A man there hath been in the land of Uz -- Job his name -- and that man hath been perfect and upright -- both fearing God, and turning aside from evil.

Seven sons and three daughters had been born to him.

And it fortuned that when they had passed over the time of their banqueting round about; Job sent for them, and sanctified them, and gat up early, and offered for every one a burnt offering. For Job thought thus: "Peradventure my sons have done some offense, and have been unthankful to God in their hearts." And thus did Job everyday.

And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,

And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.

And they sit with him on the earth seven days and seven nights, and there is none speaking unto him a word when they have seen that the pain hath been very great.

Let the day perish in which I am born, And the night that hath said: 'A man-child hath been conceived.'

because it shut not up the womb that bare me. For then should these sorrows have been hid from mine eyes.

Wherefore have knees been before me? And what are breasts, that I suck?

For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,

Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.

Together prisoners have been at ease, They have not heard the voice of an exactor,

To a man whose way hath been hidden, And whom God doth shut up?

Truly, you have been a helper to others, and you have made feeble hands strong;

He who was near to falling has been lifted up by your words, and you have given strength to bent knees.

Hath not thy piety been thy confidence, and the perfection of thy ways thy hope?

Remember, I pray thee, Who, being innocent, hath perished? And where have the upright been cut off?

What I have seen is that those by whom trouble has been ploughed, and evil planted, get the same for themselves.

The roaring of a lion, And the voice of a fierce lion, And teeth of young lions have been broken.

Hath not their excellency been removed with them? They die, and not in wisdom!

To set the low on a high place, And the mourners have been high in safety.

(For with sons of the field is thy covenant, And the beast of the field Hath been at peace with thee.)

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the seas: Therefore have my words been rash.

"The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me!

So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.

Since I cannot help myself,
the hope for success has been banished from me.

My friends have been false like a stream, like streams in the valleys which come to an end:

By the time they are warm they have been cut off, By its being hot they have been Extinguished from their place.

They are ashamed because they had been confident of finding water.
When they arrive there, they are frustrated.

"Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken.

How powerful have been upright sayings, And what doth reproof from you reprove?

So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.

If I lay down then I said, 'When do I rise!' And evening hath been measured, And I have been full of tossings till dawn.

Clothed hath been my flesh with worms, And a clod of dust, My skin hath been shrivelled and is loathsome,

Consumed hath been a cloud, and it goeth, So he who is going down to Sheol cometh not up.

And thy beginning hath been small, And thy latter end is very great.

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

“God is wise in heart and mighty in strength;
Who has [ever] defied or challenged Him and remained unharmed?

Earth hath been given Into the hand of the wicked one. The face of its judges he covereth, If not -- where, who is he?

My days have been swifter than a runner, They have fled, they have not seen good,

I have been afraid of all my griefs, I have known that Thou dost not acquit me.

I have been condemned; why then should I labor in vain?

My soul hath been weary of my life, I leave off my talking to myself, I speak in the bitterness of my soul.

You have been kind to me, and your grace has been with me, and your care has kept my spirit safe.

Yet, these things, thou didst hide in thy heart, I know that, this, hath been with thee!

If I have been lawless, alas for me! Or, if I am righteous, I will not lift up my head, Surfeited with shame, look thou then on my humiliation.

“Why did You bring me out of the womb?
I should have died and never been seen.

I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave.

And thou sayest, 'Pure is my discourse, And clean I have been in Thine eyes.'

For then thou liftest up thy face from blemish, And thou hast been firm, and fearest not.

He poureth out confusion upon princes, and comforteth them that have been oppressed.

Since his days have been determined, the number of his months is known to you. You've set his limit and he cannot exceed it.

Stones, have been hollowed out by waters, the floods thereof wash away the dust of the earth, and, the hope of mortal man, thou hast destroyed:

In the secret council of GOD, hast thou been wont to hearken? Or canst thou attain for thyself unto wisdom?

Are God's encouragements inconsequential to you, even a word that has been spoken gently to you?

Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.

which wise men have told, and hath not been hid from their fathers:

'All days of the wicked he is paining himself, And few years have been laid up for the terrible one.

Because he had stretched out - against GOD - his hand, and, against the Almighty, had been wont to behave himself proudly;

And he inhabiteth cities cut off, houses not dwelt in, That have been ready to become heaps.

Let him not put credence in vanity, He hath been deceived, For vanity is his recompence.

And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.

His wrath has torn, and he has been hostile toward me; he gnashed at me with his teeth. My foe sharpens his eyes against me.

At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

My spirit hath been destroyed, My days extinguished -- graves are for me.

My days have passed by, My devices have been broken off, The possessions of my heart!

Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!

The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh.

At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright.

These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me!

And, truly, if I have been in error, the effect of my error is only on myself.

My brethren from me He hath put far off, And mine acquaintances surely Have been estranged from me.

Sojourners of my house and my maids, For a stranger reckon me: An alien I have been in their eyes.

Abominate me do all the men of my counsel, And those I have loved, Have been turned against me.

Why are you chasing me, as God has been doing? Aren't you satisfied that I'm sick?

“Even after my [mortal] skin is destroyed [by death],
Yet from my [immortal] flesh I will see God,

Whom I -- I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.

But ye say, 'Why do we pursue after him?' And the root of the matter hath been found in me.

"Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth,

the joy of the wicked has been brief
and the happiness of the godless has lasted only a moment?

His bones have been full of his youth, And with him on the dust it lieth down.

Because he has been cruel to the poor, turning away from them in their trouble; because he has taken a house by force which he did not put up;

"Total darkness has been reserved for his treasures; a fire that has no need to be kindled will devour him and consume whatever remains in his possession.

Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.

Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.

Lo, not in their hand is their good, (The counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off?

His breasts have been full of milk, And marrow his bones doth moisten.

Sweet to him have been the clods of the valley, And after him every man he draweth, And before him there is no numbering.

And how do ye comfort me with vanity, And in your answers hath been left trespass?

Surely then hast been wont to put thy brother in pledge, for nothing, and, the garments of the ill-clad, hast thou stripped off:

Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken.

Who have been cut down unexpectedly, A flood is poured out on their foundation.

Who had been saying unto GOD, Depart from us! and - What can the Almighty do for himself?

And he hath filled their houses with good: (And the counsel of the wicked Hath been far from me.)

'Surely our substance hath not been cut off, And their excellency hath fire consumed.'

And the Mighty hath been thy defence, And silver is strength to thee.

He delivereth the not innocent, Yea, he hath been delivered By the cleanness of thy hands.

Also -- to-day is my complaint bitter, My hand hath been heavy because of my sighing.