Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord.
Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep son or daughter safe; only themselves would they keep safe through their righteousness.
And the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah and Job and Shimron;
We say that those men who have gone through pain are happy: you have the story of Job and the troubles through which he went and have seen that the Lord was full of pity and mercy in the end.
There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. He was without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil.
And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:
Then Job got up, and after parting his clothing and cutting off his hair, he went down on his face to the earth, and gave worship, and said,
And Job made answer and said,
In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.
And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.
And Job made answer and said,
And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil?
And the Satan said in answer to the Lord, Is it for nothing that Job is a god-fearing man?
And Job made answer and said,
And he said to her, You are talking like one of the foolish women. If we take the good God sends us, are we not to take the evil when it comes? In all this Job kept his lips from sin.
And Job's three friends had word of all this evil which had come on him. And they came every one from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. So they came together to a meeting-place, in order that they might go and make clear to Job their grief for him, and give him comfort.
Then Job made answer and said,
And lifting up their eyes when they were still far off, it did not seem that the man they saw was Job because of the change in him. And they gave way to bitter weeping, with signs of grief, and put dust on their heads.
And the Lord said to the Satan, Have you taken note of my servant Job, for there is no one like him on the earth, a man without sin and upright, fearing God and keeping himself far from evil? and he still keeps his righteousness, though you have been moving me to send destruction on him without cause.
And Job made answer and said,
Then Job made answer and said,
And the Satan went out from before the Lord, and sent on Job an evil disease covering his skin from his feet to the top of his head.
And Job again took up the word and said,
And Job again took up the word and said,
I would make clear the number of my steps, I would put it before him like a prince! The words of Job are ended.
Job made answer and said,
So these three men gave no more answers to Job, because he seemed to himself to be right.
I was taking note; and truly not one of you was able to make clear Job's error, or to give an answer to his words.
And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, was angry, burning with wrath against Job, because he seemed to himself more right than God;
And he was angry with his three friends, because they had been unable to give him an answer, and had not made Job's sin clear.
Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;
And now, O Job, give ear to my words, and take note of all I say.
Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.
Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.
May Job be tested to the end, because his answers have been like those of evil men.
For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;
What man is like Job, a man who freely makes sport of God,
And Job's mouth is open wide to give out what is of no profit, increasing words without knowledge.
Give ear to this, O Job, and keep quiet in your place; and take note of the wonders worked by God.
And the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
And Job said in answer to the Lord,
Then the Lord made answer to Job out of the storm-wind, and said,
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