American Standard Version (1901)

Job

42 chapters

Chapters

Job 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 turned away from evil.

Job 2

Again it came to pass on the day when the sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Jehovah.

Job 3

After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day.

Job 4

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Job 5

Call now; is there any that will answer thee? And to which of the holy ones wilt thou turn?

Job 6

Then Job answered and said,

Job 7

Is there not a warfare to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling?

Job 8

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Job 9

Then Job answered and said,

Job 10

My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.

Job 11

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Job 12

Then Job answered and said,

Job 13

Lo, mine eye hath seen all [this], Mine ear hath heard and understood it.

Job 14

Man, that is born of a woman, Is of few days, and full of trouble.

Job 15

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Job 16

Then Job answered and said,

Job 17

My spirit is consumed, my days are extinct, The grave is [ready] for me.

Job 18

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Job 19

Then Job answered and said,

Job 20

Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said,

Job 21

Then Job answered and said,

Job 22

Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said,

Job 23

Then Job answered and said,

Job 24

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

Job 25

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Job 26

Then Job answered and said,

Job 27

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Job 28

Surely there is a mine for silver, And a place for gold which they refine.

Job 29

And Job again took up his parable, and said,

Job 30

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, Whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock.

Job 31

I made a covenant with mine eyes; How then should I look upon a virgin?

Job 32

So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

Job 33

Howbeit, Job, I pray thee, hear my speech, And hearken to all my words.

Job 34

Moreover Elihu answered and said,

Job 35

Moreover Elihu answered and said,

Job 36

Elihu also proceeded, and said,

Job 37

Yea, at this my heart trembleth, And is moved out of its place.

Job 38

Then Jehovah answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Job 39

Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Job 40

Moreover Jehovah answered Job, and said,

Job 41

Canst thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord?

Job 42

Then Job answered Jehovah, and said,