He set in place ordinances for the rain; and determined the pathway for thunder that accompanies lightning.

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

Moreover Job continued his parable, and said,

When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street!

For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.

For my root was spread out by the water's side, and the dew lay upon my corn.

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

I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners.

But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock.

“They hate me, they stand aloof from me,
And do not refrain from spitting in my face.

They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper.

In times past thou didst set me up on high, as it were above the wind, but now hast thou given me a very sore fall.

Have I not been weeping for the crushed? and was not my soul sad for him who was in need?

Let me put seed in the earth for another to have the fruit of it, and let my produce be uprooted.

But seeing that God will sit in judgment, what shall I do? And for so much as he will needs visit me, what answer shall I give him?

If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence;

If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion.

I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom.

Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.

“I even paid close attention to [what] you [said],
Indeed, not one of you convinced Job [nor could you refute him],
Not one of you supplied [satisfactory] answers to his words.

And he hath not set in array words for me, And with your sayings I do not answer him.

I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion.

If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up.

Surely -- thou hast said in mine ears, And the sounds of words I hear:

You said, I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent, and no iniquity is in me;

He will set my feet in the stocks, he will watch all my paths.

He keepeth back his said from the pit, and his life from passing away by a weapon.

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

His flesh is wasted away from sight, and his bones, [which] are invisible, are bared.

If there is an angel on his side,
one mediator out of a thousand,
to tell a person what is right for him

Then hath he shewed him favour, and said, Set him free from going down to the pit, I have found a price of redemption!

He sang before men, and said, I sinned, and, uprightness, I perverted, yet he requited me not;

Furthermore Elihu answered and said,

For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment.

For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.

Who set him in charge of the earth? Or who appointed him the whole world?

If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath;

Who hath said to a king -- 'Worthless,' Unto princes -- 'Wicked?'

For he will not yet set upon man to go to God in judgment

He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.

He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;

Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:

Elihu spake moreover, and said,

This hast thou reckoned for judgment: Thou hast said -- 'My righteousness is more than God's?'

For you said, What advantage will it be unto you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin?

And none said, 'Where is God my maker? Giving songs in the night,

Yea, though thou sayest thou dost not behold Him, Judgment is before Him, and stay for Him.

Elihu also proceeded, and said,

Be patient with me a little longer, and I will inform you,
for there is still more to be said on God’s behalf.

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

Thus hath he uncovered their ear to a warning, and said - that they should turn from iniquity.

And the profane in heart set the face, They cry not when He hath bound them.

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.

If your cry for help is set in order, then it will not be in distress, but with all the forces of strength.

Prolong not thou the time, till there come a night for thee, to set other people in thy stead.

Lo, God doth sit on high by His power, Who is like Him -- a teacher?

Who hath appointed him his way? or who hath said, Thou hast wrought unrighteousness?

After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard.

The wild animals enter their lairs
and stay in their dens.

He distributeth also on every side, according as it pleaseth him to deal out his works, that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them through the whole world:

Give thou ear unto this, O Job, Stay, and consider well the wonders of GOD: -

Wilt thou spread out with him to the clouds, strong as the sight of a melted mass?

Teach us what we shall say unto him; For we cannot set our speech in order by reason of darkness.

Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

Who set the measures thereof if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?

On what were its bases set? Who laid its corner stone

And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors,

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

Their tokens and weapons hast thou turned like clay, and set them up again as the changing of a garment.

Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?

Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth?

Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven,

when they crouch in dens, and sit in the cover of their hiding place?

Who set the wild donkey free?
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?

To whom did I set the desert his house, and the salt land his dwellings?

"Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

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

A quiver rattles at his side,
along with a flashing spear and a lance.

Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said,

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

I have said once, and even twice, what was in my mind, but I will not do so again.

Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,

“Will you really annul My judgment and set it aside as void?
Will you condemn Me [your God] that you may [appear to] be righteous and justified?

Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?

He will cause the deep to boil as a pot: he will set the sea as ointment

Then Job answered the LORD, and said,

“[You said to me] ‘Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge?’
Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered that which I did not understand,
Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know.

‘Hear, please, and I will speak;
I will ask You, and You instruct [and answer] me.’

For this cause I give witness that what I said is false, and in sorrow I take my seat in the dust.

And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath.

And now, take seven oxen and seven sheep, and go to my servant Job, and give a burned offering for yourselves, and my servant Job will make prayer for you, that I may not send punishment on you; because you have not said what is right about me, as my servant Job has.

Then Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, went and did according as Jehovah had said unto them; and Jehovah accepted Job.

Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,

Then he whose seat is in the heavens will be laughing: the Lord will make sport of them.

Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee.

I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.