Lexicon :: Strong's H376 - 'îš

There was a man in the country of Uz named Job. He was a man of complete integrity, who feared God and turned away from evil.

His estate included seven thousand sheep and goats, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man among all the people of the east.

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil.”

Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered my servant Job? No one else on earth is like him, a man of perfect integrity, who fears God and turns away from evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited me against him, to destroy him for no good reason.”

Now when Job’s three friends ​— ​Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite ​— ​heard about all this adversity that had happened to him, each of them came from his home. They met together to go and sympathize with him and comfort him.

Among unsettling thoughts from visions in the night,

when deep sleep comes over men,

For he is not a man like me, that I can answer him,

that we can take each other to court.

Should this abundance of words go unanswered

and such a talker[fn] be acquitted?

But a stupid person will gain understanding

as soon as a wild donkey is born a human!

The life of every living thing is in his hand,

as well as the breath of all humanity.

Whatever he tears down cannot be rebuilt;

whoever he imprisons cannot be released.

so people lie down never to rise again.

They will not wake up until the heavens are no more;

they will not stir from their sleep.

how much less one who is revolting and corrupt,

who drinks injustice like water?

while the land belonged to a powerful man

and an influential man lived on it.

If only I had someone to hear my case!

Here is my signature; let the Almighty answer me.

Let my Opponent compose his indictment.

So these three men quit answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

But when he saw that the three men could not answer Job, he became angry.

So do not claim, “We have found wisdom;

let God deal with him, not man.”

I will be partial to no one,

and I will not give anyone an undeserved title.

In a dream, a vision in the night,

when deep sleep comes over people

as they slumber on their beds,

He will look at men and say,

“I have sinned and perverted what was right;

yet I did not get what I deserved.[fn]

He keeps company with evildoers

and walks with wicked men.

Therefore listen to me, you men of understanding.

It is impossible for God to do wrong,

and for the Almighty to act unjustly.

For his eyes watch over a man’s ways,

and he observes all his steps.

God does not need to examine a person further,

that one should[fn] approach him in court.

Reasonable men will say to me,

along with the wise men who hear me,

If only Job were tested to the limit,

because his answers are like those of wicked men.

Your wickedness affects a person like yourself,

and your righteousness, a son of man.[fn]

Remember that you should praise his work,

which people have sung about.

serve as his sign to all mankind,

so that all men may know his work.

Should he be told that I want to speak?

Can a man speak when he is confused?

therefore, men fear him.

He does not look favorably on any who are wise in heart.

to bring rain on an uninhabited land,

on a desert with no human life,[fn]

They are joined to one another,

so closely connected[fn] they cannot be separated.

All his brothers, sisters, and former acquaintances came to him and dined with him in his house. They sympathized with him and comforted him concerning all the adversity the LORD had brought on him. Each one gave him a piece of silver[fn] and a gold earring.