a messenger came to Job and reported: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys grazing nearby,

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house:

Then Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself while he sat among the ashes.

Why didn't I die while I was still in the womb, or die while I was being born?

They are smashed to pieces from dawn to dusk;
they perish forever while no one notices.

Then the hungry will devour his harvest, snatching it even from the midst of thorns, while the thirsty covet their wealth.

“The eye of him who sees me [now] will see me no more;
Your eyes will be upon me, but I will not be.

For I've said, "My bed will comfort me; my couch will ease my burdens while I complain.'

While it is in its budding -- uncropped, Even before any herb it withereth.

While he filleth with laughter thy mouth, And thy lips with shouting,

Does it delight you to oppress or despise what you have made, while you smile at the plans of the wicked?

While I am decaying like a rotten thing,
Like a garment that is moth-eaten.

While he liveth, his flesh must have travail: And while the soul is in him, he must be in sorrow."

“Sounds of terror are in his ears;
While at peace the destroyer comes upon him.

“It will be fulfilled while he still lives,
And his branch will not be green [but shall wither away].

My friends mock me, while my eyes overflow with tears to God,

His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.

Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
while those in the east tremble in horror.

When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

Heaven will reveal his iniquity, while the earth will rise up against him.

Bear with me while I speak;
then after I have spoken, you may continue mocking.

Their children are established while they are still alive,
and their descendants, before their eyes.

While another dies with a bitter soul,
Never even tasting anything good.

“While he is carried to the grave,
Men will keep watch over his tomb.

“The clods of the valley will gently cover him;
Moreover, all men will follow after him,
While countless ones go before him.

while the land belonged to a powerful man
and an influential man lived on it.

They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.

They press oil between the olive groves owned by the wicked; they suffer from thirst, even while treading the winepress.

The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, "No eye is watching me' while he veils his face.

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.

All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils;

while my breath is in me, and as long as the wind that God hath given me is in my nostrils.

On my righteousness I have laid hold, And I do not let it go, My heart doth not reproach me while I live.

It blasts at him without mercy,
while he flees desperately from its grasp.

"While the ground produces food, underneath it is torn up and burning hot,

He cuts a channel through the rocks, while his eyes search for anything of value.

The ocean depths say, “It’s not in me,”
while the sea declares, “I don’t have it.”

While the Ruler of all was still with me, and my children were round me;

the young men saw me and withdrew,
while older men stood to their feet.

you carried me off in a wind storm, making me ride on it while you toss me about as the storm roars around me.

if he did not bless me
while warming himself with the fleece from my sheep,

Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;

So Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite replied:

I am young in years,
while you are old;
therefore I was timid and afraid
to tell you what I know.

“You see, I waited for your words,
I listened to your [wise] reasons,
While you pondered and searched out what to say.

And am I to go on waiting while they have nothing to say? while they keep quiet and give no more answers?

For I knew not, shall I flatter; for a little while, he making me will take me away.

“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,

To turn a son of earth from his deed, while yet, pride, from man he concealeth:

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

Take note O Job, give ear to me; keep quiet, while I say what is in my mind.

For he adds rebellion to his sin;
he scornfully claps in our presence,
while multiplying his words against God.

They come to their end while they are still young, their life is short like that of those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of their gods.

while the morning stars sang together
and all the sons of God shouted for joy?

The hills yield food for him,
while all sorts of wild animals play there.

Can anyone capture him while he looks on,
or pierce his nose with snares?

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His snorting flashes with light,
while his eyes are like the rays of dawn.