Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly {to them}.

Remember, I pray thee, who {ever} perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off?

So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, {it is} because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.

Or {if} I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

And others had trial of {cruel} mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:

Behold, God will not cast away a perfect {man}, neither will he help the evil doers: {help...: Heb. take the ungodly by the hand} {come: Heb. shall not be}

Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so {is} my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. {comfortable: Heb. for rest} {to discern: Heb. to hear}

Because {it is} a trial, and what if {the sword} contemn even the rod? it shall be no {more}, saith the Lord GOD. {Because...: or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod?}

And there was a day when his sons and his daughters {were} eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed.

The righteous see {it}, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn.

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly {to them}.

I am clean without transgression, I {am} innocent; neither {is there} iniquity in me.

Because {it is} a trial, and what if {the sword} contemn even the rod? it shall be no {more}, saith the Lord GOD. {Because...: or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod?}