<p class="poetry">She is harsh<n id="1" /> with her young,p> <p class="poetry">as if they were not hers;p> <p class="poetry">she is unconcernedp> <p class="poetry">about the uselessness of her labor.p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now the day came when<n id="2" /> the sons of God<n id="3" /> came to present themselves before<n id="4" /> the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211; and Satan<n id="5" /> also arrived among them.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Now the day<n id="2" /> came when Job&#8217;s<n id="3" /> sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother&#8217;s house,

<p class="poetry">If his children increase &#8211; it is for the sword!<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">His offspring never have enough to eat.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">Arrows<n id="1" /> do not make it flee;p> <p class="poetry">slingstones become like chaff to it.p>

<p class="poetry">It looks on every haughty being;p> <p class="poetry">it is king over all that are proud.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

<p class="bodytext">Now his sons used to go<n id="1" /> and hold<n id="2" /> a feast in the house of each one in turn,<n id="3" /> and they would send and invite<n id="4" /> their three<n id="5" /> sisters to eat and to drink with them.

<p class="bodytext">While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, &#8220;Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother&#8217;s house,

<t /><p class="bodytext">Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the <sc>Lordsc>, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />

Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry.<n id="1" /> He was angry<n id="2" /> with Job for justifying<n id="3" /> himself rather than God.<n id="4" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up:<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I am young,<n id="2" /> but you are elderly;p> <p class="poetry">that is why I was fearful,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">and afraid to explain<n id="4" /> to you what I know.p>

His possessions<n id="1" /> included<n id="2" /> 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household.<n id="3" /> Thus he<n id="4" /> was the greatest of all the people in the east.<n id="5" />p>

When<n id="1" /> the days of their feasting were finished,<n id="2" /> Job would send<n id="3" /> for them and sanctify<n id="4" /> them; he would get up early<n id="5" /> in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to<n id="6" /> the number of them all. For Job thought, &#8220;Perhaps<n id="7" /> my children<n id="8" /> have sinned and cursed<n id="9" /> God in their hearts.&#8221; This was Job&#8217;s customary practice.<n id="10" />p>