And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Didst thou set thy heart to my servant Job? for none like him in the earth; a man blameless and upright, fearing God and departing from evil.

Didst thou, not hedge about him and about his house, and about all that is to him from round about? Thou didst bless the work of his hands, and his possession spread abroad in the earth.

And Jehovah will say to the adversary, Didst thou set thy heart to my servant Job, that none like him in the earth, a man blameless and upright, fearing God and departing from evil? And yet he holding fast upon his integrity, and thou wilt stimulate me to destroy him without cause.

Behold, thou didst instruct many, and thou wilt strengthen the weak hands.

And thou didst terrify me with dreams, and thou wilt make me afraid with visions:

I sinned; what shall I do to thee, guarding men? wherefore didst thou set me for an assault to thee, and I shall be upon myself for a burden?

Is it good to thee that thou wilt oppress, that thou wilt despise the labor of thy hinds, and thou didst shine upon the counsels of the unjust?

Remember, I pray thee, that, as clay, thou didst make me, and, unto dust, thou wilt cause me to return.

Didst thou not, like milk, pour me forth? and, as cheese, curdle me?

Life and lovingkindness, thou didst bestow upon me, - and, thy watchful care, preserved my breath.

Yet these things thou didst hide in thy heart; I know that this is with thee:

If I sinned; and thou didst watch me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity.

And wherefore didst thou bring me forth out of the womb? I had expired, and no eye had seen me.

If thou preparedst thy heart, and didst spread thy hands towards him;

And thou didst trust, for there is hope; and thou didst search out; thou shalt lie down confidently.

Also upon this one didst thou open thine eyes? and wilt thou bring Me into judgment with thee?

The waters rubbed the stones: thou wilt overflow the flowings of the dust of the earth; and thou didst destroy the hope of man.

For thou didst hide their heart from understanding; for this thou wilt not exalt them.

My closest friends detest me; even the ones I love have turned against me.

Thou didst send away widows empty, and the arms of the orphans will be broken.

How didst thou help to him of no strength? didst thou save the arm of no strength?

How didst thou counsel to him of no wisdom? and didst thou make known help for abundance?

And with whom didst thou announce words? and whose breath came forth from thee?

They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.

In times past thou didst set me up on high, as it were above the wind, but now hast thou given me a very sore fall.

Wherefore didst thou contend against him? for he will not answer all his words.

Is it with thee? he will requite it, if thou didst refuse, if thou shalt choose, and not I: and what thou knewest, speak.

Didst thou reckon this for judgment thou saidst, My justice is above God?

And thou didst fill up the judgment of the unjust one; judgment and right shall hold together.

Watch thyself; thou shalt not turn to iniquity: for upon this thou didst choose rather than affliction.

Who charged upon him his way? and who said, Thou didst iniquity?

Didst thou spread out, with him, the skies, strong as a molten mirror?

In thy days didst thou command the morning? and didst thou make the dawning know its place?

Didst thou go even to the fountains of the sea? and didst thou go about in searching the depth?

Didst thou come into the treasures of snow? and shalt thou see the treasures of hail,

Knowest thou, the statutes of the heavens? Or didst thou appoint his dominion over the earth?

Wilt thou number the months they shall fill up? and didst thou know the time of their bringing forth?