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.

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

And it casteth at him, and doth not spare, From its hand he diligently fleeth.

It clappeth at him its hands, And it hisseth at him from his place.

Iron from the dust is taken, And from the firm stone brass.

The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men.

The earth! from it cometh forth bread, And its under-part is turned like fire.

Sapphires come from its rocks. It has dust of gold.

Against the flint he sent forth his hand, He overturned from the root mountains.

He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light.

"But from where will wisdom be found? And {where in the world} [is the] place of understanding?

It cannot be compared to gold from Ophir, with precious onyx, or with sapphire.

Topaz from Cush cannot compare with it,
and it cannot be valued in pure gold.

“From where then does wisdom come?
And where is the place of understanding?

Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air.

Then he saw it, and put it on record; he gave it its fixed form, searching it out completely.

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

When washing my goings with butter, And the firm rock is with me rivulets of oil.

The young men saw me, and went away, and the old men got up from their seats;

The princes refrained from talking, And laid their hand on their mouth;

And I break the jaw-teeth of the perverse, And from his teeth I cast away prey.

After a word from me they did not speak again;
my speech settled on them like dew.

Of what use is the strength of their hands to me? all force is gone from them.

Emaciated from poverty and hunger,
they gnawed the dry land,
the desolate wasteland by night.

They are pulling off the salt leaves from the brushwood, and making a meal of roots.

They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;)

Sons of folly -- even sons without name, They have been smitten from the land.

They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face.

Because His cord He loosed and afflicteth me, And the bridle from before me, They have cast away.

On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me.

They tear up my pathways; they profit from my destruction, and they need no help to do this!

The night pierceth through my bones and detacheth them from me, and my gnawing pains take no rest:

My skin is black, and falleth from me, And my bones are burned with heat.

For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high?

If my step doth turn aside from the way, And after mine eyes hath my heart gone, And to my hands cleaved hath blemish,

Did not the One who made me in the womb also make them?
Did not the same God form us both in the womb?

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

or I have eaten my morsel {alone}, and [the] orphan has not eaten from it

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

If I shall see one perishing from not being clothed, and no covering to the needy;

If his loins have not blessed me, And from the fleece of my sheep He doth not warm himself,

Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone.

For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure.

and my heart has been secretly enticed, and my hand threw a kiss from my mouth,

Also this an iniquity for the judges: for I lied to God from above.

if the members of my household have never said, 'If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job's meat!' --

“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].

And these three men cease from answering Job, for he is righteous in his own eyes,

So Elihu the son of Barakel the Buzite, from the clan of Ram, {became angry}. {He became angry} at Job because he justified himself rather than God,

but when he saw that there had been no response from those three, he got even more angry.

And Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite, made answer and said, I am young, and you are very old, so I was in fear, and kept myself from putting my knowledge before you.

And I will show myself attentive even to you, and behold, none from you confuting to Job, answering his words.

(They have broken down, They have not answered again, They removed from themselves words.

I am going to open my mouth;
my tongue will form words on my palate.

My words come from my upright heart,
and my lips speak with sincerity what they know.

Lo, I am, according to thy word, for God, From the clay I -- I also, have been formed.

That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

He has no desire for food, and his soul is turned away from delicate meat;

His flesh is consumed away from view, and his bones that were not seen stick out;

If there is a messenger upon him, an interpreter, one from a thousand, to announce to man his uprightness:

Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

He makes a song, saying, I did wrong, turning from the straight way, but he did not give me the reward of my sin.

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

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

If you have anything to say, give me an answer; for it is my desire that you may be judged free from sin.

But if you have nothing to say, then at least listen to me! Be quiet and learn some wisdom from me."

For thou should not say, There shall be no visitation to a man, [whereas] visitation [is] to him from LORD.

Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.

“If God should determine to do so,
If He should gather to Himself [that is, withdraw from man] His [life-giving] spirit and His breath,

There is no darkness, nor thick shadow, that can hide the wicked doers from him.

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

so that [they] cause [the] cry of distress from [the] helpless to come to him, and he hears [the] cry of distress from [the] needy,

“When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn?
When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him],
Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?—

From the reigning of a profane man, From the snares of a people;

Job's words do not come from knowledge; they are not the fruit of wisdom.

Would that Job were tested up to [the] end because [his] answers [are] like [those from] men of mischief,

For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

If thou hast been righteous, What dost thou give to Him? Or what from thy hand doth He receive?

People cry out because of severe oppression;
they shout for help because of the arm of the mighty.

And who teacheth us from the cattle of the earth, and he will make us wise above the birds of the heavens?

Then they will cry, and he will not answer from the face of the pride of the evil.

I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker.

Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent.

He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.

He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity.

And also He moved thee from a strait place, To a broad place -- no straitness under it, And the sitting beyond of thy table Hath been full of fatness.

“Will your wealth [be sufficient to] keep you from [the confinement of] distress,
Or will all the force of your strength do it?

Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their place.

All men have looked on it, Man looketh attentively from afar.

For he draweth up the drops of water, Which distil in rain from his vapor,

Flowing down from the sky, and dropping on the peoples.

Can anyone understand how the clouds spread out
or how the thunder roars from God’s pavilion?

Also, at this my heart trembleth, And it moveth from its place.

Hear attentively the roar of his voice, and the murmur going forth from his mouth.

After it a voice is sounding, thundering out the word of his power; he does not keep back his thunder-flames; from his mouth his voice is sounding.

{he stops all human beings from working} {so that everyone whom he has made may know it}.

From the chamber of the south cometh the whirlwind; and cold from the winds of the north.

From the breath of God is frost given, And the breadth of waters is straitened,

How thy garments are warm, In the quieting of the earth from the south?