The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”

And the Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roaming throughout the earth, going back and forth on it.”

When Job’s three friends, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, heard about all the troubles that had come upon him, they set out from their homes and met together by agreement to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure,

What I feared has come upon me; what I dreaded has happened to me.

But now trouble comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are dismayed.

Darkness comes upon them in the daytime; at noon they grope as in the night.

You will be protected from the lash of the tongue, and need not fear when destruction comes.

You will come to the grave in full vigor, like sheaves gathered in season.

“My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.

He will never come to his house again; his place will know him no more.

“Therefore I will not keep silent; I will speak out in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.

When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint,

His wisdom is profound, his power is vast. Who has resisted him and come out unscathed?

If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression, and smile,’

“I loathe my very life; therefore I will give free rein to my complaint and speak out in the bitterness of my soul.

You bring new witnesses against me and increase your anger toward me; your forces come against me wave upon wave.

If only I had never come into being, or had been carried straight from the womb to the grave!

“If he comes along and confines you in prison and convenes a court, who can oppose him?

“Keep silent and let me speak; then let come to me what may.

Indeed, this will turn out for my deliverance, for no godless person would dare come before him!

How many wrongs and sins have I committed? Show me my offense and my sin.

If someone dies, will they live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.

For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

“I have heard many things like these; you are miserable comforters, all of you!