<p class="bodytext">After this Job lived 140 years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation.

<p class="poetry">Sons of senseless and nameless people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they were driven out of the land with whips.<n id="2" />p>

Seven<n id="1" /> sons and three daughters were born to him.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">If a man denounces his friends for personal gain,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">the eyes of his children will fail.p>

<p class="poetry">My breath is repulsive<n id="1" /> to my wife;p> <p class="poetry">I am loathsome<n id="2" /> to my brothers.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">His sons must recompense<n id="1" /> the poor;p> <p class="poetry">his own hands<n id="2" /> must return his wealth.p>

<p class="poetry">Your wickedness affects only<n id="1" /> a person like yourself,p> <p class="poetry">and your righteousness only other people.<n id="2" />p>

And he also had seven sons<n id="1" /> and three daughters.

<p class="poetry">The mighty lion<n id="1" /> perishes<n id="2" /> for lack of prey,p> <p class="poetry">and the cubs of the lioness<n id="3" /> are scattered.p>

<p class="poetry">His children are far<n id="1" /> from safety,p> <p class="poetry">and they are crushed<n id="2" /> at the place where judgment is rendered,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">nor is there anyone to deliver them.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">but people<n id="1" /> are born<n id="2" /> to trouble,p> <p class="poetry">as surely as the sparks<n id="3" /> fly<n id="4" /> upward.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> your children sinned against him,p> <p class="poetry">he gave them over<n id="2" /> to the penalty<n id="3" /> of their sin.p>

<p class="poetry">If<n id="1" /> his sons are honored,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">he does not know it;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">if they are brought low,p> <p class="poetry">he does not see<n id="4" /> it.p>

<p class="poetry">and<n id="1" /> he contends with God on behalf of manp> <p class="poetry">as a man<n id="2" /> pleads<n id="3" /> for his friend.p>

<p class="poetry">You may say,<n id="1" /> &#8216;God stores up a man&#8217;s<n id="2" /> punishment for his children!&#8217;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Instead let him repay<n id="4" /> the man himself<n id="5" />p> <p class="poetry">so that<n id="6" /> he may know it!p>

<p class="poetry">how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot<n id="1" /> &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">a son of man, who is only a worm!&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">Proud beasts<n id="1" /> have not set foot on it,p> <p class="poetry">and no lion has passed along it.p>

<p class="poetry">when the morning stars<n id="1" /> sang<n id="2" /> in chorus,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and all the sons of God<n id="4" /> shouted for joy?p>

<p class="poetry">Can you lead outp> <p class="poetry">the constellations<n id="1" /> in their seasons,p> <p class="poetry">or guide the Bear with its cubs?<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open;<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">they go off, and do not return to them.p>