But if only God would take up the word, opening his lips in argument with you;

Are you able to take God's measure, to make discovery of the limits of the Ruler of all?

Surely He knows which people are worthless.
If He sees iniquity, will He not take note of it?

And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

Then shouldest thou take thy rest, and no man to make thee afraid, yea many one should set much by thee.

But what the wicked look for will fail; their way of escape will be taken away from them; their only hope is to take their final breath."

He takes away the wisdom of the wise guides, and makes judges foolish;

“He deprives the trusted ones of speech
And takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged.

He puts shame on chiefs, and takes away the power of the strong;

“He removes intelligence and understanding from the leaders of the people of the earth
And makes them wander and move blindly in a pathless waste.

Would God ye kept your tongue, that ye might be taken for wise men!

Give ear to the argument of my mouth, and take note of the words of my lips.

Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand?

Is any one able to take up the argument against me? If so, I would keep quiet and give up my breath.

Withdraw Your hand from me and remove this bodily suffering,
And let not the dread of You terrify me.

Do You really take notice of one like this?
Will You bring me into judgment against You?

Let your eyes be turned away from him, and take your hand from him, so that he may have pleasure at the end of his day, like a servant working for payment.

If death takes a man, will he come to life again? All the days of my trouble I would be waiting, till the time came for me to be free.

“But now You number [each of] my steps;
You do not observe nor take note of my sin.

But, thou, wouldst take away reverence, and wouldst attain unto meditation before GOD.

For your mouth is guided by your sin, and you have taken the tongue of the false for yourself.

Were you present at the secret meeting of God? and have you taken all wisdom for yourself?

What -- doth thine heart take thee away? And what -- are thine eyes high?

How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!

Take note and give ear to my words; and I will say what I have seen:

He does not come out of the dark; his branches are burned by the flame, and the wind takes away his bud.

“But now God has exhausted me.
You [O Lord] have destroyed all my family and my household.

I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

For in a short time I will take the journey from which I will not come back.

Now as for the one who testifies against his friends to take their property, even the eyes of his children will fail.

Virtuous men therefore shall well consider this, and the innocent shall take part against the hypocrite.

Why are we considered as animals? [Why] are we taken as stupid in your eyes?

His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.

At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright.

Be certain that it is God who has done me wrong, and has taken me in his net.

Truly, I make an outcry against the violent man, but there is no answer: I give a cry for help, but no one takes up my cause.

He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head.

He hath ruined me on every side, and I am gone, and he hath taken away - like a tree - my hope;

He has taken my brothers far away from me; they have seen my fate and have become strange to me.

The servants and maids of mine own house take me for a stranger, and I am become as an alien in their sight.

But I am certain that he who will take up my cause is living, and that in time to come he will take his place on the dust;

Though he takes care of it, and does not let it go, but keeps it still in his mouth;

He takes down wealth as food, and sends it up again; it is forced out of his stomach by God.

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

He is forced to give back the fruit of his work, and may not take it for food; he has no joy in the profit of his trading.

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

The arrow shall be taken forth, and go out at his back; and a glistering sword through the gall of him. Fear shall come upon him.

The heaven shall declare his wickedness, and the earth shall take part against him.

The produce of his house is taken away into another country, like things given into the hands of others in the day of wrath.

Take note of me and be full of wonder, put your hand on your mouth.

Yea, if I have remembered, then I have been troubled. And my flesh hath taken fright.

They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

How frequently is the light of the evil-doers put out, or does trouble come on them? how frequently does his wrath take them with cords?

How frequently are they as dry stems before the wind, or as grass taken away by the storm-wind?

Do you not ask [those] traveling [the] roads, and do you not take notice of their accounts?

He is taken to his last resting-place, and keeps watch over it.

Does He correct you and take you to court
because of your piety?

For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing.

You have sent widows away without hearing their cause, and you have taken away the support of the child who has no father.

Who were violently taken away before their time, who were overcome by the rush of waters:

Be pleased to take teaching from his mouth, and let his words be stored up in your heart.

For, then, in the Almighty, shalt thou take exquisite delight, and shalt lift up - unto GOD - thy face;

If only I knew where to find him, I would visit him where he has taken his seat.

But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

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

They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.

The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned.

He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.

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.

And Job will add to take up his parable, and say,

As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul;

On my righteousness, have I taken fast hold, and will not give it up, My heart shall not reproach any of my days.

“For what is the hope of the godless, even though he has gained [in this world],
When God takes his life?

“Will he take delight in the Almighty?
Will he call on God at all times?

This the portion of an unjust man with God, and the inheritance of the terrible they shall take from the Almighty.

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.

Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone.

The great beasts have not gone over it, and the cruel lion has not taken that way.

By me the great teeth of the evil-doer were broken, and I made him give up what he had violently taken away.

If I had spoken, they would have it none other ways, my words were so well taken among them.

And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest.

With great force he takes a grip of my clothing, pulling me by the neck of my coat.

You give no answer to my cry, and take no note of my prayer.

My bowels seeth within me, and take no rest, for the days of my trouble are come upon me.

Would, he, not see my ways? and of all my steps, take account?

(Let me be weighed in an even balance, and +God will take knowledge of my blamelessness;)

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

The traveller did not take his night's rest in the street, and my doors were open to anyone on a journey;

Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me.