And on the next day he, intending to find out for certain why he was accused by the Jews, released him and ordered the chief priests and all the  ¹Sanhedrin to come together; and having brought Paul down, he had him stand before them.

And Paul, looking intently at the  ¹Sanhedrin, said,  ²Men, brothers, I have conducted myself in all good  ³conscience before God until this day.

And the high priest Ananias commanded those who stood by him to strike him on the mouth.

Then Paul  ¹said to him, God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall. And do you sit to  ²judge me according to the law, and contrary to the law you order me to be struck?

And those standing by said, Do you revile the high priest of God?

And Paul said, I did not know, brothers, that he is the high priest; for it is written, “You shall not speak evilly of the ruler of your people.”

And Paul, knowing that one part was  ¹Sadducees and the other  ²Pharisees,  ³cried out in the Sanhedrin,  ⁴Men, brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being  ⁵judged!

And when he spoke this, a dissension took place between the Pharisees and Sadducees; and the multitude was divided.

For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both.

And there was a great outcry; and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party rose up and contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man. And what if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel?

And when much dissension had taken place, the  ¹commander, fearing that Paul might be torn to pieces by them,  ²ordered the detachment of soldiers to go down and seize him from their midst and bring him into the barracks.

But in the night  ¹following, the Lord  ²stood by him and said, Take courage, for as you have  ³solemnly testified to the things concerning Me in Jerusalem, so also you must  ⁴testify in  ⁵Rome.

And when it became day, the Jews formed a  ¹plot and  ²put themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

And there were more than forty who swore to this conspiracy.

They came to the chief priests and the elders and said,  ¹We have bound ourselves with a curse to taste nothing until we kill Paul.

Now therefore you, with the Sanhedrin, notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to  ¹determine more accurately the things concerning him; and we, before he draws near, are ready to do away with him.

 ¹There was a man in the land of  ²Uz whose name was  ³Job; and this man was  ⁴perfect and upright, and he feared God and turned away from evil.

And seven sons and three daughters were born to him.

And his possessions were seven thousand sheep and three thousand camels and five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred female donkeys and a great many servants; and this man was greater than all the sons of the east.

And his sons would go and hold feasts in each one's house, each on his own day, and they would send word and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

And when the days of feasting ran their course, Job would send word and  ¹sanctify them; and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, Perhaps my children have sinned and have  ²cursed God in their heart. Job did this continually.

Then one day, when the  ¹sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah,  ²Satan also came  ³among them.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Where have you come from? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From roving the earth and going about in it.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you  ¹considered My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil.

Then Satan answered Jehovah and said,  ¹Does Job fear God without cause?

Have You not set a hedge around him and his household and all that he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his possessions are spread throughout the land.

But stretch forth Your hand and touch all that he has, and he will surely curse You to Your face.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Here is all that he has, in your hand;  ¹only do not stretch forth your hand against him.

And Satan went forth from Jehovah's presence.

Then one day, when his sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their firstborn brother,

A messenger came to Job and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys were feeding beside them;

And the Sabeans fell upon them and took them away, and they struck the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to relate these things to you.

While this one was still speaking, another came and said, The  ¹fire of God has fallen from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and devoured them; and I alone have escaped to relate these things to you.

While this one was still speaking, another came and said, The Chaldeans formed three companies and raided the camels and took them, and they struck the servants with the edge of the sword; and I alone have escaped to relate these things to you.

While this one was still speaking, another came and said, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in the house of their firstborn brother;

And suddenly a great wind came from beyond the desert and struck the four corners of the house, so that it fell upon the young people and they died; and I alone have escaped to relate these things to you.

Then Job rose up and tore his clothes and shaved his head and fell to the earth and worshipped.

And he said,
Naked I came out of my mother's womb,
And naked I will return there.
Jehovah gives and Jehovah takes away;
Blessed be the name of Jehovah.

In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with unseemliness.

Then one day, when the  ¹sons of God came to present themselves before Jehovah,  ²Satan also came among them to present himself before Jehovah.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Where have you come from? And Satan answered Jehovah and said, From roving the earth and going about in it.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Have you  ¹considered My servant Job? For there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, though you have moved Me against him to destroy him without cause.

Then Satan answered Jehovah and said, Skin for skin! Indeed all that a man has he will give for the sake of his life.

But stretch forth Your hand, and touch his bone and his flesh; and he will surely curse You to Your face.

And Jehovah said to Satan, Here he is, in your hand;  ¹only spare his life.

And Satan went forth from Jehovah's presence and struck Job with severe boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.

And he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and he sat among the ashes.

Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die.

But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Should we receive the good from God but not receive the ill? In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

Now when Job's three friends heard of all this misfortune that came upon him, each came from his place, Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they together made an appointment to come to console him and comfort him.

And when they lifted up their eyes from a distance and did not recognize him, they lifted up their voice and wept; and they all tore their clothes and cast dust over their heads toward heaven.

And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights; but  ¹none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great.

After this Job opened his mouth and  ¹cursed the day of his birth.

And Job responded and said,

Let the day on which I was born perish,
And the night which said, A man has been conceived.

Let that day be darkness;
Let God not seek it from above,
Nor let light shine upon it.

Let darkness and the shadow of death reclaim it;
Let a cloud dwell upon it;
Let the things that blacken the day terrify it.

As for that night, let deep darkness take hold of it;
Let it not rejoice among the days of the year;
Let it not come up in the number of the months.

Behold, let that night be barren;
Let no joyous shout come in it.

Let those curse it who curse the day,
Who are ready to rouse leviathan.

Let its predawn stars be dark;
Let it wait for light and there be none,
And do not let it see the eyelids of the dawn.

For it did not shut up the doors of the womb that bore me,
Nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

Why did I not  ¹die at birth,
Come forth from the womb and expire?

Why did the knees receive me?
And why the breasts, that I should suck?

For now I would have lain down and been undisturbed;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest

With kings and counselors of the earth,
Who rebuilt ruins for themselves;

Or with princes who had gold,
Who filled their houses with silver.

Or like a miscarriage that has been concealed, I would not have been,
Like infants that do not see the light.

There the wicked cease from their troubling,
And there the weary rest.

Captives are altogether at ease;
They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster.

The small and the great are there,
And the servant is free from his master.

Why does He give light to him who suffers
And life to the bitter in soul,

Who wait for death, but it is not there;
And dig for it more than for hidden treasures;

Who rejoice to the point of exultation
And are glad when they have found the grave;

To the man whose way is hidden
And whom God has hedged in?

For my sighing comes as my food,
And my groaning pours out like water.

For I dread something, and it comes upon me;
And what I fear comes to me.

I have no ease and I have no quiet
And I have no rest, but trouble comes.