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 aside from evil.

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

And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you set your heart against My servant Job, because there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil?

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

While he was still speaking, there also came another and said, The fire of God has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and destroyed them. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

While he was still speaking, there also came another and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands and swooped down upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and have killed the servants with the edge of the sword. And I only have escaped alone to tell you.

While he was still speaking, there also came another and said, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house.

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

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Have you set your heart on My servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil? And still he is keeping hold of his integrity, although you moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.

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

The small and the great are there, and the slave is free from his master.

Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the saints will you turn?

His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, nor is there any to deliver them.

And there is hope for the weak, and injustice shuts her mouth.

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

They were ashamed because they had hoped; they came there and were ashamed.

Turn back, please let there be no sin; yea, return again, my righteousness is in this matter.

Is there wrong in my tongue? Cannot my taste discern desirable things?

Is there not a warfare to man on earth? Are not his days also like the days of a hireling?

there is no mediator between us, who might lay his hand on us both.

You know that I am not wicked; and there is none who can deliver out of Your hand.

And your lifetime shall be clearer than the noonday; though there be darkness, you shall be as the morning.

And you shall be safe, because there is hope; yea, you shall look around you, and you shall take your rest in safety.

He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the land, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path.

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

His memory shall perish from the earth, and there is no name to him on the face of the street.

Behold, I cry out, Violence! And I am not answered. I cry aloud, but there is no justice.

Fear for yourselves because of the sword; for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, so that you may know there is a judgment.

And the clods of the valley shall be sweet to him and every man shall draw after him, as there is no numbering of those before him.

They were seized, but there was not time; their foundation was poured out by a flood;

There the righteous might reason with Him; and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.

Behold, I go forward, but He is not there; and backward, but I cannot see Him;

Is there any number of His armies? And on whom does not His light arise?

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

There is a path which no bird knows, nor has the vulture's eye caught sight of it;

if I have seen any perish for lack of clothing, or there was no covering for the needy;

When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled.

If there is a messenger for him, a mediator, one among a thousand, to declare for man his uprightness,

There is no darkness, nor shadow of death to hide there the workers of iniquity.

There they cry, but He gives no answer, because of the pride of evildoers.

Wait for me a little, and I will show you that there are yet words for God.

From there he seeks food, and his eyes see afar off.

And his young brood also sucks up blood; and where the dead are, there he is.

For the mountains yield food for him, and all the beasts of the field play there.

On earth there is nothing like him, one made without fear.

And in all the land there were not found women as beautiful as the daughters of Job. And their father gave them inheritance among their brothers.