And the Adversary answereth Jehovah and saith, 'A skin for a skin, and all that a man hath he doth give for his life.

and sat with Job on the ground for a full week without saying a word, since they could see the great extent of his anguish.

"As far as I'm concerned, my food comes to me in the form of sighs, and my cries of anguish pour out like water.

For a fear I feared and it meeteth me, And what I was afraid of doth come to me.

So far as I have seen, They who plow for iniquity and sow misery, reap the same:

No doubt you would cast lots for a fatherless child
and negotiate a price to sell your friend.

I am wasted away, Not, to times age-abiding, can I live, Let me alone, for, a breath, are my days.

I have sinned, what do I to Thee, O watcher of man? Why hast Thou set me for a mark to Thee, And I am for a burden to myself -- and what?

(For of yesterday we are, and we know not, For a shadow are our days on earth.)

His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks.
He looks for a home among the stones.

Truly, I see that it is so: and how is it possible for a man to get his right before God?

If I will justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me; if I will put forth my self for a perfect man, he shall prove me a wicked doer.

and then shall I answer him without any fear. For as long as I am in such fearfulness, I can make no answer: And why?

Are not my days, few? - then forbear, and set me aside, that I may brighten up for a little;

For a vain man will be wise, when a man is born a wild donkey's colt.

He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him.

Why dost Thou hide Thy face? And reckonest me for an enemy to Thee?

For there is hope for a tree: if it be cut down, it will sprout again, and its tender branch will not cease;

Terrify him do adversity and distress, They prevail over him As a king ready for a boaster.

And Thou dost loathe me, For a witness it hath been, And rise up against me doth my failure, In my face it testifieth.

At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour!

He that denounceth his friends for a prey, Even the eyes of his children shall fail.

And he set me up for a proverb of the peoples, And a wonder before them I am.

He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall.

They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.

“If you say, ‘How shall we persecute him?’
And ‘What pretext for a case against him can we find?’

That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Is it possible for a man to be of profit to God? No, for a man's wisdom is only of profit to himself.

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],
And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].

For as soon as the day breaketh, the shadow of death cometh upon them, and they go in horrible darkness.

They pluck down the mighty with their power, and when they themselves are gotten up, they are never without fear, as long as they live.

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

Look as far as the moon, and it is not clear, and, the stars, are not bright in his eyes!

{How much less} for a human being [who is] a maggot, and {a human} [who is] a worm?"

A, boundary, hath he encircled on the face of the waters, as far as where light ends in darkness;

For {as long as} my breath [is] in me, and the spirit of God [is] in my nose,

I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live.

He may get them ready, but the upright will put them on, and he who is free from sin will take the silver for a heritage.

“He builds his house like a spider’s web,
Like a (temporary) hut which a watchman makes.

gold and the crystal cannot equal it, nor can it be exchanged for a vessel of fine gold.

For he looks as far as the ends of the earth and sees everything under the sky.

"But now [those] younger than I, as far as days, laugh at me, whose fathers I rejected for setting with the dogs of my sheep and goats.

And now, their song I have been, And I am to them for a byword.

For a fire it is, to destruction it consumeth, And among all mine increase doth take root,

For a dread unto me is calamity from God, And because of His excellency I am not able.

Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door?

“Oh, that I had one to listen to me!
Look, here is my signature (mark);
Let the Almighty answer me!
Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form].

I'll wear it on my shoulder, or tie it on my head for a crown!

For I knew not, shall I flatter; for a little while, he making me will take me away.

Look! As far as God is concerned, I'm just like you are I, too, have been pinched off from a piece of clay.

Lo, occasions against me He doth find, He doth reckon me for an enemy to Him,

Then he makes his secrets clear to men, so that they are full of fear at what they see;

Because he says, "There's no profit for a man to find joy with God.'"

For a man's work will he render to him, and cause every one to find according to his way.

That hath not accepted the person of princes, Nor hath known the rich before the poor, For a work of His hands are all of them.

For a man like thyself is thy wickedness, And for a son of man thy righteousness.

Whether for a rod, or for His land, Or for kindness -- He doth cause it to come.

{Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man}, and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.

Hast thou entered as far as the springs of the sea? and hast thou walked in the recesses of the deep?

That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

Dost thou hunt for a lion prey? And the desire of young lions fulfil?

When they bow down in dens -- Abide in a thicket for a covert?

Who doth prepare for a raven his provision, When his young ones cry unto God? They wander without food.

To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.

"{Prepare yourself for a difficult task like a man}, and I will question you, and you shall declare to me.

Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever?

And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.