And seven sons and three daughters will be born to him.

Then his livestock came to be seven thousand sheep and goats and three thousand camels and five hundred pairs of oxen and five hundred female donkeys, and he had very many slaves, and that man was greater than all the people of the east.

And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that 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. Thus did Job continually.

And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst.

But now, put out your hand against all he has, and he will be cursing you to your face.

And the LORD said unto Satan, "Lo, all that he hath, be in thy power: only upon himself see that thou lay not thine hand." Then went Satan forth from the LORD.

And the day will be and his sons and daughters will be eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the first-born:

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

and Sheba doth fall, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

While this one is speaking another also hath come and saith, 'Chaldeans made three heads, and rush on the camels, and take them, and the young men they have smitten by the mouth of the sword, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare it to thee.'

And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

And the day is, that sons of God come in to station themselves by Jehovah, and there doth come also the Adversary in their midst to station himself by Jehovah.

But now, if you only put your hand on his bone and his flesh, he will certainly be cursing you to your face.

But he replied to her, "You're talking like foolish women do. Are we to accept what is good from God but not tragedy?" Throughout all of this, Job did not sin by what he said.

Now when the three friends of Job heard of all this misfortune which had befallen him, - they came, every man from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, - for they had by appointment met together to come to shew sympathy with him, and to comfort him.

And they took their seats on the earth by his side for seven days and seven nights: but no one said a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

May the day I was born perish,
and the night when they said,
“A boy is conceived.”

Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it.

Let the dark and the black night take it for themselves; let it be covered with a cloud; let the dark shades of day send fear on it.

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein.

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:

Because it did not keep the doors of my mother's body shut, so that trouble might be veiled from my eyes.

Why did the knees receive me? or why the breasts that I should be nursed?

For now I would lie down, and I would be at peace; I would be asleep; then {I would be at rest}

“Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be,
As infants that never saw light.

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.

In that place, those who once were prisoners will be at ease together; they won't hear the voice of oppressors.

Wherefore shall light be given to him toiling, and life to the bitter of soul?

and search for it more than for treasure. Which also would be exceedingly glad, and rejoice if they found their grave.

To a man whose way is veiled, and who is shut in by God?

For my sighing will come before any bread, and my groanings shall be poured put as waters.

I cannot relax or be still;
I have no rest, for trouble comes.

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

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

But now it has come on you and it is a weariness to you; you are touched by it and your mind is troubled.

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

By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.

Though the noise of the lion and the sounding of his voice, may be loud, the teeth of the young lions are broken.

The lion perished from failure of prey, and the sons of the lioness shall be scattered.

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

A wind passed by me,
and I shuddered with fear.

Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?

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

They shall be destroyed from morning unto the evening: yea, they shall perish everlastingly, and no man think thereon.

Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn?

For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.

His children are far from deliverance; they'll be maltreated before they leave home, with no one to rescue them.

Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

For man shall be born to labor as the sons of the flame will lift up to fly.

who does great things that can't be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety.

“He captures the wise by their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted.

By day they meet darkness, And as night -- they grope at noon.

that the poor may have hope, and that the mouth of the oppressor may be stopped.

Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

He will deliver you from death by famine; in war from the power of the sword.

Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.

At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth.

For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.

And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin.

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

Lo, this we ourselves have proved by experience, and even this it is. Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heed to thyself."

“Oh, that my grief could actually be weighed
And placed in the balances together with my tragedy [to see if my grief is the grief of a coward]!

For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up.

For the arrows of the Almighty are with me, which their anger drank up my spirit: the terrors of God will be prepared for me.

Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?

Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

If only my request would be granted
and God would provide what I hope for:

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!

And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is mine end, that I should be patient?

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

Mine own brethren pass over by me, as the water brook that hastily runneth through the valleys.

Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid:

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

The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

They were ashamed for trusting; they came even to it, they will be put to shame.

“Indeed, you have now become like a dried-up stream,
You see a terror [believing me to be a victim of the wrath of God] and are afraid [to be compassionate].

Is it because I said, Give to me? And, By your power bribe for me?

Or, Get me out of the power of my hater? or, Give money so that I may be free from the power of the cruel ones?

Teach me, and I myself will be silent; and make me understand how I have gone astray.

How painful honest words can be!
But what does your rebuke prove?

“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]?

Indeed, you would gamble to buy an orphan; and barter to buy your friend!

Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie.

Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it.

whether there be any unrighteousness in my tongue, or vain words in my mouth.

Like a slave he longs for shade;
like a hired man he waits for his pay.

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

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

He shall not return again to his house, and his own place shall be acquainted with him no more.

When I think, 'My bed shall comfort me; I shall have some refreshing by talking to myself upon my couch,'

Then thou scarest me with dreams, and, by visions, dost thou terrify me:

I would rather die by strangulation than continue living.

I have no desire for life, I would not be living for ever! Keep away from me, for my days are as a breath.

What is man, that You think so highly of him
and pay so much attention to him?

That thou shouldst inspect him morning by morning, moment by moment, shouldst test him?

How long will it be before your eyes are turned away from me, so that I may have a minute's breathing-space?