Job

There was a man in the land of 'Utz whose name was Iyov. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.

After a cycle of banquets, Iyov would send for them to come and be consecrated; then he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings for each of them, because Iyov said, "My sons might have sinned and blasphemed God in their thoughts."This is what Iyov did every time.

ADONAI asked the Adversary, "Did you notice my servant Iyov, that there's no one like him on earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and shuns evil?"

The Adversary answered ADONAI, "Is it for nothing that Iyov fears God?

a messenger came to him and said, "The oxen were plowing, with the donkeys grazing near them,

Iyov got up, tore his coat, shaved his head, fell down on the ground and worshipped;

In all this Iyov neither committed a sin nor put blame on God.

ADONAI asked the Adversary, "Did you notice my servant Iyov, that there's no one like him on earth, a blameless and upright man who fears God and shuns evil, and that he still holds on to his integrity, even though you provoked me against him to destroy him for no reason?"

Then the Adversary went out from the presence of ADONAI and struck Iyov down with horrible infected sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

But he answered her, "You're talking like a low-class woman! Are we to receive the good at God's hands but reject the bad?" In all this Iyov did not say one sinful word.

Now when Iyov's three friends heard of all the calamities that had overwhelmed him, they all came. Each came from his own home - Elifaz from Teiman, Bildad from Shuach and Tzofar from Na'amah. They had agreed to meet together in order to come and offer him sympathy and comfort.

At length, Iyov broke the silence and cursed the day of his [birth].

Iyov said,

Iyov responded:

Then Iyov responded:

Iyov responded:

In response Iyov said:

Then Iyov answered:

Then Iyov responded:

Then Iyov answered:

Then Iyov replied,

Iyov continued his speech:

Iyov went on speaking:

then let thistles grow instead of wheat and noxious weeds instead of barley! "The words of Iyov are finished."

So these three men stopped trying to answer Iyov, because he remained convinced of his own righteousness.