What man is like Job, who ¹  drinks derision ²  like water!

And so Job died, old and full of days.

So the Lord ¹  restored what Job had lost ²  after he prayed for his friends, ³  and the Lord doubled ⁴  all that had belonged to Job.

With Job’s ¹  three friends he was also angry, because they could not find ²  an answer, and so declared Job guilty. ³ 

When ¹  the days of their feasting were finished, ²  Job would send ³  for them and sanctify ⁴  them; he would get up early ⁵  in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to ⁶  the number of them all. For Job thought, “Perhaps ⁷  my children ⁸  have sinned and cursed ⁹  God in their hearts.” This was Job’s customary practice.

and a messenger came to Job, saying, “The oxen were plowing ¹  and the donkeys were grazing beside them,

But ¹  Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; ¹  without knowledge he multiplies words.”

then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!” ¹  The words of Job are ended.

Now Elihu had waited before speaking ¹  to Job, because the others ²  were older than he was.

“But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear ¹  everything I have to say! ² 

For Job says, ‘I am innocent, ¹  but God turns away my right.

“Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works.

So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the Lord had told them; and the Lord had respect for Job. ¹ 

After this Job opened his mouth ²  and cursed ³  the day he was born. ⁴ 

Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job’s daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers.

So these three men refused to answer ²  Job further, because he was righteous in his ³  own eyes.

So now take ¹  seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede ²  for you, and I will respect him, ³  so that I do not deal with you ⁴  according to your folly, ⁵  because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has.” ⁶ 

After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he ¹  said to Eliphaz the Temanite, “My anger is stirred up ²  against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, ³  as my servant Job has.

So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted ¹  Job with a malignant ulcer ²  from the sole of his feet to the top of his head. ³