1. There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name {was} Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. / 2. And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. →

1. 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. / 2. 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. →

1. After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. / 2. And Job spake, and said, {spake: Heb. answered} / 3. Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night {in which} it was said, There is a man child conceived. →

1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, / 2. {If} we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? {to...: Heb. a word} {withhold...: Heb. refrain from words?} →

1. Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? {turn: or, look?} / 2. For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. {envy: or, indignation} →

1. But Job answered and said, / 2. Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! {laid: Heb. lifted up} / 3. For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. →

1. {Is there} not an appointed time to man upon earth? {are not} his days also like the days of an hireling? {an appointed...: or, a warfare} / 2. As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for {the reward of} his work: {earnestly. →

1. Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, / 2. How long wilt thou speak these {things}? and {how long shall} the words of thy mouth {be like} a strong wind? / 3. Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? →

1. Then Job answered and said, / 2. I know {it is} so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? {with God: or, before God?} / 3. If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. →

1. My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. {weary...: or, cut off while I live} / 2. I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. →

1. Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, / 2. Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? {full...: Heb. of lips} / 3. Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? {lies: or, devices} →

1. And Job answered and said, / 2. No doubt but ye {are} the people, and wisdom shall die with you. / 3. But I have understanding as well as you; I {am} not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? {understanding: Heb. →

1. Lo, mine eye hath seen all {this}, mine ear hath heard and understood it. / 2. What ye know, {the same} do I know also: I {am} not inferior unto you. / 3. Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. →

1. Man {that is} born of a woman {is} of few days, and full of trouble. {few...: Heb. short of days} / 2. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. →

1. Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, / 2. Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? {vain...: Heb. knowledge of wind} / 3. Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? →

1. Then Job answered and said, / 2. I have heard many such things: miserable comforters {are} ye all. {miserable: or, troublesome} / 3. Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? {vain. →

1. My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves {are ready} for me. {breath...: or, spirit is spent} / 2. {Are there} not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? {continue: Heb. →

1. Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, / 2. How long {will it be ere} ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. / 3. Wherefore are we counted as beasts, {and} reputed vile in your sight? →

1. Then Job answered and said, / 2. How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? / 3. These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed {that} ye make yourselves strange to me. →

1. Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, / 2. Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for {this} I make haste. {I make...: Heb. my haste is in me} / 3. I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. →

1. But Job answered and said, / 2. Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. / 3. Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. / 4. As for me, {is} my complaint to man? and if {it were so}, why should not my spirit be troubled? {troubled: Heb. →

1. Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, / 2. Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? {as he...: or, if he may be profitable, doth his good success depend thereon?} →

1. Then Job answered and said, / 2. Even to day {is} my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. {stroke: Heb. hand} / 3. Oh that I knew where I might find him! {that} I might come {even} to his seat! →

1. Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? / 2. {Some} remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed {thereof}. {feed...: or, feed them} →

1. Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, / 2. Dominion and fear {are} with him, he maketh peace in his high places. / 3. Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? →

1. But Job answered and said, / 2. How hast thou helped {him that is} without power? {how} savest thou the arm {that hath} no strength? / 3. How hast thou counselled {him that hath} no wisdom? and {how} hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? →

1. Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, {continued: Heb. added to take up} / 2. {As} God liveth, {who} hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, {who} hath vexed my soul; {vexed...: Heb. made my soul bitter} →

1. Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold {where} they fine {it}. {vein: or, mine} / 2. Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass {is} molten {out of} the stone. {earth: or, dust} →

1. Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, {continued: Heb. added to take up} / 2. Oh that I were as {in} months past, as {in} the days {when} God preserved me; / 3. When his candle shined upon my head, {and when} by his light I walked {through} darkness; {candle: or, lamp} →

1. But now {they that are} younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. {younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I} / 2. Yea, whereto {might} the strength of their hands {profit} me, in whom old age was perished? →

1. I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? / 2. For what portion of God {is there} from above? and {what} inheritance of the Almighty from on high? / 3. {Is} not destruction to the wicked? and a strange {punishment} to the workers of iniquity? →

1. So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he {was} righteous in his own eyes. {to...: Heb. from answering} / 2. Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. →

1. Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. / 2. Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. {in my mouth: Heb. in my palate} / 3. My words {shall be of} the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. →

1. Furthermore Elihu answered and said, / 2. Hear my words, O ye wise {men}; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. / 3. For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. {mouth: Heb. palate} →

1. Elihu spake moreover, and said, / 2. Thinkest thou this to be right, {that} thou saidst, My righteousness {is} more than God's? / 3. For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? {and}, What profit shall I have, {if I be cleansed} from my sin? {if. →

1. Elihu also proceeded, and said, / 2. Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that {I have} yet to speak on God's behalf. {I have...: Heb. there are yet words for God} / 3. I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. →

1. At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. / 2. Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound {that} goeth out of his mouth. {Hear...: Heb. Hear in hearing} / 3. He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. →

1. Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, / 2. Who {is} this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? / 3. Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. →

1. Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? {or} canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? / 2. Canst thou number the months {that} they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? →

1. Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, / 2. Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct {him}? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. / 3. Then Job answered the LORD, and said, / 4. Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. →

1. Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord {which} thou lettest down? {leviathan: probably an extinct animal of some kind} {which...: Heb. which thou drownest?} / 2. Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? →

1. Then Job answered the LORD, and said, / 2. I know that thou canst do every {thing}, and {that} no thought can be withholden from thee. {no thought can be...: or, no thought of thine can be hindered} →