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 his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

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.

Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and abstaineth from evil?

And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?

Have you not put a fence around him and his household and around {all that belongs to him} {on every side}? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock has increased in the land.

But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand; only upon himself put not forth thy hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of Jehovah.

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them;

And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

And Job riseth, and rendeth his robe, and shaveth his head, and falleth to the earth, and doth obeisance,

and exclaimed: "I left my mother's womb naked, and I will return to God naked. The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken. May the name of the LORD be blessed."

In all this Job sinned not, nor ascribed anything unseemly to God.

Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD.

And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.

And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Skin for skin, all a man has he will give for his life.

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

And Jehovah said to Satan, Behold, he is in thy hand; only spare his life.

So Satan departed from the presence of the Lord and struck Job with loathsome boils and agonizingly painful sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die.

But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. We have also received good from God, and should we not receive evil? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.

When they lifted up their eyes from a distance, and didn't recognize him, they raised their voices, and wept; and they each tore his robe, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward the sky.

And they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; and none spoke a word to him; for they saw that his anguish was very great.

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

and said, "Let the day perish, wherein I was born,

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

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

Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it.

That night -- let thick darkness take it, Let it not be united to days of the year, Into the number of months let it not come.

Despised be that night, and discommended: let them that curse the day,

Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.

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 didn't shut up the doors of my mother's womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

Wherefore did I not die from the womb, come forth from the belly and expire?

Why did the knees receive me,
and why were there breasts for me to nurse?

For now, I have lain down, and am quiet, I have slept -- then there is rest to me,

along with kings and counselors of the earth, who used to build for themselves what are now only ruins,

Or with chiefs, gold to them, filling their houses with silver:

There the wicked have ceased troubling, And there rest do the wearied in power.

[the] prisoners are at ease together; they do not hear [the] oppressor's voice.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;

Who long for death, but it doesn't come; and dig for it more than for hidden treasures,

Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;

Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?

"As far as I'm concerned, my food comes to me in the form of sighs, and my cries of anguish pour out like water.

For I feared a fear, and it hath come upon me, and that which I dreaded hath come to me.

I am not at ease, and I am not at peace, and I do not have rest, thus turmoil has come."

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

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

The stumbling one do thy words raise up, And bowing knees thou dost strengthen.

But now it has come to you, and you are worn out; it touches you, and you are horrified.

Isn’t your piety your confidence,
and the integrity of your life your hope?

Have you ever seen destruction come to an upright man? or when were the god-fearing ever cut off?

According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity, and sow trouble, reap the same.

By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they come to an end.

An old lion is perishing without prey, And the whelps of the lioness do separate.

Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.

Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake.

A spirit glided past me and made the hair on my skin to bristle.

It stood still, but I couldn't discern its appearance. A form was before my eyes. Silence, then I heard a voice, saying,

"Indeed, since he doesn't trust his servants, since he charges his angels with error,

how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth?

They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it.

Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

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

For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver 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 affliction doesn't come forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground;

For man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upwards.

“As for me, I would seek God and inquire of Him,
And I would commit my cause to God;

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

He gives rain to the earth
and sends water to the fields.

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

Making void thoughts of the subtile, And their hands do not execute wisdom.

“He catches the [so-called] wise in their own shrewdness,
And the advice of the devious is quickly thwarted.

They meet with darkness in the day-time, And grope at noonday as in the night.

And there is hope to the poor, And perverseness hath shut her mouth.

“Behold, how happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves,
So do not despise or reject the discipline of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering].

"He will deliver you through six calamities; and calamity won't touch you throughout the seventh.

He shall keep thee from the perilous tongue so that when trouble cometh, thou shalt not need to fear.

Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.

See, we have made search with care, and it is so; it has come to our ears; see that you take note of it for yourself.

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

“Can something that has no taste to it be eaten without salt?
Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg?

The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.

If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire!

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

Be it still my consolation, yes, let me exult in pain that doesn't spare, that I have not denied the words of the Holy One.

What strength do I have that I should continue to hope?
What is my future, that I should be patient?