, and before it be gathered, it withereth; before any other herb.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

“If he is snatched from his place [in the garden],
Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’

Those hating thee do put on shame, And the tent of the wicked is not!

I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God?

Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not.

He is God, whose wrath no man may withstand: but the proudest of all must stoop under him.

Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge.

He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness.

If {it is a matter of} strength, look, [he is] mighty. But if {it is a matter of} justice, who can summon me?

Though I was in the right, he would say that I was in the wrong; I have done no evil; but he says that I am a sinner.

“It is all one; therefore I say,
‘He destroys [both] the blameless and the wicked.’

If a scourge doth put to death suddenly, At the trial of the innocent He laugheth.

"My days pass faster than a runner; but they pass quickly without seeing anything good.

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my'sad countenance, and be of good cheer;

then you plunge me into the [slime] pit, and my clothes abhor me.

But if a man like myself -- I answer him, We come together into judgment.

There is not between us a reprover; he will put his hand upon us two.

Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me.

It grieveth my soul to live. Nevertheless, now will I put forth my words: I will speak out of the very heaviness of my soul,

I will say to God, Do not put me down as a sinner; make clear to me what you have against me.

Your hands made me, and I was formed by you, but then, changing your purpose, you gave me up to destruction.

Please remember that you made me like clay, but you turn me into dust [again]?

Skin and flesh Thou dost put on me, And with bones and sinews dost fence me.

But you kept these things in the secret of your heart; I am certain this was in your thoughts:

If I am guilty, woe to me! But if I am righteous, I dare not lift my head; [I am] filled [with] shame, and [just] look [at] my misery!

And that if there was cause for pride, you would go after me like a lion; and again put out your wonders against me:

I wish I had never existed
but had been carried from the womb to the grave.

Are not my days few? Cease then, and put from me, And I brighten up a little,

yea, into a land as dark as darkness itself, and into the shadow of death where is none order; but light there is as darkness."

Should your loose talk put people to silence? {And when you mock, shall no one put you to shame}?

But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee;

But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass's colt.

But if you put your heart right, stretching out your hands to him;