The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life.

He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

“Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power?

I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor!

If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes.

After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.