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

'Job speaks without knowledge, and his words [are] without insight.

for he adds transgression to his sin; he claps hands among us, and he multiplies his words against God.'"

If he should set his heart to it, and he should gather his spirit and his breath to himself,

"Therefore, listen to me, {people who have sense}: far be it from God {that he should commit wickedness} and that Shaddai {should do wrong}.

"Indeed, his eyes [are] upon [the] ways of man, and he sees all his steps.

Thus Elihu {spoke up} and said,

for [the] ear tests words, and [the] palate tastes {food}.

who {shows no partiality to officials} and [who] {does not take note of the noble more than of the insignificant}, for all of them [are] the work of his hands?

all flesh would perish together, and humankind would return to dust.

What's more, God truly does not act wickedly, and Shaddai does not pervert justice.

Indeed, he will repay [according to] a human being's deeds, and according to a man's way he will let [it] happen [to] him.

but he remains quiet, and who can condemn? And he hides [his] face, and who can behold him? Yet [he is] over a nation and over a person alike,

There is no darkness, and there is no deep shadow where instigators of mischief might hide themselves.

He shatters the mighty without investigation, and he sets others in their place.

"Indeed, does anyone say to God, 'I have endured [chastisement]; I will not act corruptly [again];

teach me yourself {what I cannot see}; if I have done wrong, I will not repeat [it]'?

[In] a moment they die, and [in] the middle of [the] night [the] people are shaken, and they pass away, and they take away [the] mighty {effortlessly}.

the one who says to a king, 'You worthless man,' to noblemen, 'You wicked man,'

"Hear my words, you wise men, and listen to me, you who know,

What man [is] like Job, who drinks scorn like water?

Indeed, he says, 'A man does not profit when he takes delight in God.'

Shall [he who] hates justice really govern? Or will you declare [the] Righteous One, the Mighty, guilty?--

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,

Who gave him charge [over the] earth? Or who laid on [him] [the] whole world?

for Job has said, 'I am righteous, but God has taken away my justice.

Should I lie concerning my justice? [Though I am] without transgression, my wound caused by an arrow is incurable.'

Indeed, he has not yet appointed [a time] for man to go to God in the judgment.

Let us choose justice for ourselves; let us determine among ourselves what [is] good--

And he goes on the road in company with instigators of mischief, and walks with men of wickedness.

so that godless human beings should not reign, nor those who ensnare [the] people.

Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns [them] [in the] night {so that} they are crushed.

{Those who have sense} say to me, and [the] wise man hearing me [says]:

He strikes them {where the wicked stood}, {where there are onlookers},

{According to your judgment}, must he repay [it] because you rejected [this]? Indeed, you must choose, and not I, so declare what you know.

because they have turned aside from him and have not understood any of his ways,

"But if [you have] understanding, hear this; listen to {what I say}.