And it happened {one day} {that} the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst.

And the Lord said to the Satan, See, I give all he has into your hands, only do not put a finger on the man himself. And the Satan went out from before the Lord.

While he was still speaking, another [messenger] also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and have taken them away and have killed the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”

He said,

“Naked (without possessions) I came [into this world] from my mother’s womb,
And naked I will return there.
The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away;
Blessed be the name of the Lord.”

{And then} one day the sons of God came to present themselves before Yahweh, and Satan also came into their midst to present himself before Yahweh.

When they looked from a distance, they could barely recognize him. They wept aloud, and each man tore his robe and threw dust into the air and on his head.

Let destruction take the day of my birth, and the night on which it was said, A man child has come into the world.

As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months.

Lo! that night -- let it be gloomy, Let no singing come into it.

Or as a child dead at birth I might never have come into existence; like young children who have not seen the light.

Insomuch that they run into darkness by fair day, and grope about them at the noonday, like as in the night.

If only my passion might be measured, and put into the scales against my trouble!

For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

and become darkened because of ice,
and the snow melts into them.

The caravans that travel by the way of them turn aside; They go up into the waste, and perish.

Turn into your own selves, I pray you: be indifferent judges, and consider my guiltlessness:

A cloud comes to an end and is gone; so he who goes down into the underworld comes not up again.

nor turneth again into his house, neither shall his place know him any more.

If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;

“If he is snatched from his place [in the garden],
Then his place will forget him, saying, ‘I have never seen you.’

The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he?

You would still plunge me into the pit,
And my own clothes would hate me [and refuse to cover my foul body].

But if a man like myself -- I answer him, We come together into judgment.

That thou searchest after mine iniquity, and inquirest into my sin;

Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?

yea, into a land as dark as darkness itself, and into the shadow of death where is none order; but light there is as darkness."

That he would declare to thee the secrets of wisdom, for they are double to that which actually is, - -Know then that GOD could bring into forgetfulness for thee, a portion of thine iniquity.

“If God passes by or arrests,
Or calls an assembly [of judgment], who can restrain Him?
[If He is against a man, who can call Him to account for it?]

The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.

With him are strength and wise designs; he who is guided into error, together with his guide, are in his hands;

He leads counselors away naked; he turns judges into fools.

He leadeth away the priests into captivity, and turneth the mighty upside down.

He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out into light the shadow of death;

Who giveth greatness to nations, or destroyeth them, Who spreadeth out nations, or leadeth them into exile:

Will you say in God's name what is not right, and put false words into his mouth?

Will it be good for you to be searched out by him, or have you the thought that he may be guided into error like a man?

"Hold your tongues now, and let me speak, for there is something come into my mind.

And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee?

Were you the first man to come into the world? or did you come into being before the hills?

To them alone was the land given, And a stranger passed not over into their midst:

he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps.

Let him not put his hope in what is false, falling into error: for he will get deceit as his reward.

God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.

I sewed together sackcloth upon my skin, and I thrust my horn into the dust.

But indeed, as for them all, will ye bethink yourselves and enter into it, I pray you? Or shall I not find, among you, one who is wise?

They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness.

Will they go down [to] the bars of Sheol? Or shall we descend together into the dust?"

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

And with an iron pen and lead be cut into the rock for ever!

Though he be magnified up to the heaven, so that his head reacheth into the clouds:

His bones are full of young strength, but it will go down with him into the dust.

yet the food in his stomach turns
into cobras’ venom inside him.

He takes the poison of snakes into his mouth, the tongue of the snake is the cause of his death.

It shall be that, to fill his belly, he will cast his fierce anger upon him, and will rain it upon him into his flesh.

“The produce and increase of his house will depart [with the victors];
His possessions will be dragged away in the day of God’s wrath.

They grow old in prosperity, as they descend peacefully into the afterlife.

Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment?

He rewardeth me into my bosom, and many other things more doth he, as he may by his power.

They push the needy off the road;
the poor of the land are forced into hiding.

They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.

In the dark they break into houses;
by day they lock themselves in,
never experiencing the light.

Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.

Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.

When those of his house who are still living come to their end by disease, they are not put into the earth, and their widows are not weeping for them.

Iron is taken out of the earth, and stone is changed into brass by the fire.

An end, hath one set to the darkness, and, into every extremity, is, he, making search, for the stone of darkness and death-shade;

“He breaks open (mine) shafts far away from where people live,
[In places] forgotten by the [human] foot;
They dangle [in the mines] and hang away from men.

“Man dams up the streams from flowing [so that they do not trickle into the mine],
And what is hidden he brings out to the light.

It cannot be put into the scales against the gold of Ophir, with costly onyx, or sapphire;

The blessing of him who was near to destruction came on me, and I put a song of joy into the widow's heart.

I was a father to the needy; I diligently inquired into the case of those I didn't know.

After I had said what was in my mind, they were quiet and let my words go deep into their hearts;

For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes.

For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and into the house of assemblage for all living.

My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep.

A secret feeling of worship came into my heart, and my hand gave kisses from my mouth;

He keeps back his soul from the pit,
And his life from passing over into Sheol.

Then the angel is gracious to him, and says,
‘Spare him from going down to the pit [of destruction];
I have found a ransom [a consideration, or reason for redemption, an atonement]!’

He shall pray to God and he shall receive him into favor: and he shall see his face with rejoicing, and he will turn back to man his justice.

He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.

Who put the earth into his care, or made him responsible for the world?

If he made his spirit come back to him, taking his breath into himself again,

For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God.

Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.

“Do not let wrath entice you into scoffing;
And do not let the greatness and the extent of the ransom turn you aside.

Indeed, he draws up [the] drops of water; he distills [the] rain into its mist,

Into the hand of every man he sealeth, For the knowledge by all men of His work.

Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places.

“The earth is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed;
And the things [of the earth] stand out like a [multi-colored] garment.

Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail,

"Who divideth the abundance of waters into rivers, or who maketh a way for the stormy weather,

Who hath put - into cloud-forms - wisdom? Or who hath given - to the meteor - understanding?

When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together?

Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;
He charges into battle.