There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was perfect and upright, and one who feared God, and turned away from evil.

And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters.

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil.

that there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them,

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

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have taken them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and only I alone have escaped

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house.

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 only I alone have escaped to tell thee.

And he said, Naked I came out of my mother's womb, and naked I shall return there. LORD gave, and LORD has taken away, blessed be the name of LORD.

And LORD said to Satan, Have thou considered my servant Job? For there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God, and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although thou m

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

There the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest.

There the prisoners are at ease together. They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.

The small and the great are there. And the servant is free from his master.

It stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes. [There was] silence, and I heard a voice, [saying],

Call now, is there any who will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones will thou turn?

His sons are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,

He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.

Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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

Return, I pray you, let there be no injustice. Yea, return again, my cause is righteous.

Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

There is no umpire between us who might lay his hand upon us both.

although thou know that I am not wicked. And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

And [thy] life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning.

And thou shall be secure, because there is hope. Yea, thou shall search [about thee], and shall take thy rest in safety.

In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune. It is ready for those whose foot slips.

Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again. He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.

He takes away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.

For there is hope of a tree, if it is cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch of it will not cease.

although there is no violence in my hands, and my prayer is pure.

Surely there are mockers with me, and my eye dwells upon their provocation.

Give now a pledge, be surety for me with thyself. Who is there that will strike hands with me?

It shall go down to the bars of Sheol when once there is rest in the dust.

There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard. I cry for help, but there is no justice.

be ye afraid of the sword. For wrath [brings] the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

There was nothing left that he did not devour, therefore his prosperity shall not endure.

The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. And all men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.

How then ye comfort me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood?

Is not thy wickedness great? Neither is there any end to thine iniquities.

When they cast [thee] down, thou shall say, [There is] lifting up, and he will save the humble man.

There the upright might reason with him. So I should be delivered forever from my judge.

Behold, I go forward, but he is not [there], and backward, but I cannot perceive him,

There are [men] who remove the landmarks. They take away flocks violently, and feed them.

There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

Is there any number of his armies? And upon whom does his light not arise?

Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place for gold which they refine.

When I looked for good, then evil came. And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, his anger was kindled.

But there is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.

Yea, I attended to you. And, behold, there was none who convinced Job, or who answered his words among you.

I am clean, without transgression. I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me.

If there be with him a [heavenly] agent, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him,

For thou should not say, There shall be no visitation to a man, [whereas] visitation [is] to him from LORD.

There is no darkness, nor thick gloom where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

that the profane man not reign, that there be none to ensnare the people.

There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men.

Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no confinement, and that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.

and there shall be wrath upon the impious because of the ungodliness of bribes which the unrighteous receive.

to cause it to rain on a land where no man is, on the wilderness, in which there is no man,

From there she spies out the prey. Her eyes behold it afar off.

Her young ones also suck up blood. And where the slain are, there is she.

Upon earth there is not his like who is made without fear.

Then there came to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. And they bemoaned him, and comforted him concerning all the evil that LORD ha