But he said to her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and its pillars tremble.

Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down upon her.

(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;)

And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.

To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

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

Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust,

She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labor is in vain without fear;

Because God hath withheld wisdom from her, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.

Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings towards the south?

Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high?

From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off.

Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.