From: "Friends" 

The Book of Job
CHAPTER 1
Job 1:1
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. Job 1:2
2 And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. Job 1:3
3 His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels,
and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred  she asses,  and a very
great  household;  so that this man  was the greatest  of all the men  of
the east.
Job 1:4
4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and
sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. Job
1:5
5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job
sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered
burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said,  It may
be  that my sons  have sinned,  and cursed  God  in their hearts.  Thus did
Job  continually.
Job 1:6
6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves
before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. Job 1:7
7 And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the
LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and
down in it.
Job 1:8
8 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that
there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that
feareth God, and escheweth  evil?
Job 1:9
9 Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Job 1:10
10 Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about
all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands,
and his substance is increased in the land. Job 1:11
11 But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will
curse thee to thy face.
Job 1:12
12 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power;
only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the
presence of the LORD.
Job 1:13
13 And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and
drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: Job 1:14
14 And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing,
and the asses feeding beside them:
Job 1:15
15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain
the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to
tell thee.
Job 1:16
16 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire
of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the
servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell  thee. Job
1:17
17 While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The
Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried
them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge  of the sword;  and I
only am escaped  alone to tell  thee. Job 1:18
18 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:
Job 1:19
19 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 I only am escaped  alone to tell  thee. Job 1:20
20 Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down
upon the ground, and worshipped,
Job 1:21
21 And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return
thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name
of the LORD.
Job 1:22
22 In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. CHAPTER 2
Job 2:1
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.
Job 2:2
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.
Job 2:3
3 And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that
there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that
feareth God,  and escheweth  evil?  and still he holdeth fast  his
integrity,  although thou movedst  me against him, to destroy  him without
cause.
Job 2:4
4 And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man
hath will he give for his life.
Job 2:5
5 But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he
will curse thee to thy face.
Job 2:6
6 And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life.
Job 2:7
7 So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with
sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. Job 2:8
8 And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down
among the ashes.
Job 2:9
9 Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity?
curse God, and die.
Job 2:10
10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women
speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not
receive evil? In all this did not Job sin  with his lips. Job 2:11
11 Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon
him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and
Bildad the Shuhite,  and Zophar  the Naamathite:  for they had made an
appointment  together  to come  to mourn  with him and to comfort  him. Job
2:12
12 And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they
lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and
sprinkled dust upon their heads  toward heaven. Job 2:13
13 So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights,
and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great.
CHAPTER 3
Job 3:1
1 After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. Job 3:2
2 And Job spake, and said,
Job 3:3
3 Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was
said, There is a man child conceived.
Job 3:4
4 Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let
the light shine upon it.
Job 3:5
5 Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it;
let the blackness of the day terrify it. Job 3:6
6 As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto
the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. Job
3:7
7 Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. Job 3:8
8 Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.
Job 3:9
9 Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but
have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: Job 3:10
10 Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow
from mine eyes.
Job 3:11
11 Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I
came out of the belly?
Job 3:12
12 Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? Job 3:13
13 For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept:
then had I been at rest,
Job 3:14
14 With kings and counsellors of the earth, which built desolate places for
themselves;
Job 3:15
15 Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: Job 3:16
16 Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light.
Job 3:17
17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. Job 3:18
18 There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.
Job 3:19
19 The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. Job 3:20
20 Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the
bitter in soul;
Job 3:21
21 Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for
hid treasures;
Job 3:22
22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? Job 3:23
23 Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in?
Job 3:24
24 For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like
the waters.
Job 3:25
25 For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I
was afraid of is come unto me.
Job 3:26
26 I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
CHAPTER 4
Job 4:1
1 Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, Job 4:2
2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can
withhold himself from speaking?
Job 4:3
3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.
Job 4:4
4 Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened
the feeble knees.
Job 4:5
5 But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and
thou art troubled.
Job 4:6
6 Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways?
Job 4:7
7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were
the righteous cut off?
Job 4:8
8 Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same.
Job 4:9
9 By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are
they consumed.
Job 4:10
10 The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth
of the young lions, are broken.
Job 4:11
11 The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are
scattered abroad.
Job 4:12
12 Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof.
Job 4:13
13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,
Job 4:14
14 Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Job 4:15
15 Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: Job 4:16
16 It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was
before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, Job 4:17
17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker?
Job 4:18
18 Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly:
Job 4:19
19 How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is
in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? Job 4:20
20 They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without
any regarding it.
Job 4:21
21 Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom.

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