Also included were Issachar's sons Tola, Puvvah, Job, and Shimron;

These men also supervised the heavy lift workers and supervised all the workmen from job to job, while some of the descendants of Levi served as scribes, officials, and gatekeepers.

There once was a man in the land of Uz named Job. The man was blameless as well as upright. He feared God and kept away from evil.

When their time of feasting had concluded, Job would rise early in the morning to send for them and consecrate them to God. He would offer a burnt offering for each one, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children sinned by cursing God in their hearts." Job did this time and again.

Then the LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil."

But in response, Satan asked the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing?

a messenger approached Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys were grazing nearby

Then Job stood up, tore his robe, shaved his head, fell to the ground, bowed very low,

Job neither sinned nor charged God with wrongdoing in all of this.

The LORD asked Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on earth. The man is blameless as well as upright. He fears God and keeps away from evil. He remains firm in his integrity, even though you have been urging me to overwhelm him without cause."

So Satan left the LORD's presence and struck Job with terrible boils from the sole of his feet to the top of his head.

Job took a broken piece of pottery to scrape himself while sitting among the ashes.

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.

When Job's three friends heard all these tragedies that happened to him, they each traveled from their home towns to visit him. Eliphaz came from Teman, Bildad came from Shuah, and Zophar came from Naamath. They met together and went to console and comfort him.

and sat with Job on the ground for a full week without saying a word, since they could see the great extent of his anguish.

After this, Job spoke up solemnly, cursing the day he was born.

This is what Job said:

In rebuttal, Job replied:

This was Job's response:

In response Job replied:

In response, Job said:

In response, Job said:

In response, Job said:

Job's response was to say:

In reply, Job responded:

Job continued with his discussion and said:

Then Job continued with his discourse:

may thorns spring up instead of wheat, and obnoxious weeds instead of barley." With this, Job's discourse with his friends is completed.

These three men stopped responding to Job, because he was claiming to be righteous, in his own opinion.

But then Barachel's son Elihu from Buz, one of Ram's descendants, got really angry. He was furious with Job because he had been declaring himself righteous instead of vindicating God.

Furthermore, he was furious with his three friends because they had not answered Job, but instead had condemned him.

Elihu waited to have a word with Job, since the others were older than he,

Indeed, I paid close attention to you all, but none of you were able to refute Job or answer his arguments convincingly.

"Job's friends won't reason with him anymore; discouraged, words escape them.

"Now please listen to what I have to say, Job. Listen to every word!

"If there's a messenger appointed to mediate for Job one out of a thousand to represent the man's integrity on his behalf,

"Job, pay attention! Listen to me! Be silent and let me speak.

Now this is Job's claim: "Even though I'm innocent, God has stopped treating me righteously.

"What man is like Job, who drinks mockery like water,

Yes, Job, his eyes constantly watch the behavior of human beings; he carefully observes their every step.

Job has been speaking from his own ignorance, and what he has to say lacks insight!

Oh, how Job needs to be given a full court trial, as a rebuke to those who practice evil,

"Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still, and consider the wondrous attributes of God.

The LORD responded to Job from the whirlwind and said:

The LORD continued his response to Job by saying:

Then Job replied to the LORD. He said:

The LORD answered Job from the wind storm and told him:

Job replied to the LORD:

After these words had been spoken by the LORD to Job, the LORD spoke to Eliphaz from Teman: "My anger is burning against you along with your two friends, since you haven't spoken correctly about me, as did my servant Job.

So take seven bulls and seven rams and bring them to my servant Job. And bring a whole burnt offering for yourselves and my servant Job will pray for you. I'll encourage him by not responding as your disgraceful folly deserves, since you didn't speak about me correctly as did my servant Job."

So Eliphaz from Teman, Bildad from Shuah, and Zophar from Naamath did precisely as the LORD had spoken to them, because the LORD showed favor to Job.

The LORD restored Job's prosperity after he prayed for his friends. The LORD doubled everything that Job had once possessed.

The LORD blessed Job during the latter part of his life more than the former, since he owned 14,000 sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 teams of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.

No one could find more beautiful women in the whole land than Job's daughters. Their father gave them their inheritance along with their brothers.

Job lived 140 years after this, and saw his children and grandchildren to the fourth generation.

Then Job died at an old age, having lived a full life.

Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job lived in that land, they would only save their own lives on account of their righteousness," declares the Lord GOD.

even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were among them, as I live" says the Lord GOD, "they couldn't save their own sons or daughters. They would only save their own souls due to their own righteousness."

I know what I'll do so that people will welcome me into their homes when I'm dismissed from my job.'

in whom the whole body is united and held together by every ligament with which it is supplied. As each individual part does its job, the body builds itself up in love.

We consider those who endured to be blessed. You have heard about Job's endurance and have seen the purpose of the Lord that the Lord is compassionate and merciful.