He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing.

For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens.

Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips.

For to the snow he says, ‘Fall to earth,’ and to the torrential rains, ‘Pour down.’

The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world.

In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth?

to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

The Lord said to Satan, “Where have you come from?” And Satan answered the Lord, “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”

Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.

And the Lord said to Satan, “Where do you come from?” Satan answered the Lord, “From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it.”

Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

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 the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil.”

Then the Lord said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason.”