There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and this man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God and abstained from evil.

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

And there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah; and Satan came also among them.

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 there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn.

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

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, The fire of God fell from heaven and 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 another and said, The Chaldeans made three bands, and fell upon the camels and took them, and the servants have they smitten with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped, alone, to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came another and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their brother, the firstborn;

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

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

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 still he remaineth firm in his integrity, though thou movedst me against him, to swallow him up without cause.

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

There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the wearied are at rest.

The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master.

Call, I pray thee! Is there any that answereth thee? and to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer:

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

Shall that which is insipid be eaten without salt? Is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Is it not that there is no help in me, and soundness is driven away from me?

Return, I pray you, let there be no wrong; yea, return again, my righteousness shall be in it.

Is there wrong in my tongue? cannot my taste discern mischievous things?

There is not an umpire between us, who should lay his hand upon us both.

Since thou knowest that I am not wicked, and that there is none that delivereth out of thy hand?

And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about thee, thou shalt take rest in safety.

Behold, he breaketh down, and it is not built again; he shutteth up a man, and there is no opening.

For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

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

O earth, cover not my blood, and let there be no place for my cry!

Oh that there were arbitration for a man with +God, as a son of man for his friend!

Are there not mockers around me? and doth not mine eye abide in their provocation?

Behold, I cry out of wrong, and I am not heard; I cry aloud, but there is no judgment.

Be ye yourselves afraid of the sword! for the sword is fury against misdeeds, that ye may know there is a judgment.

The clods of the valley are sweet unto him; and every man followeth suit after him, as there were innumerable before him.

There would an upright man reason with him; and I should be delivered for ever from my judge.

Lo, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I do not perceive him;

There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

Is there any number of his troops? and upon whom doth not his light arise?

Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold which they refine;

For I expected good, and there came evil; and I waited for light, but there came darkness.

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

But there is a spirit which is in man; and the breath of the Almighty giveth them understanding.

Yea, I gave you mine attention, and behold, there was none of you that confuted Job, that answered his words;

I am clean without transgression; I am pure, and there is no iniquity in me;

If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his duty;

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.

There they cry, and he answereth not, because of the pride of evil men.

Even so would he have allured thee out of the jaws of distress into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and the supply of thy table would be full of fatness.

Because there is wrath, beware lest it take thee away through chastisement: then a great ransom could not avail thee.

To cause it to rain on the earth, where no one is; on the wilderness wherein there is not a man;

And his young ones suck up blood; and where the slain are, there is he.

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