{Then when} the days of the feast had run their course, {Job would send}, and he would sanctify them. Thus he would arise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings [according to] the number of all of them, because Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and {cursed} God in their heart." This is what Job used to do {all the time}.

Then they sat with him on the ground [for] seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw that {his} suffering was very great.

because it did not shut the doors of my [mother's] womb, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes.

because the dread that I {feel} has come upon me, and what I feared befalls me.

which are growing dark because of ice upon them, it will pile up snow.

They are disappointed, because they trusted; they came {here} and they are confounded.

Is it because I have said, 'Give to me,' or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth'?

because of your knowledge that I am not guilty, and there is no escaping from your hand?

And you will have confidence because there is hope; and you will be well protected--{you will sleep in safety}.

Because he stretched out his hand against God, and he was arrogant to Shaddai;

"Because he has covered his face with his fat and has gathered fat upon [his] loins,

My face is red because of weeping, and deep shadows [are] on my eyelids,

"[You who] are tearing {yourself} in your anger, will [the] earth be forsaken because of you? Or will [the] rock be removed from its place?

be afraid for yourselves {because of the sword}, for wrath [brings] punishment by [the] sword, so that you may know that [there is] judgment."

Because he has not known satisfaction in his stomach, {he lets nothing escape that he desires}.

Does he reprove you because of your reverence [or] enter into judgment with you?

He will deliver the guilty, and he will escape because of the cleanness of your hands."

Therefore, I am horrified because of his presence; [when] I consider, I tremble because of him.

Indeed, I have not been silenced {because of darkness}, and because of me he conceals thick darkness.

because morning likewise is to them deep darkness; indeed, they know about [the] terrors of deep darkness.

because I saved [the] needy who cried for help, and [I saved] [the] orphan for whom [there was] no helper.

because he has loosened his bowstring and humbled me, and they have thrown off restraint {in my presence}.

if I have seen [the one who] perishes because of no clothing or [that] there is no covering for the poor,

if I have raised my hand against an orphan because I saw my supporters at the gate,

Indeed, the disaster from God [was] a dread for me, and {I was powerless} because of his majesty.

if I have rejoiced because my wealth [was] great or because my hand found a fortune,

because I dreaded [the] great multitude, and [the] contempt of clans terrified me, so that I kept quiet, I did not go out of [the] doorway?

Then these three men ceased from answering Job because he [was] righteous in his [own] eyes.

So Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite, from the clan of Ram, {became angry}. {He became angry} at Job because he justified himself rather than God,

and {he became angry} at his three friends because they had not found an answer, and they had declared Job guilty.

Thus Elihu had waited for Job {to speak} because {they were older than he}.

And I have waited because they do not speak, because they stand [there] [and] no longer answer.

because they have turned aside from him and have not understood any of his ways,

{According to your judgment}, must he repay [it] because you rejected [this]? Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so declare what you know.

Would that Job were tested up to [the] end because [his] answers [are] like [those from] men of mischief,

"Because of [the] multitude of oppressions, they cry out; they cry for help because of [the] arm of [the] mighty.

There they cry out, but he does not answer {because of the pride of evildoers}.

But now, because his anger does not punish, and he does not acknowledge the transgression at all,

Take care, you must not turn to mischief, for because of this you have been tried by misery.

[You] whose garments [are] hot, when [the] earth is being still because of [the] south wind,

"Teach us what we should say to him; we cannot draw up our case because of [the] presence of darkness.

Can you trust it because its strength [is] great, or will you hand your labor over to it?

because God made it forget wisdom, and he did not give it a share in understanding.

{When it raises itself}, [the] mighty ones are terrified; they retreat because of its thrashing.