who rejoice exceedingly, and are glad when they can find the grave?

If a man tries to converse with thee, will thou be grieved? But who can withhold himself from speaking?

Can that which has no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Can the rush grow up without mire? Can a reed grow without water?

Of a truth I know that it is so. But how can man be just with God?

Behold, he seizes; who can hinder him? Who will say to him, What are thou doing?

although thou know that I am not wicked. And there is none that can deliver out of thy hand?

Can thou find out God by searching? Can thou find out the Almighty to perfection?

It is high as heaven; what can thou do? Deeper than Sheol; what can thou know?

If he passes through, and shuts up, and all to judgment, then who can hinder him?

Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again. He shuts up a man, and there can be no opening.

Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Not one.

Should he reason with unprofitable talk, or with speeches with which he can do no good?

Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he who is wise is profitable to himself.

And thou say, What does God know? Can he judge through the thick darkness?

who said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for us?

But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.

How then can man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of a woman?

Lo, these are but the periphery of his ways. And how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?

For calamity from God is a terror to me, and I can do nothing because of his majesty.

if the men of my tent have not said, Who can find one who has not been filled with his food?

If thou can, answer thou me. Set [thy words] in order before me. Stand forth.

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? And when he hides his face, who then can behold him? [It is] the same whether to a nation, or to a man,

Who has enjoined him his way? Or who can say, Thou have wrought unrighteousness?

Yea, can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion?

Can thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong as a molten mirror?

Can thou bind the cluster of the Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Can thou lead forth the Mazzaroth in their season? Or can thou guide the Bear with her train?

Do thou know the ordinances of the heavens? Can thou establish the dominion of it on the earth?

Can thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee?

Can thou send forth lightnings, that they may go, and say to thee, Here we are?

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven

Can thou hunt the prey for the lioness, or satisfy the appetite of the young lions

Do thou know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? [Or] can thou mark when the hinds do calve?

Can thou number the months that they fulfill? Or do thou know the time when they bring forth?

Can thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Can thou draw out leviathan with a fishhook, or press down his tongue with a cord?

Can thou put a rope into his nose, or pierce his jaw through with a hook?

Can thou fill his skin with barbed irons, or his head with fish-spears?

None is so fierce that he dare stir him up. Who then is he who can stand before me?

Who can strip off his outer garment? Who shall come within his jaws?

Who can open the doors of his face? Round about his teeth is terror.

One is so near to another that no air can come between them.

I know that thou can do all things, and that no purpose of thine can be restrained.