Now it happened on the day when God's sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan also came among them.

In all this Job did no sin, and did not say that God's acts were foolish.

Again it happened on the day when the God's sons came to present themselves before Yahweh, that Satan came also among them to present himself before Yahweh.

Truly, that man is happy who has training from the hand of God: so do not let your heart be shut to the teaching of the Ruler of all.

Surely the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me;
my spirit drinks their poison.
God’s terrors are arrayed against me.

“Indeed, you have now become like a dried-up stream,
You see a terror [believing me to be a victim of the wrath of God] and are afraid [to be compassionate].

"Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout.

God's wrath may not be turned back; the helpers of Rahab were bent down under him.

“For you have said, ‘My teaching (doctrine) [that God knowingly afflicts the righteous] is pure,
And I am innocent in your eyes.’

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

“But I have intelligence and understanding as well as you;
I am not inferior to you.
Who does not know such things as these [of God’s wisdom and might]?

The tents of robbers are safe,
and those who provoke God are secure;
God’s power provides this.

“Who among all these does not recognize [in all these things that good and evil are randomly scattered throughout nature and human life]
That the hand of the Lord has done this,

Would you testify unjustly on God’s behalf
or speak deceitfully for Him?

{Will you show partiality for him}? Or do you want to plead God's case?

Would God’s majesty not terrify you?
Would His dread not fall on you?

“Why should I take my flesh in my teeth
And put my life in my hands [incurring the wrath of God]?

Only grant these two things to me, God,
so that I will not have to hide from Your presence:

Have you listened in God's confidential discussion? And do you limit wisdom to yourself?

“Are the consolations of God [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you,
[Or] were we too gentle toward you [in our first speech] to be effective?

“He does not believe that he will return out of the darkness [for fear of being murdered],
And he is destined for the sword [of God’s vengeance].

He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.

"Pity me, pity me, you my friends, for God's hand has touched me.

Make sure that you remain wary of God's sword, for God's wrath brings with it the sword of punishment, by which you'll know there's a judgment."

“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.

Their houses are safe from fear, and God's chastisement never visits them.

“But notice, the prosperity of the wicked is not in their hand (in their power);
The counsel of the wicked [and the mystery of God’s dealings with the ungodly] is far from my comprehension.

“That evil men are [now] reserved for the day of disaster and destruction,
They will be led away on the day of [God’s] wrath?

“You will also decide and decree a thing, and it will be established for you;
And the light [of God’s favor] will shine upon your ways.

“Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God’s majesty and glory]
And the stars are not pure in His sight,

As long as I can breathe; as long as God's breath is in my nostrils,

“I will teach you regarding the hand (power) of God;
I will not conceal what is with the Almighty [God’s actual treatment of the wicked].

"[It is] a path a bird of prey does not know and [the] black kite's eye has not seen.

Who doth make me as in months past, As in the days of God's preserving me?

as when I was in the days of my prime, when God's confiding [was] over my {house},

By God's great force is my garment disfigured; It bindeth me about as the collar of my coat.

For what is God's reward from on high, or the heritage given by the Ruler of all from heaven?

“If my step has turned away from the way [of God],
Or if my heart has [covetously] followed my eyes,
Or if any spot [of guilt] has stained my hands,

Have I rejoiced because my substance was great, and because my hand gat so much?

Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay.

“In a dream, a vision of the night [one may hear God’s voice],
When deep sleep falls on men
While slumbering upon the bed,

He holds back his soul from the pit [of destruction],
And his life from passing over into Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead).

“Man is also disciplined with pain on his bed,
And with unceasing complaint in his bones,

“If there is an angel as a mediator for him,
One out of a thousand,
To explain to a man what is right for him [that is, how to be in right standing with God],

He makes his prayer to God, and he has mercy on him; he sees God's face with cries of joy; he gives news of his righteousness to men;

For he has said, “A man gains nothing
when he becomes God’s friend.”

“For God’s eyes are on the ways of a man,
And He sees all his steps.

“Shall God’s retribution [for your sins] be on your terms, because you refuse to accept it?
For you must do the choosing, and not I;
Therefore say what you [truthfully] know.

Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's?

But now, because God’s anger does not punish
and He does not pay attention to transgression,

Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf.

“But if they do not hear and obey, they will die by the sword [of God’s destructive judgments]
And they will die [in ignorance] without [true] knowledge.

“Remember that you should magnify God’s work,
Of which men have sung.

“All men have seen God’s work;
Man looks at it from a distance.

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

By God's breath, ice is given, and [the] broad waters [are] frozen.

"Hear this, Job; stand [still] and consider carefully God's wondrous works.

Have you knowledge of God's ordering of his works, how he makes the light of his cloud to be seen?

A bright light comes out of the north; God's glory is greatly to be feared.

"Should the one who is fighting the Almighty find fault with him? Let God's accuser answer."

Do you have an arm like God’s?
Can you thunder with a voice like His?

He is the chief of God's ways: he that made him gave him his sword.